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BCCPC - Navigating Grief and Bereavement in the Context of Homelessness: A Guide for Community Support Workers

  • Course Type: eLearning Course
  • Length: 2 hrs 30 mins
  • Category: General

Navigating Grief and Bereavement in the Context of Homelessness is a four-module, self-paced course that explores the unique intersections of grief, trauma, and homelessness. Through evidence-informed content, real-world examples, reflective exercises, and practical strategies, learners will gain a deeper understanding of the topics covered.

Module 1: Understanding the Basics of Grief

Module 2: Understanding the Homelessness Experience

Module 3: Grief After Loss in the Context of Homelessness

Module 4: Caring for Yourself and Supporting Grief in the Workplace

This e-learning course is designed for community support workers, frontline staff, volunteers, outreach teams, shelter workers, and anyone who serves (or hopes to better serve) people experiencing homelessness.
2 hrs 30 mins
37050

Course Purpose
Many individuals with living and lived experience of homelessness share that staff and volunteers are their primary sources of grief support. By enhancing your understanding of grief and its unique expression in the context of homelessness, this course aims to empower you to provide compassionate, knowledgeable, and meaningful support to those who need it. It builds on your existing knowledge, while offering new perspectives that may deepen or broaden your understanding.

Additionally, the course aims to raise awareness and normalize grief that staff and volunteers may experience when the people they serve die, and to offer practical strategies for supporting yourselves and one another in the workplace.

This course was developed by the BC Centre for Palliative Care (BCCPC) in collaboration with a steering committee that included organizations, experts, and individuals with lived experience in grief, bereavement, and/or homelessness.

Funding for the development of this course was provided by the BCCPC and the Michael Smith Health Research BC Reach Program.

Copyright © 2025 BC Centre for Palliative Care. All rights reserved.

This e-course and its content are intended for educational use only and may not be copied, shared, or reused without permission from the BC Centre for Palliative Care.

Contact Information

BC Centre for Palliative Care

PalliativeEducationNetwork@bc-cpc.ca