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Bereavement Service Manager – Kent
CHUMS Mental Health and Emotional Wellbeing Service for Children and Young People
CHUMS CIC Social Enterprise is an NHS approved provider of clinical services to children with mild to moderate mental health difficulties and those affected by bereavement and trauma across Bedfordshire and Luton. The service left the NHS in 2011 to become an independent Social Enterprise, affording the organisation more freedom to offer its services in a way that best suits the needs of the service users. CHUMS CIC is an employee owned company.
The post holder will deliver and lead the development of the bereavement service for children, young people, young adults and their families across Kent and Medway. Evidencing the CHUMS vision and values through delivery of high-quality evidence-based bereavement support to those in need.
Directly line manage staff, volunteers and those on placement and ensure the safe and effective running of the Bereavement Service, including the co-ordination of all interventions – individual support, group interventions, drop-ins and online support.
Working hours: Full - or Part-time
Salary: £37,890 per annum full-time equivalent. NHS Band 6 competencies
Location: Kent and home working. Areas of practice to cover: Medway and Kent
Contact name: [email protected] or [email protected]
Website address: www.chums.uk.com
Application deadline: We will be interviewing candidates as they apply as we wish to appoint promptly, so please do not delay in submitting your application
Interviews: On application
Freelance Facilitators - Child Bereavement UK
Child Bereavement UK helps families to rebuild their lives when a child grieves or when a child dies. We support children and young people (up to the age of 25) when someone important to them has died or is not expected to live, and parents and the wider family when a baby or child of any age dies or is dying.
We provide training to professionals in health and social care, education, and the voluntary and corporate sectors, equipping them to provide the best possible care to bereaved families.
We are looking to recruit Freelance Facilitators to join our team at Child Bereavement UK
Are you a professional trainer with knowledge and understanding in the field of bereavement, loss and grief, who is able to confidently interact with the range of professionals who attend our training? Due to the expansion of Child Bereavement UK’s online and face-to-face training we are seeking further external facilitators. Ideal candidates will be able to offer expertise in one or more of the topics around which we regularly deliver training.
Our facilitators are given full support and guidance including a facilitator training day and induction. You will be provided with training materials developed by Child Bereavement UK. However, we also welcome the opportunity to develop new content and materials.
As the majority of our training is online, being comfortable around technology such as Zoom is essential as is the ability to present professionally to groups.
If you are interested in finding out more then please contact Melinda Dixon [email protected]
The Charity is committed to creating a safe and welcoming atmosphere for everyone, and one that challenges all forms of oppression or discrimination including those based on age, gender or gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity leave, disability, race (which includes nationality, citizenship, ethnic or national origins), religion/faith or belief, sexual orientation (collectively known in law as the ‘protected characteristics’), as well as any oppression or discrimination based on other physical characteristics or impairments, occupation, income, wealth, or unrelated criminal convictions.
Key Worker: Child Death Review Process (CDRP) Croydon Health Services
Job overview
The post holder, will be part of the Children’s Hospital at Home Dramatherapy (bereavement) team acting as a named point of contact for families facing the loss of a child where that child is normally resident in the borough of Croydon. New statutory guidance for the Child Death Review process contained within Working Together to Safeguard Children, 2018 stipulates that a key worker should be available for bereaved families, providing information and support throughout the child death review process, helping them to navigate the various systems and who can signpost them to sources of support.
This post-holder will be a key part of the Child Death Review Process Team (CDRP).
Main duties of the job
The postholder will work alongside the other CDR Key worker within systems and processes in order that all families have a reliable and readily accessible point of contact after the death of their child, in the form of a Key Worker.
The key worker will be part of and supported by Indigo Team - Dramatherapy Team. Families and staff will be able to contact the key worker or a team member during normal working hours.