Bereavement Specialist Evelyn's House

Additional Information About The Role

Evelyn’s House is seeking a compassionate Bereavement Specialist to provide in‑person emotional support to patients and families experiencing anticipatory grief in a hospice setting. This role supports individuals of all ages—from children and teens to older adults—using developmentally appropriate approaches, including expressive arts techniques, during an emotionally intense and sacred time.

Working on-site Monday through Friday, with flexibility to meet family needs, the Bereavement Specialist partners closely with the interdisciplinary team to offer presence, stability, and comfort prior to death, with limited follow‑up support after death. Responsibilities also include facilitating grief support groups before and after a death at Evelyn’s House.

This role is ideal for a clinician who values compassion, dignity, and emotional presence, and who brings strong crisis intervention skills and the ability to support families with sensitivity and professionalism in moments that matter most.

Master's Degree in social work, counseling or art therapy are ideal.

Overview

BJC Home Care offers patients and their families a complete range of home care services, including skilled nursing services, adult and pediatric hospice and supportive care, rehabilitation therapy, home infusion therapy, infusion treatment rooms, home medical equipment and high-tech respiratory care. Specialty home care programs also are available, including adult and pediatric asthma, cardiac, diabetes, orthopedic and wound care programs.

BJC Home Care provides care to thousands of patients in both Missouri and Illinois. Serving more than 25 counties, it has become the largest home care network in the region and one of the largest in the country.

Evelyn’s House is the newest addition to BJC Hospice and BJCs continuum of care for patients with life-limiting illness. Evelyn’s House staff are sensitive to the physical, psychosocial, emotional and spiritual needs of terminally ill adult and pediatric patients and their families. We provide a multi-disciplinary team of healthcare professionals and volunteers, specially trained in pain and symptom management, counseling, and bereavement services for the dying. BJC Hospice services include alternative therapies such as music, art and massage therapy. BJC Hospice programs provide palliative care by helping patients manage their pain and symptoms while living their lives with daily peace and dignity.

Preferred Qualifications

Role Purpose

Responsible for working with adults and children to help them understand and cope with feelings of grief before and/or after the death of a loved one.

Responsibilities

• Provides support to client's coping with their grief, and provides anticipatory and follow-up bereavement visits.
• Evaluates grief resources and selects those to be utilized by BJC Hospice.
• Coordinates grief activities.
• Refers families to available services, counselors and support groups in the community.
• Serves as a grief resource in the community and is involved in community organizations focused on education and support of pediatric and adult grief.
  
  

Minimum Requirements

Education

• Master's Degree
• Social Services/related
  
  

Experience

Supervisor Experience

• No Experience
  
  

Licenses & Certifications

• Valid Driver's License
  
  

Experience

Preferred Requirements

• 2-5 years
  
  

Licenses & Certifications

• Art Therapy Registration
• Lic Clinical Social Worker
• Lic Professional Counselor
  
  

Benefits And Legal Statement

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At BJC we’re committed to providing you and your family with benefits and resources to help you manage your physical, emotional, social and financial well-being.

• Comprehensive medical, dental, vison, life insurance, and legal services available first day of the month after hire date
• Disability insurance* paid for by BJC
• Annual 4% BJC Automatic Retirement Contribution
• 401(k) plan with BJC match
• Tuition Assistance available on first day
• BJC Institute for Learning and Development
• Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Paid Time Off benefit combines vacation, sick days, holidays and personal time
• Adoption assistance
  
  

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