Grief, Loss and Moral Injury

Aims:

This one day course aims to give recognition to the issues of grief, loss and moral injury for practitioners and the people they support during the pandemic. It will consider the effect on professional and personal resilience, an appreciation of the role trauma plays in times of crises and will consider strategies for healing and recovery.

Objectives:

This will be achieved using on line teaching and utilising a range of methods such as group work, lecture, discussion and case examples. It will cover:

• Consideration of the progress of the pandemic, its effects on basic human rights, and by association, the role of social work in supporting people in Lincolnshire. This will be considered in light of the general experience of the population at large, the factors influencing practice as a result of the Coronavirus Act 2020 and how that could have felt like an assault on the principles and ethics of social work.
• Loss and transition events- the evidence base for the emotional cost and consequences McLean’s analysis of Moral Injury and research examining the progress of loss.
• Trauma versus stress; the difference between the two and the emergence of both during the pandemic. Consideration of the effects on people in need of care and support as well as the social care work force in general.
• Recovering from trauma: therapeutic approaches to help people to regain resilience and wellbeing; using attachment methodologies to find practical remedies to aid recovery.

Outcomes:

By the end of the session, participants will have gained the opportunity to reflect on their own experiences throughout the pandemic; the effect this has had on their own resilience and wellbeing and will have been able to explore strategies for recovery.