Role Summary:
Bereavement Café’s provides group bereavement support to individuals who have experienced bereavement. Bereavement Café Volunteers play a vital part in providing support to our clients in these group sessions.
Hours and Locations:
Hexham Community Centre, 10:30 – 12:30, 1st and 3rd Thursday monthly
Merton Hall Ponteland, 10:00 – 12:00, 1st and 3rd, Wednesday monthly
Who We Are Looking For:
You will need excellent listening skills and have a warm and empathetic personality. Our volunteers have a caring, compassionate nature and non-judgemental attitude alongside the ability to deal with emotionally charged situations. We help support and guide you so that you have the ability to manage your own emotions when listening to clients discuss their difficult experiences.
Training and Support:
You will be required to undertake mandatory training, as appropriate to the role, to be completed on commencement of role and updated as required by Hospice policy. You will be supported and guided by our Family Support Team and the Head of Care Services, via group or individual supervision meetings and regular one to one debrief sessions as required.
Benefits of Volunteering:
Our Bereavement Café’s are incredibly rewarding as you really can make a huge difference to someone’s life. Feedback from clients has been overwhelmingly positive with many people reporting that the service was a vital lifeline.
By volunteering in this role, you are delivering our service at the frontline. It is here that you will see first-hand the benefits that Tynedale Hospice at Home can provide in helping those pre or post bereavement with emotional support.
You will be volunteering in a flexible environment in order to fit around your lifestyle.
For more information, or to speak to someone about other volunteering opportunities, please contact Sarah Brunskill, Volunteer Coordinator on 01434 600 388 or email volunteering@tynedalehospice.com
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