Job Description

Responsibilities

• Working with individuals diagnosed with cancer or life-limiting illness or the loved ones of the individual.
• Holding a caseload of clients and managing this autonomously.
• Supporting individuals who have been diagnosed with life-limiting illness, experiencing complex psychological end-of-life issues.
• Providing counselling/bereavement counselling to any other person affected by this diagnosis.
• Providing counselling intervention with those facing death and their families, including children and young people.
• Providing specialist assessment of the needs of bereaved family members and those close to the patient, identifying and implementing appropriate forms of intervention.
• Providing, as appropriate, individual, couple and family counselling, and direct work with children and young people.
• Working within a high level of autonomy, within professional guidelines and broad organizational policies, exercising responsibility for the systemic governance of counselling practice.
• Providing mentorship and guidance to student and volunteer counsellors and ensuring systems are in place to support such counselling staff.
• Providing valuable support to the extended Palliative care team.
• Being integral to the Clinical Supervision process and education within St John's Specialist Palliative care Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT).
• Collating and providing statistical information for audit and evaluation purposes.
• Being involved in the selection and training of volunteers and new post-holders.