What are the responsibilities and job description for the Bereavement Counselor/Coordinator - Hospice position at Haven Hospice?
Our Company:
Must have MSW and some grief/bereavement experience.
Our comprehensive benefits include:
Haven Hospice
Overview:
Our Hospice Bereavement Counselors/Coordinators are the heart of our organization who support patients by planning, implementing and maintaining a bereavement program to meet the needs of families/caregivers. Take this chance to make a meaningful impact with your career today!
Must have MSW and some grief/bereavement experience.
Our comprehensive benefits include:
- Medical and dental benefits
- Short- and long-term disability
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- 401(k) program
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Vendor discounts
- Coordinate the assessment and delivery of grief counseling needs and services to ensure timely and appropriate services are provided
- Plan for Bereavement Program development, expansion and refinement through annual evaluation of services
- Provide bereavement support to hospice personnel coping with work-related grief
- Provide bereavement information and referral services to callers from the community
- Participate in interdisciplinary group meetings
- Ensure compliance with all state and federal legal and regulatory requirements
- Additional responsibilities as assigned
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent theological degree or Master’s degree in Social Work with qualifications of experience clinical grief counseling
- Understanding of grief response and experience with counseling individuals and/or groups in loss
- Experience with death and dying
- Knowledge of the hospice philosophy of care
