Job description

Job Title: Bereavement Counselor LCSW
Department: CookCounty/Admin Res
Shift: 1st
Specialty: Social Work/Human Services
Job Number: 2023-0929
Date Posted: 03/07/2023
Position Type: Social Work

Job Qualifications:

Bereavement Counselor LCSW

Rush University Medical Center is one of the country's leading medical centers pushing the boundaries of healthcare services with innovative, compassionate, and accountable team members. Are you ready to challenge and grow your skills, contribute to providing top quality patient care, and enhance your career? Rush is a diverse and inclusive culture, and offers a competitive salary, and a valuable compensation package including health, dental and vision benefits, retirement, health savings accounts, and tuition assistance to invest in your future.



The Bereavement Counselor LCSW will be a core member of Cook County Health Palliative Care Interdisciplinary Team and will report to the Section Chief of Palliative Medicine in the Division of General Internal Medicine. This position will provide bereavement services for patients and families served by CCHHS and bereavement support to the interdisciplinary team and hospital personnel, as needed. The Bereavement Counselor provides on-site and follow-up (both in person and via telephone) clinical interventions/consultations for patients and families, including children, around grief and loss. The individual who holds this position exemplifies the Rush mission, vision, and values and acts in accordance with Rush policies and procedures.

Position Responsibilities: .

Provides clinical assessment, counseling, and support to the bereaved and oversee the development of bereavement services through follow-up to families after patients die.
Provides clinical assessment, counseling, and support to bereaved parents and families after perinatal loss and oversee the development of bereavement services through follow-up.
Provides telephone contact with bereaved family members of patients to introduce services and offers intervention.
Facilitates bereavement support groups on-site and provide individual support strategies for families, including children, members of the interdisciplinary team, or hospital personnel.
Accepts referrals and provides counseling services to bereaved individuals and families throughout the community served by CCHHS, including home visits as needed or desired.
Demonstrates and applies knowledge of emotional, social, and spiritual needs and responses to death and grief.
Oversees the development and sending of periodic follow-up letters to family about grief.
Participates in the orientation, education, and training of new staff, rotating physicians, nurses, social workers, and other health care professionals, including psychology or social work interns.
Participates in providing support to hospital staff related to death, loss, and job-related stress, including coordination of the annual memorial service for families and staff
Facilitates linkage to community services for bereavement as desired by patients and families.
Demonstrates and applies knowledge of diverse cultural and spiritual values and customs related to illness, death. and mourning.
Maintains quality and productivity standards and participate in the measurement of these standards.



Position Qualifications Include:



Master's Degree in Social Work required.
Current State of Illinois licensure as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) required.
At least three years of related experience in bereavement counseling and health care required.
Excellent interpersonal skills.
Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Proficiency with the Microsoft Office Suite.
Experience working with bereaved children and Spanish fluency preferred. Preferred


Company Highlights:
Ranked among the top academic medical centers in the country, Rush University Medical Center is an outstanding place to enhance your career. Everything we do centers on one goal: improving patient care.
Rush offers a competitive salary, and valuable healthy living benefits including: health, dental and vision to help you maintain and improve your health. Rush also offers several ways to invest in your future.
Rush University Medical Center was ranked among the top 20 best hospitals to work at in 2019 by Indeed.
All three hospitals in the Rush University System for Health have been designated a "Leader in LGBTQ Healthcare Equality" in the Healthcare Equality Index (HEI).

Rush is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics.

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