Just ‘B’ offers planned bereavement support to children, young people and adults living in the Harrogate District, and Hambleton and Richmondshire. The service is suitable for people experiencing any type of bereavement, including suicide, accidents, murder or terminal illness.
Referrals to Just ‘B’ can be made via a professional or through self-referral.
It is important to note that Just ‘B’ is not a crisis service. This means we treat all referrals equally. It is therefore particularly important that professionals have the consent of the adult they are working with before taking any steps to refer them to our service. In the case of children, the parents or carers and the young person themselves must give consent for the professional working with them to refer them to Just ‘B’.
To refer, please download the relevant referral form below. You can also call our team on (01423) 856 790 (children and young people) or (01423) 814 480 to complete your referral over the phone with our team.
Our team discusses referrals on a weekly basis. Once your referral has been accepted, we will contact both you and your client to inform you that support will be offered as soon as a worker is available. As we do not place a limit on the number of sessions we offer, it is difficult to predict exactly when this will be.
Once a worker is available, we contact you and your client to offer a time and date for their first support session. Just ‘B’ generally offers support from 9am-5pm Monday to Friday, and several evenings per week. Appointments are on a fortnightly basis. Our team find it helpful to know in advance which times a particular client is available and if they would be happy to come to our Just ‘B’ base. In some cases we may be able to offer support in a community setting or schools.
The team member will continue to work with you or your client for as long as the client feels that they need our support, and we review this after every six sessions. Should you feel in the future, following the conclusion of your/their involvement with Just ‘B,’ that you or your client may need our help again, please do not hesitate to contact us. We would treat this contact as a new referral and our services offered accordingly.
For children and young people, the support begins with a family assessment and we work closely with parents and carers throughout the support process.
For our Just ‘B’ adults bereavement support service, please download a professional referral form and return to JustBAdults@justb.org.uk. Please use Egress or password protect the form before sending. You can also call our team on (01423) 814 480.
For our children and young people’s services, please call (01423) 856 790 or email JustBCYP@justb.org.uk.
For self-referral to our Just ‘B’ adults bereavement support service, please download a self-referral form and return to JustBAdults@justb.org.uk. If you need any support, please call our team on (01423) 814 480.
For our children and young people’s services, please call (01423) 856 790 or email JustBCYP@justb.org.uk.
