Accessing our service
Our referral critiera
We are here for families:
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* Who have experienced a bereavement of someone significant to them;
* Who have children who are 18 or under;
* Who are seeking support for their grief;
* Where either the whole family, or at least one adult and one child in the family, want to receive bereavement counselling and support together.
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Families will receive an initial zoom call, which forms a part of our assessment process and helps families to hear more about what we offer before deciding what they need. We then offer 3 zoom or in person sessions (at their home) with the family, before inviting them to a Family Day, where they will meet a small number of other bereaved families for a day of therapeutic support. After these sessions we offer a closing session, at which time we will invite the family to stay in touch with our charity and develop a network of ongoing support from other bereaved families by attending our social events, we usually offer these social events for upto two years after families have attended a family day.
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Please note:
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Families who are very recently bereaved may be given some initial support with a slight pause before the sessions start, if their grief feels to raw to be able to engage in the sessions.
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We do not work with families that have ongoing child protection issues
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We do not offer one-to-one counselling
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We reserve the right to decline to work with families we feel that we are unable to help
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Anyone can refer to Children and Families in Grief
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If you would like our team to support you and your family at this difficult time, please download a referral form from this website, when completed please email it to us or post it to us.