Bereavement & Loss

The key aim of the bereavement training is to increase knowledge or care after death procedures, grief and bereavement (including suicide), develop an understanding in order to build confidence and enhance skills needed to work sensitively and empathically with families, carer’s and others who experience loss and grief.

The course will give an overview of the impact of grief and bereavement. Looking at whats “normal” to what the actual “family”/social care workers who are exposed to grief

The key aim of the Bereavement and Loss Training is to increase knowledge or care after death procedures, grief and bereavement (including suicide), develop an understanding in order to build confidence and enhance skills needed to work sensitively and empathically with families, carer’s and others who experience loss and grief.

This workshop will provide the delegate with the awareness of the issues involved when sharing information about highly emotive and challenging situations. They will develop understanding of the impact, on both the giver and receiver, of sharing bad news whilst understanding of the needs of patients and relatives.

This course is designed to provide delegates with an improved understanding of the issues surrounding losses experienced by children, including bereavement, separation, divorce and illness. It will explore how child development affects children’s views of bereavement and loss and improve awareness of children’s needs in the family context.

This course will look at working with distressed and difficult clients by developing awareness of the issues involved when sharing information in a highly emotive and challenging setting. Delegates will develop an understanding of the impact, on both the giver and receiver, of support and information and explore tried and tested ways of communicating with distressed people and identify the most appropriate strategies.

The Care Act 2014 aims to put people at the centre of their care and support and maximise their involvement. Helping people achieve the outcomes that matter in their lives is seen as essential to promoting wellbeing in the transition towards end of life. Advance Care Planning is critical to these outcomes.

This course is designed to support staff working in community settings caring for palliative patients and those requiring end of life care. It will cover holistic assessment of physical, psychological, social and spiritual needs and consider the balance between potential benefit and burden of treatment. Symptom management to optimize quality of life and the need for clear, honest communication will be shared.

This training will increase confidence in how to respond to and support members of staff who are grieving, including what to say, and what not to say and provide practical skills and guidance on how to provide a supportive work environment to deal effectively and sensitively with the realities of loss and grief.

The aim of this course is to improve understanding and develop practical strategies to help support children and young people who experience significant losses in their lives.