Grief In Pieces Honorary Therapist

Job title: Grief In Pieces Honorary Therapists X 2

Responsible to: Senior Suicide Bereavement Practitioner and Clinical Services Manager

Hours: Up to 3 clients per week, 2 hours fortnightly supervision

Contract Length: 12 Months (with option to extend)

Location: Office is located 12 Orsman Road N1 5QJ/Remote

We are recruiting for a clinical placement at Mind City, Hackney and Waltham Forest in the Grief in Pieces: Support for Suicide Loss Team, Psychological Therapies & Wellbeing Department 

A placement in the Grief in Pieces: Support for Suicide Loss team is an opportunity to work in a specialist postvention service, offering 1-2-1 grief counselling to community members bereaved by suicide. This would be a highly valuable honorary placement, where, among other things, you would strengthen your working knowledge of complicated and traumatic grief, and the complexity of the loss and trauma specific to suicide loss. You would have recourse to the team’s expertise and clinical supervision in this area, and you would develop your therapeutic skills through delivering a highly impactful grief counselling model which gently facilitates a process of ‘expressing, connecting and honouring’ with the eventual aim of an individualised journey of post-traumatic growth. 

What are we looking for from our Honorary Therapists (Grief in Pieces):

·      Prior experience, at least 100 hours supervised, one to one, clinical work. This placement is best suited as a second or third placement and not a first.

·      Be working towards a qualification on a minimum level 5 equivalent course

·      Some training in working remotely (online therapeutic work) 

·      Availability for one afternoon/evening a week to see up to three clients in-person

·      Flexibility to work with clients remotely as is needed, from Mind CHWF premises. It is important that you have a good working laptop from which these can be delivered.

·      Availability to attend fortnightly supervision, online 

·      Have lived experience of mental health and/or suicidality

·      To adhere to the code of practice of their registering body, be professional, kind, compassionate, to have initiative and maintain communications with their colleagues appropriately

·      To read, understand and follow the procedures and policies of Mind CHWF

·      Attending personal therapy once a week, throughout their placement 

·      Candidates able to commit to a minimum of a one-year placement (12 full months). 

We also welcome applications from newly qualified therapists who are seeking to expand their experience and gain clinical hours towards accreditation. We encourage applications from those who speak one or more community languages and from those who reflect the rich diversity of our clients.

DBS clearance at Enhanced (without Barring) is required for this role, for which Mind CHWF will pay.

How to apply:

To be considered for this post, we need to receive the:

1.   Completed volunteer application form; and

2.   Attach your CV as well.

3.    Please write a cover letter about your training and experience and touch on the below criteria:

Awareness of complicated grief and trauma

Awareness of transcultural issues in counselling 

Awareness of LGBTQI+ and what Intersectionality means to you and your practice 

Working in a time limited way and with complexity and risk

Why training and your future aspirations 

You can find the job description and application form on our website. 

The closing date is by 9th June 2026, however, please do not delay applying as this advert may close before the stated deadline if we find a suitable applicant for the role.

We are a disability confident employer. All applicants with a disability, who meet the minimum essential short-listing criteria are guaranteed an interview. If this applies to you, please let us know in your application.

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The closing date is by 9th June 2026, however, please do not delay applying as this advert may close before the stated deadline if we find a suitable applicant for the role.