Specialist training for registered and unregistered practitioners in West Essex and East Hertfordshire.
Led by Amanda Orange, Family Therapist | Tier 1 Foundation Level
Supportive, confident and compassionate bereavement care is essential within every care home and domiciliary care setting. St Clare Hospice’s Bereavement Support Training for Care Homes is a highly practical course designed specifically for health and social care professionals working in residential, nursing or home care environments.
Delivered by experienced St Clare family therapist Amanda Orange, this interactive session provides foundational knowledge and real-world techniques to enhance the emotional support offered to residents, family members and staff.
Whether you are a registered nurse, senior carer, care assistant, support worker or team leader, this course equips you with the confidence and understanding needed to respond sensitively and professionally to grief and loss in care settings.
Why choose this bereavement training?
This Tier 1 Foundation course is part of St Clare Hospice’s comprehensive palliative and end-of-life education programme, developed to strengthen core skills for all heath and social care practitioners. The session is suitable for those new to care as well as experienced staff seeking to refresh and update their knowledge.
The 3-hour session takes place at St Clare Hospice in Hastingwood, and is delivered in an engaging, supportive and reflective format.
Who is this course for?
This bereavement support training is ideal for:
- Registered and unregistered care home practitioners
- Nursing home staff
- Domiciliary carers
- Healthcare assistants and support workers
- Senior carers, team leaders and managers
- Professionals working within adult social care
If you work in a role that supports residents and families through illness, decline or end-of-life care, this training offers essential skills and insights.
About the course
Duration: 3 hours
Format: Onsite session at St Clare Hospice
Time: 9.30am to 12.30pm (tea and coffee will be available)
Trainer: Amanda Orange, St Clare family therapist
This interactive training blends reflective exercises, communication practice and real world scenarios to help practitioners understand grief, recognise emotional impact and provide compassionate support while maintaining professional boundaries.
Learning outcomes
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
- Recognise the emotional impact of bereavement on individuals in health and care settings, including residents, families and staff.
- Understand core principles of grief and loss, including common emotional and behavioural responses.
- Use effective listening and communication skills, such as empathy, silence and reflective responses to support someone who is grieving.
- Identify appropriate professional boundaries and understand when and how to refer individuals to specialist bereavement services.
- Examine challenges and barriers to providing bereavement support within care settings and explore practical ways to overcome them.
- Reflect on personal beliefs and responses to death, dying and grief and understand how these shape professional practice and emotional resilience.
What makes this training valuable?
- Designed specifically for care homes and domiciliary care environments
- Delivered by an experienced therapist specialising in family support and grief
- Builds confidence in having sensitive conversations
- Provides practical skills that can be applied immediately in your workplace
- Supports regulation and quality standards in care and nursing homes
- Helps improve wellbeing and resilience among care staff
Benefits for care homes and providers
Investing in bereavement training helps care homes to:
- Enhance the quality of emotional and psychological support offered to residents and their families
- Strengthen staff confidence in responding to grief, loss and end-of-life experiences
- Improve communication between staff, families and multidisciplinary teams
- Promote a compassionate, person-centred culture within the care setting
- Support staff wellbeing and reduce emotional burnout
How to book Bereavement Support Training
If you would like to pay by invoice, please email us at education@stclarehospice.org.uk with your full contact details (name, organisation, address and telephone number). Your place will be reserved once we receive your email.
Alternatively, you can secure your place today by completing the online form below and making payment online.
For further information about this course, please contact our Education Team by emailing them at education@stclarehospice.org.uk.