Job summary
Family and Bereavement Support Worker
Please make an application via our website:https://helenanddouglas.current-vacancies.com/Jobs/Advert/3848483?cid=3373&t=Family-and-Bereavement-Support-Worker
- Hours:Full time 37.5 hours per week
- Location: Helen and Douglas House, hybrid working available - a minimum of once a week and as required
- Salary:£33,636 - £40,483 per annum
- Closing date:10 June 2025at 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.
If youre excited by the opportunity to be part of this unique service where youll be able to give families approaching bereavement, and those who are bereaved the time and focus they need, and where youll 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)
ARE YOU READY TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE?Apply:https://helenanddouglas.current-vacancies.com/Jobs/Advert/3848483?cid=3373&t=Family-and-Bereavement-Support-Worker
Applications will be reviewed and invited to interview as received. We reserve the right to close the advert at any time, therefore weencourageapplicants to apply as soon as possible.
Previous applicants need not apply.
Main duties of the job
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, youll 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, youll 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 Childrens Hospice, in hospital settings and in parents own homes. It is therefore vital to be able to drive and to have a car as the hospice covers 6 surrounding counties.
About us
Helen & Douglas House is a registered hospice charity based in Oxford, providing palliative, respite, end-of-life and bereavement care to life-limited children and their families.
We foster a climate where team members feel able to openly question, debate and appropriately challenge their own and the practice of others; as such, we welcome new ideas and strive to constantly improve our delivery of care to our patients.
Please make an application via our website:https://helenanddouglas.current-vacancies.com/Jobs/Advert/3848483?cid=3373&t=Family-and-Bereavement-Support-Worker
Job description
Job responsibilities
JOB SUMMARY:
To work as a
member of the Community and Family Support Services as a Family and Bereavement
Support Worker providing emotional support and facilitating practical support via
the wider multi-disciplinary team, where required to families and supporters of
children who have been referred for care at Helen & Douglas House. The role
will contribute to the delivery of integrated, well-communicated care to
families through their childs illness, death and for the first two years of
bereavement.
The role
will provide bereavement support for families where the child has died at Helen
& Douglas House, their own home,
local hospital or specialist tertiary hospital. The role supports families whose child has died suddenly. The role will
work co-operatively with other bereavement support agencies and charities to
meet families individual needs.
This role will
include working with individual parents and couples both in the hospice and in their
homes, and at Oxford University Hospital and other hospitals in our catchment
area as well as providing group bereavement support programmes and taking part
in the leadership and organisation of the annual weekend of remembrance.
To view the full job description, please see the supplementary documents.
Job description
Job responsibilities
JOB SUMMARY:
To work as a
member of the Community and Family Support Services as a Family and Bereavement
Support Worker providing emotional support and facilitating practical support via
the wider multi-disciplinary team, where required to families and supporters of
children who have been referred for care at Helen & Douglas House. The role
will contribute to the delivery of integrated, well-communicated care to
families through their childs illness, death and for the first two years of
bereavement.
The role
will provide bereavement support for families where the child has died at Helen
& Douglas House, their own home,
local hospital or specialist tertiary hospital. The role supports families whose child has died suddenly. The role will
work co-operatively with other bereavement support agencies and charities to
meet families individual needs.
This role will
include working with individual parents and couples both in the hospice and in their
homes, and at Oxford University Hospital and other hospitals in our catchment
area as well as providing group bereavement support programmes and taking part
in the leadership and organisation of the annual weekend of remembrance.
To view the full job description, please see the supplementary documents.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Diploma in Counselling
- Registered Mental Nurse or other relevant qualification with extensive relevant experience or willingness to complete counselling registration.
Desirable
Skills
Essential
- Excellent listening and communication skills
- Group work skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Good time management
- Competent Information technology skills.
- Debrief skills
- Good organisation skills
Desirable
- Presentation skills for a variety of audiences
Attributes
Essential
- Flexible approach to work and working hours as job requires some and weekend work
- Committed to participating in clinical supervision
Other
Essential
- Not on ISA Barred list from working with children/adults
- Hold a current driving licence and be able to travel as a regular part of the role
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with bereaved families
- Good team player and experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team
- Ability to work independently
- Therapeutic interventions in grief work
Desirable
- Knowledge of working in the voluntary sector and statutory services.
- Experience of working with people with complex needs
- Up to date with current research on child and adult bereavement
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Diploma in Counselling
- Registered Mental Nurse or other relevant qualification with extensive relevant experience or willingness to complete counselling registration.
Desirable
Skills
Essential
- Excellent listening and communication skills
- Group work skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Good time management
- Competent Information technology skills.
- Debrief skills
- Good organisation skills
Desirable
- Presentation skills for a variety of audiences
Attributes
Essential
- Flexible approach to work and working hours as job requires some and weekend work
- Committed to participating in clinical supervision
Other
Essential
- Not on ISA Barred list from working with children/adults
- Hold a current driving licence and be able to travel as a regular part of the role
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with bereaved families
- Good team player and experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team
- Ability to work independently
- Therapeutic interventions in grief work
Desirable
- Knowledge of working in the voluntary sector and statutory services.
- Experience of working with people with complex needs
- Up to date with current research on child and adult bereavement
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
