Welcome
to the web site of the Australian Centre for Grief and Bereavement.
From here you can download a detailed guide to our 2008
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.
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.
You can download
a copy of the 2006-2007 Annual Report on the Centre here.
Goals
The Centre has
set as its goals to:
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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)
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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)
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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)
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Build
the capacity of the universal health services to provide bereavement
supports and responses. |
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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. |
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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)
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Maintain
cooperative links with relevant state, national and international
groups and organisations
in relation to grief and bereavement. |
(h)
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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.
Australian Centre for Grief and Bereavement
McCulloch House
Monash Medical Centre
246 Clayton Road
CLAYTON VIC 3168 Australia
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Phone: +61 3 9265 2100
Facsimile: +61
3 9265 2150
Freecall: (Australia
wide) 1800 642 066 |
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Email: info@grief.org.au |
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