Supporting adults when a child is dying
Online training | 3 hours | Intermediate level
Location
Online
Refund Policy
About this event
We help you gain skills and confidence in communicating with families when a child has a life-limiting illnesses or is not expected to live, exploring anticipatory grief and providing a deeper understanding of families’ needs and the difficulties they may face from diagnosis onwards. This online training adheres to the Department of Health and Together for Short Lives guidelines.
Who is this training for?
This training is suitable for individuals whose work brings them into contact with families anticipating the death of a child, for example: health and social care staff, hospice staff, faith leaders, emergency service personnel, and charities.
What will I learn?
During this training, you will:
- Gain a deeper understanding of the experience and perspective of families from the point of diagnosis.
- Recognise when and how loss is experienced by families when a child or young person has a life-limiting illness and complex needs.
- Gain an understanding of the thoughts, feelings and behaviours that accompany preparing for the death of somebody important.
- Explore the needs of the dying child from the child’s perspective.
- Develop your knowledge of practical strategies and gain greater confidence in supporting family members anticipating the death of a child.
- 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.
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.
Frequently asked questions
For bespoke training, we are able to offer an invoice payment option. For Eventbrite bookings we are able to offer a limited invoicing option. To discuss this please contact us at training@childbereavementuk.org.
Child Bereavement UK is a charity and does not charge any tax or VAT. Your Eventbrite confirmation is the only receipt we can provide for your purchase.
Once the sales have ended, no further attendees can be added on Eventbrite. However, do get in touch with us and we can check if there are any places available: training@childbereavementuk.org.
The best way to find out about upcoming courses is by signing up to our training newsletter: www.childbereavementuk.org/newsletter. You can also check our latest training dates at www.childbereavementuk.org/training.
If you attend one of our 3-hour training courses, we aim to email out certificates as well as the e-pack of the slides within one week. If you attend one of our short webinars, certificates are usually accessed online after you have given feedback via the survey.
Please see our training terms and conditions for full details on our refund and cancellation policy: www.childbereavementuk.org/training-terms-and-conditions
In some instances we may be able to accommodate such requests. Please email us at training@childbereavementuk.org to see if this is possible with at least 24 hours' notice. Less than 24 hours notice may be possible but will incur an additional fee.
We aim to email joining instructions one to two days before the training. If you have not received them, please double check your junk/spam folder. If this is still unsuccessful please email us at training@childbereavementuk.org.
Our bereavement support team is available to respond to calls, Live Chat and email 9am to 4.30pm Monday to Friday (except Bank Holidays): Helpline 0800 028 8840, Live Chat on our website, www.childbereavementuk.org or email helpline@childbereavementuk.org.
If you are attending a 3-hour training session, we will be able to see and hear you and you will be able to interact with the other delegates and the facilitator. If you are attending a shorter webinar your audio and video are automatically disabled but you can ask questions via the Q&A function.
Latecomers will not be admitted 10 minutes after the start time, please ensure you allow plenty of time. In the event of a technical issue at our end we will allow time for this to be sorted so that you do not lose out on training time. We use Zoom for online training (unless otherwise indicated).
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Our training is delivered by experienced facilitators who combine subject knowledge and facilitation expertise with content which is based on learning from families, underpinned by relevant theory and evidence-based practice.