Grief Awareness & Bereavement Risk Assessment


Grief Awareness & Bereavement Risk Assessment 

Learning Objectives:

  • Understand the terms bereavement, grief, and mourning
  • Explore theories that help to explain the grieving process
  • Recognise normal reactions and responses to grief
  • Recognise signs of prolonged grief
  • Understand anticipatory grief
  • Gain awareness of the need for bereavement support
  • Know what bereavement support looks like
  • Identify risk factors and resilience factors in grief
  • Understand compassion fatigue and the importance of self-care

Who is it for?

Target Audience: Health & social care staff

This course is for anyone working in health and social care who supports bereaved adults within their role. The session looks at theories of grief, normal v complex grief reactions, bereavement risk factors, and bereavement support.


Cost: £50 per person

Dates and locations:

  • 7 May 2024, 1:00pm-4:00pm, Ann Robertson Centre, 55 London Rd, Canterbury, CT2 8HQ
  • 23 September 2024, 1:00pm-4:00pm, Ann Robertson Centre, 55 London Rd, Canterbury, CT2 8HQ

To book your place please email education@pilgrimshospices.org or call 01227 812 616.

 

Please note: This is an education and training course and is not intended to be a bereavement support service.

If someone you know is affected by grief and would like to know more about bereavement support, please visit:

pilgrimshospices.org/how-we-help/bereavement-support