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Stand Alone Module

Working with Bereaved Children and Young People

Duration:

16 days including 1 Selection Day - 16th October 2010

Start Dates:

Unit 1: 3rd,4th,5th December 2010 Unit 2: 14th,15th,16th Jan 2011 Unit 3: 4th,5th and 6th March 2011 Unit 4: 8th,9th and 11th April 2011 Unit 5: 3rd, 4th and 5th June 2011

Venue:

High Wycombe Campus

Cost:

£995

Key Contact:

Child Bereavemenrt Charity Training Department

Tel:

01494 603 171

Email:

ask@bucks.ac.uk

Is this course suitable for me?

Child Bereavement Charity in association with Buckinghamshire New University

This comprehensive course is suitable for anyone who works with, or wishes to deepen their understanding of the needs of, bereaved children. The course aims to enable trainees to develop a range of techniques to work effectively with bereaved children and young people according to each child or young person’s individual needs.

Overview

All units have 3 skills heading, Personal (Self Awareness), Theory (Knowledge and Understanding) and Skills (Application of Learning Practice). These vary slightly from unit to unit. Facilitation and teaching will aim to be responsive to the particular needs of individual trainees as they are identified, therefore some learning aims and objectives cannot be anticipated in advance.

All units may involve some input from visitors on related matters.

Unit 1 – Introduction to supporting bereaved children and young people

Unit 2 – Models of child development and application of learning in practice

Unit 3 – Working safely and creatively with children and young people

Unit 4 – Supporting children and young people in the context of their family and culture

Unit 5 – The importance of endings and practice review

• trainess must be able to attend all course dates

Content

Example Subject Matter:

Unit 1 – Introduction to Supporting Bereaved Children and Young People

Personal – Self Awareness

• Identify personal strengths and areas needing support and development
• Identify personal learning goals

Theory – Knowledge and Understanding

• Historical overview of models of grieving
• The needs of bereaved children

Skills – Application of Learning in Practice

• Introduce use of Learning Journals as medium for reflective learning and record of professional development
• Develop active listening skills

Unit 2 – Models of Child Development and Application of Learning in Practice

Personal – Self Awareness

• Identify personal learning goals for this unit
• Understanding our ‘inner child’

Theory – Knowledge and Understanding

• Child Protection
• Developmental stages and tasks of childhood and adolescence

Skills – Application of Learning in Practice

• Use of different creative materials (e.g. crayons, collage) and methods (e.g. story telling) to facilitate self-exploration and self expression
• Development of multiplicity of skills and consolidation of listening and feedback skills

Unit 3 – Working Safely and Creatively With Children and Young People

Personal – Self Awareness

• Reflections on learning from last unit
• Awareness of the importance of self-care

Theory – Knowledge and Understanding

• Working Safely: relevant codes of ethics and practice and law
• Traumatic bereavement

Skills – Application of Learning in Practice

• Alternative ways of establishing personal learning goals
• Practice of a variety of creative ways of working/supporting children and young people

Unit 4 – Supporting Children and Young People in the Context of Their Family and Culture

Personal – Self Awareness

• Reflect on personal history and experiences and their potential impact on this work
• Focus on best means of self-care over this period

Theory – Knowledge and Understanding

• Definitions of the family
• The family in context (e.g. social and cultural)

Skills – Application of Learning in Practice

• Use of meditation/relaxation for self support and supporting others
• Application of tools for assessment of risk

Unit 5 – The Importance of Endings and Practice Review

Personal – Self Awareness

• Formal self/peer and tutor assessment
• Recognition of personal achievements and challenges overcome

Theory – Knowledge and Understanding

• Understanding of the importance of addressing endings as a professional and their impact in context (e.g. here within the group, with a family, with individual children)
• The rest of the content/knowledge for this unit will be determined by trainees individual learning
  needs and areas identified by tutors as ‘gaps’ in learning

Skills – Learning Applied in Practice

• Simple body work (e.g. hand massage) for relaxation and self-care
• Facilitating rituals to mark endings

What will I learn?

The outcomes of this short course are to facilitate students to:

1. Critically assess models of child development and their application in context of bereavement support.

1. Demonstrate the ability to reflect critically on working safely and creatively with children and young people

1. Reflect upon and evaluate the significance of the family and cultural context of supporting children and young people

1. Articulate the significance of in relation to working with bereaved children and young people

1. Demonstrate the ability to reflect critically on their owen practice and that of others working with bereaved children and young people

Entry requirements

This course is open to anyone who works with, or wishes to deepen their understanding of the needs of, bereaved children. There are no formal entry requirements, however trainees will be required to be in a supportive working relationship with children/young people from Unit 4 onwards of the course (paid or voluntary). The opportunity to bring practice experience into the training environment enriches the learning experience of the whole group.

What are the progression routes

How to make an application

We hope to have a fully on-line application system shortly, but in the meantime, to apply for a course, please download and print these forms, completing them fully and posting back to the address below.

• Application_form__CBC_ (139.8 KB)
• Notes_for_Guidance (51.6 KB)

If you are unable to view the forms, please click here to download a free version of adobe reader.

Alternatively, if you call us on 01494 603 171 or email ask@bucks.ac.uk we can post you a hard copy application pack.

Students funded by the NHS or other employer

If the cost of your course is being funded by your employer, please contact your education lead or manager for guidance as to how they would prefer you to make an application.