We are delighted to announce that the website of the Irish Childhood Bereavement Network is now up and running. Please visit us on www.childhoodbereavement.ie. The website will be a great asset to professionals working in the area with a host of useful resources and also information for parents and the wider community on how to support bereaved children. Please visit us!
The Irish Childhood Bereavement Network (ICBN) is a hub for people working with bereaved children, young people and their families in Ireland.
Monday 4 November 2013
Tuesday 13 August 2013
New website coming soon...
The ICBN are currently embarking on the exciting journey of developing a modern, comprehensive and informative website. It will support professionals in the sector and provide information to the general public regarding bereaved children and young people. We hope it will be live by the Autumn and will post the new address here after it's launched. In the mean time, if you need to contact the network please email or telephone the Coordinator, Nicola Jordan on nicola.jordan@hospicefoundation.ie/01 679 3188
Tuesday 28 May 2013
2nd meeting of Advisory Panel
ICBN Advisory Panel back row L to R: Orla Keegan, Irish Hospice Foundation; Sharon Vard, Anam Cara; Ann Darcy, Our Lady's Hospice; Pat McCarthy, Cois Ceim; Celine Deane, Beaumount Hospital; Dr. Susan Delaney, Irish Hospice Foundation; AnnMarie Jones, Temple Street Hospital; Anne Staunton, Rainbows; Kay Conroy, AACI; Front row L to R: Marian Finn, FSA; Brid Carroll, Bereavement Specialist; Nuala Harmey, Bereavement Specialist; Nicola Jordan, Coordinator ICBN.
The ICBN Advisory Panel, pictured above, held their second meeting on May 21st. The panel met to discuss development issues arising to progress the network. As a priority for the next six months it was agreed to focus on 2 of the 6 core strategic objectives. These 2 objectives include:
1. Signposting professionals and the public to sources of bereavement support.
2. Supporting professionals to find and share the knowledge and resources they need to deliver high quality effective, safe, evidence based, accessible bereavement support.
To this end, the main focus of the ICBN will be to develop a website that is accessible, up-to-date and informative, to promote the network as required and to organise 4 regional networking events.
If you would like any further information on the ICBN please contact the Coordinator, Nicola Jordan on 01 673 0067/ 01 679 3188 nicola.jordan@hospicefoundation.ie and follow this blog for updates.
Thursday 28 March 2013
IRISH CHILDHOOD BEREAVEMENT NETWORK DEVELOPMENTS
The first meeting of the advisory panel for the Irish Childhood Bereavement Network has been held.
The Vice Chair is Nuala Harmey. As Senior Social Worker, Nuala was responsible for the development of services for bereaved children at the Children’s
The Advisory Panel for the Irish Childhood bereavement Panel is:
Gina Cantillon, Barnardos
Brid Carroll, CHAIR
Kay Conroy, Association
for Agency Based Counselling in Ireland
Ann Darcy, Our Lady’s
Hospice Dublin
Celine Deane, Beaumont
Hospital
Susan Delaney, Irish
Hospice Foundation
Marian Finn, Family Support
Agency
Nuala Harmey, VICE
CHAIR
AnnMarie Jones, Temple
St Hospital, Dublin
Pat McCarthy, Coisceim
Counselling, Cork
Estelle McGinley, Marymount
Hospice, Limerick
Anne Staunton, Rainbows
Sharon Vard, Anamcara
Orla Keegan, representing Host agency, Irish
Hospice Foundation
Monday 18 February 2013
Cultures of grief: bereavement in young people’s worlds’ UK Childhood Bereavement Network Conference
How can we best support grieving children across different cultural backgrounds?
This is the question addressed by the UK Childhood Bereavement Networks one day seminar 'Cultures of grief: bereavement in young people's worlds' which takes place on Thursday May 2nd at the TUC congress Centre, London.
The conference will examine the ways in which culture impacts on children's grief and assess the implications of culture for professionals and volunteers supporting bereaved children and young people taking a wide ranging view examining how grief is represented in music, books, films and social media.
The conference would be beneficial to anyone working directly and indirectly supporting bereaved children in particular those working in the following settings;
- Bereavement support services
- adult and children’s hospices
- palliative care teams
- children’s and early years organisations
- schools, colleges and education services
- Nursing and other health and social care services
- police and other emergency services
- other voluntary and statutory childcare organisations
- faith and community groups supporting bereaved people
- researchers in death and bereavement, childhood studies, cultural studies
Friday 25 January 2013
NEWS - Part-time Co-ordinator required for ICBN
Irish Childhood Bereavement Network
2013-2014
Part-time Co-ordinator
0.5
WTE national Irish Childhood Bereavement Network Co-ordinator
Location:
Irish
Hospice Foundation, Morrison Chambers, 32 Nassau St, Dublin 2
Reporting to:
Head
of Education, Research and Bereavement Services of host organisation, the Irish
Hospice Foundation.
The Irish Childhood Bereavement
Network (ICBN)
The ICBN is an independent membership
organisation with its own mandate. The ICBN works in close consultation with
the Family Support Agency and the Irish Hospice Foundation to advance services,
education, training and advocacy for bereaved children in Ireland, and those
who support them.
Key
Duties of the ICBN Coordinator
•
Lead and
grow the work of the network, working in collaboration with the advisory
committee to co-ordinate work and with the
UK Childhood Bereavement Network
•
Manage the day to day operation, implementation, management and strategic
direction of the network and its projects.
•
Influence policy and practice in the
interests of bereaved children through strategic focused relationships with key
decision makers and stakeholders and by coordinating responses to relevant
policy consultations.
•
Consult with subscribers to the network and other stakeholders to develop consensus on key messages and
strategic development.
•
Support subscribers to the network by providing a range of information, resources and networking
opportunities.
•
Identify needs, draw up
proposals and secure funding.
•
Write for a range of audiences
including staff, advisory panel members and subscribers, the public and for publication.
•
Identify cross organisational opportunities to develop work and liaise with colleagues
on these.
•
Line manage other network staff (over time)
•
Promote and engage with young people and their families to inform
the work of the network.
•
Manage and complete the administrative tasks associated with the
network.
Essential
- Demonstrable
experience in working across diverse stakeholders at national and local
level.
- Demonstrable
experience of influencing policy and practice which may be used in the
interests of bereaved children.
- Ability
to identify needs, write funding proposals and secure funding.
- Excellent
IT skills
- Experience
of managing budgets.
- Knowledge and interest in the area of
childhood bereavement.
- A
flexible outlook
- Ability
to work independently
- Driving
license and ability to travel as part of this post
- Demonstrable experience in leading and
managing a national or other network.
Salary
·
Salary
will be based on experience and aligned to HSE Grade VII
Further
information on ICBN, IHF and FSA
Procedure:
Apply in writing including a cover
letter outlining your suitability for the position together with curriculum
vitae. Applications should be emailed to orla.keegan@hospicefoundation.ie by 5pm
on the closing date of Thursday 14th February
2012.
Wednesday 9 January 2013
Radio programme - the language of bereavement and grief
This engaging BBC Radio 4 programme includes interviews with Winston's Wish staff on how children understand and talk about death & grief. Winston's Wish is a charity for children who have lost a parent, brother or
sister. Michael Rosen, the journalist, sits in on a training session for teachers and carers in
Cheltenham, and discovers how the language we use can either confuse or comfort
young children. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01pp5v8
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