Pre-Bereavement Guidance Assistant
- Employer
- Ruth Strauss Foundation
- Location
- London (Greater)
- Salary
- £20-25k
- Closing date
- 30 Apr 2021
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- Function
- Operations & Service Delivery
- Sector
- Health & Medical
- Hours
- Part Time
- Contract Type
- Permanent
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This is a new role to support families facing the death of a parent. Please head over to our website for a fuller description of the role. Key responsibilities include:
- To receive calls made to the Family Support Line during operating hours,
- Respond to emails requesting further information and support,
- Provide information that will support parents to prepare their child and the whole family for parental death using service guidelines,
- Guiding and signposting to other support services for the family as appropriate,
- Assessing where parents need further emotional support and booking these appointments using our system and processes with Pre-bereavement Guidance Practitioners,
- Maintain accurate records of support provided in line with the Ruth Strauss Foundations system and processes,
- To ensure the safeguarding and confidentiality of callers and caller data is maintained,
- To participate in regular debriefing and supervision sessions provided by the Ruth Strauss Foundation,
- Work to the Ruth Strauss Foundations policies and procedures,
- Contribute to the creation of a range of pre-bereavement information and support resources which will prepare the child(ren) and whole family for parental bereavement,
- Contribute to the maintenance of directory of support services for onwards signposting,
- To maintain own professional development and learning through internal and external courses and training,
- Raise awareness of pre-bereavement needs for families where a child is facing parental bereavement and forge links with appropriate agencies and other support organisations,
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