AVOW KIDS COORDINATOR

Job Summary: Provides grief and bereavement support for children of hospice families and children in the community, including but not limited to supporting children experiencing loss through deployment, incarceration, divorce, and deportation.

Responsibilities:

• Assess the bereavement needs of children and develop programs to meet the needs.
• Plan, promote, conduct and evaluate grief workshops in Collier County Schools.
• Provide individual/group grief counseling to children and families as needed.
• Maintain bereavement records and documentation in the EMR and in Avow files.
• Serve as a resource on children’s grief and bereavement.
• Educate staff and community on children’s grief issues.
• Compile reports and statistical data as appropriate.
• Serve as liaison with other community agencies dealing with children.
• Assist and counsel social services coordinators/counselors and bereavement services coordinators/counselors on bereavement issues relating to children.
• Serve as a resource to the organization as needed (i.e. task forces).
• Serve as a hospice advocate in the community.
• Accept speaking engagements on children’s grief and loss and hospice programs.
• Communicate regularly with school guidance counselors and other officials regarding children’s issues and school grief workshops.
• Participate in planning and implementing children’s camps including day and overnight camps.
• Participates in QAPI, data based outcomes, grant writing opportunities as assigned.
• Adheres to all Policies and Procedures of Avow with annual review of policy handbook.
• Actively participates in customer engagement experience outcomes.
• Completes and remains active as a crowd control manager.
• Independently participates in the “A Vow to Volunteer” program.
• Meets productivity expectations as assigned by the organization.
• Cross training/coverage for hospice for coverage and full spectrum of care coordination.
• Other duties as assigned.

Integrity:
We are honest, hardworking, fiscally responsible professionals driven solely by the well-being of our patients, their loved ones, and the communities we serve.

Education:
We believe it is important not only to serve the community but to educate community members about our services and the role we can play at life’s transitions.

Innovation:
We embrace change and are always looking at creative ways to solve problems and serve new populations.

Collaboration:
We know we cannot achieve everything we want without working hand-in-hand with each other, with our healthcare partners, and with the community.

Celebration:
We believe in the importance of celebrating life and relationships.