Team Leader - Online Bereavement Counselling Service
Employer: Sue Ryder
Location: Homebased
Working hours: Full time, 37.5 hours per week
Salary: £37,523 - £41,239 (depending on experience) plus competitive benefits
Closing date: 21st July
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Team Leader - Online Bereavement Counselling Service
Main location - Homebased
37.5 hours per week
£37,523 - £41,239 (depending on experience) plus competitive benefits
Sue Ryder is here to make sure everyone approaching the end of their life or living with grief can access the support they need. There is no one size fits all when it comes to how we cope and the help we need, but with our support, no one has to face dying or grief alone.
We are there when it matters.
About you
Are you a self-motivated and experienced therapist with proven leadership and management skills? Would you like to work in a cutting-edge bereavement counselling service that is growing and developing to meet continuous demand for high quality professional counselling. We are entering an exciting phase of growth as we transition to a flexible support model offering both single-session therapy and up to six-session interventions. We are seeking a qualified and accredited BACP, UKCP or HCPC therapist (psychologist or counsellor) to deliver focused, outcome-informed grief support remotely.
• Qualification in Counselling, Psychotherapy or Psychology.
• Accredited member of BACP, UKCP or HCPC.
• Additional qualification of at least 80 hours study time in online counselling.
• Additional training in short term counselling models
You will have a strong clinical focus, the ability to work within brief interventions, and confidence in using outcome measures. All sessions are delivered online.
Join us in shaping innovative, compassionate grief care.
About the job
The main purpose of this position is to support the Clinical Services Manager in running the online bereavement counselling service and palliative care counselling service, providing level 3 NICE 2004, time limited, one to one online psychological therapy to clients. You will lead a team of online bereavement counsellors by providing clinical and operational support and management supervision. Some of the duties are;
• To support the Clinical Services Manager, Clinical Operations Manager and Head of Grief and Bereavement in the development, implementation and review of operational policies relating to the service
• To provide single-session therapy to individuals experiencing bereavement (national)
• To provide pre-death support to patients in our hospice communities and their families (local but online, remote)
• To contribute to the development of best practice within the service
• To maintain up to date knowledge of legislation, ethics, national and local
policies and procedures
• To drive continuous improvement activity, in particular carrying out auditing and
data collection and analysis
• To support the Clinical Services Manager to investigate counselling
incidents, complaints or safeguarding concerns
*For full role duties and responsibilities, please view the attached Job description*
Benefits
• Enhanced pay for unsociable hours
• Company pension scheme
• 27 days holiday - rising to 33 with length of service plus bank holidays
• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
• Enhanced sick pay
• Employee Networks - LGBTQ+, Ethnic Diversity and Equality, People with Disabilities, and Women and Non Binary Individuals
• Staff discount of 10% on new goods online at shop.sueryder.org
• Structured induction programme and learning and development opportunities.
For more of our employee benefits please visit our website.
https://www.sueryder.org/jobs/why-work-for-sue-ryder
We actively encourage applications from people from all backgrounds to help us to provide the best possible experience for the people who use our services and continue to make Sue Ryder a great place to work, and attract and recruit the best, most diverse workforce possible. We are particularly interested in increasing applications from the global majority, LGBTQIA+ and people with disabilities as they are currently underrepresented in our organisation.
Please let us know if you have any feedback to make our recruitment processes more accessible and inclusive or if you require any adjustments made to your application or interview process by emailing recruitment@sueryder.org
https://www.sueryder.org/jobs/equity-diversity-inclusion
If you want more than just a job, we want you.
Join the team and be there when it matters.
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