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Bereavement Support Volunteer with Children and Young People

NORTH YORKSHIRE HOSPICE CARE
Harrogate
Part-time
1st May 2026
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Bereavement Support Volunteer with Children and Young People, Harrogate

Employment Type

Volunteer

Application Start Date

15-04-2026

Application End Date

01-05-2026

Location

Harrogate

State/County

North Yorkshire

Zip Code

HG2 8NA

Country

United Kingdom

Work Style

On-site

Experience

Please refer to attached Specification for further details

Education

Please refer to attached Specification for further details.

Description

Bereavement Support Volunteer with Children and Young People

Location: Crimple House, Harrogate, Thirsk (The Lambert) and the option to travel to local schools.

Hours: 3 hours per week (additional one hour per month for group supervision and another hour for training and CPD)

Closing date: Friday 1st May 2026.

Brand: Just ‘B’

 

Just ‘B’ provides direct support to children, young people and their families living with bereavement. Bereavement Support Volunteers are integral in helping Just ‘B’ reach more children, young people and their families, at one of the most difficult times of their lives and we would like to welcome new members onto our team.

Just ’B’ offers a 12 week, programme run by experienced practitioners from the service in Harrogate and Thirsk. The course will support volunteers in developing their skills, knowledge and confidence in supporting families at an extremely difficult time in their lives.

Following completion of the training programme, Bereavement Support Volunteers will hold one to one support sessions with children and young people. Sessions are young person led, and volunteers will use a variety of tools and activities learnt in the training to encourage young people to talk, process their grief and receive support for their bereavement.

If you are seeking a stimulating and responsible role, are able to commit to a regular weekly volunteering position, then this could be the volunteer role for you!

What we are looking for:

  • An interest in supporting children and young people
  • Ability to be empathetic and reflective
  • Good communication skills
  • Basic IT skills
  • An understanding of Children and Young People safeguarding
  • Keen to learn new theories and direct workingwith children and young people
  • Able to volunteer with us for a minimum of one year.

 

What we offer:

Herriot Hospice Homecare, Just ‘B’ and Saint Michael’s Hospice are a family of services with our values at the heart of all we do. We are committed to supporting volunteers effectively and appropriately particularly in a role such as this which may be emotionally challenging. We will support our volunteers with:

  • Full training and ongoing support.
  • Flexible volunteering hours to suit your schedule.
  • The opportunity to be part of a caring and dedicated team making a difference in people’s lives.

 

Getting started:

  • Please complete our online application form.
  • Shortlisted applicants will be invited to a volunteer interview.
  • If you are successful at interview, you will be invited to attend our training course.
  • Part way through the course we will complete a DBS check before you can begin volunteering.
  • You will be required to attend a reflective meeting following the training, providing the opportunity to reflect on the issues raised/discussed during the training.
  • We will ask you to complete organisational mandatory training via our online training platform.
  • Additional ‘top-up’ training will be offered where appropriate.

 

Our values                             

  • We put the people who use our services at the heart of everything we do.
  • We are caring and compassionate.
  • We are personal and supportive in our approach.
  • We engage positively.
  • We are responsive.
  • We are driven to do better.
  • We are fair.
  • We are professional.
  • We work collaboratively.
  • We are accountable

 

Living out our values

· Our behaviour framework puts our values in the context of our everyday work. See what this includes at saintmichaelshospice.org/behaviour-framework

· We positively encourage applications from all areas of the community, regardless of gender, race, faith, disability, age, or sexual orientation and from users of mental health services. This is part of our commitment to equality and reflecting the diversity of our communities.

·       We believe that children, young people and adults should never experience abuse of any kind.  Our safer recruitment and safeguarding processes help protect those accessing our services, please see our safeguarding statement on our website: https://saintmichaelshospice.org/safeguarding-statement/

·       If you require any support or adjustments to be able to apply for this role, please let us know by emailing volunteers@saintmichaelshospice.org

For more information on the role, please contact us on Volunteers@saintmichaelshospice.org or on 01423 200145 and we can arrange for you to have an informal discussion with a member of the team.

 

North Yorkshire Hospice Care is a registered charity in England and Wales (518905) with a family of services operating as Herriot Hospice Homecare, Just ‘B’, Saint Michael’s Hospice, and Talking Spaces. North Yorkshire Hospice Care is a company limited by guarantee, registered in England and Wales (2121179).