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Discover how to support yourself and your colleagues when faced with continuous or regular grief through your work.

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People working in hospices, care homes, hospitals and other care settings often experience the deaths of patients and residents where they work, but this doesn’t mean each death is easier to cope with.

Hospice UK’s Compassionate Employers programme is running workshops to help care professionals manage recurring and often overlooked experiences of grief through their work.

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Coping with Professional Grief workshop

This practical and interactive workshop is for people managing and supporting frontline staff who may frequently experience loss in their roles. This includes professionals working in healthcare, social care, hospices or care homes.

Our next workshop will be held on Tuesday 20 February 2024, 10:00 – 12:30.

 

Aims of the training

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  • Understand what professional grief is, and how it may impact an individual or workplace
  • Offer guidance for supporting your team, and yourself
  • Highlight support that is available

By the end of this workshop you will be able to

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  • Explain the difference between professional grief and other forms of grief
  • Explain and recognise the impact of professional grief on an employee and the workplace
  • Identify ways to support employees and teams who are exposed to frequent loss
  • Find and signpost further support
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Book your place

Join us for this informative and supportive workshop at 10.30 - 12.00 on Tuesday 20 February, alongside other care professionals.

Our 2.5 hour interactive, online workshop is limited to 20 participants and costs just £120 + VAT per person to join. 

If you have any questions, please email us on compassionateemployers@hospiceuk.org

Book your place