Hospice Grief Center Counselor
Listed compensation
$62k-$85k
The week · per this posting · Monday – Friday
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Job Description
Hosparus Health starts with a compassionate team, committed to our mission of creating more moments for our patients facing advanced illness or end of life care. Our premier model of care supports patients and their families with a holistic, team-based approach, wherever the patient chooses to call home.
Hosparus Health empowers its people to provide the care our patients want to receive, with a level of service we describe as “above and beyond.” Don’t just find a job. Join our team and help us create more moments for our patients and enrich our communities with compassionate care.
Grief Center Counselor
Schedule: Monday through Friday, typically 9:00 a. m. to 5:30 p. m., with three late evenings until 7:30 p. m. every two weeks. Occasional weekends may be required.
Service Area: Adair, Campbellsville, Green, Marion, Taylor, and Washington Counties.
Counselor Position Summary
The Counselor is responsible for the provision of counseling and group services to clients of the Grief Counseling Center. The Counselor continually assesses the developmental, educational, physical, emotional, social and spiritual needs of clients experiencing loss due to illness, death, or other life-changing event.
Counselor Position Qualifications
Master’s degree in an accredited program of expressive art therapy, counseling psychology, clinical social work or related field
Professional licensure or certification, and state board approved clinical supervision, as required by state law
- Minimum of one year experience in counseling, expressive therapy or counseling of bereaved persons preferred
- Experience in group facilitation and process preferred
- Use of technology-based tools, including electronic medical record, strongly preferred
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Hosparus Health provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
Key Responsibilities
The counselor is responsible for providing counseling and group services to clients at the Grief Counseling Center. They must continually assess the developmental, educational, physical, emotional, social, and spiritual needs of clients experiencing loss.
Requirements
Candidates must hold a Master's degree in counseling psychology, clinical social work, expressive art therapy, or a related field. Professional licensure or certification and state-approved clinical supervision are required.
Qualifications
- Education
- Master's degree (postgraduate degree)
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Hospice Grief Center Counselor at Everent Health & Affiliates a 6.4 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Counseling — ranked against 13,439 active Counseling listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no night shifts.
Grief Counseling — Counselor Career Context
Of the 50 active Counselor listings this role was benchmarked against, 48% are remote, 30% have no call, 76% require no weekends.
Counselor pay on WeekdayDoc is up 4.0% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).
The cost-of-living index for Kentucky is 90.2 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$74k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $81k in an average-cost state. 61.6% of Kentucky clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
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