Mental Health jobs in Stourbridge DY7

Suicide Bereavement Support Worker / Counsellor (BACP Registered)
Location: Field-based across the Black Country
Contract: Permanent, Part-Time 17.5 Hours
Salary: £13,228.50 (based on 17.5 hours)

Make a real difference when it matters most
At Rethink Mental Illness, we believe everyone deserves support, understanding and hope—especially during life’s most difficult moments.
We’re looking for a compassionate and skilled Suicide Bereavement Support Worker / Counsellor to join our Support After Suicide Service in the Black Country. In this role, you’ll walk alongside people navigating grief after suicide—helping them find strength, meaning, and ways to cope.
This is more than a counselling role. It’s an opportunity to be part of a service that reaches people at a deeply vulnerable time and supports them, their families, and their wider networks with empathy and expertise.

What you’ll be doing
You’ll deliver high-quality, person-centred support in community settings, working flexibly to meet people where they are—emotionally and physically.

Your work will include:

• Providing specialist suicide bereavement counselling tailored to individual needs
• Supporting people to understand and manage grief, build coping strategies, and move forward
• Carrying out risk assessments and safeguarding responsibilities
• Delivering 1:1 support, family sessions, and contributing to group support
• Working collaboratively with colleagues, partners, and local services
• Keeping clear, accurate clinical records and measuring outcomes
• Helping reduce waiting times by managing a structured caseload
• Building relationships across communities to improve access and awareness
• Contributing to the continuous improvement of the service

You’ll be part of a compassionate, multi-disciplinary team, delivering support face-to-face, by phone, and digitally.

About you
You bring both professional expertise and genuine empathy to your work.

Essential:

• Diploma in Counselling (or equivalent) and BACP registration/eligibility
• Experience delivering bereavement counselling
• Strong understanding of grief and loss
• Experience conducting assessments and managing risk
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills
• Ability to work independently, manage a caseload, and remain resilient in emotionally demanding situations
• Commitment to inclusive, person-centred practice
• Willingness to work flexibly, including occasional evenings and weekends

Desirable:

• Experience with trauma-informed approaches
• Experience working with children and young people
• Knowledge of the Black Country
• Training in suicide prevention (e.g. ASIST, SafeTalk)
• Lived experience of bereavement by suicide

How you’ll work

• Field-based, working across the Black Country
• Flexible delivery including home visits, community settings, and remote support
• Core service hours: 10am–6pm, with some evening/weekend flexibility
• Working with around 150–200 referrals per year as part of a wider team

Ready to apply?
If you’re passionate about supporting people through grief and want to be part of a service that truly changes lives, we’d love to hear from you.
Apply now and help us provide hope when it’s needed most.
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Why join Rethink Mental Illness?

We believe people do their best work when they feel supported, valued and able to be themselves. You'll benefit from:

• An inclusive culture, with colleague-led staff networks for Disability & Neurodiversity, Race & Ethnicity, LGBTQIA+, Gender Equality and Menopause.
• Flexible working and 25 days' annual leave (plus bank holidays and your birthday off), with the option to buy or sell leave.
• Wellbeing support including our Wellbeing Hub, Employee Assistance Programme, Wellbeing Champions and Unmind.
• Learning and development opportunities to help you grow your career.
• Financial and family benefits including a contributory pension, enhanced family leave and travel schemes.
• Recognition and rewards including discounts, cashback offers and a Blue Light Card.
• Referral bonus where you can earn up to £300 for introducing someone to our team.

Our commitment to inclusion
We're proud to be a Disability Confident Employer and a signatory to the Business in the Community Race at Work Charter. We're also committed to becoming a truly anti-racist employer, campaigning organisation and service provider supported by a multi-year equity, diversity and inclusion programme of work. For more information please view https://www.rethink.org/media/hdtjjy5b/revised-edi-plan-rethink.pdf

We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and experiences and want everyone to have the opportunity to demonstrate their skills and experience. If you need reasonable adjustments during recruitment or when in your role, please let us know and we will work with you to understand what support you need.