Child Bereavement UK training

Introductory workshop

An introduction to loss grief and bereavement

Deepen your understanding of bereavement and your skills in bereavement support for parents and children facing loss.

Supporting children and young people

Supporting bereaved children and young people

Enhance your understanding of grieving children and young people, whilst building your confidence in communicating with them.

Creative ways of working with bereaved children

Explore creative ways of helping children express themselves and communicate when someone important in their life is dying or has died.

Supporting bereaved children and young people with special educational needs

Develop confidence and understanding with new skills and resources to appropriately support bereaved children and young people with learning disabilities.

Teenagers and bereavement

Understand more about teenagers’ responses to grief to help you communicate with them and provide appropriate support.

*Understanding paediatric post mortem

Increase your understanding and build confidence in communicating sensitively with parents. Supporting the HTA codes of practice, around consent, donation and post-mortem.

For schools and education settings

Supporting bereaved pupils and managing grief in schools

A 3-hour interactive online workshop which explores the impact of grief and bereavement in schools, nurseries, colleges and other education settings. Focussing on the important role of a school when managing bereavement, delegates will consider how to develop a bereavement aware culture within their setting, and the resources needed to create their own 'bereavement tool kit'.

Schools - an introduction to grief and bereavement

90-minute webinar training which provides an overview of children's understanding of death, managing grief, bereavement policies and procedures, support strategies and staff wellbeing for professionals working in schools, nurseries, colleges and other education settings.

Loss, death and grief – empowering school staff to have honest conversations

This 90-minute webinar identifies opportunities for schools, nurseries and other education settings to have more open discussions about death and grief with their pupils. As well as helping to prepare staff, pupils, parents and carers, the content includes answering difficult questions and the use of resources to initiate open conversations about death with pupils of all ages.

Supporting bereaved students in further/higher education settings

A one-hour webinar for professionals supporting bereaved students or managing a bereavement within a college, university or higher education institute. 

* Supporting bereaved children in early years settings

Develop knowledge of practical strategies and gain greater confidence in supporting bereaved babies and young children, particularly in an early years setting.

Supporting parents and families

When a child dies - supporting parents and families

Explore the impact of the death of a child on a family and build your confidence and skills when communicating with and supporting grieving families.

Pregnancy loss and the death of a baby

Explore the impact that pregnancy loss and the death of a baby can have on a family looking at up-to-date research. This course is accredited by The Royal College of Midwives.

*The challenges of supporting parents through the neonatal experience

Explore issues encountered by those whose work brings them into contact with families faced with an uncertain future for their new born.

*When a twin dies - supporting parents and families

Explore the impact that the death of a twin (or multiple) can have on a family, drawing on current research and learning from the neonatal butterfly project. This workshop will increase and embed the knowledge and understanding of professionals, to ensure a high quality of care and support for parents in the future.

Children with life-limiting conditions - supporting families

Gain a deeper understanding of families’ needs and the difficulties they may face from diagnosis onwards. This training adheres to the Department of Health and Together for Short Lives guidelines.

Supporting professionals

*Considering the impact on healthcare professionals when a child dies

When your work brings you into contact with child death, it is impossible not to be affected. As a professional, it may often feel difficult to hold professional boundaries in place. This workshop provides an opportunity to reflect on the impact this work has on you.

*Bereavement support training for doctors

Maintaining wellbeing in working with loss, death and grief. For doctors and trainees whose roles involve exposure to issues of grief and bereavement. 

*Supervising bereavement work

Develop a greater understanding of the skills needed to supervise practitioners working with bereaved families. The workshop will consider the challenges that supervision can present and provide an opportunity to reflect on experiences.

Sudden and traumatic bereavement

Bereavement by suicide – supporting children, young people and families

Deepen your understanding of the effects of bereavement by suicide on families and increase your confidence when communicating with bereaved children and families.

Understanding traumatic bereavement in children and young people

Gain understanding of how the traumatic nature of a death may impact grief and learn how therapeutic opportunities can help with the grieving process.

Supporting organisations

*Managing bereavement in the workplace

Understanding the impact that bereavement can have on the individual returning to work and also the impact on the team and the business. Additional content also available for client facing roles where employees may have to deal with bereavement.

Supporting you

Managing your own wellbeing when dealing with grief

Understand the factors which may impact on your own wellbeing and mental health if you are working to support those who are grieving, and look at strategies to help you with your own resilience and wellbeing.