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Australian Centre for Grief and Bereavement

Type: Loss and Grief Information and Education
Ceremonies / services possible: grief education and a range of consultancy services, specialist interventions and innovative education services,
Name/s: McCulloch House
Street or PO: Monash Medical Centre 246 Clayton Road
Town / City: Clayton Postcode: 3168
Phone: +61 3 9265 2100 Mobile: 1800 642 066 free call
Fax: +61 3 9265 2150

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Website: http://www.grief.org.au/

The Australian Centre for Grief and Bereavement is an independent, not for profit organisation which opened in January 1996 and is the largest provider of grief and bereavement education in Australia.

Registered as a public benevolent institution the Centre receives operational funding through the state palliative care program of the Victorian Department of Human Services. A copy of the Constitution for the Australian Centre for Grief and Bereavement can be downloaded here.

Its mission is to build the capacity of individuals, organisations and communities in order to enhance well-being following adverse life events. The Centre is a statewide service which is located alongside the McCulloch House Palliative Care Unit at Monash Medical Centre. In 2006 the Centre was appointed by the Victorian Department of Human Services as the statewide specialist bereavement service.

Goals

The Centre has set as its goals to:

(a)

Develop and provide a range of specialist interventions and innovative education services, informed by evidence based practice, for grieving people who are at risk of adverse outcomes.

(b)

Provide grief education and a range of consultancy services to develop and enhance the capacity of individuals, organisations and communities to deal effectively with loss.

(c)

Provide grief and bereavement counselling training and supervision through the placement of practitioners at the Australian Centre for Grief and Bereavement Counselling and Support Service and other settings as deemed appropriate.

(d)

Build the capacity of the universal health services to provide bereavement supports and responses.

(e)

Provide advocacy and representation on grief and bereavement issues in order to inform policy development, raise community awareness and support universal access to mainstream grief and bereavement services.

(f)

Undertake research, program evaluation, public policy development and the production of evidence based publications and resources to enhance grief and bereavement knowledge and practice.

(g)

Maintain cooperative links with relevant state, national and international groups and organisations in relation to grief and bereavement.

(h)

Provide a national clearinghouse of grief and bereavement resources and literature to inform policy, practice and research into grief and bereavement and to enhance the activities of the Association, other practitioners, support agencies and self-help groups.

VISIT THEIR WEBSITE: Register for their Newsletter

Welcome to the web site of the Australian Centre for Grief and Bereavement. From here you can download an overview of our 2009 education program or a detailed guide to our 2009 training program and a registration form for any of our programs and courses. These PDF documents can be read using the free Adobe Acrobat reader.

The site also has details of our free bereavement counselling service, links to many other grief related web sites, information on the peer-reviewed journal Grief Matters: The Australian Journal of Grief and Bereavement, an extensive listing of free and low cost grief counselling services in Victoria, details on projects conducted by the Centre, information about membership benefits, recent media releases, grief support information and products that can be purchased from the Centre.

Australian Centre for Grief and Bereavement hosted the 8th International Conference on Grief and Bereavement in Contemporary Society in Melbourne in July 2008. Download free PDF documents of all presentations Visit the conference website.

New toll free Bereavement Information and Referral Service and Practitioner Consultancy Service for Victoria.

Victorian Government announces that the Australian Centre for Grief and Bereavement is awarded tender to provide specialist bereavement services throughout Victoria Department of Human Services Media Release

Download the 2009 Education Program

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View our archive of the Grief Brief our monthly e-newsletter with details on the latest developments in the fields of loss, grief and bereavement.

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