# Bereavement Coordinator

**Company:** [Calvary Hospital](https://jobs.workable.com/companies/i6e28DFNXFRmniEBp9byXi.md)
**Location:** Bronx, United States
**Workplace:** on site
**Department:** Bereavement

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## Description

**Description**

For over 125 years, Calvary Hospital and Calvary @ Home located in the Bronx, New York has been dedicated to the palliative care of advanced cancer and other terminally ill patients and their families. Through a caring, compassionate, philosophy of non-abandonment, the hospice provides a full spectrum of palliative services, including emotional, spiritual, and physical care. The hospice receives patients from referring institutions throughout New York City and the entire tristate area. **When you come to Calvary Hospital, you're not just getting a job, you're joining a family.**

Summary: The Hospice Bereavement Client- Coordinator coordinates the Hospice Bereavement activities, and provides psychosocial and bereavement counseling to the hospice patients and families and takes part in Bereavement Department programs

**Requirements**

-   Licensed Master of Social Work, Licensed Clinical Social Worker or License Mental Health Counselor required.
-   Specialized training in the area of death and dying preferred or related field.
-   At least two years of hospice experience preferred.
-   Position requires ability to commute to multiple territories to ensure continuity of care.
-   A valid driver's license is required.(This requirement does not apply to positions assigned exclusively to Manhattan territory)
-   A vehicle is required to commute to patients. (This requirement does not apply to positions assigned exclusively to Manhattan territory)
-   Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
-   Exhibits and ability and attitude relative to the spirit of caring and tradition at Calvary Hospital as required by specific job duties and functions.

**Education:** 

-   Master's degree in Social Work or Mental Health Counseling

**Salary:** $89,712.81/ annually

## Benefits

-   Includes accrued vacation days, sick days, holidays, and free days.
-   Pension (vested after 5 years of full-time or part-time service)
-   Participation in 403 (b)
-   Voluntary Benefits: Short Term Disability, Life Insurance, Cancer Insurance, Flex Spending, Transit Check.
-   Free On-Site Parking