# Senior Counselling Practitioner

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Birmingham Hospice.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Birmingham Hospice
- **Location:** 76 Grange Road, Erdington, Birmingham, B24 0DF, United Kingdom; Birmingham Hospice
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Practitioner
- **Salary:** £22,201 to £26,374

                    a year
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Part-time, Flexible working
- **Closing date:** 2026-11-02T23:59:59.999Z
- **Posted:** 2026-10-18T15:01:26.194Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/B0060-26-0051
- **Application URL:** https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/application/B0060-26-0051/pre-application-questions-pause?referrer=jobadvert&ref=B0060-26-0051
- **Employer website:** https://www.birminghamhospice.org.uk/

## Job Content

### Job summary

Birmingham Hospice is looking for a part-time Senior Counselling Practitioner to join its wellbeing team.

The Wellbeing Team is a specialist therapeutic team working in the bereavement setting, helping people to help themselves. The Wellbeing Team consists of Adult and Children and a Spiritual service. We are a very friendly team who strive on professionalism and providing person centred care.

The Wellbeing Team also provide a high standard of research based clinical supervision to our staff, the service has grown in the past few years, this is an exciting opportunity to join because we are growing and developing as a team and service.

### Main duties of the job

- Provide a counselling service for patients and their families known to the Hospice both pre and post bereavement and also for bereaved clients outside of the hospice
- Support the Service Lead with operational service efficiency, data management information, colleague support and appropriate triaging and allocation.
- Identify the nature, severity and complexity of patients and families requirements through assessment to formulate and implement a plan for their care
- Maintain clinical records in line with the Hospices policies and procedures

### About us

At Birmingham Hospice, we support people living with lifelimiting illness to live as well as they can - and we walk alongside their families during some of lifes most challenging moments.

### Details

- Date posted: 18 October 2026
- Pay scheme: Other
- Salary: £22,201 to £26,374 a year (pro rata for part-time)
- Contract: Permanent
- Working pattern: Part-time, Flexible working
- Reference number: B0060-26-0051
- Job locations: 76 Grange Road, Erdington, Birmingham, B24 0DF, United Kingdom, Birmingham Hospice, 176 Raddlebarn Road, BIRMINGHAM, B29 7DA, United Kingdom

### Job responsibilities

### UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

## Person Specification

### Experience

**Essential**

- Experience and understanding of the needs associated with loss, grief and bereavement
- Experience in managing team of counsellors
- Significant experience of supervising individuals or groups
- Knowledge of complex issues involved in therapeutic work within the field of palliative care
- Good planning and organisational skills
- Resilience, reliability and excellent communication skills
- Creativity for continuous improvement

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- Qualification in Counselling with advanced training in theory and practice of counselling
- Current registration with an approved, professional counselling body (e.g BACP)
- At least two models of psychological therapy and practitioner level knowledge

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