Bereavement Support Volunteer with Children and Young People (Thirsk)

Bereavement Support Volunteer with Children and Young People

Location: Herriot Hospice@The Lambert, Thirsk

Hours: 3 hours per week (additional one hour per month for group supervision and another hour for training and CDP)

Closing date: Sunday 2nd March 2025

Brand: Just ‘B’

Just ‘B’ provides direct support to children, young people and their families living with bereavement. Bereavement Support Volunteers are integral in helping Just ‘B’ reach more children, young people and their families, at one of the most difficult times of their lives and we would like to welcome new members onto our team.

Just ’B’ offers a 12 week, programme run by experienced practitioners from the service in Harrogate.  The course will support volunteers in developing their skills, knowledge and confidence in supporting families at an extremely difficult time in their lives.

Following completion of the training programme, Bereavement Support Volunteers will hold one to one support sessions with children and young people. Sessions are young person led, and volunteers will use a variety of tools and activities learnt in the training to encourage young people to talk, process their grief and receive support for their bereavement.

If you are seeking a stimulating and responsible role, are able to commit to a regular weekly volunteering position, then this could be the volunteer role for you!

What we are looking for:

• An interest in supporting children and young people
• Ability to be empathetic and reflective
• Good communication skills
• Basic IT skills
• An understanding of Children and Young People safeguarding
• Keen to learn new theories and direct working schills with children and young people

What we offer:

Herriot Hospice Homecare, Just ‘B’ and Saint Michael’s Hospice are a family of services with our values at the heart of all we do. We are committed to supporting volunteers effectively and appropriately particularly in a role such as this which may be emotionally challenging. We will support our volunteers with:

• Full training and ongoing support.
• Flexible volunteering hours suit your schedule.
• The opportunity to be part of a caring and dedicated team making a difference in people’s lives.

Getting started:

• Please click the link to complete our online application form.
• Shortlisted applicants will be invited to a volunteer interview.
• If you are successful at interview, we will ask you to complete training via our online system training platform.
• We will complete a DBS check and ask you to provide some information before you begin volunteering.
• Once these steps are completed we will agree your start date.
• You will then begin the training programme outlined above.
• You will required to attend a reflective meeting following the training, providing the opportunity to reflect on the issues raised/discussed during the training.
• Additional ‘top-up’ training will be offered where appropriate

Our values                             

• We put the people who use our services at the heart of everything we do.
• We are caring and compassionate.
• We are personal and supportive in our approach.
• We engage positively.
• We are responsive.
• We are driven to do better.
• We are fair.
• We are professional.
• We work collaboratively.
• We are accountable

Living out our values

·       Our behaviour framework puts our values in the context of our everyday work. 

·       We positively encourage applications from all areas of the community, regardless of gender, race, faith, disability, age, or sexual orientation and from users of mental health services. This is part of our commitment to equality and reflecting the diversity of our communities.

·       We believe that children, young people and adults should never experience abuse of any kind.  Our safer recruitment and safeguarding processes help protect those accessing our services, please see our safeguarding statement on our website.

·       If you require any support or adjustments to be able to apply for this role, please let us know by emailing us.

For more information on the role, please contact us and we can arrange for you to have an informal discussion with a member of the team.

North Yorkshire Hospice Care is a registered charity in England and Wales (518905) with a family of services operating as Herriot Hospice Homecare, Just ‘B’, Saint Michael’s Hospice, and Talking Spaces. North Yorkshire Hospice Care is a company limited by guarantee, registered in England and Wales (2121179).