Masterclass for Professionals - Providing Proportionate Support across the Irish Childhood Bereavement Care Pyramid

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This interactive masterclass will be hosted by Milford Care Centre and Estelle McGinley (Senior Social Worker at Millford Care Centre and ICBN Project Advisory Group). It will explore how professionals can respond to the diverse needs of bereaved children and young people, using the Irish Childhood Bereavement Care Pyramid as a framework for understanding appropriate and proportionate support.

Led by members of the Irish Childhood Bereavement Network Project Advisory Group, the workshop will explore the four levels of the Pyramid, and the influencing factors of time, developmental stage, and family context, drawing on practice-based examples to examine what effective support looks like at each level, how children's needs can be recognised, and when additional support may be appropriate.

Through facilitated learning, discussion, and a panel Q&A, participants will deepen their understanding of their own role within the wider bereavement support landscape and the importance of collaborative, responsive care.

Facilitated by: The Irish Childhood Bereavement Network Project Advisory Group Members - Bríd Carroll (ICBN Chair), Anne Staunton (Rainbows Ireland), Estelle McGinley (Milford Care Centre), Gina Cantillon (Barnardos Children's Bereavement Service). The Panel will include inputs from Orla Keegan (Irish Hospice Foundation) and Fionnuala Curry (CYPSC)

Learning outcomes:

On completion of this masterclass, participants will be able to:

1. Describe the four levels of the Irish Childhood Bereavement Care Pyramid and the principles underpinning proportionate bereavement support.

2. Recognise the range of needs and responses that bereaved children and young people may experience, and consider how these inform the level of support required.

3. Identify appropriate approaches, interventions and pathways to additional support across the four levels, drawing on practice-based examples.

4. Contextulaise their own professional role, scope of practice and opportunities for collaboration in supporting bereaved children and their families.

Audience: Professionals - those working in children and family bereavement support services, and those who work with children and families who may be grieving. Health, Social Care, Mental Health, Education, Family Support, Justice.

Venue: Education Room, Milford Care Centre, Plassey Park Rd, Sreelane, Castletroy, Co. Limerick, V94 H795

Time: 11am - 3.30pm

Date: 16th November 2026

Additional Details: There will be an opportunity to network with colleagues. Refreshments will be provided.

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