ISCO Specialization 2635.1.1 Bereavement Counsellor
From Open Risk Manual
Definition
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.
Essential Skills
- Accept Own Accountability
- Promote Social Change
- Supervision Of Persons
- Communicate Professionally With Colleagues In Other Fields
- Help Clients Cope With Grief
- Social Sciences
- Handle Conflicts
- Demonstrate Leadership In Social Service Cases
- Refer Social Service Users
- Reflexion
- Behavioural Therapy
- Build Helping Relationship With Social Service Users
- Promote Human Rights
- Deliver Social Services In Diverse Cultural Communities
- Undertake Continuous Professional Development In Social Work
- Organise Relapse Prevention
- Provide Social Counselling
- Respond To Individuals' Extreme Emotions
- Maintain A Non-Emotional Involvement
- Stages Of Bereavement
- Encourage Counselled Clients To Examine Themselves
- Report On Social Development
- Manage Stress In Organisation
- Client-Centred Counselling
- Legal Requirements In The Social Sector
- Perform Therapy Sessions
- Apply Quality Standards In Social Services
- Follow Health And Safety Precautions In Social Care Practices
- Listen Actively
- Manage Social Crisis
- Have Emotional Intelligence
- Social Justice
- Communicate With Social Service Users
- Assess Social Service Users' Situation
- Maintain The Trust Of Service Users
- Maintain Records Of Work With Service Users
- Help Clients Make Decisions During Counselling Sessions
- Cooperate At Inter-Professional Level
- Psychology
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
- Apply Socially Just Working Principles
- Psychological Theories
- Counselling Methods
- Relate Empathetically
- Human Psychological Development
- Promote Inclusion
Optional Skills
- Support Children Who Have Experienced Trauma
Alternative Names
- Bereavement Social Counsellor
- Family Bereavement Counsellor
- Bereavement Support Worker
- Bereavement Officer
- Community Bereavement Support Officer
- Bereavement Service Coordinator
- Bereavement Advice Counsellor
- Bereavement Support Counsellor
- Adult Bereavement Counsellor
- Family And Bereavement Support Officer
