New Hope Grief Support Community

Organization Description

Since 2003, New Hope Grief Support Community has provided Greater Long Beach and surrounding cities with grief support services, education, referrals, and resources. Our mission is to help bereaved children and families find hope and healing through connection and support. Our programs serve individuals, youth in schools, and families. New Hope provides essential grief support through peer support groups and family bereavement camps for a universal experience that is still misunderstood and taboo in our society.

Program Information

Students at our site will have the opportunity to be trained by our Director of Bereavement Services to co-facilitate a grief support group working with grieving students in elementary, middle, and high school. We work with local schools within Long Beach Unified School District, students will be assigned to work in tandem at one of our partner schools to deliver our 8-week grief support group. Each weekly group session is approximately 1.5 hours. New Hope provides all of the training, materials, and weekly support needed to be successful to make a difference in the lives of grieving students. Students may also have an opportunity to work with our bi-monthly Family Programming Events as well as our annual Family Camp that happens each year in October designed to serve bereaved children and their families.

All students, regardless of race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, and sexual orientation, are open and welcome to participate.

Health & Safety

Our school groups and family camps include minor children.

Training & background check required for Volunteers. We serve grieving adults, children, and families who experience the death of a loved one due to a range of death types.1st - 12th-grade school-based grief groups or facilitator opportunities are on school campuses working with children & teens. We pair up student interns/new facilitators with experienced facilitators for supervision and mentoring. We have mentor facilitators that co-lead with students facilitators. All students will have both a mentor facilitator and supervision with the Director of Bereavement Services. Fall Students have the opportunity to work with our One-Day Family Grief Camp (last Sat in October). This all day camp is preceded by two training events for a total of 9 hours of grief facilitation training.
Additional requirements and/or considerations
  • Background Check (e.g. fingerprinting/livescan, driving record)
  • Driver's License
  • Must be 18 or older
  • TB Test
  • Vaccinations
Address 
3505 Long Beach Blvd.
Long Beach, CA 90807
United States
General Phone 
(562) 429-0075
Website:
http://www.newhopegrief.org
Student Contact 
Name
Chris Cano
Job Title
Program Manager
Phone
(562) 429-0075 Ext. 2
Email
program@newhopegrief.org

Current Opportunities

Title Program Start Date Location Type
Grief Peer Support Groups for 1st -12th Students Service Learning Ongoing On-site
Grief Support Co-Facilitation at LBUSD Campuses (New Hope Grief Support Community) Service Learning Ongoing On-site
New Hope Grief Support Community Service Learning Ongoing Hybrid (combination of on-site and remote)
New Hope Grief Support Community Service Learning Ongoing On-site
Volunteer Group Co-Facilitator Service Learning Ongoing
View all opportunities here
Program(s) 
Service Learning
Organization type 
Human, Social, or Employment Services (Nonprofit)
Focus Population(s)
Adults, Children/Youth, Families
Focus Area(s)
Education
Hours of operation 

Our regular hours of operation are Monday to Friday 8:30 am to 5:00 pm. Most of our opportunities for students happen during our regular business hours. We do have some special events and program opportunities on weekends and evenings.

Minimum required hours 
25
Maximum students 
6