We have an exciting opportunity for a passionate Bereavement Counsellor & Community Safe Sleep Educator to join the Red Nose Bereavement Services team!

• Provide high quality and evidence-based bereavement support to families who have experienced the death of a baby or child
• Facilitate bereavement service and safe sleep education sessions
• Work for a high-profile national organisation
• Be part of a committed, supportive and collaborative team
• Part-time role (4 days per week)

About Red Nose

Red Nose is Australia’s is national charity working to save little lives through research and education, and to support families whose baby or young child has died.

We provide specialised bereavement support free of charge to any person affected by the sudden and unexpected death of a baby or child during pregnancy, birth, infancy or childhood. This includes professional counselling, support groups, peer support, our 24/7 Support Line, and other community-based support activities.

About the Role

This part-time role (30.4 hours per week) reports to the National Counselling Manager as part of the Bereavement Services Team.

The primary focus of this position is to deliver timely and effective grief and bereavement counselling to clients who have experienced, or been affected by, the sudden unexpected death of a baby or child.

Working closely with the Intake Services Team, the role provides a client focused service that is evidence based and delivered as part of a culture founded in clinical and operational excellence.

The role also encompasses Prevention and Education activities including facilitating safer sleep education activities and bereavement training that focuses on increasing both community and professional understanding of grief and bereavement associated with the death of a baby or child, and the Red Nose safer sleep messaging.

About You

We’re looking for a suitably qualified, professional and passionate Bereavement Counsellor who is interested in making a difference in the lives of those who have been impacted by the sudden unexpected death of a baby or child.

If you have experience in working with bereaved children, adults, families and a comprehensive understanding of grief and bereavement literature and evidence-based practice, we want to meet you!  You will also bring with you some experience in the provision of training in the healthcare sector.

Red Nose is proudly inclusive, and our goal is for our workforce to reflect the diverse community we serve. We continually seek to employ people of any gender, age, religion, sexual orientation, with a disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians, and those from varied cultural backgrounds.

Apply Today

For more information, contact Jo Baker on (03) 9034 1252 or [email protected].

See the Job Description by visiting: rednose.org.au/page/red-nose-careers.

Apply today by submitting your Resume and a short cover letter.  

Applications close on Monday 6th November 2023.