Family and Bereavement Support Worker

Family and Bereavement Support Worker

Closing date: 10 June 2025 at 12 noon
Interview date: 26 June 2025
We have an exciting opportunity, due to retirement of the current post holder, to join our Family and Bereavement Support Team.

Family and Bereavement Support Workers provide emotional and psychological support to parents of babies and children living with a life-threatening illness, or life limiting condition; and provide emotional and psychological support to parents and grandparents for up to 2 years following the death of a baby or child. Family and Bereavement Support Workers help parents and grandparents with managing their emotions and coping with grief, building their resilience and empowering them. We help clients to access level 3 intervention if they require this in line with the European Model of Bereavement Support.

Applicants will have experience of working therapeutically with individuals experiencing loss and change, you’ll be compassionate, sensitive, creative and a great communicator.

• A relevant qualification is essential and this maybe a Diploma in Counselling, Registered Nurse, or Mental Health Nurse, Social Worker with counselling experience or with significant experience of working with grief and loss.
• Ideally, you’ll have experience of working with bereaved parents and have experience of running peer-to-peer bereavement support groups.
• The post holder will work onsite at Helen & Douglas House Children’s Hospice, in hospital settings and in parent’s own homes. It is therefore vital to be able to drive and to have a car as the hospice covers 6 surrounding counties.

If you’re excited by the opportunity to be part of this unique service where you’ll be able to give families approaching bereavement, and those who are bereaved the time and focus they need, and where you’ll see the impact of your work, every day, then please apply now.

Informal conversations welcome in advance of application. For more information, please call Jo Wilson, Team Lead Family & Bereavement Support or Debbie Kelly, Head of Community & Family Support Services (Tuesday – Friday 9-5 01865 794749)

Applications will be reviewed and invited to interview as received. We reserve the right to close the advert at any time, therefore we encourage applicants to apply as soon as possible.

Previous applicants need not apply.

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