• Work as part of our multidisciplinary team. Provide grief & loss counselling
• Perform a privileged role in supporting patients and whānau
• Permanent part time working three days a week. Based at Hibiscus Hospice

Mōu | For you

Our Harbour Hospice culture is built upon trust, connection, care and professional interactions that are delivered with our values at the core. Our values are more than words. They are the foundation of every interaction we have with patients, family, whānau, our community and each other. We welcome applications from all backgrounds who share our values of aroha (compassionate), tautikanga (professional), and mō te katoa (inclusive).

As a Counsellor, you’ll be an important part of a professional and expert multidisciplinary team who collaborate and take pride in patient-centred, holistic care. You will be encouraged to embrace opportunities for growth, reflect on what has worked well and what could be improved, and share your learnings. We will support and provide tools for your wellbeing and will encourage working hours that make room for life outside work.

You will also get:

• In-depth and tailored onboarding to suit your individual level of experience and expertise
• Ongoing development opportunities including paid study leave
• One hour per month of paid professional supervision
• Access to pool cars for working in the community. Free onsite parking
• Laptop and mobile phone provided

Best of all, you’ll join an organisation where your work matters.

Mō te tūnga | About the role

Our Family Support team provide holistic care to our patients, families and whānau in the community and in our in-patient units. We need a qualified Counsellor to join our Family Support team in a permanent part time position, to support patients and whānau with grief and bereavement counselling in individual, family, or group sessions. You will:

• Receive referrals and assess the psychosocial needs of patients and whānau
• Invite people to engage in the counselling relationship and give opportunities for them to share their experience
• Provide face to face counselling services drawing on evidence-based practice such as narrative therapy
• Play an active role in the multidisciplinary team, communicating cases clearly and contributing to patient management
• Work with colleagues and external agencies to provide best support for family/whānau

This is a permanent part time position working 24 hours per week, ideally Monday, Wednesday and Friday (negotiable). 

He kōrero mōu| About you

You have experience in palliative care and/or grief and loss counselling and a genuine interest in and affinity with the work of Hospice. We’re looking for a special type of person who has the life skills and professional counselling experience to provide compassionate counselling services to patients and whānau. You will allow space for them to try talk about the issues they’re facing and how to deal with the multitude of emotions, thoughts and feelings they are experiencing.

You will demonstrate:

• A degree or post graduate qualification in counselling
• Current practicing certificate from either the New Zealand Association of Counsellors or New Zealand Christian Counsellors Association
• A willingness and openness to learning about and work with different cultures and perspectives including Te Ao Māori
• A collaborative and motivated approach to working in teams
• A natural curiosity and keenness to innovate and try new things

Ko mātou tēnei | About us

Harbour Hospice is one of the largest hospices in Aotearoa and has been caring for tūroro (patients) and their family and whānau for more than 40 years. Every day we care for close to 400 people across the North Shore, Hibiscus Coast and Warkworth/Wellsford regions, supporting them at home, in one of our two inpatient units, or in community programmes offered at each of our three sites. Our specialist services, given free of charge, include medical care, spiritual, cultural, psychological and social support, physiotherapy, occupational and complementary therapy, social activities and more. We are a progressive organisation that puts each patient, whānau and family, our community and our people, at the heart of everything.

Me pēhea te tuku tono | How to apply

We encourage you share your true self in your CV and cover letter. Tell us what your motivations are and how your work and life experience align with our core values.

Please reach out to Peggy Newton, Recruitment Specialist via peggy.newton@harbourhospice.org.nz with any questions, or to arrange a kōrero (chat) before you apply, if that is what you need from this process.

Applications close Sunday 24 November 2024

You must have the right to live and work in Aotearoa New Zealand. Background and pre-employment checks including health screening where applicable, are part of our recruitment process.