Bereavement Counsellor
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
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| Salary: | £6,382.70 |
| Hours: | Full-time |
| Location: | Carlisle, CA2 4SD |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Posting date: | 30 Jul 2026 |
| Closing date: | 16 Aug 2026 |
Summary
Job Summary: This post forms part of the Patient and Family Support Team (PFST) which provides emotional, psychological, spiritual and social support to hospice patients and their close support networks. Main Responsibilities of the Post. To work with all members of the Multi-Disciplinary Team providing bereavement support. To engage in the provision of bereavement support and advice with individuals and families in North Cumbria, providing a supportive approach, which is appropriate to client needs. Providing counselling face to face or over the telephone. Working with individuals, families or groups. Building a relationship of trust and respect with clients. Listening to clients' concerns, empathising with them, and helping them to see things more clearly or in a different way. Ensure confidentiality and sensitivity when supporting patients and families. Work flexibly to meet the needs of the service, including occasional evenings or weekends if required. Attend regular supervision sessions with the Family Support Team. Maintain accurate records of support provided, ensuring compliance with hospice policies. Maintain standards in accordance with best practice as defined by the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and Bereavement Care Standards UK Project. Health and Safety All employees have a duty to take reasonable care to avoid injury to themselves and others. They are to make themselves aware of the Eden Valley Hospice Health and Safety Policy and procedures, thus ensuring a safe working environment. Line Managers are responsible to promote working safely and ensuring that their team are carrying out duties in a safe manner. Safeguarding All staff and volunteers are responsible for understanding their responsibilities for safeguarding Children and Vulnerable Adults in accordance with their job role and any requirements they are obliged to follow as members of their profession. All employees should make themselves aware of the policies and procedures of safeguarding, take personal responsibility as far as is reasonably practicable, to safeguard children and vulnerable adults, complete statutory and mandatory training and take appropriate action as set out in the Hospices policies and procedures. Data Protection and Confidentiality All employees have a responsibility in line with information governance to maintain confidentiality and ensure the principles of the Data Protection Act 2018 are applied to patients, clients, staff,volunteersand Hospice business information, including electronic information. Only information required to fulfil the duties of the role should be accessed by the post holder. All employees have a responsibility to use electronic systems in a way that preserves the dignity and privacy of people, helps to ensure services of the highest quality, and is compliant with the law and Hospice policies and procedures Training All employees are expected to keep their mandatory training up to date. Line Managers are responsible for ensuring their team have adequate time and resources to ensure all mandated training requirements are completed. Annual appraisals areto be completed in a timely manner, in which relevant development and training requirements are identified. The range of duties and responsibilities outlined above are indicative only and are intended to give a broad flavour of the range and type of duties that will be allocated. They are subject to modification in the light of changing service demands and the development requirements of the post holder.