Bereavement Care Provider

Equal Opportunity Employer

The mission of the Health Federation of Philadelphia is to promote community health by advancing access to high-quality, integrated, comprehensive health and human services. We believe in and are firmly committed to equal employment opportunity for employees and applicants. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin, ancestry, age, religion, disability, sex or gender, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, military or veteran status. This commitment applies to all aspects of the Health Federation of Philadelphia’s employment practices, including recruiting, hiring, training, and promotion.

The Bereavement Care Provider (BCP) is responsible for addressing the bereavement needs of families who have experienced a loss that falls under the Philadelphia Medical Examiner’s Office (MEO) jurisdiction – with a special emphasis on sudden death of the young (SDY). The BCP will address the families’ bereavement needs through a combination of telephonic counseling as well as home or community visits. This position will also take on a macro component by spending up to 30% of work time assisting the unit’s director - and requires a high level of clinical responsibility, integrity, and initiative.

JOB SPECIFICATIONS

Responsibilities/Duties

• Offer bereavement counseling to Philadelphia families who have experienced the sudden, unexpected, non-homicide death of an infant, child or youth (ages 21 and below) when the case falls under the jurisdiction of the Philadelphia MEO;
• Offer longitudinal in-home and telephonic bereavement services to select families, with an emphasis on families who have experienced an SDY;
• Provide support to the SDY Case Registry grant team by consenting families for participation in the SDY Case Registry, assisting in data collection/entry, other;
• Participate in the Child Death Review non-homicide team;
• Provide support to other death review teams, such as the Maternal Mortality Review team, through the use of family interviews and/or limited grief counseling;
• Participate in Philadelphia’s Study of Associated Risks of Stillbirths through the use of informant interviews and meeting participation;
• Offer bereavement outreach via telephone to additional select cases as assigned;
• Enter all case notes into the MEO database in a timely fashion;
• Identify any bereavement, health-related or social service needs of grieving families and help connect them to the proper community resources;
• Help collect health-related and social service resources within Philadelphia;
• Maintain and regularly update database of bereavement materials and create new handouts as appropriate to ensure families are receiving accurate information;
• Help train any new bereavement staff hires and help supervise any student interns;
• Provide cross-coverage for other MEO bereavement support staff as needed;
• Closely collaborate with all Fatality Review Program and MEO staff;
• Complete all tasks as assigned, including related duties not specified above.

Salary and Benefits:

$70,896, with a comprehensive benefits package that can include:

• Medical with vision benefits
• Dental insurance
• Flexible spending accounts
• Life, AD&D and long-term care insurance
• Short- and long-term disability insurance
• 403(b) Retirement Plan, with a company contribution
• Paid time off including vacation, sick, personal and holiday
• Employee Assistance Program

Eligibility and participation are handled consistent with the plan documents and HFP policy.