Family Counsellor - Chestnut Tree House

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.

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.

This role supports the provision of palliative care to children, young people and families living

with a life limited condition across Sussex and South East Hampshire. Palliative care includes

the provision of respite breaks, enabling children opportunities to have fun, make memories

adding life to shortened years.

The hospice delivers end of life care to a small number of children, working with specialist

teams providing training and advice to manage childrens symptoms effectively. You will work

as part of a large team comprising of clinical staff, activities coordinators and the child and

family support team.

The team accept referrals from professionals when a child has died suddenly in the

community. This means that counsellors might be supporting bereaved families in a range of

sudden death circumstances.

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.

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 are subject 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.

Additional Requirements

Experience

Qualifications