Become a Volunteer Co-facilitator with Sharing Kindness
Volunteers are needed to provide compassionate grief support to children and families grieving the death of a significant person in their lives. If you are interested in becoming a volunteer co-facilitator for our peer grief support groups, please read the information below. We appreciate your willingness to companion children and adults through their unique grief journeys.
View our updated list of peer grief support programs.
Volunteer co-facilitator FAQs
Why is it important?
Volunteers have been the heart of Sharing Kindness and remain an essential part of our mission. Each year, we need volunteers whose time and energy will make a lasting difference in our grief support for children, teens, families, and individuals.
Our peer-support groups rely on caring, consistent, and well-trained volunteers who work directly with the individuals we serve. Whether providing hospitality or co-facilitating peer grief support groups, volunteers are valued members of our SK family.
What is a volunteer co-facilitator?
As a volunteer co-facilitator, you’ll assist our clinicians with peer grief support groups, which Sharing Kindness provides free of charge to our Cape & Islands community.
What training is required, and why do I need to be trained?
Volunteers are required to attend our two-day weekend training which enables them to understand what it means to be grief-informed and identify possible grief biases. The training helps participants gain a clear understanding of our foundational models, and approach to peer grief support. Through learning and practicing the essential skills of awareness, reflection, and facilitating activities, volunteers can understand their roles and explore the dynamics of child, teen, and adult grief.
What are the benefits of becoming a volunteer co-facilitator?
Being a volunteer co-facilitator offers a rare opportunity to make a difference in the lives of people who are grieving. Together we companion participants on their grief journey, through empathic connection, building community, and fostering resilience.
Things to consider
Please consider the following before you decide to join our volunteer team:
● If you have experienced the death of a significant person in your life within the last year, we ask you to discuss this with us before applying. The required training can be an intense experience for those who are newly bereaved.
● After the training, you will need to complete a Massachusetts Criminal Offender Record Information (CORI) form.
● Are you able to make a long-term commitment?
● What days and/or evenings are you available?
● What age group would you prefer?