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caring for families and children during child illness and bereavement |
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LAST UPDATED: 29 July 2008
Our many years of experience working with bereaved families enables us to offer training programmes on working with adults and children.
Our training will assist you with the challenges of working with children, young people, adults and families who are experiencing the serious illness or death of someone close.
We offer training for:
We are also able to offer a range of half day and full day workshops covering a range of situations and age groups.
All participants will receive a certificate of attendance. This can contribute towards continued professional development (CPD)
For more information on availability or to book a place please contact us.
Our training programme includes highly valued and popular one day workshops for school staff.
Many people who live or work with children describe a sense of helplessness when faced with a child who has experienced a serious illness or death of someone they know.
The workshops will provide an understanding of grieving, practical strategies and reassurance in working with bereaved children and families.
Comments participants have made on the workshops include:
"A sensitive subject handled excellently" "Gave me the confidence to be bold about the subject of death" "Now I feel I have got the knowledge and confidence to carry on my support of the children"
Primary
"What Can I Do and Say?" Supporting a Bereaved Child in Primary School
A one day workshop to explore how staff can offer effective support to bereaved children and their families.
General
Effectively Communicating with a Young Person when Someone Close is Seriously Ill or has Died
A one day workshop to look at day to day communication with young people and their families, who are facing either a serious illness or the death of someone close
We also have a number of other training sessions covering a range of situations and age groups. These include full day and half day programmes.
All participants will receive a certificate of attendance. This can contribute towards continued professional development (CPD).
For more information on availability or to book a place please contact us.
Business, Statutory and Voluntary Organisations
In business and in the statutory and voluntary sectors, organisations will face issues of loss through death or separation. This will affect both staff and clients.
Many people describe a sense of helplessness when faced with someone who has experienced a serious illness or death of someone they know.
Knowing how to respond in a caring, sensitive way and having a better understanding of what bereaved people might be going through can significantly enhance the quality of support and service offered to both your own staff and your clients at this sensitive time.
Our many years of experience working with bereaved families enables us to offer trusted training programmes on working with adults and children.
We are able to offer a bespoke programme which would be tailored to the specific needs of your organisation.
A sample training programme includes:
We also have a number of other training sessions covering a range of situations and age groups. These include full day and half day programmes.
All participants will receive a certificate of attendance. This can contribute towards continued professional development (CPD).
For more information on availability please contact us.
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