Supportive Care Therapist

Are you passionate about supporting people through some of life’s most difficult moments? Do you believe in compassionate, holistic care for patients and families? Are you a qualified counsellor, therapist or systemic practitioner?

If so, we’d love you to join our Supportive Care team here at St Margaret’s Hospice.

About the Role

As a Supportive Care Therapist, you will deliver safe and effective therapeutic support to patients and their families, including children and young people.

You’ll play a vital role in helping people cope with life‑limiting illness, loss, and bereavement, providing evidence‑based therapeutic support.

• Salary: £27101.01 per annum
• Working pattern: Part time (30 hours per week)
• Contract: Fixed term for 12-months to cover maternity leave

This cross-county role will be based in our Taunton and Yeovil Hospice sites and will see clients as out-patients, in their own homes and at other community venues. 

What can you expect to be doing? 

Working as part of our multidisciplinary team, your day-to-day role will include:

• Providing holistic therapeutic support to patients, families and carers.
• Supporting triage and signposting to ensure people receive the right level of psychological care.
• Assess the needs and provide safe, effective, evidence-based support to adults, children, and young people.
• Identifying vulnerable or at risk clients and follow safeguarding procedures.
• Collaborating with colleagues across the hospice and external agencies.
• Facilitating group work as needed for both adults and young people.

What We’re Looking For

• Qualified counsellor, therapist or systemic practitioner
• Current professional registration/accreditation (e.g., BACP)
• Experience supporting people with bereavement and emotional distress
• Excellent communication and organisational skills
• Understanding of grief, loss, and their impact on families
• Ability to travel across Somerset, including rural communities, and work flexible hours, including some evenings/weekends

What can we offer you?
You won’t just be joining a fantastic team – you’ll be part of a welcoming, community minded charity. Our mission is to provide excellent specialist palliative care for patients and support to their families.

If you speak to any of our staff or volunteers, they will tell you how the patient is at the heart of everything they do. So, if you’re looking for a role where you can really make a difference, working as part of a supportive team, we could be a perfect match.

Holiday entitlement

• 33 days holiday including bank holidays rising to 35 days after 1 year, and increasing with length of service (pro-rata if part-time)
• Recognise continuous service for clinical staff paid at band 5+ who join directly from the NHS or another hospice
• Ability to buy and sell annual leave

Pension scheme

• NHS employees eligible to continue with their NHS pension scheme*
• Non-NHS employees will receive 5.5% employer and 5% employee contribution.

Award-winning Employee Assistance Programme for you and your family offering:

• Vitality & wellbeing health portal for non-emergency care
• Unlimited access to 24/7 online GP Consultations for employees, their partners, and dependent children as well as Expert Case Management
• Confidential and free 24-hour Employee Assistance
• Counselling and support
• Legal, financial, and medical information and advice 

And more…

• Life assurance cover
• Health Cash Plans
• Blue Light Discount Card
• Enhanced maternity leave*
• Excellent learning and development opportunities
• Free on-site parking in Yeovil and Taunton
• Volunteering and fundraising opportunities

*Eligibility criteria applies

If you want to get to know our team or have a chat before applying, we’d love to hear from you. Just reach out to Zoe Capon (Supportive Care Services Lead) at zoe.capon@st-margarets-hospice.org.uk or Tel: 01823 333822

Unfortunately, we are not able to offer visa sponsorship at this time. 

For any questions about our recruitment process or to request an application form in a different format, please contact Recruitment@st-margarets-hospice.org.uk

We welcome applications from a diverse range of backgrounds and experiences to enrich our team. You can always contact us for a chat if there’s anything you want to talk about before you apply.

If you have all the information you need, just click apply. We can’t wait to hear from you!

Closing date: 23/03/26

DBS Information

This role requires a criminal background check via the disclosure procedure.

The Disclosure and Barring Service offers a confidential checking service for transgender applicants. This route gives applicants the choice not to have any gender or name information disclosed on their DBS certificate and is available for all levels of DBS check.