The grief support volunteer provides follow-up information, grief support, and companioning under the supervision of the grief support services manager and in accordance with client-centered outreach approach and GSS service delivery model.

Responsibilities may include:

• Provides information, grief support and companioning
• Communicates with GSS clients at approximate designated intervals via phone, mail and visits
• Facilitates support groups when trained/if interested
• Maintains confidentiality
• Attends education and support meetings whenever possible
• Facilitates community awareness and support of HOM
• Provides required documentation

Qualifications:

• Minimum age 18 years
• Demonstrates good interpersonal skills
• Demonstrates healthy adjustment to loss
• Demonstrates understanding and sensitivity to grief/loss process
• Demonstrates the ability to accept people as they are
• Successful completion of required clinical services volunteer training plus grief support companioning training; plus grief support group facilitation training if conducting groups

This description is intended to indicate the kinds of tasks and levels of work difficulty that will be required of the position that will be given this title, and shall not be construed as declaring what the specific duties and responsibilities of any particular position shall be. It is not intended to limit, or in any way modify the right of any supervisor to assign, direct or control the work of volunteers under his/her supervision. The use of a particular expression or illustration describing duties shall not be held to exclude other duties not mentioned that are of a similar kind or level of difficulty.