Club Courage Volunteers
Volunteer Expectations:
Club Courage, formerly Rainbows, is a six-week support group for children
and teens grades kindergarten – 12th who have experienced a loss
through death, divorce, separation, incarceration, deployment, or other
painful transition. Children are placed in small groups of peers their
age and at least two volunteers are assigned to each group.
Volunteers are responsible for providing grief support to their group and
leading their group through the provided curriculum. Volunteers must adhere
to the following guidelines:
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Commitment/Consistency: Your commitment and consistency as a facilitator is crucial to this program.
Volunteers must contact the Bereavement Coordinator in advance (preferably
at least a 24-hour notice) if you will be absent so other arrangements can be made for your group.
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Confidentiality:
Volunteers are privileged to confidential and highly sensitive information
and are expected to respect privacy and confidentially. You must help protect Club Courage participants by not taking pictures
of them, adding them on social media, or disclosing information about
them to anyone outside of the Club.
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Safety: Volunteers must
immediately report any concerns you see with a child to the Bereavement Coordinator. This includes disciplinary
problems within the group, any problems you believe a child is having
at home, or any suspect of physical, emotional or psychological abuse.
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Boundaries: You may not have any group or individual activities with our children
participants outside of the Club Courage sessions. Please do not give
out your phone number, address or social media to the children or their
parent/guardian. If a Club Courage participant would like to get in touch
with a volunteer, they must contact the Hendrick Hospice Care office.
All questions or concerns from parents/guardians should be directed to
the Bereavement Coordinator.
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Unconditional Love and Support: Volunteers should make each child feel seen, heard, loved, accepted,
and supported without condition. Volunteers must foster an environment
of respectful and joyful inclusivity. Volunteers should not bring gifts
or special treats unless they can provide enough for their entire group.
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Leadership: It is important to maintain control over your group by:
- Focusing on the positive
- Setting rules from the beginning
- Maintaining a professional relationship- you are their example and a positive
adult role model
- Being prepared for and adhering to the weekly session as best as possible
Volunteer Time Requirements
Volunteers will need to complete training prior to the start of Club. Volunteers
are expected to arrive at least 30 minutes prior to the beginning of Club
and stay up to 30 minutes after its conclusion. Volunteers must be able
to attend all six sessions.
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We regret to announce that the spring 2023 session of Club Courage has
been cancelled. Please check back later for fall 2023 dates and application
information.