Ormiston Families is one of the leading charities working with children, young people and families in the East of England. We take early and preventative action to support families to be safe, healthy and resilient. All our services help people to build stronger networks, learn from experience and feel in control of their own wellbeing. We can only achieve this with the people who choose to work for us.
Ormiston Families’ Stars is a specialist children’s bereavement support service providing counselling support to children and young people aged 4-19 in Cambridgeshire who have or will experience the loss of a family member or a significant person in their lives. The age group we support are usually from 4 to 19 years old.
The role is to provide bereavement counselling to children and young people resident or in school in Cambridgeshire, prior to or following the death of a significant person, primarily through one-to-one counselling. The purpose of the role is to provide therapeutic support to children who have or will experience bereavement; and to help them to process and identify the complex emotions associated with grief, accept their loss and move on with their lives. This role also involves arranging and facilitating bereavement assessments for referrals made into our service and also provides indirect support through liaison with families, schools and other referrers. Team and clinical meetings are held regularly at the Stars office.
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