What are the responsibilities and job description for the Hospice Spiritual & Grief Counselor (Dodgeville) position at Agrace?
Location: Dodgeville, WI | Grant, Iowa, Lafayette, Green Counties
Full-time 1.0 FTE (40 hours/week) | Day Shift | Monday-Friday | 8a-5p
Includes on-call 1 weekend/quarter, no weekends, and 2 holidays/year
Make a lasting impact with Agrace
Join Agrace, a nationally recognized nonprofit leader in hospice and palliative care. If you are looking for a counseling that helps support meaningful, patient-centered care, this is your opportunity to make a difference!
How You’ll Make a Difference (Essential Functions)
The Spiritual and Grief Counselor serves the interdisciplinary team by responding to referrals, developing and carrying out individualized care plans, and providing individual and group spiritual and grief support.
Key Responsibilities
Patient and Family Assessments
- Respond to referrals from clinical teams by contacting the patient and/or family to establish counseling relationship and expectations.
- Perform spiritual and grief assessment, intervention, and care planning to meet the individual needs of patients and/or families.
- Engage in ongoing assessment of care plans through interdisciplinary review in accordance with Federal and State Guidelines
- Work collaboratively with the patient’s designated faith and spiritual community, and refer to other community resources as needed
Provide Bereavement Support
- Develop an individualized bereavement plan of care to address the full scope of survivor needs.
- Provide updates to the interdisciplinary team regarding bereaved
- Connect bereaved with community resources to assist in the grieving process
Lead Community Grief Groups and Memorials
- Develop, implement, and facility support groups for Agrace families/community members
- Provide supervision and support to counseling services volunteers
- Participate in the planning and coordination of Agrace community bereavement events
Other Duties
- Participate in internal work groups, meetings and committees relative to position responsibilities
- Provide counseling support (through group sessions, memorial services, reflections, etc.) to the interdisciplinary teams and community partners
The above are not to be construed as exclusive or all-inclusive. Other duties may be required and assigned.
You Bring (Qualifications)
- Degree in Social Work, Counseling (or other related counseling degree), Divinity, Theology, or Pastoral Care, or equivalent combination of education and work experience required
- At least one unit of Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE); (required unless degree in Social Work obtained)
- Two or more years’ counseling experience preferred
- Valid driver’s license, auto insurance, and access to a reliable vehicle
- Experience providing counseling and/or spiritual care in both a group and individual setting
- Experience working with grief as related to death
- Intermediate Microsoft Office Suite skills
- Ability to work effectively and cooperatively with others
- Experience using industry specific software
- Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing
- Ability to be flexible in time and task to meet organizational needs
- Ability to maintain confidentiality about patients, families, caregivers, staff, donors, and organizational intellectual property
- Ability to work at various Agrace locations
- Ability to use proper body mechanics and standard precautions
Benefits
- Competitive pay with mileage reimbursement
- Health, dental, and vision insurance for employees who are hired for 28 hours per week (.7 FTE )
- Retirement plans with employer matching
- Generous Paid Time Off (PTO) and holiday paid time off
- Comprehensive onboarding, mentorship, and career development
About Agrace
For more than 45 years, Agrace has been an innovator and leader in both caring for patients and their families, and in educating others about death, dying and grief. We are the largest hospice provider in Wisconsin. Well known for end-of-life care, Agrace also serves people across southern Wisconsin who are aging, seriously ill or grieving.
At Agrace we are strengthened by the unique experiences, cultures and traditions of our staff, patients and clients.
Together, we pursue a vision in which every Agrace staff member is treated fairly, and every patient and client experiences the respectful, individualized care they need and deserve.
We foster a culture of belonging that celebrates people’s uniqueness and leads to meaningful, empathetic connections.
Agrace HospiceCare is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class.