Irish Hospice Foundation

Irish Hospice

Foundation

Applications Open: Professional Certificate in Children and Loss (Level 9)

IHF are now accepting applications for the 2025/2026 Professional Certificate in Children and Loss (Level 9). This is a Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) course run in association with Irish Hospice Foundation (IHF). It seeks to equip practitioners with the practical skills to understand and support children on their grief journey.

Applications are invited from professionals whose work brings them into contact with children who are bereaved through a family death or parental separation. The course will be of interest to social workers, teachers, chaplains, social care workers, psychologists, counsellors, and others who meet bereaved children in their work.

Full details of the course, including the course schedule and eligibility requirements, can be found at the link below.

Learn about the Professional Certificate in Children and Loss

The online open evening for our MSc Loss & Bereavement and MSc Loss & Bereavement (Clinical Practice) courses is next week on Thursday, March 27th at 7:00 – 8:30 p.m.

At the open evening, you will meet some of the lecturers and past students, as well as the programme director and support staff. You will be introduced to the library and other resources, and receive information about the programme outline, assignments, and timetable. There will be space for your questions at the end.