Volunteer – Community Bereavement Cafe Facilitator

Job details

Community Bereavement Cafés are welcoming and open spaces for people to talk about their grief. Volunteer Community Bereavement Cafe Facilitators help run and facilitate the cafes. A standard DBS check will be required for this role.

Location

St Helena Hospice and locations in the community

What we’re looking for

Main duties of this role may include any of the following:
• Help prepare the venue for the café set up – positioning chairs, preparing refreshments, making the seating welcoming and conducive to a positive experience.
• Welcome people as they arrive.
• Provide name labels to ensure people are known by name.
• Identify newcomers and assist them to settle in – making introductions and offering a helping hand to begin with. Being sure to withdraw yourself from the group when it feels right to allow peer support to take over and blossom.
• Offer and make drinks, clear cups etc.
• Facilitate a session in the Cafe after receiving bereavement training.
• Give notice before the café is due to end so that people can draw their conversations to a close.
• Occasionally, at the end, distribute feedback forms to participants to complete anonymously.
• When everyone has left, put the room back to how it was before the café started.
• Escalate any concerns or worries about attendees to the Cafe lead.
• Uphold strict confidentiality and maintain professional boundaries at all times.

Additional information

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