Palliative Care Staff Recharge Day

Name: Palliative Care Staff Recharge Day
Start: 2024-05-24T09:00:00+0930
End: 2024-05-24T16:00:00+0930
Location: The Anne Jolly Hall

Fri, 24 May 2024, 9am - 4pm ACST

The Anne Jolly Hall

Crafers SA, Australia

Claire McKee and Bek Brown

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Event description

You can't pour from an empty cup...

This one day event is for palliative care staff and those who work in end-of-life care. Caring for people at the end of their lives is a privilege but it can also take an emotional toll. Our intention for this day, is that participants leave feeling nurtured and recharged to continue the important work they do.

Our location is The Anne Jolly Hall, next to the Church of the Epiphany in Crafers, where there will be space given to enjoy the beautiful surroundings. The day will also include a gentle yoga practice with Karen Gunter from Yoga Garage (https://yogagarage.com.au/) so please bring a mat and wear comfortable clothes. Throughout the day there will be opportunities to learn from each other and from others who work with grief and loss, including End of Life Doula, Helen Roberts (https://gracefuldying.com/) with a focus on how to develop self-compassion and avoid burnout. A delicious lunch from Organic Cafe in Stirling is included and for those who would like to, we will finish the day with a glass of bubbles.

Arrive at 9am for a 9.15am start. Further details including where to park will be sent to you once you have registered.

For more information please contact Bek Brown: 0432 834 769

This is a wonderful professional development opportunity and meets the following standards:

Registered Nurse Standards (AHPRA) - Standard 1 - Thinks critically and analyses nursing practice: 1.2 - Develops practice through reflection on experiences, knowledge, actions, feelings and beliefs to identify how these shape practice.

Palliative Care National Standards - Standard 9 - Staff qualifications and training: 9.6 - Staff are trained in self-care strategies and advised on how to access personal support.

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Bek Brown – Spiritual Care Chaplain

For the past 15 years I have worked in education and wellbeing. I have been a Pastoral Care Worker, a Counsellor and Wellbeing Leader in schools and am also a registered teacher. In 2023 I moved into healthcare, and I am currently a Spiritual Care Chaplain at the Royal Adelaide Hospital.

After the death of my dad in 2014 and brother in 2020, I became acutely aware of how inadequately we process death and grief within our society. With my background in counselling and wellbeing, I wanted to find ways to normalise our experiences with grief and help support people who are grieving. Since then, I have created a weekend retreat for people who are bereaved and later this year I will be offering a recharge day for people who work in End-of-Life Care. I believe this is such important work and it’s critical that those working in this field are supported.

Claire McKee – Arts Therapist (AThR)

I am passionate about the transformative power of the arts. Working predominantly in the inpatient adult mental health space, now at Flinders Medical Centre, my offerings are creative opportunities for self-expression. Working from a person-centred focus, I act as a guide for the client in their creative journey, using my skills in matching the client to the creative modality or medium for the moment. Exploring all facets of the art making process to facilitate the healing process.

After the heartbreaking sudden deaths of both of my parents 18 years apart, departing relatively young, suffering through these bereavements, has given me the drive to want to support others and bring to light the experience of grief we all have in very varied and different ways.

Having worked in the healthcare setting and observing how much of the work force becomes burned out through a culture of stoicism and assumed resiliency, I really want to see people, in general, but especially healthcare workers in the palliative care space take time for reflective practice and a realisation that we are not robotic and that the cumulative effects of burnout are usually felt once we have pushed through just that bit too long.

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Fri, 24 May 2024, 9am - 4pm ACST

The Anne Jolly Hall

Crafers SA, Australia

Hosted by Claire McKee and Bek Brown