Bereavement Counselor

Hospice of Marion, a part of Empath Health is seeking a Bereavement & Children's Program Counselor. If you are passionate about supporting individuals and families through their most challenging times, we invite you to consider a rewarding career as a Bereavement & Children's Program Counselor with Hospice of Marion.

The Bereavement & Children's Program Counselor provides comprehensive bereavement counseling, support, education, and crisis intervention services to children, teens, adults, and families. This role serves as a key clinical resource for both adult and pediatric grief support programming, delivering individual, family, and group counseling services while helping to expand awareness, participation, and community engagement in the children's bereavement program.

In addition to direct clinical care, this position is responsible for developing community partnerships, conducting outreach and educational presentations, supporting volunteer facilitators, and implementing strategies to increase referrals and participation in children's grief support services. The counselor serves as an ambassador for Empath Grief Care and works collaboratively to ensure bereaved children and families have access to high-quality grief support resources.

Since 1983, Hospice of Marion County has been honored to serve families across Ocala and Marion County with compassionate, expert end-of-life care. As part of Empath Health, we help neighbors with advanced illness live as comfortably and meaningfully as possible, while supporting their families and caregivers with respect, guidance, and dignity.

What You’ll Do

Provide individual, family, and group grief counseling to children, teens, adults, and families.

Conduct comprehensive intake assessments to determine service eligibility, treatment needs, and group readiness.

Perform risk assessments related to complicated grief, trauma, suicide risk, abuse, neglect, and other psychosocial concerns.

• Develop and maintain individualized plans of care, goals, interventions, and progress documentation.
• Represent Empath Grief Care at community events, health fairs, educational programs, and networking opportunities.
• Identify opportunities to expand children's bereavement services throughout the service area.

Why Join Empath Health?

• Earn Competitive Pay: Your skills and contributions are recognized and rewarded.
• Benefits & Wellness: Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, retirement with company match, plus wellness programs to support your mind and body.
• Industry-Leading PTO: 5+ weeks to rest, recharge, and live your Full Life.
• Grow Your Career: CEU support, tuition reimbursement, and advancement opportunities.
• Make a Difference: Join a mission-driven team dedicated to kindness, compassion, and Full Life Care for All.

What You’ll Need

• Master of Social Work (MSW) degree from a Council on Social Work Education accredited program preferred; or Master's degree in:
• Mental Health Counseling
• Marriage and Family Therapy
• Child Life
• Other related clinical counseling field

Licensure OR License Eligible (Registered Intern)

• Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), or Registered Clinical Social Work Intern (RCSWI), or
• Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC), or Registered Mental Health Counselor Intern (RMHCI), or
• Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT), or Registered Mental Health Counselor Intern (RMHCI), or

Certified Child Life Specialist

• Applicants must obtain appropriate licensure or registration within 90 days of hire if not already licensed.
• Minimum two years of counseling experience working with children, adolescents, adults, and families.
• Experience with bereavement, trauma-informed care, crisis intervention, and family systems preferred.
• Community outreach, program development, or referral relationship-building experience preferred.

For field-based positions, employees must have reliable transportation which will enable them to perform tasks and responsibilities in a timely and appropriate fashion. Must provide proof of valid automobile insurance, a copy of which will be placed in the employee’s HR file.

Unified in empathy, we serve our communities through extraordinary Full Life Care for All.

Empath Health is a not-for-profit healthcare organization providing Full Life Care through a connected network of services across Florida—including hospice, home health, grief care, geriatric primary care, elder care (PACE), HIV and sexual health (EPIC), and dementia support.

Full Life Care means caring for the whole person—body, mind, and spirit—with empathy and dignity. Our care goes beyond medicine to help people feel seen, supported, and valued at every stage of life.

At Empath Health, you’ll find purpose, partnership, and possibility in a culture where compassion drives excellence and every team member helps make life’s journey more meaningful.

Empath Health is committed to complying with all applicable provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act, as amended ("ADA"), and applicable state and local laws.

It is Empath Health's policy not to discriminate against any qualified person or applicant with regard to any terms or conditions of employment on the basis of such individual's disability.

Consistent with this policy of non-discrimination, Empath Health will provide reasonable accommodations to an individual with a disability, as defined in the ADA or applicable law, who has made Empath Health aware of his/her disability, unless doing so would cause an undue hardship to Empath Health.

If you are an applicant and need a reasonable accommodation when applying for job opportunities within Empath Health or to request a reasonable accommodation to utilize Empath Health's online employment application, please contact HRTalentAcquisition@EmpathHealth.org.

Workplace Discrimination is Illegal. For more information, please refer to this machine-readable PDF to Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal. If viewing in HTML, please see Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal in English or Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal in Spanish.