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This is the third instalment of our core courses which explores how agencies across the city work together to keep children safe through the Child Protection Conference, and Core Group processes. This includes a presentation by the Youth Advocacy Project which works with children & young people to ensure that their voice is taken into consideration. This course has recently been reviewed and updated by the CPRO (Child Protection Review Officers), in line with their restructured service. It will help you understand the aims, purpose and process of a Child Protection Conference and Core Group and to become a more effective participant in that process.

This training is provided by Brighton & Hove Safeguarding Children Partnership (BHSCP)

This course will support customer facing staff to identify strategies to reduce the likelihood of aggression and violence and to respond appropriately when presented with aggression, either face to face or over the phone. The emphasis of this course is to reduce aggression and the course does not cover physical techniques.

The Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards are an addendum to the Mental Capacity Act. They build upon the principle of least restrictive intervention and are a set of safeguards that apply to people who are being, or may need to be deprived of their liberty, in an acute hospital or registered care home.

THIS COURSE IS FOR THOSE MANAGERS WHO HAVE ALREADY ATTENDED THE ‘BUILDING RESILIENCE FOR MANAGERS’ VIRTUAL WORKSHOP


Coronavirus continues to change the way almost all of us work now. It has also affected all aspects of our lives.

Whether you are working from home, deployed to another role in the Council, needing to continue your usual work in the community with social distancing safety measures, there is a need to continue to be aware of and manage your personal resilience.

This highly interactive session will give you the opportunity to reflect on your current resilience levels, remind you of some tips on looking after yourself during this ongoing time, and discuss with others aspects of resilience that are particularly important in these difficult times.

Are you curious about how the menopause can affect you?

Would you like to understand this part of your life, know how to manage it and be confident with your choices?

This course is for individuals who may experience menopause symptoms or already are.

Are you curious about how the menopause can affect you?

Would you like to understand this part of your life, know how to manage it and be confident with your choices?

This course is for individuals who may experience menopause symptoms or already are.

This hugely popular course is delivered as 3 highly practical and experiential online sessions of 2 hours, with workbook.

Professionals can play a crucial part in determining whether clients change or maintain their problem behaviour. Engaging and building service user’s motivation for change is one of the key challenges workers face. Motivational Interviewing is a collaborative, highly effective, evidence based and deeply client centred approach aimed at helping people achieve positive behaviour change. This course will present the opportunity to enhance existing knowledge and skills as well as provide a comprehensive introduction to those with little or no experience of Motivational Interviewing.

This is a half day introductory course. Children and their families can experience a number of separation and losses in their lives such as parents separating, the death of a relative or when someone leaves home. The impact of these experiences will vary from child to child and family to family. It is important that practitioners working with children and their families have a good understanding of the potential impact and best practice in supporting children and families through these experiences.

This course is mandatory for all children’s social workers who work in roles where they work with families under the Child in Need process.

The course will help social workers write plans in collaboration with the family, as part of the ongoing relationship and assessment process. Social workers will be able to use solution-focussed and strength-based approaches to writing plans that help the family focus their best hopes and create a clear plan of action which is linked to change for the children. The session will also cover skills to chairing the review meeting to help facilitate change.