bereavement counsellor

Bereavement counsellors support and guide patients and their families to better cope with the death of the loved ones by assisting them in emergent situations, at the hospices and at the memorial services. They train other professionals and communities anticipating the supportive needs of bereavement and responding to the education requirements.

Alternative Labels

adult bereavement counsellor

bereavement advice counsellor

bereavement counselor

bereavement officer

bereavement service coordinator

bereavement social counsellor

bereavement support counsellor

bereavement support worker

community bereavement support officer

family and bereavement support officer

family bereavement counsellor

Regulatory Aspect

To see if and how this occupation is regulated in EU Member States, EEA countries or Switzerland please consult the Regulated Professions Database of the Commission. Regulated Professions Database:

http://ec.europa.eu/growth/single-market/services/free-movement-professionals/qualifications-recognition_en

Skills & Competences

Essential Skills and Competences

accept own accountability apply quality standards in social services apply socially just working principles assess social service users' situation build helping relationship with social service users communicate professionally with colleagues in other fields communicate with social service users cooperate at inter-professional level deliver social services in diverse cultural communities demonstrate leadership in social service cases encourage counselled clients to examine themselves follow health and safety precautions in social care practices have emotional intelligence help clients cope with grief help clients make decisions during counselling sessions listen actively maintain a non-emotional involvement maintain records of work with service users maintain the trust of service users manage social crisis manage stress in organisation organise relapse prevention perform therapy sessions promote human rights promote inclusion promote social change provide social counselling refer social service users relate empathetically report on social development respond to individuals' extreme emotions undertake continuous professional development in social work

Essential Knowledge

behavioural therapy client-centred counselling cognitive behavioural therapy counselling methods human psychological development legal requirements in the social sector psychological theories psychology reflexion social justice social sciences stages of bereavement supervision of persons

Optional Skills and Competences

support traumatised children

Concept URI

Concept Uri

http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/f7f8c077-26ec-455f-8311-aeafbc24d9a5

Status

released

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