Understanding grief in a cultural context

This reflective training is designed for professionals and practitioners who provide ongoing support to individuals or families following the death of a baby or young child, or who may come into contact with bereaved families during their practice.

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Training overview

This reflective training is designed for professionals and practitioners who provide ongoing support to individuals or families following the death of a baby or young child, or who may come into contact with bereaved families during their practice. The course focuses on the cultural, ethnic, and religious factors that can shape how grief is experienced and expressed, offering essential insights to support culturally sensitive care.

Understanding the influence of culture on grief is vital when supporting families through baby loss. This course explores how cultural beliefs, practices, and rituals can affect a family’s experience of bereavement, and how assumptions or a lack of awareness can create unintentional barriers to support. 

Through thoughtful content and practical guidance, the training will help you approach conversations with greater cultural awareness, empathy, and confidence. You’ll learn how to recognise and respond to diverse expressions of grief, and how to use culturally appropriate resources to support families in a respectful and meaningful way. 

Cost per person: £30

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Key skills

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

  • Recognise potential cultural barriers to accessing bereavement support.
  • Understand how cultural attitudes and beliefs may influence grief following the death of a baby.
  • Appreciate the role of rituals, customs, and traditions in the grieving process.
  • Identify cultural differences in how families express and process grief.
  • Understand the importance of cultural competency in bereavement care and how to access resources to support diverse families.
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    What professionals say about our training

    It has helped me to keep in mind people cultures when experience an infant death and how the culture will impact how they grieve and experience the death.

    Nursery nurse/practitioner
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    What professionals say about our training

    I will use this knowledge in my day to day role dealing with all of the various cultures dealing with baby loss and how to sensitively and appropriate support them.

    Bereavement support worker

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