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Grief Support for Employees

Course ID: 195798
Alison
Course Location
3-4 hours
Free

Course Content

Learn how to support grieving employees to protect your company’s human resources in this free online management course. In this management course, we examine various symptoms of grief felt after various tragic events in detail. We then establish the importance of supporting a grieving employee and outline various forms of bereavement support. We explain how managers can offer support after an employee's loved one dies to protect both their wellbeing and the company’s interests. We explore the legal aspects of bereavement policies, allowances and support benefits.

Course Details

Course TypeOnline Learning
Course QualificationCPD Certificate
Course Duration3-4 hours
Course FeeFree
Entry RequirementsLike all courses on the Alison Free Learning platform this is a free, CPD-accredited course. A Graduate can choose to buy a certificate or diploma upon successful completion of a course, but this is not required or necessary.

At Alison we believe that free education, more than anything, has the power to break through boundaries and transform lives.

Alison is the world’s largest free online empowerment platform for education and skills training, offering over 5000 CPD accredited courses and a range of impactful career development tools. It is a for-profit social enterprise dedicated to making it possible for anyone, to study anything, anywhere, at any time, for free online, at any subject level. Through our mission, we are a catalyst for positive social change, creating opportunity, prosperity, and equality for everyone.
Career PathWhat You Will Learn In This Free Course
• Describe the emotional reactions associated with grief and bereavement
• Explain how to understand and respond to grieving events as a manager
• Outline how to communicate with someone who is grieving
• Recognise the impact of grief on the mental health of employees
• Outline the various stages and symptoms of grief
• Discuss the UK’s bereavement policy for employees in detail
• Explain how bereavement support helps in the workplace
• Recall how to ask your employer for compassionate or bereavement leave
Course Code5617

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