Grief Counselor

Founded in 1982 as Joliet Area Community Hospice, Lightways Hospice and Serious Illness Care is an independent nonprofit healthcare provider licensed in 11 counties in northwest Illinois. We have a state-of-the-art facility and the first free standing in-patient Hospice Home in Illinois.  We have over a 35-year history for providing compassionate professional care to terminally ill patients and their families.  We are state licensed and Medicare/Medicaid certified. 

We are currently seeking a Part Time Grief Counselor for our Grief Support Program, which provides grief support services to both our hospice families and the community.  This position will work 30 hours per week providing individual and family grief counseling, grief support group facilitation and outreach to hospice families as needed. Services to be provided both in-person and via telehealth.  Some evening hours required.

Responsibilities include:

• Outreach to hospice families to determine their grief support needs.

• Responsible for providing a bereavement assessment of the family’s needs and developing an individualized plan of care based on the bereavement assessment.

• Provide grief counseling to the bereaved on a time-limited basis as deemed helpful and appropriate.

• Provide pre-death bereavement assessment and/or counseling to high risk hospice individuals or families upon referral by the Director of Grief Support.

• Refer to the community those bereaved who need specialized or intense counseling and need additional community resources as needed.

• Maintain clinical records related to grief support services performed.

• Promote grief education and team support among the hospice team on an individual or group basis.

• Participate in the Interdisciplinary Team Meetings in determining grief support needs of hospice families.

The successful candidate will have a Master's degree in Social Work, Counseling or related field and be a Licensed Professional Counselor or LSW with a minimum of one year experience. Spanish-speaking skills and/or experience with children and teens a plus.

Lightways offers a generous benefit package that includes medical, dental, disability, life insurance, 401k with company match for employees who work 30 hours or more per week.