Child and Adolescent Bereavement
Contact details
Telephone 01604 545131
Fax: 01604 544554
Child & Adolescent Bereavement Service
Northampton General Hospital
Cliftonville
Northampton
NN1 5BD
Opening Times: Monday to Friday 9am to 5.30pm. During busy times, an answer phone will collect any messages
How to find us
If you are coming to the hospital site for your appointment, children’s outpatients is located in area K (outpatients building). The nearest car parks are 3 and 4. Disabled car parking is available.
Click here for the hospital map.
Children and young people may be seen in children’s outpatients, in school, at home, and in a variety of other settings.
The location of appointments is agreed between the families and the counsellor to provide the most suitable package of care to the child or young person.
Services
Beatrice Standen - Bereavement Co-ordinator
The child and adolescent bereavement services (CABS) offers individual and group bereavement counselling to children and adolescents in the Northamptonshire area, in a school setting or at the Northampton General Hospital, children's out-patients department.
We offer support to parents, carers, school staff or any agency which are caring or working with a bereaved child or adolescent.
We also offer support to families where a member has a terminal illness.
Training can be provided to schools and agencies.
About the team
The child & adolescent bereavement service is run by a full time qualified bereavement coordinator and administration support.
We are also assisted by volunteer bereavement counsellors, who are trained in counselling, covering areas such as person centred counselling, psychodynamics and cognitive behaviours.
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