Training course

Grief First Aid

Course Description

Supporting Grief in the Workplace with Compassion, Confidence & Psychological Safety

What you don’t notice, hurts.

Most people want to support a grieving colleague or employee — but they simply don’t know what to say. So they avoid the conversation altogether. And silence can deepen isolation, distress, and disconnection for someone already struggling.

Grief impacts every workplace. Whether it is bereavement, relationship breakdown, miscarriage, illness, trauma, loss of identity, or significant life change, grief affects concentration, communication, emotional wellbeing, workplace relationships, and performance.

This powerful and practical one-day workshop equips employees, leaders, and managers with the confidence and skills to respond to grief in a compassionate, psychologically safe, and trauma informed way.

This accredited course is the first evidence-based program in Australia specifically designed to address grief in the workplace.

Participants leave with a deeper understanding of grief, practical communication tools, and the confidence to support colleagues and staff through difficult life experiences while maintaining professional boundaries and cultural safety.

This Course Is Suitable For

All employees, Leadership, Management, Human Resources

After This Course You Will Be Able To

  • Understand that grief is not a linear process
  • Explore different grief models and how people move between stages and experiences of grief
  • Recognise the many different forms of grief and loss people may experience
  • Understand how grief can impact emotions, behaviour, communication, and workplace functioning
  • Build confidence in having supportive and compassionate conversations about grief
  • Understand the importance of cultural safety and individual differences in grief responses
  • Reduce fear and discomfort around grief conversations in the workplace
  • Apply a practical, step-by-step framework for responding to grief while maintaining psychological safety
  • Support grieving employees and colleagues with empathy, respect, and professionalism

One day

Course duration

In-person, Live-online

Delivery options

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