To provide counselling and support for women in the gynaecology and maternity services. The role of counselling within women's health is to provide a confidential service to clients and their partners in respect of their pregnancy loss. This will be including to support couples through a subsequent pregnancy. The post holder will be required to provide support to staff when required.
Main duties of the job
* To work within British Association for counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) standards and guidelines.
* Provide One-on-One Counselling to women and couples referred by the Bereavement Support Midwife or other Health Professionals: Deliver individualised counselling sessions to patients and family members coping with loss and grief, adjusting approaches based on the unique needs of everyone.
* To carry out assessments to determine what kind of interventions is most appropriate. To refer clients to appropriate internal or external services if appropriate.
* Providing resources and strategies for coping with loss.
* To establish and facilitate support groups for individuals experiencing similar losses, fostering a sense of community and mutual understanding.
* To collaborate closely with the bereavement support midwife, other midwifery team, obstetric and medical professionals to ensure holistic care is provided.
* Provide training to healthcare staff on how to communicate with and support grieving patients and to update staff regarding counselling issues relevant to their services.
* To attend regular counselling supervision and keep up to date with development in the fields of counselling. To keep professional counselling skills appropriately updated.
About us
Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.
Person Specification
Education/qualification
* Accredited as a counsellor with British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP).
* Minimum of a diploma in counselling.
* Evidence of ongoing professional development additional qualification.
* MA counselling or equivalent.
Knowledge & Experience
* Two years post qualifying experience in supervised one to one counselling.
* Knowledge of mental health.
* Experience of working within a health care setting.
* Experience of working with a diverse client group.
* Experience of working with issues created by and related to pregnancy loss.
* Experience of working in a multidisciplinary team.
* Experience of working with bereavement issues.
Skills & abilities
* A flexible counselling approach incorporating a range of skills.
* Ability to work within a multidisciplinary team.
* Ability to communicate confidently with a large range of health professionals.
* Ability to provide effective counselling.
* Ability to work independently.
* Excellent communication and listening skills.
* To work face to face in Trust arranged venue either community or hospital based.
* To be able to work remotely if required in specific situations.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
£44,806 to £53,134 a year (pro rata) inclusive of HCAs.
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