Certificate Programme in Bereavement Support Skills

الموضوعات والوحدات الرئيسية

• Grief responses
• Active listening
• Cultural sensitivity
• Boundaries
• Risk recognition
• Specialist referrals
• Applied project: a bereavement support referral portfolio
• Observed assessment, evidence review and individual feedback

الفئة المستهدفة

• Community support volunteers

القطاعات ذات الصلة

Social care, Community services, Non-profit organisations

القيمة في مكان العمل

• Help reduce inappropriate or delayed support referrals through consistent working methods and verification.
• Create a bereavement support referral portfolio for supervisor review and practical workplace follow-up.
• Support more consistent specialist referrals through assessed practice and documented feedback.

اعتبارات التقييم والالتحاق

التقييم: Observed role-specific tasks in an authorised workplace or approved simulation, knowledge checks and review of a bereavement support referral portfolio. Actual workplace evidence is required where the eventual award or role specifies it.

الالتحاق والاعتراف: Relevant work experience or an entry assessment demonstrating readiness; access to role-specific workplace cases and any required local permissions.

حدود الممارسة: Required safeguarding checks, consent, supervision and service permissions must be confirmed before placement. The programme does not confer a protected social work, counselling or clinical licence.

حالة الاعتماد: Proposed BEMCON programme only. No registered award, framework level, credit value or external certification is assigned.