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Baby Loss Workplace Training and Support
The Foundation has a wealth of experience in devising and delivering training to meet the needs of individuals, groups and organisations. We deliver multi-disciplinary workshops on a range of subjects to professionals supporting bereaved parents following the devastating loss of a baby. We know how important it is that organisations and their managers have the knowledge, understanding and skills to support bereaved employees whilst on leave and on their return to work.
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The loss of a baby severely impacts on an employee’s performance in the workplace and it has been identified as a major life event that can cause or exacerbate mental health conditions.
Reports call for improved training to support all staff who are in regular contact with those who have been recently bereaved following the loss of a baby. It is recognised that this training is particularly important for line managers, who play a significant part in influencing a grieving employee’s experience of their workplace. Many senior personnel can feel deskilled in situations of bereavement, and colleagues struggle with what to say and how to behave when someone returns to work.
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The Lily Mae Foundation has developed Baby Loss: Workplace Training and Support - a practical, interactive training session, delivered by parents who have lost a baby, for HR managers, senior and line managers in businesses and organisations of all sizes to help them better understand and meet the needs of grieving employees following the loss of a baby.
The training and support session will cover:​
• Pregnancy and Infant Loss in the UK, including statistics
• Types of Loss
• Why does a baby die?
• The emotional impact on families
• Grief and likely behaviours
• Miscarriage at work
• First responses: What to do on hearing that an employee has lost their baby • Sensitive communication – what to say and what not to say
• Return to work: A phased return and work place adjustments
• Parents’ perspectives of returning to work: what helped and what did not
• Dads: The Forgotten Party
• Anniversaries and Triggers
• Support available and organisations that can help
• Considering Pregnancy and Infant Loss Champions in the workplace
• Subsequent Pregnancies after loss: the emotional rollercoaster
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We can provide this training and support, tailored to meet your organisation’s particular needs and challenges, at a time and location to suit you. The training and support can be delivered face to face or online.
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The above training and support session is usually delivered over one day and takes approximately eight hours. However, the training and support can be delivered in modules to suit an organisation’s needs and timings.
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We normally charge £800 for a day’s session but we are very happy to receive donations or to negotiate a fee depending on the organisation’s requirements.
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If the above training and support is of interest to you, then please do not hesitate to contact me to discuss your needs, requirements and timings.
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Ryan Jackson - Founder & Managing Director
E. ryan.jackson@lilymaefoundation.org T: 01676 535716 M: 07853 969073