Group Therapist: bereavement volunteers

Volunteer therapist needed to facilitate a monthly online reflective group for bereavement support volunteers. Person-centred/integrative background ideal. Free safeguarding & SFA training offered. Meaningful, low-commitment role with a warm, dedicated team.

What will you be doing?

We are looking for a warm, grounded therapist to facilitate a monthly online support group for the volunteers who make The New Normal possible.

The New Normal runs free peer support groups for people navigating bereavement across the UK. Our volunteers commit their time and energy to hold space for some of the most painful human experiences; we are looking for support to hold space for them too.

We are looking for a qualified therapist, ideally with a person-centred or integrative background, to facilitate a 75 minute online group session each month: a safe, reflective space where our volunteers can decompress, process what has come up in their peer support work, and feel supported. This is a facilitation role rather than a clinical one, so you won't be carrying clinical responsibility for individuals, but you will need the skill and confidence to hold a group with confidence, and the ability to offer gentle reflective feedback when it's needed.

If you have an affinity with bereavement, community-based work, or supporting those who support others, this could be a deeply rewarding way to contribute your skills.

What are we looking for?

You will ideally be a qualified or accredited therapist with a person-centred or integrative background, and an affinity for bereavement, grief or community-based work. Experience of facilitating groups is desirable, though not essential; what matters most is that you are warm, grounded and confident holding a space where people can be honest about how they are feeling. An understanding of vicarious trauma and the emotional demands of volunteer work would be a real asset, as would a willingness to work collaboratively with a non-clinical team. You must be registered with a relevant professional body such as BACP or UKCP, and be willing to check the scope of this role with your insurer before committing.

What difference will you make?

Your support of our volunteers will help their wellbeing, confidence and connection to their fellow volunteers. By having that space for themselves, they will feel more supported in their own facilitation roles, strengthening the resilience of our volunteer community, which in turn will greatly impact the sustainability of everything The New Normal offers.