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Bereavement Counsellor

Bereavement Support Volunteer

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✅ Be part of our dedicated supportive team
✅Flexibility in managing your sessions
✅Regular support, advice and supervision given
✅ Free parking at our hospice

We are looking for volunteers to join our expanding Patient and Family Support Team, providing pre and post bereavement support to patients and their families. Regular supervision sessions will be given.

A regular commitment is required offering support on a one to one basis, over the phone, or within a group setting such as bereavement coffee mornings.

This role involves adapting to meet individual’s needs, have a caring and professional approach and a good understanding of confidentiality and record keeping. Although not essential, a certificate in counselling skills and experience of palliative care will be helpful.

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  • About you

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  • We may require references depending on your role and would be grateful if you could provide details of a recent employer, or another voluntary organisation, or a person who knows you well. In some cases we may write to your GP for a medical reference
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  • Have you any current medical conditions or general health restrictions that might affect your work as a volunteer?
  • By submitting this application, I affirm that the facts given in it are true and complete. I understand that if I am accepted as a volunteer, any false statements, omissions, or other misrepresentations made by me on this application may result in the termination of my volunteer work with the charity.
  • Our Policy

    The charity opposes all forms of discrimination on the grounds of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation.All successful patient care volunteers will be asked to complete a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) form.It is important for us to gain and retain personal information about you, such as your contact details, so we are able to communicate with you in the way that you desire, to help fulfil your volunteer role, and to keep you informed as reasonably and effectively as possible.You can view our Privacy Notice for Volunteers by accessing the volunteer section of the Weldmar Website or by speaking to Caroline Munslow, Volunteer Services Adviser on 01305 756930.We may require one passport photo for your ID badge.Thank you for choosing Weldmar to volunteer.
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