Bereavement Support Service Lead Scotland

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. Child Bereavement UK has an exciting opportunity for an experienced manager to lead on the provision, evaluation and ongoing development of a Scotland-wide Bereavement Support Service that ensures families and professionals can access high-quality bereavement support when a baby or child has died, or when children or young people are bereaved. The Bereavement Support Service Lead will also support the strategic development of the Charity s services in Scotland. In this role you will: Lead/manage/contribute to and further develop the provision of a blended model of bereavement support across Scotland Provide training, consultancy, and support for professionals whose work brings them into contact with bereaved families To collaborate with partners to develop bereavement support services across Scotland. To support Child Bereavement UK s Fundraising Team in the generation of sustainable income to fund our Scottish operations, providing information and data to support applications and reporting. This is a new role and initially will require a regular presence at our offices in Finnieston, Glasgow. Once established, hybrid working will be an option. Child Bereavement UK offers a generous package of benefits including an employee assistance programme, 5% pension contribution and life assurance scheme. Applicants should have a recognised, health, social care, or counselling qualification, experience in working with children, young people and families, excellent communication skills and be passionate about supporting bereaved families and those whose roles bring them into contact with these families. The successful candidate will be required to complete a PVG check. If you are interested in knowing more, please see the attached job description and person specification or contact jane.hobart@childbereavementuk.org, None specified

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Child Bereavement UK (CBUK) supports families and educates professionals when a baby or child of any age dies or is dying, or when a child is facing bereavement. Every year we train c. 10,000 professionals, helping them to better understand and meet the needs of grieving families.