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Bereavement Support Volunteer

Bereavement Support Volunteer

Organisation role · 1–3 hrs/Week · Starting from 5 Feb 2022
Flexible location
Community & familyChildren & youthWellbeing
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Josephine's Star
#44463
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Summary

1:1 bereavement support with children and young people in their school environment in Somerset.

Detailed description

Josephine’s Star is a charity in Somerset offering support to children who have experienced the death of someone significant in their lives. We are looking for individuals to become Bereavement Support Volunteers. We are looking for over 18 years experienced in working with children and/or young people to join our team as a grief support volunteer and support a group programme to help children cope with their grief and build happy memories of their deceased loved one. Initial training will take place over two Saturday’s following an intial Meet & Greet (Saturday 15th January). This support takes place 1:1 for 1 hour per week, for 6 weeks per child. Our aim is to ensure that every child in Somerset is able to access bereavement support should they wish to. We welcome volunteers from all across Somerset however particular areas of need are Highbridge/Burnham/Taunton. 


What we offer in return; Access to supervision and support from Josephine's Star. Initial volunteer and bereavement training (theories of grief, scales of grief, generational differences, ages and stages, grief repletion, cultural differences, language used, active listening, attachment theories and safeguarding. Making a difference to a young person, their family and their community. Team working and feeling valued. Gaining skills and knowledge of bereavement and working with children. Enhances CV. Two training sessions likely to be held on Saturdays.

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About Josephine's Star

We offer support to children and their families in Somerset when someone special has died. We are a small charity; formed by a group of professionals who know how important it is for children to have the opportunity of support in their grief.

We provide support through three main areas:

'Little Bags of Help' send directly to families, each bag contains fun and easy-to-use resources and activities to help children, parents and carers with their grief.

One-to-one support for children and young people. We offer a series of 1 hour sessions with each child, where they can explore their grief and develop coping strategies through a mixture of talking and creative activities.

Grief First Aid - Support for Schools and Professionals - a 2 hour course designed to help schools and other professionals understand the impacts of grief on a child.