Bereavement Worker
The Vacancy
“My bereavement worker has helped me so much after the loss of my teenage son. Whether in person or online, the team does an amazing job.”
— Rosie, Mum to Reece
The Spiritual Care and Bereavement Team is part of the CHAS Outreach Team, delivering holistic family centred support to children and families across Scotland. Working closely with colleagues in the family support team, we deliver a range of evidence based, high quality supportive interventions, and bereavement programmes, to meet the individual needs of family members.
We are seeking a compassionate and adaptable individual with proven experience in providing bereavement support to children, young people, adults, and families to join us as a Bereavement Worker. The ideal candidate will demonstrate enthusiasm, emotional insight, and the ability to work creatively while understanding and respecting diverse perspectives.
This is a unique opportunity for an experienced Bereavement Worker to take their development to the next level - supporting our Spiritual Care and Bereavement Lead to develop and deliver our bereavement service to meet the individual needs of family members in the North East of Scotland.
Why CHAS?
We are there for families every step of the way, supporting them in life, death and beyond. Our ambition is that no-one should face the death of their child alone.
Working with CHAS as a Bereavement Worker provides a unique opportunity to provide holistic tailored support to children and families in the most difficult of times.
Follow this link to learn more about the impact we have: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79VZxyQpZkE
- Holistic, Person-Centered Care: Our teams provide exceptional, individualized support to families in their immediate grief, and beyond.
- Comprehensive Benefits: Including generous annual leave, incremental salary progression, life assurance, employee assistance programme, access to Blue Light discounts, and health and wellbeing support.
- Pension: The opportunity to pay into an existing NHS scheme (if eligible) or membership of local government pension scheme (Contributory Defined Benefit Scheme)
- Professional Growth: Exposure to excellent Learning and Development opportunities suited to your needs and interests and to enhance your skills
- Collaborative Environment - The opportunity to work with a multi-disciplinary team which includes volunteers. At CHAS, staff and volunteers work together as one team, focused on the common goal of reaching every family in Scotland who needs our support. We have a 3:1 ratio of volunteers to staff members in CHAS.
- Supportive Culture: Be part of a supportive environment that encourages continuous learning and expertise development. We are committed to ensuring that the children and families CHAS support receive a high standard of bereavement support.
About you
What we need you to bring
- Experience of working with bereaved children, young people and adults.
- Relevant qualifications, including HNC in social care or equivalent Counselling Skills certificate or willing to work towards this, bereavement and child protection training.
- Knowledge of models of grief, ages and stages of children’s understanding of death, range of responses and behaviours.
- Understanding of Trauma Informed Practice
- You will be an innovative and tenacious individual with a real team-working ethic who identifies with CHAS’s core values, vision and purpose.
- You will have a well rounded professional skillset including knowledge of MS Office products, organisation and prioritisation skills, problem solving and able to work on your own initiative.
- Ability to drive and access to car is essential
It would be great if you also had:
- Experience of working with Volunteers
Further information and how to apply
If this sounds like you, we would love you to apply! Follow the link to answer a couple of questions and upload your CV or complete our full application form.
Further information about the role and benefits of working for CHAS can be found in the attached documents.
If you wish to have an informal conversation with the hiring manager, please contact Amanda Reid (Spiritual Care and Bereavement Lead) amandareid@chas.org.uk
For any queries regarding the recruitment process, please contact our HR Team on 0131 444 3293 or by emailing careers@chas.org.uk.
This post is subject to a Disclosure Scotland Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) check.
This role is part time, 15 hours a week. This would typically involve set days with flexibility depending on the needs of the service. There is an occasional requirement to work weekends or evenings. CHAS embraces flexible working and we are happy to discuss working arrangements that work for you and the families we support.
Interviews are provisionally planned for 11 June 2025
We look forward to hearing from you.
The Company
The Company has experienced unprecedented growth over the past few years. We have a vast number of employees, and provide support to clients from all over the country.
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