bereavement counsellor
Bereavement counsellors support and guide patients and their families to better cope with the death of the loved ones by assisting them in emergent situations, at the hospices and at the memorial services. They train other professionals and communities anticipating the supportive needs of bereavement and responding to the education requirements.
bereavement counsellor bereavement counsellors support and guide patients and their families to better cope with the death of the loved ones by assisting them in emergent situations, at the hospices and at the memorial services. The role shows moderate AI exposure (0.50 on a 0-1 scale) — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. The most in-demand skills for the role include counselling methods, legal requirements in the social sector, client-centred counselling, supervision of persons, social sciences.
Pay in the UK
UK: median £44,550 a year for Social workers (ONS ASHE 2025, full-time)
Middle half of full-time jobs: £39,517 to £49,959 a year
UK jobs are grouped differently; this is the closest UK occupation group (ONS SOC 2020 2461). ONS rates this estimate precise. 2025 provisional figures; ONS revises them a year later. Source: ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (Open Government Licence)
Pay in India (occupation group)
Average monthly earnings of salaried employees in the occupation group “Professionals” in India, from the Government of India's Periodic Labour Force Survey (January–December 2025). It covers everyone in this group, not only bereavement counsellor, and it is not US pay converted to rupees.
Source: MoSPI (Government of India), Periodic Labour Force Survey Annual Report 2025, Table 51 — average wage/salary earnings of regular wage/salaried employees, NCO-2015 division 2. Official India data gives one average per occupation group: there are no official India figures for single careers, experience levels or cities. Read the report
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Frequently asked questions
What does bereavement counsellor do?
Bereavement counsellors support and guide patients and their families to better cope with the death of the loved ones by assisting them in emergent situations, at the hospices and at the memorial services. They train other professionals and communities anticipating the supportive needs of bereavement and responding to the education requirements.
What skills does bereavement counsellor need?
The most in-demand skills for this role include counselling methods, legal requirements in the social sector, client-centred counselling, supervision of persons, social sciences, cognitive behavioural therapy. These are the skills O*NET identifies as most important for competent performance.
Will AI replace bereavement counsellor?
Our AI-durability model gives bereavement counsellor a score of 0.50 on a 0-1 scale (higher = more exposure). That places it at moderate AI exposure — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. Learning to work with AI tools rather than against them is the path forward.