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Suicide Bereavement Support Worker

• £30,607 per year
• Full-time
• Permanent contract
• Based at the Bethlem Royal Hospital, West Wickham, with travel across South East London
• Hybrid working considered, in line with policy

The South East London Suicide Bereavement Service is a collaboration between Mind in SE London and South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust. The service provides vital emotional and practical support to adults and young people who have lost a loved one to suicide. You will be joining a supportive team who share a passion for working with people during some of the most difficult experiences of their lives.

We are looking for a skilled, empathetic, and resilient individual to fill the key role of Suicide Bereavement Support Worker. Your primary responsibilities will be to deliver one-to-one support and co-facilitate bereavement support groups. This role involves building relationships with people from all walks of life and managing your own caseload. You will have ownership over your work, while being supported through regular supervision and reflective practice.

With experience providing emotional support, including to those who have experienced bereavement, you will be an excellent communicator with good assessment and support planning skills. You will also be highly organised and able to manage a busy and varied workload. The ability to adapt your approach to a wide variety of people, ensuring that support is inclusive and sensitive to service users’ cultural and religious backgrounds, is essential. This role involves meeting clients in the community, including carrying out home visits

We encourage applications from people with lived experience of suicide bereavement, although this is not a requirement for the role.

Successful applicants will be expected to undergo an Enhanced Level Disclosure and Barring Service check

Closing date: Sunday 21st May (23.59pm)

Likely interview date: w/c 30th May

Please apply via our website: https://blgmind.org.uk/job/suicide-bereavement-support-worker-2/

About BLG Mind

We are a local Mind with a diverse workforce of over 400 staff and volunteers, working to support people with mental health problems and dementia in the boroughs of Bromley, Lewisham and Greenwich. Read about the benefits of working for us.

Inclusion is one of our core values. We welcome all applicants, including those with lived experience of mental health problems. We particularly encourage applications from:

• People from culturally diverse communities
• Disabled people
• People with diverse sexual orientations and gender identities
• Under 25s

For an informal discussion about this opportunity, please contact Recruitment Team; [email protected]