Bereavement Counsellor Required: Carmarthen, Wales

Bereavement Counsellor Required: Carmarthen, Wales Bereavement Counsellor Required: Carmarthen, Wales

Hywel Dda University Health Board

Band: Band 4

Salary: £27,898 to £30,615 a year per annum, pro rata

Contract: Fixed term

Duration: 13 months

Working pattern: Part-time, Job share, Flexible working

Reference number: 100-ACS

This is Fixed Term / Secondment until 16.02.2027, due to the needs of the service. If you are a Hywel Dda University Health Board employee and are applying for this post as a secondment, agreement for the secondment is needed from your current manager prior to application.

This is an opportunity for a qualified counsellor to join our team. You will be working in a supportive team environment where you can benefit from flexible working whilst supporting adults by providing specialist bereavement counselling from Glangwili General Hospital site.

The Bereavement Support Service is a specialist Counselling Service within Carmarthenshire. The successful applicant will be based in Carmarthen, however will need to be willing to travel to other sites within Carmarthenshire if required, such as our partner site at Ty Bryngwyn. We offer a blended model of engagement, including the use of virtual platforms as well as face to face.

The applicant will require experience working within a team and in providing bereavement counselling.

Main duties of the job

You will be working within the Bereavement Support Service providing counselling to service users within Carmarthenshire, however you will need to be willing to work across the county of Carmarthenshire within Hywel Dda University Health Board if required. You will be conducting assessments and providing counselling supportwith a mixed model approach face to face, telephone and online.You will be required to work autonomously as part of a team, alongside and in partnership with other Healthcare professionals and Services within clinical settings.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.

We welcome informal contact from prospective applicants.