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The Care Certificate was introduced as an induction programme for staff new to social care from April 2015. CQC expects that all workers can demonstrate that they work to these 15 standards and they will expect written evidence of this, but processes and paperwork can appear confusing and complex.

South Gloucestershire Council is offering employers this ½ day course focused on the Care Certificate. It introduces managers to a straightforward and easy process to use when supporting new staff to meet the standards in the certificate.

The workshop will combine presentation and discussion. Written materials will be provided

This course is aimed at apprentices and level 2 practitioners as well as those new or returning to the early years.

This course will cover…
Session 1:
A Unique Child – This session will explore and enhance your knowledge of child development as a sequence of physical, language and emotional changes.
Positive relationships – This session will be an opportunity to reflect on attachment and the importance of key people in the child’s life. You will deepen your knowledge of how to promote positive behaviour through self-regulation and emotional literacy.

Session 2:
Enabling Environments - Play underpins learning and all aspects of children’s development. The role that adults have is crucial. This session will delve deeper into how you can provide playful experiences including practical examples that support children’s characteristics of effective learning.
Learning and Development - The final session will consolidate your learning through the importance of understanding and analysing your observations and assessments of children in order to tailor your planning.

Do you provide staff with supervision in a social care setting? This one day workshop is designed to allow first-line managers of social care staff to understand what makes for effective staff supervision and to explore the key strategies and skills needed to make good supervision a reality within their own staff team/workplace. You will have an opportunity to discuss good practice, expectations of the process and skills required and how the supervision process links to wider occupational standards and requirements.

This course is relevant to all managers from social care agencies in the Statutory, Voluntary and Independent sectors within South Gloucestershire.

The standard charge for this course is £95 per day. Please refer to our Course Charges on the Home page for information on discounts and exemptions

SENDCos, Childminders, Managers and Practitioners with an interest in developing their SEND knowledge.

The SEND network provides updates for SEND information in South Gloucestershire and Nationally. To share pockets of good practice within your SEND provision. An opportunity to participate in active discussions around SEND topics.

The focus of the Network will be posted on the VLE two weeks prior to the Network taking place.

There are two dates for each session, please only book one session as the same information will be replicated on each evening. You have the choice of either attending the face to face Network or a Virtual Network.

This half day workshop aims to provide an opportunity for participants to understand more about the diagnostic category of personality disorder in order to better provide services and support that can make a positive difference to peopleðs lives.

It is aimed at all employees and managers of the Statutory, Voluntary and Independent sectors.

This is a workshop that is suitable for participants at all levels, mainly as an introduction to the issues, though it can also provide an update for staff who are already trained / more experienced in working with people with a personality disorder. It will draw upon personal experiences of receiving a personality disorder diagnosis and up to date evidence of helpful interventions and approaches.

The standard charge for this course is £47.50. Please refer to our Course Charges on the Home page for information on discounts and exemptions.