School Based Bereavement facilitator

Position Title: SCHOOL BASED BEREAVEMENT FACILITATOR

Reports to: Clinical Director

Hours: 12-18 hours a week/ 24 weeks during the 2024/2025 School Year

Status: PT (Hourly) $25-40 based on experience, education, and licensure

Overview: The School Based Bereavement Facilitator is responsible for providing bereavement counseling services by facilitating grief support groups for children in a school setting to address their emotional needs related to loss and grief in compliance with organization policies and procedures – and all applicable laws and regulations. This position operates during the school year and follows the schools’ schedule (all major holidays off including holidays, winter, and summer breaks). This position requires attending a curriculum-based training in the beginning of the school year to facilitate school-based grief support groups and facilitating 4 rounds of our six-week program throughout the school year in schools in New Castle County.

Primary job responsibilities include the following:

Direct Service Provision

Facilitates Healing Pathways and Pathways Through Life curriculum in a school setting
Provides external referrals and collateral information when clinically appropriate
Provides consultation with school staff before and/or after grief support groups as needed

Records Management /Tracking/Surveys

Maintains confidential client records adhering to all HIPPA regulations
Creates summary reports to include program enrollment data and evaluation of program effectiveness

Qualifications/Skills

Minimum of three years of experience providing therapeutic services with demonstrated clinical experience in the areas of grief and loss
Minimum of three years of experience working with children in a group setting
Ability to identify and manage crisis situations as they may arise by using your clinical experiences as a frame of reference
Exceptional interpersonal skills, ability to express empathy and warmth and to maintain non-judgmental stance toward bereaved children and families (feels comfortable about talking about death, grief, and loss)
Skilled in providing assessment of needs related to grief and loss and knowledge of linkage with community resources
Excellent communication, counseling and facilitation skills
Ability to maintain a high level of professionalism, ethics, and confidentiality
Ability to implement programs and to make modifications.
Reliable transportation required

Education Requirements

Required: Completion of an accredited Bachelor program in a related field of study: psychology, human services, social work, etc.
Completion of an accredited Master program with certification and/or licensure eligible (Preferred licensure in the state of Delaware as a Professional Counselor of Mental Health, Clinical Social Worker, Psychologist, or other licensed Mental Health Professional)
Willingness to obtain a certificate in grief if appropriate/ as needed