Job Description
Role: Young Person Advocate and Bereavement Support Practitioner Hours: 35 hours per week Rate: £31,500 per annum (plus £2k London Weighting if London based) Reporting to: Bereavement Support Service Lead Base: Flexible hybrid working between home and one of this charity’s Centres in: Widnes, Birmingham, High Wycombe, London or Glasgow
About the Employer
Our client is a charity that helps families to rebuild their lives when a child grieves or when a child dies.
They support children and young people (up to the age of 25) when someone important to them has died or is not expected to live, and parents and the wider family when a baby or child of any age dies or is dying.
They provide training to professionals in health and social care, education, and the voluntary and corporate sectors, equipping them to provide the best possible care to bereaved families.
About the Role
This charity has an exciting new opportunity for a Young Person Advocate and Bereavement Support Practitioner. This is a split post working primarily as a Young Person Advocate. The post holder will lead on the development and delivery of support for young people and the professionals that work with them by ensuring that young people have a voice and influence in the development of the charity’s services across the UK.
In addition, as a Bereavement Support Practitioner, the post holder will be providing bereavement support to individuals, couples, families and in group settings, when a baby or child of any age has died or is dying, or where children or young people up to the age of 25 are bereaved.
This employer offers a generous package of benefits including an employee assistance programme, 5% pension contribution and life assurance scheme.
Applicants should have a recognised, health, social care, or counselling qualification, experience in working with children, young people and families, excellent communication skills and be passionate about supporting bereaved families and those whose roles bring them into contact with these families.
The successful candidate will be required to complete a DBS check.
Closing date: Monday 2 June 2025 Interviews: Wednesday 11 June 2025 First interviews will be held on Teams or Zoom. Those candidates that are selected for a second interview will be required to attend an in person interview.
Applications will be reviewed, and interviews offered, on an on-going basis. The right is reserved to close the role prior to the closing date, should a suitable applicant be found, so please complete your application submission as soon as possible.
To apply, please click the apply button. You will be taken to a simple CHM Recruit form where you can find out more information and complete your application by following the instructions.
This charity is committed to creating a safe and welcoming atmosphere for everyone, and one that challenges all forms of oppression or discrimination including those based on age, gender or gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity leave, disability, race (which includes nationality, citizenship, ethnic or national origins), religion/faith or belief, sexual orientation (collectively known in law as the 'protected characteristics’), as well as any oppression or discrimination based on other physical characteristics or impairments, occupation, income, wealth, or unrelated criminal convictions.
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