Bereavement Counselor

Overview Office: Hybrid. Salary: $68,838.31 - $82,605.97 per year. Hybrid schedule: 4 days in office / 1 day remote. MJHS is a large not-for-profit health system in the Greater New York area. Our range of health services includes home care, hospice and palliative care for adults and children, rehabilitation and nursing care at Menorah and Isabella Centers, and the research-based MJHS Institute for Innovation and Palliative Care. We also offer Elderplan/HomeFirst: health plans for Medicare and dual-eligible individuals. As a not-for-profit organization, many of our programs and services are supported by donations, grants, and employees. At MJHS, quality care is our mission. We are committed to creating a workforce as diverse as our community. We have a great culture; we offer great 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. Professionals in every job category appreciate being empowered to make decisions, voice opinions, and work with minimal supervision, while having management and co-workers who are supportive and accessible. The MJHS Difference At MJHS, we are more than a workplace; we are a supportive community committed to excellence, respect, and providing high-quality, personalized health care services. We foster collaboration, celebrate achievements, and promote fairness for all. Our contributions are recognized with comprehensive compensation and benefits, career development, and a healthy work-life balance, with opportunities for advancement within the organization and a meaningful impact on the communities we serve. Benefits include: Tuition Reimbursement for all full and part-time staff Generous paid time off, including your birthday Affordable and comprehensive medical, dental and vision coverage for employee and family members Two retirement plans: 403(b) and Employer Paid Pension Flexible spending And more MJHS companies are qualified employers under the Federal Government’s Paid Student Loan Forgiveness Program (PSLF). Responsibilities Our hospice and palliative care programs offer a significant difference when dealing with a life-limiting condition. We provide a broad range of services in the community or facility-based settings to help patients and their families ease the burden of managing a life-limiting illness or end-of-life care. The Bereavement Counselor at MJHS will demonstrate an understanding of the stages of grief and how they manifest in bereaved individuals across emotional, physical, social, physiological, and spiritual domains. The counselor will utilize professional training and clinical expertise to ensure best practices in bereavement care post-death for up to 13 months to identified primary caregivers. Services include 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. Familiarity with hospice concepts and implementation is required. Bereavement counselors also provide support and guidance in research initiatives, marketing efforts, participate in agency-wide committees, contribute to quality improvement initiatives, maintain a grief support role for hospice staff, and offer professional grief education to the community. Bereavement counselors engage in clinical training and supervision of bereavement interns and support department functions and goals as needed. Effectively triages bereavement referrals to ensure appropriate level of intervention and collaborates with IDT members to meet grief and loss needs of patients, family members, and staff. Facilitate bereavement programming and/or events along with direct care services (individual, couples, children, family, and group counseling) specific to the loss experienced. Engage in process improvement activities to enhance program and organizational needs. Qualifications Master’s Degree or PhD in social work, psychology, mental health counseling, marriage or family counseling Minimum of three to five years’ experience in clinical social work, mental health clinic settings, hospice bereavement or senior case management and/or various health care settings Preferred experience with adults who have complex trauma histories and PTSD symptomology, or familiarity with PTSD systems approaches and PCTI-based practices #J-18808-Ljbffr MJHS