Senior Counsellor (part time, Internal applicants only)

*Please note this role is only open to current staff and volunteers at Pilgrims Hospices*

Pilgrims Hospices is looking for a Senior Counsellor to join its Canterbury team!

About the role:

In the role as Senior Counsellor, you will be joining our extensive proactive Counselling Team, which includes a core team of employed counsellors, counsellors in training and qualified volunteers.  You will be working in Pilgrims Hospice Canterbury offering counselling sessions to patients, their families and the bereaved. This role works closely with the counselling team and involves communicating and collaborating  with the wider multi-disciplinary team on site, on a day to day basis. You will also be expected to communicate and work with the teams on other sites. You will be working in a supportive, caring and happy team.

Additional responsibilities include administration, assessment, mentoring, supervision, educational and training aspects.

Every day in this role can be rewarding; knowing the impact we can make as a wider team to the lives of our colleagues, the patients, their families and the bereaved.

This role will be 3 days a week (21h a week). £39,405 (pro rata per annum)

Benefits:

As an Employer of Choice we are committed supporting our employees and volunteers through both a holistic benefits package, but also through wellbeing and work/life balance.

Our hospices offer:

• 26 days annual leave, plus all public holidays
• Free onsite parking
• Financial discounts, provided through the Blue Light Card Membership Scheme
• Standard Life Workplace Pension. Those joining us from the NHS may retain eligibility to membership of the NHS pension scheme
• Subsidised meal
• Access to Dover Counselling Services
• Friendly and highly professional working environments alongside passionate people
• Opportunities for professional development through a range of extensive learning

We invest in our employees, which is one of the key things that makes us an award-winning employer of choice!

About Us:

As an award-winning employer, Pilgrims provides end of life care services to patients and their families across east Kent.

Our commitment is to provide open, compassionate care and expertise for patients and their families – both in the community and in-patient units.

Our Vision:

“Of a community where people with a terminal illness and their family and friends are supported and empowered to live well in mind and body until the very last moment of their life”.

We recognise that our workforce is integral to the delivery of our Vision and our organisational and charitable aims. Pilgrims Hospices continues to create a highly skilled, motivated, engaged and healthy workforce by providing an environment where staff and volunteers feel highly motivated to perform their roles to a consistently high standard, and actively role model our organisational behaviours and values.

To achieve our Vision, we have a shared set of values and behaviours that enable us to be the people and the charity that patients and their loved ones need us to be. They form our CODE, which guides us in our daily working and decision making:

Compassionate We treat everyone with compassion and care

Open We communicate openly, honestly and effectively

Dynamic We are dynamic, improving and developing our service

Empowered We empower people to achieve their outcomes

How to apply:

To learn more about this role, please download the full job description an job pack document as attached.

If you are interested in applying for the role and wish to join our passionate team, please submit your CV and statement as found by clicking the ‘Apply Now’ button.