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Please note that you must be able to attend both sessions in order to complete this training.

This course is deemed Mandatory by the Adult and Childrens Senior Leadership Team. The Learning and Development will be contacting the line managers of South Gloucestershire Council staff to ensure that your work time will be protected (i.e. that you will be deemed ‘unavailable’ to work that day and free of all distractions).

If you are unable to complete both sessions within the course you will be asked to complete both sessions at a future date – it will not be possible to attend your second session on another cohort.

This training programme is for staff who work with adults, children, young people and families based within statutory and voluntary/independent sector organisations across South Gloucestershire.

The aim of the programme is to promote effective multi-agency working between professionals and organisations aligned to national/local legislation, policy, guidance and best practice. A key focus will therefore be person/child-centred practice that promotes positive outcomes for those who lives are affected by domestic abuse.

The first half-day session will be delivered virtually via MS Teams. This will provide an opportunity to refresh and develop your knowledge base including in relation to the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 and key learning from Child Safeguarding Practice Reviews, Safeguarding Adult Reviews and Domestic Homicide Reviews. The importance of trauma informed practice underpinned by professional curiosity will be explored.
Throughout the session delegates will be encouraged to generously share their practice experience with colleagues, learn from others and move beyond knowledge, understanding and theory to application in their practice.

Delegates must attend day 1 and undertake an individual research/reflective task before attending day 2 of this training.

The second session will be delivered in-person, with a primary focus on exploring, developing and embedding best practice within the landscape of effectively multi-agency/disciplinary working. A broad range of topics will be included, e.g. intersectionality, child-centred practice within a whole family approach, effective risk assessment/monitoring and safety planning, professional self-care.

Throughout the session delegates will be encouraged to generously share their practice experience with colleagues, learn from others and move beyond knowledge, understanding and theory to application in their practice.

The individual learning task, along with active participation in both sessions are integral to the completion of the programme.

If you are from an external organisation and fail to attend one of the sessions you will still be charged for both sessions.

New booking website launch: We will be hosting courses on the new Learning and Development Hub from 1st July 2025 which you’ll be able to access at: www.southglos.gov.uk/learning once we switch over to the new site. If you have an existing booking on a course, we will transfer your booking. You will receive details of how to login when the site is live as well as a course booking confirmation email once your booking has been transferred.

Charges: If a charge applies to the course you are booked onto, we will contact you separately to arrange payment.

Support we will be offering: We have designed the Hub to be an intuitive system we hope will be easy to use. There will be a Frequently Asked Questions page which will provide guidance and further information to help you navigate the new website.

What you need to do: If you require a copy of your training record, please log in to the existing learning and development website and visit the My Account – My Learning Events page as access to this will be removed in July.

Please send any questions or comments you may have to: training@southglos.gov.uk">training@southglos.gov.uk

This course is only available to book via invitation only

Prior to attending Train the Trainer Workshop there is an expectation that new network members will have attended the Multi Agency Raising Safeguarding Concerns course and ideally also attended the Effective Multi Agency Working in Adult Safeguarding.

Attendees must be able to attend both sessions of workshop.

The workshop is aimed at those who are new to delivering safeguarding adult training sessions to groups or any trainer looking for fresh ideas and a structured approach to their training. It will be a practical workshop to equip new trainers to deliver raising safeguarding concerns within their own organisations.

Following attendance of the Safeguarding Adult Train the Trainer Workshop you will be observed delivering your safeguarding adult training, it is expected that the observation will be carried out within an agreed timescale of attendance of the train the trainer workshop. Verbal feedback will be given after the session has been observed and followed up with written feedback, any recommendations that are suggested will be followed up prior to sign off.
 
Following successful completion of observation you will be invited to join the Trained Trainer Network. This network meets every 4-6 months to share experiences and learning, to swap ideas on best practice and new materials, and to support each other in the key tasks of building and maintaining safeguarding adults good practice.

This is a one-day training course for social workers and other social care staff and will be delivered by the Thinking Aloud team. It is an adapted version of the therapeutic parenting training that we deliver to foster carers and adoptive parents. It will cover some of the key themes of our foster carer training such as trauma informed approaches to care, use of PACE within families and within social care systems and understanding theories and concepts related to attachment, developmental trauma, PTSD, secondary trauma and blocked care.

