Counsellor – Fixed Term – 12 months

About Us
St Michael’s Hospice is nestled in the stunning Herefordshire countryside, in a state-of-the-art facility. We offer a competitive salary and benefits package, a transferrable NHS pension or you can enrol onto our own Hospice pension. We offer Life Assurance, a superb working environment and facility, generous study leave allowance, discounts with local suppliers, individualised training needs analysis, advanced communication skills training, employee counselling service, free tea & coffee, a friendly & welcoming work environment and 30 days annual leave, plus bank holidays. We are one of the top 100 best not for profit organisations to work for and have been caring to make a difference, to patients living with a terminal illness and their families, across Herefordshire and beyond for 40 years.

Job Title: Counsellor – Fixed Term – 12 months

Spinal Point Range: 7.5

Job Purpose: To provide counselling for patients, families and carers under the care of the Hospice through identification, assessment of and response to the counselling needs of the client.

Person Specification:

1) Specialist Knowledge and Experience

Essential
Degree in Counselling Experience of providing counselling: for loss and bereavement for individuals affected by progressive life limiting disease supporting clients remotely/online

Desirable
Experience of providing counselling: to couples and families

2) Skills and Behaviours
Relating to others: Quickly builds rapport and easily establishes relationships with others. Relates well to different types of people. Interacts with others in a sensitive and effective way. Communication: Speaks clearly, fluently and demonstrates active listening.
Team working: Develops effective and supportive relationships with colleagues.
Organisation: Organises own time effectively and creates own work schedules. Prioritises and prepares in advance including keeping an up to date work diary. Sets realistic time-scales.
Reliability: Ability to follow direction from managers / supervisors, to be punctual and respect policies and procedures.

3) Special Conditions This post is conditional to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service Check.

Our values  
“What matters to you is what’s important to us”
To ensure we deliver upon this every day, we empower people to work collaboratively to reach the best possible decisions, realise them in the best possible way and at the best possible time.
We value: Knowledge, judgment, and kindness in reaching the best possible decisions, courage, integrity, and passion in realising those decisions in the best possible way, and honesty, empathy, and determination in doing so at the best possible time.
Living our values influences the way we behave. The way we behave informs the way we do things. The way we do things is the St Michael’s way.

Equal Opportunities Statement
At St Michael’s Hospice we are committed to an equal opportunities approach in everything we do. This means that we seek to ensure anyone connected with St Michael’s, from patients and families through to donors, supporters, volunteers and staff are treated fairly, appropriately and with dignity and respect.

Next steps

• Application Guidance Notes
• Download the Equal Opportunities Form
• Your Information and How We keep It Safe
• Download the Recruitment of Ex-Offenders Policy

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