Job summary
Located in leafy St Johns Wood on the Jubilee line, minutes from Central London, our luxury private Hospital has an international reputation for providing the highest quality of care to patients and is unique in that all profits fund our onsite Hospice, St Johns.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for an Adult Bereavement Service Coordinator To co-ordinate, develop and maintain the Adult Bereavement Service for relatives, friends and carers of patients who have died in the care of St. Johns Hospice. To ensure the Bereavement Service is a seamless part of the holistic care offered at the Hospice and that it is culturally sensitive and appropriate for all those groups accessing the Hospice.
The Adult Bereavement Services Coordinator will be part of a small team of social workers, with a particular responsibility for coordinating the Hospice Adult Bereavement Service.
Please note: The team comprises a separate child bereavement coordinator.
About us
At our organisation we are passionate about providing our employees with a supportive and engaging environment. As well as ongoing development and training, we offer our employees a wide range of benefits;
When you become part of the HJE Family, these are some of the benefits you will receive:
- Private healthcare scheme worth up to £20,000 per year
- 27 days annual leave
- Blue Light Card discounts
- Interest-free season ticket loans
- Cycle to work scheme
- Free eye check-up vouchers with contribution towards lenses
- Free newspaper and media subscriptions
- Local Business discounts
- Discount in our Hospice Charity shop
- Refer a Friend scheme
- Free Cinema Society Membership offering discounted tickets
- Personal development and training courses
- Annual events and recognition awards
- Career progression and increments
- For employees joining us from the NHS, we can provide continuation of your NHS pension
If you are ready for a new challenge and relish the chance to become part of a successful, forward thinking organisation then we would love to hear from you.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Our aim is to provide bereaved adults with a confidential and non-judgemental space during the grieving process. Our approach is strength based and empowering. The service is committed to working in an anti-discriminatory manner, with particular regard to the protected characteristics contained within the Equality Act 2010 (these being age; disability; gender reassignment; marriage and civil partnership; pregnancy and maternity; race; religion or belief; sex; and sexual orientation).
- To remain person - centered and committed to the bereaved persons individual needs, goals and opinions.
- Support the bereaved person in expressing grief-related feelings in safe professional environment.
- Enable the bereaved person to better understand their feelings and finding healthy coping strategies in terms of their bereavement.
- Provide the bereaved person (s) with opportunities to explore their past relationship with the deceased and any unexplored anticipatory grief.
- Identify with the bereaved person any post bereavement needs and any unresolved issues with the deceased that would jeopardise a healthy bereavement process.
- Explore coping strategies and safe mechanisms to promote resilience, adjustment and facilitate grief work.
- To help the bereaved person normalise the grief reaction and promote their understanding of the different stages of grief stages.
- To provide a full bereavement needs assessment at initial meeting with the bereaved
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Our aim is to provide bereaved adults with a confidential and non-judgemental space during the grieving process. Our approach is strength based and empowering. The service is committed to working in an anti-discriminatory manner, with particular regard to the protected characteristics contained within the Equality Act 2010 (these being age; disability; gender reassignment; marriage and civil partnership; pregnancy and maternity; race; religion or belief; sex; and sexual orientation).
- To remain person - centered and committed to the bereaved persons individual needs, goals and opinions.
- Support the bereaved person in expressing grief-related feelings in safe professional environment.
- Enable the bereaved person to better understand their feelings and finding healthy coping strategies in terms of their bereavement.
- Provide the bereaved person (s) with opportunities to explore their past relationship with the deceased and any unexplored anticipatory grief.
- Identify with the bereaved person any post bereavement needs and any unresolved issues with the deceased that would jeopardise a healthy bereavement process.
- Explore coping strategies and safe mechanisms to promote resilience, adjustment and facilitate grief work.
- To help the bereaved person normalise the grief reaction and promote their understanding of the different stages of grief stages.
- To provide a full bereavement needs assessment at initial meeting with the bereaved
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Direct counselling with individuals and families
- Experience of working with people facing death and bereavement
- CQSW, Diploma or degree in social work
- Formal qualification in counselling and up to date registration with BAC
Desirable
- Ability to work effectively as member of a multi-professional team.
- Ability to work with people going through bereavement.
- Demonstrate skills in assessment, therapeutic and group work.
- Knowledge of grief and bereavement theories
- Knowledge and experience of adult and children Safeguarding legislations and policies.
- Ability to select, manage and support volunteers.
- Working knowledge of relevant legislation, voluntary and statutory services
- Knowledge of other bereavement services
- High standard of verbal, recording and written skills
- Ability to manage own caseload in accordance with agreed priorities.
- Ability to advocate on behalf of service users.
- Proven skills in developing and maintaining administrative systems.
- Computer literacy
- To understand, and an ability to promote and implement equal opportunities in all areas of work.
- Experience of developing a service in response to an identified need
- Teaching/training skills
- Experience of student supervision
- Experience in service auditing and policy writing
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Direct counselling with individuals and families
- Experience of working with people facing death and bereavement
- CQSW, Diploma or degree in social work
- Formal qualification in counselling and up to date registration with BAC
Desirable
- Ability to work effectively as member of a multi-professional team.
- Ability to work with people going through bereavement.
- Demonstrate skills in assessment, therapeutic and group work.
- Knowledge of grief and bereavement theories
- Knowledge and experience of adult and children Safeguarding legislations and policies.
- Ability to select, manage and support volunteers.
- Working knowledge of relevant legislation, voluntary and statutory services
- Knowledge of other bereavement services
- High standard of verbal, recording and written skills
- Ability to manage own caseload in accordance with agreed priorities.
- Ability to advocate on behalf of service users.
- Proven skills in developing and maintaining administrative systems.
- Computer literacy
- To understand, and an ability to promote and implement equal opportunities in all areas of work.
- Experience of developing a service in response to an identified need
- Teaching/training skills
- Experience of student supervision
- Experience in service auditing and policy writing
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.
