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ATTENDANCE POLICY

Learners who complete this 1.5-hour course will receive a certificate of completion from the Academy.

 

DESCRIPTION

The loss of a colleague or client can often reverberate through an entire organization. Often, organizations are uncertain how to best support their employees and the clients they serve when a death has a system-wide impact. In this course, we will review research-backed best practices for responding to organizational losses.

COURSE OBJECTIVES

Participants will:

• Increase awareness of the consequences of mishandling workplace losses.
• Learn the difference between reactive and proactive responses to loss.
• Learn specific practices and strategies to create an employee grief response plan.
• Develop a plan to help create a more grief aware organization.

WHAT TO EXPECT

This course will involve lecture, audio-visual material, discussion of real-life case examples, and group discussion. We will ask participants to turn their cameras on during group activities and discussions, and welcome participants to stay on-camera throughout the course.

ELIGIBILITY

This course is open to staff of any non-profit organization or government agency that delivers social services in NYC. This course may be of particular interest to managers, leadership, and individuals who work in employee support roles.