§ OCCUPATION · GLOBAL STANDARDS

bereavement counsellor

Description

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.

Theoretical Knowledge

ESSENTIALTheoretical knowledge required

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

Practical Skills

ESSENTIALApplied skills & competences

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

OPTIONALOptional competences

support traumatised children

Data Source: Unified Global Standards (ISCED, ISCO, O*NET, ESCO)