Requisition Number: PSYCH002299

- Posted : October 28, 2026
- Full-Time

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Description

PSYCHOSOCIAL SPIRITUAL BEREAVEMENT CLINICIAN – 169R1-26-3

Home and Community Care, Wellbeing

Full time

Applicants from Six Nations and other First Nations will be given preference to deliver programs and services in a First Nations community.

JOB SUMMARY: The Psychosocial Spiritual Bereavement Clinician reports to and works under the direction and supervision of the Manager of the Home & Community Care Program. Works collaboratively with the hospice and palliative care programs within the department of Wellbeing.

To conduct a multi-systemic inter-generational assessment of individuals and families and implement ways of knowing how to deal with grief and bereavement with attention to multiple variables such as age, gender, cultural and spiritual/religious considerations. To provide individual, partner, family and group psychoeducation as deemed appropriate.

Type

Full-Time

Closing Date

November 11, 2026

Hours of Work

35hrs/week

Wage

$70,400 – $88,000/yr

*A competitive compensation package will be offered commensurate with qualifications. *

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

- Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work, Education or Counselling Psychology, Nursing, or equivalent.
- At least 2 years experience in Hospice Palliative Care.
- Certificate in Grief and Bereavement (can begin working toward this once hired)

REPORTING RELATIONSHIP:

Reports to and works under the direction and supervision of the Manager of the Home & Community Care Program. Works collaboratively with the hospice and palliative care programs within the department of Wellbeing.





PURPOSE & SCOPE OF THE POSITION:

To conduct a multi-systemic inter-generational assessment of individuals and families and implement ways of knowing how to deal with grief and bereavement with attention to multiple variables such as age, gender, cultural and spiritual/religious considerations. To provide individual, partner, family and group psychoeducation as deemed appropriate.

KEY DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

Technical Functions:

- Receives referrals (central intake) for palliative and hospice care.
- Ability to provide trauma informed, culturally appropriate psycho-social supports
- Assists clients, partners and families with a wide range of psychological, social and practical services to help meet individual and/or familial psychological and emotional needs, financial, legal, healthcare and funeral planning, and advocacy issues.
- Identify the appropriate application of bereavement theories and the implications on the grieving process. Such theories include family systems and their dynamics; the many secondary losses that will accompany the primary loss; factors that will affect bereavement such as age, gender, culture, financial situation; religion; psycho/social roles and relationships; and the nature and type of loss.




- Provide education as it relates to the grieving process and bereavement support; explain the process of normal grief and the multidimensional aspects and domains of grief (emotional, physical, cognitive, behavioral, social, and spiritual).
- Identify the need for further in-depth counselling and arrange the appropriate referrals.
- Provides individual, partner, family and group psycho-education to persons who are dying and their emotionally significant others, so that all involved are as fully informed
- as he/she chooses to be about the ensuing course of events. Encourages family participation in consensus building and care delivery.
- Provides individual, partner, family and group support therapies as is necessary and required. This will require a diverse familiarity with grief and bereavement, crisis and trauma theory, mindfulness meditations, mind-body medicine, complementary medicines, palliative pain and symptom management, community resources, as well as related fields of oncology, emergency medicine and hospice care.
- Refers persons who are dying, partners, families and team members to resources available through the community, internet, library, private practice, etc.
- Keeps accurate documentation on clients in the Electronic Medical Record (PSS)
- Keeps accurate statistics
- All bereavement files remain open for a period of 13 months after the death. During that time the bereaved receive the following:
- Initial bereavement package specific to death i.e. loss of spouse, sibling, parent etc.
- Invitation to attend the celebration of life/memorial services.
- First year Anniversary note

📌 169-26-3 Psychosocial Spirit Bereavement Clinician (Ohsweken)
🏢 Six Nations
📍 Ohsweken