With the permission of participating families, Uplifting Voices: Art That Speaks will proudly display art created by young people and caregivers during Uplift’s Family Art Night series and grief groups. Uplifting Voices will also include a community grief art activity, light refreshments, and opportunities to connect with the Uplift community. Join us this Children’s Grief Awareness Month as we celebrate how art uplifts voices.

Date and Time: Friday, November 7, 5:30-7:30 PM

Location: The Discovery Center, 3401 Reservoir Drive, Philadelphia, PA 19121 (Free parking on site.)

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Uplift Center for Grieving Children (Uplift), located in Philadelphia, PA, provides free peer support groups for children and their caregivers grieving the death of a significant other. These services take place in schools (public, parochial, charter, and private), community-based settings, at Uplift’s office, virtually, and through the Philly HopeLine (Uplift’s mental health services hotline). Uplift believes that no child should grieve alone. The organization is currently seeking a dedicated and passionate professional to join its team and support the mission.

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Uplift Center for Grieving Children (formerly The Center for Grieving Children), located in Philadelphia, PA, provides free peer support groups for children and their caregivers grieving the death of a close loved one. Uplift also provides community-based groups in schools, post-crisis support for schools where a student dies, and trainings for professionals who work with grieving children and families. Uplift believes that no child should grieve alone.

Uplift is seeking a dynamic, team-oriented development professional with experience in procuring resources from public (local, state, and federal government), private, corporate, and individuals (small and major gifts). The selected individual need not have expertise in all areas of development, but needs to prove ability to learn an area(s) of fundraising and currently has transferable skills and experience. A preference will be given to candidates with significant experience in individual major gifts, corporate donations, and individual/corporate event sponsorship. The ideal candidate would be enthusiastic about building and managing relationships with current and potential donors, staff and board members, and all other relevant stakeholders.

Primary responsibilities include:

1. partner with the Leadership team members (Executive Director and Clinical Director) to understand Uplift’s strategic goals and secure resources to achieve them;
2.  building and diversifying Uplift’s revenue portfolio through effective development and stewardship of partnerships; and
3. providing direct supervision, mentoring, and professional development to the development team consisting of two fulltime positions (Development and Communications Associate and Grants Manager) and one part-time position (event planner).

The successful candidate will have an understanding of the mission critical role of development to the success of a non-profit, be an innovative thinker on how to generate resources, and possess the willingness and ability to work with a diverse team and individuals who perform varied roles with the organization. In addition, the individual should be prepared to work at a fast, but thoughtful pace; be numbers driven; hold self and team members accountable; ask for support when needed; and collaboratively address challenges.

To apply: Resume and cover letter can be sent to Dominique@upliftphilly.org

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The Uplift Clinician is responsible for implementing grief support groups virtually and in person with children and caregivers. This position requires working some evenings and possibly some hours on the weekend.

Core Duties:

• Implement and facilitate grief support programs for children and caregivers virtually and at designated in-person sites in Philadelphia, when appropriate.
• Leading, monitoring and/or facilitating groups while supporting and possibly mentoring volunteers and interns. Assist in supervising volunteers and student interns and providing pre- and post-group support, education and management onsite, in accordance with professional guidelines and regulations.
• Conducting engagement, information, psychoeducation, and enrollment for families interested in grief services.
• Ongoing development, implementation, review, and evaluation of group curriculum.
• Maintain attendance and evaluation databases.
• Provide phone support check-ins and referrals for enrolled families.
• Development and implementation of program activities, practices and procedures through collaboration with other staff and committee work.
• Development and facilitation of alternative activities for children, caregivers and the community such as Art Night, parent/caregiver workshops, grief trainings, holiday workshops, and other organizational special events.
• Attend and provide support for fundraising events including participation in foundation site visits, providing data necessary for grant proposals and reports, and attendance at the fundraising events, including but not limited to An Uplifting Evening and Golf Invitational.
• Stay up to date on current literature and research in bereavement and children’s development literature.
• Present/co-present at trainings to professionals and caregivers, as needed.
• Attend general staff, program and clinical team meetings throughout the year, as necessary.
• Attend and provide support at all program-related events for Uplift’s children and families, including holiday parties, family nights, and other special events throughout the year.

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Uplift is seeking a compassionate, team-oriented Part-Time Human Resource Manager who will lead and direct Uplift’s routine functions of the Human Resources (HR) department including hiring and interviewing staff, benefits, and leave, and enforcing legal and company policies and practices. Our ideal candidate would be enthusiastic about building and managing relationships, hold anti-racist values, and be dedicated to practicing from an anti-oppression lens.

Learn more and apply by February 4, 2022.

Learn more and apply by February 4, 2022.

The Uplift Clinician is responsible for implementing grief support groups virtually and in-person with children and caregivers. This position requires working some evenings and possibly some hours on the weekend.

For those interested in applying, please email a resume and cover letter to Patrick Oleskey, Director of Operations, at patrick@upliftphilly.org.