Supportive Care Counsellor and Group Facilitator

Our Mission is Simple
To provide outstanding care and support to the community of North Devon who are impacted by life-limiting illness.

Working for us is Awesome! Benefits include:
• An excellent working environment (& beautiful outside areas)
• Flexible & family friendly policies including Maternity, Adoption, Paternity, Shared Parental Leave and Pawternity! 
• Tech Scheme
• Cycle to work Scheme
• Free on-site parking
• Personal pension scheme
• Generous holiday allowance increasing with service
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
• Health Cash Plan
• Regular Wellbeing events
• The opportunity to give feedback to improve the organisation

About the Role
Our outstanding, person-centred, therapeutic support positively impacts the wellbeing of our patients, their relatives and carers. The team works with adults and children, and our support continues into bereavement.
As a counsellor, you will demonstrate sensitivity and understanding while remaining calm in emotionally charged situations. You will be able to cope with change and uncertainty, develop and facilitate groups and activities, and assess referrals to allocate appropriate support. Your role also involves providing immediate assistance on the bedded unit and managing your own individual caseload.

Would you like to be a team player within a dynamic and fast-paced environment, where we thrive by looking after each other?

To succeed in this role, you will have:
•    A qualification in Counselling or Psychotherapy to at least level 4 diploma. Or equivalent therapeutic qualification
•    Highly developed communication and assessment skills
•    Experience of working with loss and grief
•    An understanding of the emotional and spiritual impact of illness, loss and suffering
•    Awareness of current issues in palliative and end of life care.
•    Experience of one-to-one interventions and demonstrable skills in counselling.
•    Experience of facilitating therapeutic group work, and/or running groups to support wellbeing

For more information please see the Job Description

Closing date is Monday 5th January  2026, Interviews will be held on Wednesday 14th January 2026

For an informal chat please call Charlie Bond (Supportive Care Team Lead) on 01271 347225

It is important that the people who work for and with us, or access any of our services, can be themselves and are valued as unique individuals.  

We welcome applications from all sections of the communities we serve, reflecting the uniqueness of each person, with the aim of continually improving our services.  We hold Mindful Employer and Disability Confident accreditation and promote a culture of openness and understanding, providing an inclusive and accessible working environment. We are proud to be a Veteran Aware Employer and welcome applications from members of the Armed Forces, including veterans, reservists and military spouses or partners. 

If you require this information in large format please email: peopleteam@northdevonhospice.org.uk or call 01271 347248.