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.

Carbon Literacy provides knowledge and awareness around the impacts greenhouse gas emissions are having on our communities through our everyday activities and gives us the agency and motivation to take decisive Climate Emergency action as individuals, communities and in our roles at Brighton and Hove Council. 

You will receive one days’ worth of training (two half days)  to include the latest scientific basis for taking action, preparation for some of the impacts we will face and develop skills to build significant greenhouse emission reduction plans. This will include making two key pledges to take action to reduce emissions relating to your specific role.

1-day Accredited Course

Medium and extended interventions for working with families affected by drugs and alcohol.

This course is for practitioners with some experience of family support work who wish to further develop their skills. It is suitable for wide range of staff, from Social Workers and Early Help teams, through to specialist drug and alcohol treatment workers. The course explores a range of interventions, including an introduction to 5-Step and CRAFT (Community Reinforcement And Family Training).

Mentalizing is developmental capacity that develops through our relationships with others. It is a “form of imaginative mental activity about others and oneself, namely perceiving and interpreting human behaviour in terms of intentional mental states (e.g. needs, desires, beliefs, goals and reasons)” Fonagy, Target, Steele & Steele (1998). This approach is relevant for both us as practitioners, but also for the families we work with. After the training you will then have the opportunity to join the Mentalizing and AMBIT Community of Practice.

This course is for FCL and CAHMS staff doing direct work.

This virtual training session covers the important features in Microsoft Teams to help you to communicate and collaborate effectively using teams and channels. It is run by members of the Connecting You training team Matt Fleming, James Hardy, Sam Gathern and Mark Williams.

As part of the session, attendees will join the Welcome to Microsoft Teams at BHCC teams. This is a space where you can find useful information, test the functionality in Teams and ask questions.

This virtual training session covers the important features in Microsoft Teams to help you to communicate and collaborate effectively using teams and channels. It is run by members of the Connecting You training team Matt Fleming, James Hardy, Sam Gathern and Mark Williams.

As part of the session, attendees will join the Welcome to Microsoft Teams at BHCC teams. This is a space where you can find useful information, test the functionality in Teams and ask questions.

This Level 2 Understanding Health Improvement online course will equip you with all the information you need to promote health improvement schemes and initiatives. You will learn how to encourage others to look after their health, understand what a healthy lifestyle looks like and appreciate why people make the choices they make about their health. By the end of the course, you will also know how to inspire individuals looking to learn about health improvement and motivate others to make healthy lifestyle choices. This course is delivered with a focus of promoting health in the workplace.

The Level 2 Understanding Health Improvement Online Course is targeted at those involved in setting up health promotion / public health initiatives in the workplace and / or becoming ‘Workplace health champions.’ This course will equip ‘Workplace Health Champions’ with the tools and resources they need to help make themselves and their colleagues healthier.

Number of sessions: 3 plus bespoke action planning session with the Healthy Workplace Lead.

There are additional Understanding Health Improvement courses also running on the Learning Gateway.

This practical 1 day workshop and follow up e-learning module offers social workers and social care staff an opportunity to begin developing a reflective to-do list system to help manage competing priorities in challenging and busy social care settings. It is suitable for those carrying caseloads, supervisors and managers and also considers the role of Bullet Journalling in supporting critical thinking and safeguarding. The course is taught using a typical social work caseload as an example. We will use an adaptation of the Bullet Journal, a notebook based system, to explore the latest thinking on effective systems and habits which support focus and work-life balance. The workshop day will include live MS Teams Teaching, some self-guided learning exercises using a dedicated course website for part of the day, and individual support to set up your personalised journal in a 1:1 MS Teams Call.

Part 2 - Staying Focused Follow Up e-learning - Approximately one month after the workshop, participants will be emailed follow-up supporting resources and a link to access Part 2 of the course, 'Staying Focused e-learning module - Monthly Migration and Reflection'. This module will take approximately 2 hours to complete and involves working on your live Bullet Journal to move into the new month, guided by video lessons.