Volunteer Support Worker Volunteer Support Worker Volunteer Support Worker Reports To: Head of Family and Carer Support Team / Volunteer Support Worker Coordinator Location: In the person’s home/ community or at Birmingham St Mary’s Hospice Hours: Flexible – generally 2-6 hours per week Making a Difference: The help given by our Volunteer Support Workers means a great deal to vulnerable, bereaved people in the community. You can really make a difference by supporting people as they find ways to live with their grief and manage their day to day lives. Key Duties You will… work with people at any point in their bereavement give that person a chance to talk, offering them emotional support and practical help with their problems help bereaved people to develop confidence and find ways of coping enable people to contact and get support from various organisations and services as needed Will the role suit me? YES, if you are… someone with good listening and communication skills able to understand the impact of loss and work with the distress of others practical and resourceful able to work in a positive and professional manner someone who has not had a significant bereavement within 2 years What can Birmingham St Mary’s Hospice offer me as a volunteer? Membership of a friendly, professional, multi-disciplinary team Full training and ongoing development within the volunteer role A chance to use your skills and experience to support others in need For more information, please contact: Vicky Ross (0121 752 8749) Zoe Mather (0121 752 8754) Birmingham St Mary’s Hospice, 176 Raddlebarn Road, Selly Park, Birmingham, B29 7DA To apply please click on the link below where you can download the role description and role specification and complete the Volunteer Enrolment Form and Equality Monitoring Form Volunteer Support Worker Role Description Volunteer Support Worker Specification Volunteer Enrolment Form Equality and Diversity Monitoring Form Please return both forms when completed to: [email protected] Alternatively you can post them to the address above. Registered Charity no. 503456 The Hospice is committed to developing a dynamic and diverse workforce representative of the communities it serves We ask you, therefore, to complete the Equal Opportunities Monitoring form to help us in this aim.