Therapeutic Practitioner

We are excited to be looking for a compassionate and skilled Therapeutic Practitioner to join our Family Support Team, helping individuals and families navigate some of life's most complex and emotionally challenging moments.

As part of our Family Support Team, you will work collaboratively with social workers, psychological support colleagues, creative therapists, volunteers and clinical teams - ensuring compassionate, safe and personalised care is delivered consistently across hospice and community settings.

At Dorothy House Hospice Care, we are dedicated to delivering outstanding, holistic emotional and psychological support to patients and families across every stage of palliative and end-of-life care.

This is a meaningful opportunity to provide therapeutic support to adults, children and families affected by life-limiting illness and bereavement, working closely with our wider team. You will play a vital role in supporting healthy coping, grief and adjustment, while also contributing to the development of volunteers, students and colleagues.

The role will include:

• Providing one-to-one therapeutic and counselling sessions for patients and family members.
• Assessing emotional and psychosocial needs, offering interventions that promote healthy coping and grieving.
• Holding a therapeutic caseload of individuals and families with complex emotional needs, delivering safe, compassionate and person-centred support.
• Facilitating and supporting group work with adults, children and families, including bereavement and peer support groups.
• Supporting parents and carers in relation to the needs of children affected by terminal illness or bereavement.
• Working closely with the Family Support Team and wider MDT to ensure integrated, holistic care.
• Recognising when onward referral to statutory and non-statutory agencies is appropriate and working in partnership with external professionals.
• Line managing and supporting Family Support Team volunteers, helping develop their skills and confidence.
• Contributing to safeguarding, clinical governance and quality improvement processes.
• Participating in supervision, reflective practice, service development and hospice-wide initiatives.

This is a Part-Time position working 18.75 hours a week (Monday to Friday). Due to the role also working out in our community, we require all applicants to hold a UK driving licence with access to a vehicle.

Dorothy House is an incredible place to work, these are just a few of our benefits that we offer to our staff:

• 27 days plus bank holidays, increasing to 29 days and then 33 days with length of service.
• Excellent industry leading training with a focus on career development!
• Pension with Life Assurance.
• Colleague discount across our 30 retail stores.
• 45p per mile for work travel.
• Mindful Employer Plus Charter - supporting our colleagues with access to impartial, confidential advice when you need it most.

If this sounds like your ideal job, then we'd love to see your application. Please note that our vacancies can close at any time once sufficient applications have been received. We therefore encourage early submission of your application.

Interviews for the role are aiming to be held week commencing the 2nd March 2026.

Professional qualification in counselling or psychotherapy is required. Experience supporting individuals and/or families affected by life-limiting illness, death or bereavement is essential. Excellent collaboration skills working within a multi-disciplinary team are necessary. Can demonstrate a detailed experience recognising and responding to safeguarding concerns. Can demonstrate prioritisation skills with the ability to work flexibly, manage workloads, and oversee complex family dynamics sensitively. Experience delivering training to colleagues, students or volunteers relating to bereavement, emotional wellbeing or palliative care is preferred. Previous experience working within a hospice or specialist palliative care service is advantageous.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.