Help children move through the grieving process
ORGANIZATION: MultiCare Health System
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Suffering the loss of a loved one is never easy and supporting a child who is grieving someone close to them can be especially challenging.
Bridges Center for Grieving Children is seeking volunteers who would like to help create a safe and nurturing space for children and families to heal.
Position: Group Facilitator - Bridges Center for Grieving Children
Duties include:
- Facilitate grief support groups twice each month with children ages 4-18 years old or parent support groups.
- Coordinate and plan group sessions with co-facilitators.
- Learn and use available book, articles, and therapeutic tool resources.
Skills needed:
- Ability to commit to a volunteer shift 2x per month on either a Monday or Wednesday from 5:30-9pm
- Ability to effectively communicate and work with people from various ethnic, religious, and economic backgrounds.
- Exhibit dependability, motivation, and initiative.
- Good listening skills.
- Ability to work in a team environment.
Location: Tacoma or Puyallup
1 Shift
- evening / 05:30 PM to 09:00 PM PST - Spots available: 2
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About MultiCare Health System
Location:
1901 S Union Ave, Tacoma, WA 98405, US
Mission Statement
Partnering for Healing and a Healthy Future
Description
MultiCare Health System is a not-for-profit health care organization with more than 24,000 team members, including employees, providers and volunteers.
We've been caring for our communities for well over a century, since the founding of Tacoma's first hospital. And today, we are the largest community-based, locally governed health system in the state of Washington.
Our comprehensive system of health includes numerous primary care, urgent care and specialty services - including Immediate Clinic, MultiCare Indigo Urgent Care, Pulse Heart Institute and MultiCare Rockwood Clinic, the largest multispecialty clinic in the Inland Northwest region.
Our network of care includes seven hospitals:
- Allenmore Hospital, Tacoma
- Auburn Medical Center, Auburn
- Deaconess Hospital, Spokane
- Good Samaritan Hospital, Puyallup
- Mary Bridge Children's Hospital, Tacoma - the region's only children's hospital and state-designated Level II Pediatric Trauma Center for Western Washington
- Tacoma Genera Hospital, Tacoma, which is home to the Puget Sound Region's only Level IV Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
- Valley Hospital, Spokane Valley
MultiCare Medical Associates, affiliated physicians and a wide range of community outreach programs across the state completed our organization.
CAUSE AREAS
Children & Youth,
Community,
Health & Medicine
WHEN
We'll work with your schedule.
This opportunity has 1 shift
WHERE
311 South L StreetTacoma, WA 98403
(47.25969 ,-122.45447 )
DATE POSTED
January 3, 2025
SKILLS
- Family Therapy
- Child Welfare
- Crisis Intervention
- Bereavement Support
- Crisis Counseling
- Social Work
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- Background Check
- Must be at least 18
- Orientation or Training
- Must attend a 2-day training Feb. 21-22 from 9am-4pm each day. Support groups are 2x per month on a Monday or Wednesday evening.