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Peer Support Facilitator
Grief Support Groups
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Impact Statement
Your grief experience can bring hope and healing. All of our programs are facilitated by volunteer facilitators who are themselves bereaved. Hearing experiences, stories and coping strategies from a peer has a profound effect on people who are grieving and helps normalize the grief experience. You get it. You've been there.
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Description
All of our grief support groups are facilitated by volunteers who are themselves bereaved, and offer a unique compassion and empathetic understanding of grief and grief support to our program members. Using your own bereavement experience, as a peer support facilitator, you will believe in the benefits of peer support to facilitate bereaved individuals in a group setting.
We are looking for volunteers to facilitate two of our grief support groups:
- bereaved individuals to facilitate our mixed loss Living with Loss group.
- bereaved individuals who have experienced a drug or alcohol related death to facilitate our Living with Loss by Substance Use group.
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Position Qualifications
Ideal for: An Individual
Age: 18+
Area(s) of Interest: Caring Support, Conflict / Facilitation, Leadership/Management
Skill(s): Cultural Awareness/Sensitivity, Interpersonal Communication, Manage Meetings & Groups, Decision-Making/Prioritizing, Empathy, Respect
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Training / Work Condtions
Training Details: Individuals must complete our 20-hour facilitator training in order to facilitate our support groups. We typically offer our training twice a year, in spring and fall.
The upcoming training is happening over two days in May:
- Wednesday May 24 from 6:30-8:30 p.m. (virtually)
- Saturday May 27 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. (in-person)
Attendance on both days is required.
An online application form must be completed as well as an interview prior to participating in the training.
Working Conditions: Virtual and/or in-person at various locations as assigned.
Accessibility: Wheelchair accessible entrance, Wheelchair accessible washroom, Designated accessible parking space
Transportation: On a bus route
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Time Commitment
Duration: 1 year or more
Weekday - Evening
The programs run monthly in the evening from 7-9pm. Living with Loss currently happens twice a month. Living with Loss by Substance Use happens once a month. This may change depending on need and availability.
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http://www.bfomidwest.org
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Mirjana Kovacevic
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519-603-0196
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65 Hanson Avenue Kitchener, N2C 2H6
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Kitchener,Virtual
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