Family Counsellor

LLOYD'S REGISTER INTERNATIONAL; Arundel; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

The Family Counsellor role at Chestnut Tree House sits within the Child and Family Team of Southern Hospice Group. You will provide specialist emotional support and counselling/psychotherapy to families (children, young people and adults) under our care and help liaise with staff through training and group activities.

Due to the remote location and lack of public transport, access to your own transport is essential to travel across the hospice catchment area.

Qualifications

• Qualified and accredited counsellor/psychotherapist (BACP/UKCP/BPS).
• Extensive post-qualification bereavement experience.
• Experience delivering counselling in community settings.
• Experience with adults and children.
• Experience in palliative care or health care settings.
• Ability to work flexibly and independently.
• Competent computer skills.
• Full UK driving licence and ability to travel across the catchment area.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist emotional support and counselling/psychotherapy to families (children, young people and adults) under the care of Chestnut Tree House.
• Facilitate training and staff support.
• Organise and run group activities for families and children/young people as required.

Skills

BACP/UKCP/BPS accreditation

Bereavement experience

Community-based experience

Adults & children experience

Palliative/healthcare experience

Flexible & independent work

Computer skills

Driving licence & travel

Education

Counselling qualification (BACP/UKCP/BPS)

Job description

About the role

We are looking for a Family Counsellor to join the Child and Family Team.You will provide specialist emotional support and counselling/ psychotherapy to families (children, young people and adults) who are under the care of Chestnut Tree House. You will also facilitate training and support for staff, and group activities for families and children/young people as required.

Due to the remote location and lack of public transport, access to your own transport is essential.

Essential criteria

• Qualified Counsellor/ Psychotherapist accredited with BACP, UKCP or BPS
• Extensive post qualifying experience including bereavement work
• Extensive experience of working within a community setting.
• Experience of working with adults and children
• Experience of working in a palliative care or health care setting
• Ability to work flexibly and independently
• Competent computer skills
• A valid UK driving licence and the ability to travel frequently throughout the working day across the catchment area for the hospice.

About us

Southern Hospice Group is the largest group of hospices in Sussex and one of the largest in the UK.We are committed to providing exceptional and compassionate care to adults, children and their families across Sussex. Bringing our teams and resources together as one organisation means we can focus on new and exciting visions and plans for our people and patients and provide even greater opportunities for our workforce.

St Barnabas House provides specialist palliative care to adults in the Worthing, Adur, Arun and Henfield areas through a range of services, including in-patient care and community living well services.

Chestnut Tree Houseis the children’s hospice for East and West Sussex and South East Hampshire, providing specialist palliative care for children and young people with life-limiting conditions.

Martlets provides essential care to people affected by terminal illness in Brighton and Hove and surrounding areas. Our expert teams provide the very best care and support, helping patients and their loved ones to live life to the full during the precious time they have together.

Benefits

• Company pension scheme or NHS pension scheme for eligible employees
• Up to 35 days’ annual leave inclusive of bank holidays
• On-site education support and study leave opportunities
• Option to access Bupa and cover your everyday cost of healthcare for less
• Free parking, subsidised meals and various social activities
• Corporate rate gym membership, discounts with local complementary therapies and Blue Light Card
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Death in Service

We warmly welcome applications from all sections of our community. We also invite applications from suitably experienced people for all industry sectors who can demonstrate the skills, ability and enthusiasm to work with a people-centric organisation like ours.

Artificial intelligence (AI)

Your application and interview should give us an accurate and authentic picture of your skills and experiences. Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action.

Before you submit an application, we will ask you to confirm the information you provide is true and accurate.

Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action.

Please note that we reserve the right to close this vacancy before the published closing date where applicant volume is high.

Some of our roles aresubject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it may be necessary for a disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.