Suicide Bereavement Worker

2 weeks ago

Abbey Wood, Greater London, United Kingdom Rethink Mental Illness Full time

As a Suicide Bereavement Worker, you are part of Rethink Mental Surrey Support After Suicide Service.

You must have lived experience of bereavement by suicide, if this is from a close personal experience, at least three years must have elapsed since the bereavement.

Ideally you will have experience working with people bereaved by suicide or bereaved by other means.


Our Surrey Support After Suicide Service, aims to enable people who have been bereaved by suicide or suspected suicide to improve their resilience, functioning and wellbeing.


The service is a peer led service with staff and volunteers having some form of personal experience of bereavement by suicide.

For those with close personal experience, at least three years must have elapsed since the bereavement.

We provide support to people aged 18 and over who are bereaved by suicide who live in Surrey.

The service will support people who are under 18 who are bereaved by suicide to be signposted and referred onto suitable children and young people's bereavement support services.


The service will support 230 people annually and make contact with an additional 92 people from Surrey Police being followed up to offer support.

You will...
- deliver forward thinking, person centred and high quality support to people using services that meet the needs of individuals and commissioners

  • I deliver support through a mixture of 121 and group based support to meet individuals specific needs
  • I ensure that all support I provide is delivered in a personcentred way which meet specific outcomes using bereavement support planning and outcome measurement tools to document achievement against KPI's.
  • I deliver support using bereavement support and safety tools and processes that are available to me
  • I ensure safeguarding awareness is integrated into practice

London allowance is paid for roles that are based within Greater London area only.
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Caring for our people.

We offer a wide range of support.

Some of our benefits include:

  • PULSE our recognition, rewards, wellbeing, and benefits platform. Providing access to thousands of discounts and benefits including cashback; reloadable cards; savings etc. As well as being able to thank colleagues and nominate them for awards.
  • Wellbeing support: our Wellbeing hub gives physical, emotional, and mental health support. We also have a BUPA Employee Assistance Programme with access to appointments.
  • Taking time for you: we work flexibly you get to choose where you work, managing your own diary. We have generous annual leave, starting at 25 rising to 30 days, plus bank holidays, as well as your birthday off. We also offer the opportunity to buy and sell annual leave.
  • Planning for the future: We have a contributory pension scheme.
  • Structured Corporate Induction: Onboarding you into the Charity supporting your wellbeing along the way.
- £300 when you introduce a Friend: receive up to £300 when you introduce a friend or family member.

Who are we?
We're Rethink Mental Illness, a leading charity provider of mental health services in England. We support thousands of people through our groups, services, policy, campaigns and advice and information.

Our work supports us in delivering on our mission:
"A better life for everyone severely affected by mental illness."

It is an exciting time to join our growing charity.

We are on a transformation journey, one that supports the delivery of the organisation strategy - delivering Communities that Care.

Supporting employees, managers and leaders through this change is a key priority for the People function. Just like its key that we attract diverse people to come and work for us.

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion
Diversity is important to us and we appreciate difference through difference, inclusiveness and belonging. It gives us a deeper understanding of the world, our society and the diverse communities we're working with.

By including everyone, we are able to draw on the unique experiences and expertise of our people to help shape and enrich our workplace and improve our services.

One way we are doing is through our valued staff networks which play a critical and highly valued role in keeping us focused on creating a diverse, inclusive and engaged employer.

We recognise and support staff networks for our Black, Asian and minority ethnic and our LGBTQIA+ colleagues.

We are also proud to have been awarded Disability Confident Employer status and are a signatory to the Business in the Community Race at Work Charter.

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