Location: St Clare Hospice, Hastingwood, CM17 9JX
Salary: £23,257.70 – £23,837.40 per annum, depending on experience (based on FTE £38,762.85 – £39,729) and inclusive of High Cost Area Allowance
Hours: Part time (22.5 hours) 12 months Fixed term

KEY DOCUMENTS

Adult, CYP Family Therapist Job Description & Person Specification June 2025
Application Form DBS – May 2021
Employment Details
Employee Benefits Statement

A NOTE TO AGENCIES

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Our Patient and Family Support Service is a multi-skilled professional team committed to providing holistic, compassionate care. We are excited to welcome a new team member who is:

• Skilled and confident in therapeutic work with children and families
• Experienced in supporting individuals through grief and loss
• Outward-focussed, proactive and collaborative
• Eager to lead the development of our children and young people servic

OVERVIEW OF ROLE

Are you a dedicated counsellor with a passion for supporting children and families through challenging times? This is a unique and rewarding opportunity to join our Patient and Family Support Team as a Child, Young People & Family Therapist, playing a vital role in helping children, young people and their families face the challenges of death, dying and loss and navigate their grief at this difficult time.
You will lead the children and young people provision within St Clare through a combination of planning and delivering a variety of groups, workshops, talks and one to one sessions, whilst supervising and having clinical oversight for a number of volunteer led spaces, to afford the greatest choice in meeting the needs of the children and young people that we work with.
We are looking for a qualified counsellor with experience working with children and young people, ideally within a palliative care setting. You will bring empathy, resilience, and a deep understanding of the emotional needs of patients, carers, the bereaved, and their families.

Our Patient and Family Support Service is a multi-skilled professional team committed to providing holistic, compassionate care. We are excited to welcome a new team member who is:

• Skilled and confident in therapeutic work with children and families
• Experienced in supporting individuals through grief and loss
• Outward-focussed, proactive and collaborative
• Eager to lead the development of our children and young people service

PLEASE COMPLETE A ST CLARE HOSPICE APPLICATION FORM OR SUBMIT YOUR CV WITH A COVER LETTER TELLING US WHY YOU FEEL YOU ARE SUITABLE FOR THIS ROLE (IN PARTICULAR, EXPLAINING HOW YOU FULFIL THE REQUIREMENTS SET OUT IN THE PERSON SPECIFICATION).

Please send your application documents to: hr@stclarehospice.org.uk