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Workshops & Webinars

ACCA is committed to providing ongoing training and education opportunities to all ACCA members and the broader cemeteries & crematoria sector. These training and education workshops can be in-person and onsite at your cemetery or crematorium, or online if that works better for you and your team. In addition to the interactive training workshops, ACCA Education also provides Lived Experience webinars. These Lived Experiences are real life accounts of grief & bereavement from people who have been generous (and brave) enough to share their stories with us. These stories bring about informed and supported conversations which help to educate our staff and enable greater empathy and understanding when dealing with our bereaved client families.

If you would like further details on any of the courses listed, or for information on how to enroll into one or more of these courses, please contact the ACCA Office on (03) 9863 6914 or by emailing [email protected]

We will be releasing our Training Schedule for 2025 soon.

SUPPORTING INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES THROUGH VOLUNTARY ASSISTED DYING

Tuesday 6th August 2024

Interactive online workshop – 12.30pm – 3.30pm AEST

This workshop have been developed to help the sector understand the legislation around voluntary assisted dying, and to gain the knowledge and skills to confidently and sensitively support individuals and their families, working through their anticipatory grief.

It provides participants with knowledge, skills and resources for providing bereavement care and support to individuals and their families who are processing and encountering anticipatory grief through voluntary assisted dying.

Learning outcomes:

During this workshop you will:

  • Develop an understanding of legislation surrounding voluntary assisted dying
  • Discuss emotional impacts of voluntary assist dying on individuals and their families
  • Develop an understanding of how grief and loss can present differently for different people
  • Explore the evidence base research in anticipatory grief
  • Identify communication skills for working clients undertaking voluntary assisted dying and their families and experiencing anticipatory grief
  • Strategies for supporting clients and their families who are experiencing grief and bereavement 
  • Discuss why self-care and building resilience is important.

 

To find out more information on how to enrol into this webinar please email the ACCA Office – [email protected]. 

MANAGING STRESS
AND BUILDING RESILIENCE

Tuesday 3rd September 2024

Audience: Leaders and Managers

Interactive online workshop – 12.30pm – 3.30pm AEST

In a post-pandemic world, we work in an environment where different perspectives and work practices have allowed us to reconsider the impacts of stress on our professional and personal lives.

It is important to understand what stresses you as this will be different for each person. There are different ways to managed stress, depending on whether it is in your control or not.

Learning outcomes

By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:

  • Identify types and sources of stress
  • Recognise the impacts of stress – physiological, psychological and behavioural
  • Response to the effects of current stressors and additional stressors
  • Recognise the impact COVID-19 has had on the community and individuals and navigating through the ‘new post COVID world’ with adaptation
  • Identify strategies to build resilience, manage at work and at home
  • Share tools and practical strategies to manage stress for community groups and community individuals.


To find out more information on how to enrol into this online workshop please email the ACCA Office – [email protected]. 

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