CARIS is a bereavement service based in Islington. Our counsellors work with children & young adults, however with 2 of our senior counsellors leaving this year, we now need to fill this gap in order to help reduce our backlog of clients waiting to seek bereavement services.
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We have been in Islington for 25 years now and offer bereavement services to clients once a loved one has died. We counsel around 75 adults and 25 children at a time, and engage with around 250 people a year. More recently, we have also expanded our services to provide Loss and Trauma counselling for those affected by COVID-19. We have seen an unprecedented increase in the number of people reaching out to us for counselling services, and would like to fill in for the counsellors who have left.
We will work as part of a network with other health professionals, such as GPs, social workers to provide the psychological support the community needs. Individuals will also be able to refer themselves directly to us. We are also integrated with the community, and discover customer needs by seeking feedback from our counsellors (full-time & volunteers) and through forums such as the Islington Social Connectedness group.
