Bereavement Counselling
Befriending Service
The Bereavement Counselling Team consists of fully qualified
professional counsellors as well as counsellors in training. The
Counselling Team is based at the hospice in Jarrow and Cleadon
Park Primary Care Centre in South Shields. The Counselling service
offers one-to-one counselling sessions for anyone going through
grief and bereavement issues both typical and complex. St Clare’s
provides a safe and confidential environment where clients are able
to feel fully supported.
St Clare’s Befriending Service is now almost at the end of its second
year, offering support and friendship to those affected by life limiting
illnesses and who are socially isolated. Our team of volunteers
have all been fully trained in order for them to carry out their roles.
Feedback from patients using the Befriending Service has been
positive and a clear reflection of how the service is benefitting St
Clare’s Day Care patients.
The Befriending volunteers have also expressed their appreciation
of being able to continue supporting their clients. We hope to
expand the Befriending Service by recruiting more volunteers and
reach out to other patients needing support.
