HELPING THE BEREAVED CLIENT: USEFUL LINKS AND GUIDANCE 2021
On Friday Hilary Wetherell and I spent the day giving the APIL course on Fatal Accidents remotely (the course is still available on demand). The course deals a lot with the law and procedural aspects of fatal accidents. However it also has an emphasis on the special skills needed when dealing with bereaved clients, coupled with an insight into how dealing with these cases can impact on the well being of the lawyers involved. We promised to send delegates on the course useful links on helping bereaved clients and where they can send clients for help. This is one of those days when the delegates were thoughtful and really cared about the job they did. So, for them (and hopefully many others in the same situation), here are the promised links.
THE LINKS
- NHS Choices on Dealing with Loss
- Facing Bereavement on dealing with death through accidents
- Loss, change and grief on dealing with sudden, accidental or traumatic death
SPECIFIC GUIDANCE FOR PROFESSIONALS DEALING WITH BEREAVED CLIENTS
- Chris Blunt: After the loss of a spouse: five points for helping grieving clients
- Mark Tyrell on Three vital pointers for helping clients with grief
- Gary Glober MD – How to Effectively and Efficiently Interact with Grieving Clients. rppt_publications_magazine_2008_ja_Glober.authcheckdam
GUIDANCE FOR EMPLOYERS DEALING WITH BEREAVEMENT
- ACAS on Managing Bereavement in the Workplace – a good Practice Guide
- Cruse Bereavement Care on Managing Bereavement at Work
- ACAS more general guide to Bereavement in the Workplace (with further useful links).