Gambling Treatment Service – Senior Practitioner

We have an immediate need for a Senior Practitioner to help lead our growing Gambling Treatment
team. This role is full-time (35 hours).

Based – South West England

Salary – £39,452

Ara is the National Gambling Treatment Service provider for the Southwest. We have been
supporting people experiencing gambling harms (including affected others) for many years,
and last year supported over 12,000 people across our services.

We are looking for a highly motivated and proactive individual who can support the
Treatment Service Manager in growing Ara’s gambling treatment service. The successful
postholder will lead and direct our interventions supporting people suffering with gambling
related harms.

The postholder will work collaboratively with the team, bringing management experience
to promote a high-performing team and an excellent service for clients.

Some of the key tasks for this role include to:

• Ensuring that Ara gambling treatment clients receive the highest quality services that meet
  their individual needs, managing risk and improving accessibility to treatment, resulting in
  positive outcomes for clients.
• Overseeing quality assurance for continuous improvement.
• Hold a small case of clients for one-to-one Counselling.
• Modelling attitudes, behaviours and skills required to ensure Ara’s Gambling Treatment Service
  is of the highest quality.

The ideal candidate will:

• Have experience managing high-performance teams and developing team behaviours,
  attitudes and skills to ensure the team performs at their best.
• Be self-motivated and driven, capable of managing their own workload while effectively
  collaborating with colleagues to foster a culture of continuous improvement.

In return we offer:

• A competitive and benchmarked salary, and up to 32 days annual leave.
• A pension scheme, comprehensive training, and a 24hr Employee Assistance Programme.
• Meaningful and fulfilling work that makes a real difference to some of the most vulnerable
  people in our society.

Closing date: 19th October 2026

If you have further questions, please call us on 0330 1340 286. For more information about Ara,
please visit www.recovery4all.co.uk

Please note: applications without a cover letter will not be considered.

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