Supportive Care Deputy Team Lead and Counsellor - Barnstaple, United Kingdom - North Devon Hospice

North Devon Hospice

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Barnstaple, United Kingdom

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Description

Our Mission is simple.

We provide outstanding care and support to the community of North Devon who are impacted by a life limiting illness.

Everyone is a story and the ending matters and we are proud to support and care for patients and their families at their most vulnerable time.

We are looking for qualified counsellors with experience of working with grief and loss to join our Supportive Care Team:

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Supportive Care Deputy Team Lead:
£36,000 per annum, pro rata.
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Supportive Care Counsellor:
£28,400 per annum, pro rata
Full or part time hours are available for both roles.

The benefits of working with us are:

An excellent working environment (& beautiful outside areas)
Flexible & family friendly policies including Maternity, Adoption, Paternity, Shared Parental leave and Pawternity
Tech Scheme
Cycle to work Scheme
Free onsite parking
Personal pension scheme
Generous holiday allowance increasing with service
Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) offering free confidential advice on a range of matters including financial, legal, health and wellbeing
Health Cash Plan which can include up to 5 children and the option to include partners
Regular Wellbeing events
The opportunity to give us your feedback on how we can improve as an organisation

About the role

Our outstanding, person-centred palliative care, positively impacts on the physical, social, emotional and spiritual wellbeing of our patients and their relatives and carers, continuing into bereavement.

We work with patients with a palliative prognosis and those who are close to them.

Our clients are at the centre of everything we do and using a variety of skills and therapies we offer a space to talk and explore things that may help.

The team offer counselling, complementary therapies and other activities, delivered one-to-one or in groups, that support and nurture people through challenging times.

We work across North Devon and deliver services at both the main hospice in Barnstaple and our outreach centre, The Long House, in Holsworthy.

To succeed in these roles, you will have:

A qualification in Counselling or Psychotherapy to at least diploma level, with BACP, or equivalent body, registration and ideally accreditation
Relevant experience of working with loss and grief and an understanding of the emotional and spiritual impact of illness, loss and suffering
Highly developed communication and assessment skills and experience of onetoone interventions and group work

For the Deputy Team Lead role, you will also have:

Qualification in and /or experience of providing supervision and mentoring
Experience of case load management and service planning, development and improvement
Extensive clinical experience and theoretical knowledge relating to loss and grief
Experience of leading and developing a team

We are there for all the family, do you want to be there too?

If you are interested in joining our team, we would love to hear from you. Informal discussion welcomed, please contact Charlie Bond, Supportive Care Team Lead on

Interviews will be held on Tuesday 18th July and Wednesday 19th July 2023

Job Types:
Full-time, Part-time, Permanent

Salary:
£28,400.00 per year

Benefits: