Supporting adults bereaved of a child by suicide

This online training aims to provide a greater understanding of the impact on family and friends when a young person dies by suicide.

Who is this training for?

This training is suitable for individuals whose work brings them into contact with grieving families, for example: health and social care staff, faith leaders, emergency service personnel, and charities.

What will I learn?

During this training, you will:

• Increase awareness of how families bereaved of a child respond to loss, death and bereavement.
• Gain awareness of additional challenges faced by those families bereaved by suicide.
• Develop greater confidence in providing support to, and communicating with, people bereaved by suicide.
• Explore ways of talking about death by suicide.
• Develop awareness of the role of postvention in reducing suicide risk.
• Develop an awareness of the challenges of the work and the importance of looking after yourself.
• Receive information about Child Bereavement UK and other support organisations, and resources available.

You may also be interested in:

• Supporting colleagues bereaved by suicide | Intermediate training
• Understanding traumatic bereavement in adults | Intermediate training
• Supporting adults when a child dies | Intermediate training
• Bespoke training or consultancy and supervision
• Information, support and guidance for professionals working within health and social care
• Support for professionals

Before booking on any training, please read our training terms and conditions. We encourage prospective participants to consider their own experience of loss and how it might affect them during training. Our training may not be suited to someone who has experienced a recent bereavement.

If you would like to know more about training from Child Bereavement UK, please email training@childbereavementuk.org.