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Target Audience - all adult care workers supporting people in South Glos in: learning disability services, services for people living with dementia, older peoples’ services, mental health services. To help staff to understand the concept of person centredness and its implications for good practice. To help staff to develop skills in working in a person centred way, in a range of settings. The standard charge for this course is £80 per day. Please refer to our Course Charges on the Home page for information on discounts and exemptions

This network is for Ofsted registered childminders in South Gloucestershire, both new to the role and experienced, who would like to join with other childminders to explore focused topics to gain further understanding of this in practice.

This is an opportunity for Ofsted registered childminders in South Gloucestershire to join together in professional conversation about practice and new initiatives to gain deeper understanding of what is needed to enhance your provision and meet requirements. Across the year a variety of topics will be explored which will enable you to dispel any myths or misunderstandings.

Come and join this supportive group in discussion and meet new colleagues.

As of 1st August, Acorn Health & Safety are making changes to their first aid training in line with further guidance and awarding body advice. This will be the following:

All participants attending any of our First Aid training courses will be required to bring a 3 ply face mask, fabric masks / scarves will not be acceptable

This mask will be mandatory to wear for all practical elements of the training, but is optional for the theory portion of the course


This is a one day course for participants to develop the skills necessary to provide emergency first aid to someone who has an accident or suddenly becomes ill at work. Participants will be trained and assessed during the course in order to receive a certificate. Please note - you will be required to complete 3 practical assessments and a multiple choice test. You need to bring Photo ID eg passport, driving licence. If these are not available please bring your Work ID with photo If you require assistance with reading/writing please let the use know prior to the start of the course.

The Purpose for the support groups



We realise that fostering can be really difficult at times. Perhaps the only people who really understand it are other foster carers and so therefore we want to give you a place to meet up.

There will be biscuits and/or cake, coffee, tea, and an opportunity for an informal chat at all of the meetings.

Although these will be informal meetings, each session will have a brief agenda, attendance list, and agreed group rules. This is to help those who don’t know anyone and feel awkward about coming along to a new meeting, to feel that they won’t be left alone on the side-lines.

Sometimes there will be speakers and topics as requested by the group, this will hopefully make it as relevant to your fostering as you like.

These sessions should be recorded on your Personal Development Plan (PDP).

This one hour webinar is run by Cruse Bereavement Care and will be delivered in a lecture format. It helps to ensure you have a greater awareness of the impact of bereavement and grief.

The webinar will provide you with the following:
• A brief introduction to the grieving process and have some high level understanding of the two main models that Cruse use to support bereaved people.

• Get you thinking about the impact of loss and bereavement on individuals, families, organisations and communities

• Understanding some simple things you can do when interacting with bereaved people – what to say and what not to say

• Develop awareness of support organisations (other than Cruse)

This 1-day course should only be attended once you have completed 'Understanding and Responding to Domestic Abuse and Coercive Control (Module 1)' & 'Working With Those Who Are, Or May Be Experiencing Domestic Abuse (Module 2)'. It will build on the learning and skills gained through completing previous Domestic Abuse courses (e.g. at Intermediate and Advanced-levels).

Employees can maintain or enhance their personal effectiveness by increasing their insight into themselves. This webinar will look at how we can make best use of all the personal resources at your disposal to enable you to achieve your goals.

This 1-day course builds on the learning and skills gained through attending the Understanding and Responding to Domestic Abuse and Coercive Control (Module 1) training, with additional content around the following areas as set out below: