💙 Make a Meaningful Difference with Big Bend Hospice

For more than 40 years, Big Bend Hospice (BBH) has proudly served as the community’s Hometown Hospice, providing compassionate care and support to individuals and families throughout North Florida. Guided by our core values of integrity, compassion, and accountability, we are seeking an experienced and passionate Grief Support Counselor to join our dedicated Bereavement Team serving the Bay County area.

This is more than a counseling position—it’s an opportunity to walk alongside children, teens, adults, and families as they navigate some of life’s most difficult transitions. Through counseling, education, support groups, and community programs, you’ll help individuals find healthy ways to process grief while making a meaningful and lasting impact in the community.

📍 Service Area: Bay County and surrounding communities

✨ Why Join Big Bend Hospice?

As a Grief Support Counselor, you’ll have the opportunity to:

• 💙 Support children, teens, adults, and families throughout the grieving process.

• 🤝 Facilitate meaningful support groups, workshops, and community programs.

• 🏡 Work in a dynamic, community-focused role across homes, schools, offices, and community settings.

• 👥 Collaborate with an interdisciplinary team of compassionate healthcare professionals.

• 🌿 Help strengthen bereavement services that provide hope, healing, and connection.

• 💫 Make a tangible difference in the lives of individuals and families experiencing loss.

🌟 What We’re Looking For

We’re looking for a compassionate, energetic, and relationship-focused professional who has a genuine passion for helping others navigate grief and loss.

The ideal candidate is comfortable working in a flexible, community-based environment and connecting with individuals from a variety of backgrounds and life experiences. You’ll bring strong clinical skills, experience supporting both youth and adults, and a commitment to providing compassionate care while honoring the dignity, beliefs, and unique needs of every individual and family served.

📋 Key Responsibilities

💙 Counseling & Bereavement Support

• Provide grief counseling, crisis intervention, psychoeducation, and referrals to individuals and families before and after a hospice patient’s death.

• Conduct bereavement risk assessments and provide appropriate follow-up services according to organizational guidelines.

• Offer short-term counseling and ongoing grief support to hospice families and community members.

• Provide compassionate support through both in-person and telephone counseling.

🧸 Youth & Family Programs

• Facilitate school-based grief support groups and youth bereavement programs.

• Support children’s grief camps, remembrance events, and holiday programs.

• Help children, teens, and families develop healthy coping strategies and build resilience following loss.

🤝 Group Facilitation & Community Outreach

• Plan and facilitate grief support groups, workshops, and bereavement events.

• Deliver educational presentations to hospice staff, schools, community organizations, and healthcare partners.

• Serve as a trusted community resource and liaison for grief and bereavement services.

👥 Interdisciplinary Collaboration

• Participate in care planning and Interdisciplinary Group (IDG) meetings.

• Provide clinical insight and guidance related to grief, bereavement, and family coping.

• Support hospice staff and volunteers through education, consultation, and grief-related resources.

📝 Professional Practice

• Maintain timely, accurate, and professional documentation.

• Participate in meetings, training programs, workshops, and clinical supervision.

• Contribute to quality-improvement initiatives and committee activities.

• Maintain required professional licensure and continuing education requirements.