Bereavement Counselor (Per Diem)

MJHS • New York, NY

1d • $43 • Onsite

About The Position

MJHS is a large not-for-profit health system in the Greater New York area, offering a range of health services including home care, hospice and palliative care for adults and children, rehabilitation and nursing care at Menorah, and the research based MJHS Institute for Innovation and Palliative Care. They also offer Elderplan/HomeFirst: health plans for Medicare and dual-eligible individuals. As a not-for-profit organization, many programs and services are made possible through the generosity of grateful families, corporate donors and grants, as well as their own employees. MJHS is committed to creating a workforce as diverse as their community, offering a great culture, benefits that include a work/life balance, and competitive rates. MJHS attracts individuals who see their work as a calling as well as a job, appreciating the autonomy to make their own decisions, voice opinions, and work with minimal supervision, while feeling supported by management and co-workers. At MJHS, they are more than a workplace; they are a supportive community committed to excellence, respect, and providing high-quality, personalized health care services. They foster collaboration, celebrate achievements, and promote fairness for all. Contributions are recognized with comprehensive compensation and benefits, career development, and the opportunity for a healthy work-life balance, advancement within the organization, and the fulfillment of having a lasting impact on the communities they serve. MJHS companies are qualified employers under the Federal Government’s Paid Student Loan Forgiveness Program (PSLF).

Requirements

• Master’s Degree or PhD. in social work, psychology, mental health counseling, marriage or family counseling
• Minimum of three to five years’ experience working in clinical social work, mental health clinic setting, hospice bereavement or senior case management and /or various health care settings
• Familiarity with the hospice concept and its implementation is required.

Nice To Haves

• Preferred experience working with adult with complex trauma histories and PTSD symptomology and/or familiar with PTSD system approaches and PCTI based practices

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate a thorough understanding of the stages of grief and how it manifests in a variety of ways for the bereaved such as emotionally, physically, socially, physiologically and spiritually.
• Utilize professional training and clinical expertise to ensure best practices in bereavement care post death for up to 13 months to all identified primary caregivers.
• Provide supportive therapeutic services including short term individual, couple and family counseling, support groups specific to the type of loss experienced, annual memorial services, check in calls and guidance to referrals and resources as needed.
• Provide support and guidance in research initiatives.
• Engage in marketing efforts.
• Participate in agency wide committees.
• Participate in quality improvement initiatives.
• Maintain a grief support role to hospice staff.
• Offer professional grief education to the community at large.
• Engage in clinical training and supervision of bereavement intern.
• Assist when asked to support department functions and goals.
• Effectively triage bereavement referrals to ensure appropriate level of intervention will be provided.
• Collaboratively work routinely with the IDT members to meet the grief and loss needs of patients, family members and staff.
• Facilitate the provision of bereavement programming and/or events along with direct care services: i.e.: individual, couples, children, family and group counseling services specific to the loss experienced.
• Engage in process improvement activities to enhance the needs of program and organization.

Benefits

• Great benefits that include a work/life balance and competitive rates.
• Comprehensive compensation and benefits.
• Career development.
• Opportunity for a healthy work-life balance.
• Advancement within our organization.
• Fulfillment of having a lasting impact on the communities we serve.
• Qualified employers under the Federal Government’s Paid Student Loan Forgiveness Program (PSLF).

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees