Working Therapeutically With Children and Young People Aged 4 to 18 Years Presenting With Bereavement and Loss
Are you a qualified adult counsellor, looking for experience in counselling children and young people? Train for free within a BACP-accredited service.
This four-day course is for qualified adult counsellors wishing to gain relevant training in counselling children and young people presenting with bereavement and loss, using a therapeutic approach. The course is aligned to the BACP curriculum for counselling CYP aged 4 to 18 years.
Date:
Day 1 – Wednesday 13th November
Day 2 – Thursday 14th November
Day 3 – Monday 18th November
Day 4 – Tuesday 19th November
Applicants must be able to commit to completing all training dates. Please do not book on to this course unless you are able to attend all four training dates. In the event of non-attendance without prior cancellation, we reserve the right to deliver an invoice of £50.00 to cover the time and material cost related to non-attendance of this event
Location:
Wells Place Centre, Wells Pl, Eastleigh SO50 5LJ
Each day of training will be at Wells Place Centre, however the training room will vary:
Day 1 –Fair Oak Room
Day 2 – Scantabout Room
Day 3 – Nightingale Room
Day 4 – Scantabout Room
Time: 10am – 4.30pm on each day of the course. The training room will be open and available from 9.30am. Please arrive by 9.45am at the latest to make sure we are ready for a 10am start.
Venue Information: Wells Place Centre is situated in Eastleigh in Hampshire which lies between Winchester and Southampton. The centre is easily accessible from the M3 and M27. There are a number of public car parks nearby and several disabled spaces just outside the front entrance. The centre is a 5 minute walk from Eastleigh train station and a 5 minute taxi journey from Southampton airport.
Refreshments: Tea, coffee and biscuits will be provided at 9.45am and at 2.15pm. Lunch will not be provided. There will be a break for lunch and you may wish to bring a packed lunch with you, or buy your lunch on-site at the venue’s café.
Why Listening Ear?
Supporting people after bereavement is at the heart of our organisation’s history and purpose. Listening Ear was founded in 1993 by a group of volunteers who trained in reflective listening so that they could better support bereaved adults within the local community. Ten years later, a local child was first-on-scene at a family suicide and the group recognised that there was no therapeutic support for bereaved children and young people.
After further training, Listening Ear established Butterflies, a dedicated activity-based therapy service for children and young people who had experienced bereavement and loss, which is delivered across the North West today. Our Counselling service has full service accreditation under the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy and operates within its Ethical Framework.
Listening Ear’s Suicide Bereavement Postvention Service, ‘Amparo’ is delivered nationwide and is accessible by 30% of the English population. Amparo provides practical and emotional support for people bereaved and affected by suicide. Our local service across Hampshire, Southampton, the Isle of Wight and Portsmouth has supported over 400 adults and 100 children and young people across the region, with 90% of beneficiaries seeing improvements to their mental health and wellbeing following support.
Children we have supported following bereavement said:
“I feel more comfortable speaking about how I feel, I now have my activities I can do if I feel down.”
“Family life has been more peaceful and better in general.”
“I am not worried about little things and they don’t become big. I just feel happier.”
“I have been talking about my dad more to the family. Coming here has helped me to talk about him a lot more.”
“I’ve been using my emotions journal. I have some more calm strategies at home. They help me be calmer.”
In 2019, we launched our Professional Training Arm, Mindset. We deliver high-quality mental health training and awareness courses to a wide range of professionals and workplaces, including; private sector staff, local businesses, local authorities, teachers, foster carers, social workers, GPs, NHS Trusts, police departments and more.
In the last 3 years alone, we have supported over 2,000 adults, children and young people affected by bereavement with BACP-accredited counselling and emotional support services. This means we have the practical experience and knowledge required to share best practice and what works with other professionals.
What Listening Ear students say about this course:
“I enjoyed the course and how it was facilitated, Tracy’s was warm, extremely approachable and compassionate and showed interest in the needs of the people within the group. It therefore felt safe to communicate openly, it had a great mixture of professionalism, knowledge base and personable comfort, allowing people to feel at home and stress free with lots of humour. I found the group really kind and respectful of other people’s needs and opinions and would say a big thank you to them. It is a long time since I have enjoyed a course and the company to go with it.”
About your trainers
Tracy Allen-Lea is the Head of Clinical Services for Listening Ear and has worked therapeutically with children and young people for over fifteen years. Tracy is responsible for risk and incident management for all services and is a nominated safeguarding and child protection lead within the organisation. As the Head of Listening Ear’s training arm, Mindset, Tracy designs and leads on all group work, workshops and courses within the organisation and has recently written a new Diploma in Children and Young People’s Counselling, accredited by the CPCAB. Tracy is a qualified Counsellor and first joined Listening Ear as a volunteer in 2004, amassing twenty years of unrivalled experience across frontline delivery, management and Senior Management levels. Tracy uses an engaging and interactive format for training courses including case scenarios, group exercises, discussion work, slide presentations, video clips and creative activities.
Jenny Talbot is Listening Ear’s local Projects & Partnerships Lead for Amparo across Southampton, Hampshire, the Isle of Wight and Portsmouth. Jenny has specialised in the field of suicide bereavement for over 3 years, excelling in a variety of roles, including delivering one-to-one support with beneficiaries both as a Suicide Liaison Worker and as a qualified Counsellor. Jenny has also worked at a strategic level, implementing suicide bereavement services within the sector and managing projects, from driving awareness-raising initiatives, creating partnerships to tackle stigma and leading on promotional campaigns. Jenny has extensive experience coordinating and delivering on-site community response plans in group settings following suicide bereavement, including working with children, young people, teachers, pastoral staff, police and wider services within schools and colleges.
Ready to apply?
We’re looking for qualified Adult Counsellors, who have achieved a Diploma in Counselling (Level 4 or above) on an adult counselling focussed course. Applicants who have a background in mental health or psychology who are qualified to level 4 or above are also invited to apply. We will consider applications from current counselling students who are working towards their 100 hours of supervised, clinical, placement hours with adults. You will have completed your course of study.
We will require the following to confirm eligibility:
Counselling Students – Letter from tutor saying they had their fitness to practice and were suitable
Qualified Counsellors – a letter from their external clinical supervisor will be required to support application