The Social Work service is available to help families cope with their bereavement through the provision of information, support and bereavement counselling, to both adults and children. Social Workers can meet people individually and together. They may provide information about how to talk to your child and others who may have difficulty with understanding death and loss of a close relative.

Grieving is a normal process of adjustment following the death of someone important in your life, but it can feel far from normal. When someone close dies, your world is changed and you may struggle to make sense of the experience. The Social Work service is available to help you and/or your family to cope with the bereavement. We provide information about grief and what to expect. We can talk to you how to talk to your child and others who may have difficulty with understanding the death and loss of a close relative. If people need more support to make sense of what has happened and adjust to the loss, we provide bereavement counselling to both adults and children, individually and/or together. We can support you as you talk through thoughts and feelings, adapt and adjust and reconnect with the memories of your loved one.

How to make an appointment:

Please contact the Social Work Department at 01 832 7535 or email bereavement@sfh.ie. A Social Worker will speak to you about our services and your own support needs before an appointment is set up. We sometimes have a short waiting list for an appointment.