Youth Counselor
Treasure Coast Hospice•Stuart, FL
•$54,000 - $60,000•Onsite
About The Position
Grief Support Counselors provide anticipatory and bereavement counseling to children, teens, adults, and families. Services include needs assessment, short-term individual and group counseling, treatment planning, community education, and crisis response. Counselors also support memorial events and serve as liaisons to community partners.
Requirements
- Licensure: LCSW or Registered Clinical Social Work Intern (required).
- Education: Master’s Degree in Social Work from a CSWE-accredited program.
- Valid Florida driver’s license and current auto liability insurance.
- Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.
Nice To Haves
- Minimum of 2 years working with children, adults, and families in a behavioral health setting (preferred).
Responsibilities
- Provide short-term grief counseling (individual and family), averaging 4–5 sessions per day.
- Conduct intake assessments to determine eligibility for bereavement services.
- Develop care plans and provide culturally sensitive, evidence-based interventions.
- Establish therapeutic relationships with clients from diverse backgrounds.
- Provide emotional and psychosocial support for grief/loss and adjustment to illness.
- Facilitate in-person and/or virtual support groups, workshops, and grief programs.
- Develop and maintain group curriculum and holiday workshops.
- Assist in planning and implementing special memorial events (e.g., Camp Good Grief, Tree of Life).
- Provide grief education and crisis response to schools, businesses, and faith communities.
- Promote bereavement services in schools and other community settings.
- Represent the organization at community events and fundraising activities.
- Collaborate with Hospice Interdisciplinary Team to assess patient and family grief support needs.
- Maintain accurate and timely clinical documentation.
- Support grant proposal writing and funder site visits by providing data and program updates.
- Stay current with research and best practices in grief and bereavement care.
- Attend agency and departmental meetings, trainings, and continuing education.
- Comply with Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF) reporting requirements.
- Demonstrate a commitment to the hospice philosophy of compassionate, holistic care.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
