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PLEASE NOTE: YOUR JOINING INSTRUCTIONS AND ANY TRAINING MATERIALS ARE ATTACHED TO THIS EVENT. IF YOU ARE SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE COUNCIL STAFF, YOU WILL NEED TO APPLY FOR A ZOOM LICENSE BY COMPLETING THIS FORM.

PLEASE CHECK THAT YOU CAN ACCESS ZOOM PRIOR TO THIS EVENT. WE ASK THAT ALL USERS ALLOW PLENTY OF TIME TO JOIN THIS EVENT ON THE DAY.

By booking onto this course, you are consenting to your contact details being passed onto the trainer.

The training is organised by South Gloucestershire Safeguarding Children Board Training Group and is targeted at all staff from all agencies who are working directly with children, or adults who are parents. Effective child protection depends not only on reliable and accepted procedures for all staff involved with children, but also on their skills, knowledge and judgement and the ability to work together co-operatively. Staff with lead roles in child protection require specialised training in order to carry out their work with abused children and families. Please note it is recommended to leave a minimum of 3 months between attending Introduction to Child Protection and Advanced Child Protection.


Requirements for training via Zoom:

Participants must be provided with protected time, in an environment free from all work-related duties and distractions to successfuly complete the training
Participants require access to a camera and microphone to be able to fully engage in the session
On the day of training, should the above requirements not be possible, participants should rebook for a different date when they are able to meet the requirements, failure to full engage in the session may result in non-issue of certificate and a request to repeat the training session.

Requirements for face-to-face training:

Participants must arrive on time and allow time for parking.
Participants should attend the full training day, participants should be rebook for a different date if they are unable to attend the full day.

As the recruiting manager you’re at the centre of the process, driving the process to recruit the best person to meet your job needs. You have the insight and knowledge of how the role fits into the overall team, and what is needed to effectively perform this. This webinar will give you an understanding of good the skills required in remote recruitment and selection. It will include advert writing, candidate attraction, using CVs in selection and the council’s new recruitment system. You’ll have the opportunity to discuss how remote recruitment differs from face to face recruitment in terms of shortlisting and interviewing and gain advice on your own recruitment practices. We will also cover unconscious bias and how to promote equality within recruitment.

Please note; There is important pre-course work with activities to work through before you attend this webinar, this should take approximately 90 minute. Details of which will be in the joining instructions. Please read these thoroughly and get in touch with the course tutor if you have any questions.

This virtual session, aimed at Leaders, Managers, Childminders and SENDCOs, will provide an overview of the new fund and outline how this sits within wider SEND support across early years and beyond. With the fund being implemented from March 2022, this session will be important in helping providers to understand how they can plan their provision moving forward.

Community Care Inform Adults are vital, online resources for social care professionals.

https://www.communitycare.co.uk/community-care-inform

These resources help reduce risk for the people we support and for organisations by ensuring you are able to make confident, robust and evidence-based decisions every day and defend those decisions. These essential resources save time, improve your practice and support your learning.

By using this resource, you can be sure that your work is informed by the latest research, legal rulings and good practice.
The guides are designed to be easy to read and understand. Information is available when you want it and tailored to how you need it. the quick guides, for example, work as well on mobile as they do on a computer making them a perfect resource to check while on the move or before visiting a person you support. the in-depth guides provide the detailed information you require, for example when undertaking assessments or preparing court reports.
Community Care works with the leading researchers and academics in topic areas but also with experienced practitioners to ensure guidance is not only research informed but also tested on the front line.

Articles, videos and podcasts can be recorded as part of your CPD for Social Work England.
The resources include Quick guides, In-Depth guides, Case law, Supported learning quizzes, Group work tips, Research studies.

Yet to register? Contact your L&D Adviser, Joanne Worthington (joanne.worthington@southglos.gov.uk) to set up an account.

To register for the DEMENTIA AWARENESS e-module visit:

Register for Dementia Awareness E-module


For further learning: https://www.skillsforcare.org.uk/Documents/Learning-and-development/social-work/psw/supporting-adults-who-have-dementia.pdf

and:

https://www.scie.org.uk/dementia/

External Agencies/Care Providers
You will need to select the area (department) you work in: please select Private Sector Agencies. You will then need to select the establishment you work in.  If your establishement is not listed, please contact us.  

South Gloucestershire Council Employees
Please select South Glos Council Employees and your Department (CE&CR, ECS or CAH).

Costs
The charge for this e-module is £16. This is to cover administration costs.
No charge for South Glos Council employees.

Resilience is something you do, not what you have and therefore is a skill you can develop within yourself. This is a time where a great deal of resilience is needed and this online course can help you gain skills, knowledge and the ability to deal with challenges in more resilient ways. This course will introduce you to resilience skills, insights, strategies and practices.Based on Chris Johnstone's book Seven Ways to Build Resilience, this companion online course describes seven essential skills that help your resilience grow. With about two hours of video divided into short, easy to watch episodes, the course introduces insights and strategies that strengthen your ability to deal with difficult times. This online course includes storyboarding, emotional first aid, thinking flexibly, overload management, problem solving, strengthening support, stickability, overview and next steps.

Please note this is an online course which you can work through at your own time and pace.  Once your place has been confirmed you will receive an email with the details attached of how to register.