Suicide Bereavement Worker

Suicide Bereavement Worker

As a Suicide Bereavement Worker, you are part of Rethink Mental Surrey Support After Suicide Service.

You must have lived experience of bereavement by suicide, if this is from a close personal experience, at least three years must have elapsed since the bereavement.

Ideally you will have experience working with people bereaved by suicide or bereaved by other means. 

Our Surrey Support After Suicide Service, aims to enable people who have been bereaved by suicide or suspected suicide to improve their resilience, functioning and wellbeing.

The service is a peer led service with staff and volunteers having some form of personal experience of bereavement by suicide. For those with close personal experience, at least three years must have elapsed since the bereavement.

We provide support to people aged 18 and over who are bereaved by suicide who live in Surrey.  The service will support people who are under 18 who are bereaved by suicide to be signposted and referred onto suitable children and young people’s bereavement support services.

This role is part time – 28 hours

Caring for our people.

We offer a wide range of support. Some of our benefits include:

• PULSE – your rewards, wellbeing, and benefits platform. Providing access to thousands of discounts and benefits including cashback; reloadable cards; savings etc.
• Wellbeing support: Our Wellbeing hub that gives physical, and mental health support. We also have an Employee Assistance Programme with access to appointments
• Taking time for you: we work flexibly –you get to choose where you work, managing your own diary. We have generous annual leave, starting at 25 rising to 30 days, plus bank holidays, as well as your birthday off.
• Planning for the future: We have a contributory pension scheme.
• Structured Induction: Onboarding you into the Charity supporting your wellbeing along the way.
• £300 when you introduce a Friend: receive up to £300 when you introduce a friend or family member

How to apply?