Search for Learning and Development Services and Pathways

This continuous professional development course is aimed at Level 3 Forest School Leaders. Qualified Level 3 Forest School Leaders will have the opportunity to revise their tool knowledge, maintenance and safe use. We will be using various natural items and crafting resources for you to take away. This will further develop your practical skills or give you opportunities to practise these skills and learn new ones. We will be outside whatever the weather so please bring waterproofs, stout shoes and warm clothes. Please bring your own gloves if you have them.

These events are suitable for Childminders and the SENCO in your setting. Keeping up to date with local and national information is a challenge for everyone. These networks will provide Childminders and SENCOs with a range of experiences, with opportunities to come together to share information and to engage in professional discussion and dialogue. Meetings will be structured to provide: • Local and national updates • An opportunity to discuss and explore a current early years SEND topic or theme • An opportunity for practitioners to share good practice and learn from each other The focus for the meeting will be posted on the VLE one month prior to the meeting taking place.

Change has become a constant in our working lives. The rate of change continues to increase along with its impact. It all means that it has become even more important that as managers, we ensure that the process of change is handled effectively. Whilst being able to follow a change procedure is vital, so too is the ability to apply the management skills and techniques that address the ‘people aspects’ of change. This course will be suitable for you if you are responsible for managing change and wish to discover or remind yourself of the key considerations, skills and techniques that will give your change a chance of succeeding.

This half day course is an annual refresher for individuals working in adult social care settings where they have responsibilities for moving people. This course will enable you to build on your existing knowledge and practice. Delegates will be expected to demonstrate how they move people and share knowledge through working on scenarios. This course is designed to be a refresher for anyone working in adult social care with responsibilities for moving people and attendees. Delegates from partner agencies will need to evidence that they have attended a manual handling course in the previous 18 months. Please make sure you wear suitable clothing and footwear as there is a practical aspect to this training.

This half day course is an annual refresher for individuals working in adult social care settings where they have responsibilities for moving people. This course will enable you to build on your existing knowledge and practice. Delegates will be expected to demonstrate how they move people and share knowledge through working on scenarios This course is designed to be a refresher for anyone working in adult social care with responsibilities for moving people and attendees. Delegates from partner agencies will need to evidence that they have attended a manual handling course in the previous 18 months. Please make sure you wear suitable clothing and footwear as there is a practical aspect to this training.

This course looks at transforming the quality of your approach and how you record that new way of working: your assessments, care plans, visit forms, & all written work will be clear, concise and bring to life what life must be like for each child or young person youÀre working with. To do this the course will show you how to draw on your knowledge from research, experience and practice combined with an understanding of the childÀs needs within their family or the context in which the child lives. It will show you how the facts-analysis-judgement approach works: and how it will help as you move towards the Signs of Safety way of working. This course aims to make you confident in understanding what is relevant and meaningful and then show you how to write that down effectively. The standard charge for this course is £70. Please refer to our Course Charges on the Home page for information on discounts and exemptions.

The course provides an opportunity to explore the impact of the death of a child on the members of bereaved families and to consider effective and helpful responses from professionals involved in offering support.