How do you embed the principles of dignity, choice, control and empowerment into delivering care and support?

This course is for social workers and assessment staff who have contact with older people.
The course draws on recen,  participative research with older people conducted in Brighton and Hove, Solihull and Lincolnshire, and helps to examine some of the myths that are most commonly made about self-funders.

 The course will increase awareness and understanding of self-funders expriences, and their relevance to social work practice and to the wider health and social care economy.

The course will also provide access to co-produced resources which can be used easily in a variety of settings to support self-funders in their care journey.

Links are made with the Capabilities Statement for Social Workers in England who work with Older People and the course will contribute to evidence based practice and CPD.

The course will consider the autism spectrum as a whole and the experiences of autistic people living in a neurotypical world. Participants will have the opportunity to hear the first hand experience of autisic people, either through written accounts, video or presentations.

This course will be useful for anyone working with older people and anyone with an interest in enhancing their understanding of self esteem and wellbeing. 
The course explores the concept of self esteem and draws on thinking in psychology to look in depth at what self esteem might consist of.

It goes on to explore the impact of ageing on self esteem and things that are important to consider when working with older people.

The course also draws on participative research with older people into what contributes to or detracts from wellbeing,  and focusses on how relationships and good practice can make a big contribution to enhancing self esteem and wellbeing in later life.

This course is for social workers and assessment staff who have contact with older people.
The course draws on recen,  participative research with older people conducted in Brighton and Hove, Solihull and Lincolnshire, and helps to examine some of the myths that are most commonly made about self-funders.

 The course will increase awareness and understanding of self-funders expriences, and their relevance to social work practice and to the wider health and social care economy.

The course will also provide access to co-produced resources which can be used easily in a variety of settings to support self-funders in their care journey.

Links are made with the Capabilities Statement for Social Workers in England who work with Older People and the course will contribute to evidence based practice and CPD.

This course is designed to help support new care workers commencing their induction and working towards the Care Certificate.

This course is mandatory for all Brighton & Hove City Council Council staff in HASC who are new to care and have not yet achieved the Care Certificate.

This course enables staff to have a basic understanding of acquired brain injury and is suitable for anyone likely to be working with adults who have an acquired brain injury.

The learning module is designed for health and social care staff, and anyone else where relevant to their role.

This course is for all social workers and social work managers, and will be particularly relevant to those working with older people. Participants will have the opportunity to explore personal and professional attitudes towards ageing and to learn from lived experience, collaborative research with older people, and from the expertise of an international charity focussed on conscious ageing.

The training also introduces co-produced resources to use in practice, including ‘Mini Mentor’ cards. Their function is to help social workers reflect on practice and set actions for further development. The resources can be prompts for relational and strengths-based practice that is ageing aware. These will contribute to and enhance reflective practice and collaborative use of supervision. The content of the training and mini mentor cards can be used to demonstrate CPD for Social Work England.

Are you a key worker? This course will clarify your important role in supporting the people who access your service.   The course will look at how care planning is used as an effective means of communicating, in order that service users are understood, and that their needs are met in accordance with their wishes.