Family Suicide Bereavement Practitioner

6 months ago

Leeds, United Kingdom Leeds Mind Full time

**Family Suicide Bereavement Practitioner**

Leeds Mind is the city’s leading mental health charity. We have faith and optimism in our clients and so the services we deliver are built around their needs. We support the people of Leeds and West Yorkshire to discover their own resources to ‘recover’ from periods of poor mental health, and to live life independently with their mental health condition.

Our values of Being Open, Supportive, Brave, Connected and Resourceful are pivotal to the work we do.

**Belonging at Leeds Mind**

Leeds Mind is committed to creating an inclusive environment and being an equal opportunities employer - We believe that inclusive practices should be part of everything we do.  We are committed to ensuring that our colleagues, volunteers, and service users feel a sense of belonging at Leeds Mind that gives them the confidence to share their unique perspectives and experience. 

To find out more about how we are developing this you can click here.

**Our Service **West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board (WY ICB) and Public Health in Leeds commission the delivery of ‘Postvention’ services to support people bereaved by suicide across West Yorkshire. Kirklees Public Health have funded a Family Suicide Bereavement Practitioner to supports individuals, children, young people, and families in the immediate aftermath of a suicide. The service also supports people who have been bereaved in the past. Postvention is an internationally evidenced way of reducing risk of suicide in people who have been bereaved in this manner. Interventions offered within this service include peer led support for individuals, within groups and for families with children.

**The Role**

The post holder will be responsible for a mixture of individual and family group interventions with parents, carers, children, and young people to improve outcomes for families and children after suicide bereavement. By working in partnership with parents/carers and schools/colleges we aim to strengthen parental capacity and family relationships as well as educate schools and colleges on how best to support their pupils and colleagues after a bereavement by suicide.

The role will include:
1. **Assessment of need** to identify the appropriate intervention to meet their needs

2. **1:1 support** for up to 6 sessions including practical, advocacy and emotional support

3. **Group support** including skills course and peer support groups

**Essential Skills and Experience**:

- **Personal experience of being affected by a suicide and in a place where using this experience daily is manageable and non-detrimental to yourself.**
- Experience of supporting people who have experienced trauma, including children, young people and families.
- Able to provide person centred one to one support to people in acute distress
- Able to work calmly and effectively with people who have experienced grief and may be experiencing suicidal thoughts and feelings.
- Ability and means to travel across Leeds and West Yorkshire.
- Living our core values every day.

**Hours - 30**

**Salary - £28,164 - £30,322 per annum**

**Contract - Permanent**

**Closing Date: 26th May**

**Interview Date: 4th June**

**Job Type**: Part-time

Pay: £28,164.00-£30,322.00 per year

Expected hours: 30 per week

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Free parking
- On-site parking

Work Location: In person

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