Grief Group Facilitator (PRN)

## Description

**POSITION SUMMARY:**

The Hospice of Baton Rouge is seeking a compassionate and experienced **PRN Grief Group Facilitator** to join our team at **The Retreat at Quarters Lake**.

This position provides compassionate, professional support to children, teens, adults, and families coping with loss through grief support groups, educational workshops, camps, memorial events, and community outreach programs. Using trauma-informed and grief-informed practices, the Grief Group Facilitator creates a safe, supportive environment that promotes healing, connection, and healthy coping while integrating clinical knowledge, cultural sensitivity, and evidence-based grief theories into program delivery.

**COMPENSATION:**$75 per facilitated group.

**JOB FUNCTIONS:**

• Facilitate grief support groups for children, teens, and adults in a compassionate, professional, and trauma-informed manner.
• Lead educational workshops, memorial events, grief camps, and community outreach initiatives.
• Foster a safe, supportive, inclusive, and confidential environment where participants feel comfortable sharing and healing.
• Provide emotional support to individuals and families while helping participants develop healthy coping strategies following loss.
• Monitor participant well-being during group sessions and respond appropriately to crises, safety concerns, or high-risk situations by following organizational policies and making referrals when appropriate.
• Ensure group sessions are age-appropriate, culturally sensitive, and tailored to participant needs.
• Apply evidence-based grief counseling models, including Worden's Tasks of Mourning, Kübler-Ross, and the Dual Process Model, when developing and facilitating programs.
• Integrate spirituality and cultural considerations into care when appropriate.
• Assist in developing engaging group activities, educational materials, presentations, and workshop content.
• Collaborate with The Retreat's leadership and staff to coordinate programming and address participant needs.
• Maintain accurate attendance records, documentation, and program evaluations in accordance with organizational standards.
• Represent The Retreat professionally during community events, outreach initiatives, and organizational activities.
• Assist in promoting grief services throughout the community.

## Qualifications
**Education:**

• Bachelor's degree in psychology, social work, counseling, or another social or behavioral science field required.
• Master's degree preferred.

**Certifications or Licensure:**

• Current Louisiana **LPC or LCSW** license in good standing required.

**Work Experience:**

• Experience facilitating support groups or providing counseling required.
• Experience in grief counseling, hospice, bereavement, or mental health settings preferred.
• Experience working with children, adolescents, and families preferred.
• Familiarity with evidence-based grief counseling theories and trauma-informed practices.

**Special Skills:**

• Excellent group facilitation and communication skills.
• Ability to build rapport with participants of all ages, families, volunteers, and community partners.
• Strong knowledge of grief, loss, trauma, and family dynamics.
• Ability to recognize crisis situations and respond appropriately.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and exercise sound professional judgment.
• Ability to work collaboratively as part of an interdisciplinary team.

**Other Requirements:**

• Availability to facilitate **evening grief support groups** and occasional weekend workshops, camps, or community events.
• Flexibility to work evenings and weekends as needed.

**Drug-Free Workplace**

The Hospice of Baton Rouge is committed to maintaining a safe, healthy, and drug-free workplace. As a condition of employment, all final candidates must successfully complete a pre-employment drug screening in accordance with organizational policy.

Because of the safety-sensitive nature of the care we provide, applicants who test positive for marijuana, **including medical marijuana** prescribed under state law, are not eligible for employment.