The Bereavement Charter
To qualify to display the Charter Mark, as an employer we must first agree to meet at least three out of five criteria. The following criteria were agreed for Inverclyde Council:
- All staff are informed that their organisation is endorsing the Bereavement Charter and given an opportunity to watch the Charter animation: https://vimeo.com/592277288
- Senior Management has developed/adopted a Bereavement Policy for the organisation.
- The organisation will develop and display a workplace bereavement charter.
Inverclyde Council are the first Council and HSCP in Scotland to be awarded the Charter.
On receiving the Charter Mark, we will:
- Endorse and display the Bereavement Charter for Scotland;
- Promote our own unique Bereavement Charter for the organisation;
- Support conversations about bereavement and how it affects our employees, and
- Facilitate staff to attend bereavement training (training is provided free of charge via Child Bereavement UK).
Adoption of these measures will support the health and wellbeing of Inverclyde Council employees through better supporting those who are experiencing bereavement.
Training has been provided to line managers and this is ongoing.