This session is designed to equip foster carers with essential basic coaching techniques and Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) strategies to effectively support children in their care. Participants will gain a deeper understanding of how patterns of thinking, body language and the words we use can impact on how effectively we communicate with others. This practical training will equip carers with tools to enhance their communication, understand and respond to children's needs, build trust, and create stronger, more supportive relationships. Whether you're new to fostering or looking to deepen your skills, this session offers techniques to help carers navigate the complexities of communication with confidence and compassion.

Our tutor Rachel McCoubrie is a Doctor, coach, NLP Master Practitioner, author, aspirational poet

• Introduction, Aims & Continuing Healthcare Quiz
• Previous updates to the 2018 Framework and new updates to the 2022 Framework
• Definition - Back to basics
• Principles & well managed needs
• Brief overview of the interaction between hospital discharge and CHC
• Understanding the Checklist
• Eligibility criteria (inc. legal background & boundary between health and social care)
• Primary Health Need / Key Characteristics
• Quality assessments, accurate DSTs and compliant MDTs
• Detailed evidencing for a robust rationale

The training consists of two presentations that provide an introduction to the Autism Spectrum. You must attend both dates in order for your attendance to be recorded.

Click here to join the meeting

Same link for both parts

Part 1 looks at themes such as what Autism is, traits & behaviours associated with Autism, the social challenges that autistic people face day to day, coping mechanisms, and barriers to employment.

Part 2 briefly recaps the themes from part 1 and looks at themes such as the different types of Autism, skills and abilities commonly associated with Autism, mental health, the pros and cons of the two different models of disability, advice on how best to support autistic residents and colleagues you may work with, and famous people on the spectrum. Part 2 also features interactive elements such as a quiz.

Both presentations feature videos.

Eligibility: This course is open to everyone from any organisation working with children in South Gloucestershire.
Commissioned by the Children's Partnership, this course is designed to support practitioners in working together to ensure the provision of help, support, and protection for children is effective and in line with statutory guidance and local procedures.

This brand new course considers a wide range of Risks Outside The Home (ROTH) encountered by children, and replaces the three exploitation courses we previously commissioned. On this course you will consider together different forms of child exploitation, and understand the legislation and learning from local and national child safeguarding practice reviews. You will work with professionals from a variety of organisations to consider case studies, peer mapping, disruption and think about practical tools you can use in your practice. You will leave this course knowing about the processes for ROTH in South Glos and which tools to use to support in the identification of ROTH.

This course is only available to book via invitation only

Prior to attending Train the Trainer Workshop there is an expectation that new network members will have attended the Multi Agency Raising Safeguarding Concerns course and ideally also attended the Effective Multi Agency Working in Adult Safeguarding.

Attendees must be able to attend both sessions of workshop.

The workshop is aimed at those who are new to delivering safeguarding adult training sessions to groups or any trainer looking for fresh ideas and a structured approach to their training. It will be a practical workshop to equip new trainers to deliver raising safeguarding concerns within their own organisations.

Following attendance of the Safeguarding Adult Train the Trainer Workshop you will be observed delivering your safeguarding adult training, it is expected that the observation will be carried out within an agreed timescale of attendance of the train the trainer workshop. Verbal feedback will be given after the session has been observed and followed up with written feedback, any recommendations that are suggested will be followed up prior to sign off.
 
Following successful completion of observation you will be invited to join the Trained Trainer Network. This network meets every 4-6 months to share experiences and learning, to swap ideas on best practice and new materials, and to support each other in the key tasks of building and maintaining safeguarding adults good practice.

New booking website launch: We will be hosting courses on the new Learning and Development Hub from 1st July 2025 which you’ll be able to access at: www.southglos.gov.uk/learning once we switch over to the new site. If you have an existing booking on a course, we will transfer your booking. You will receive details of how to login when the site is live as well as a course booking confirmation email once your booking has been transferred.

Charges: If a charge applies to the course you are booked onto, we will contact you separately to arrange payment.

Support we will be offering: We have designed the Hub to be an intuitive system we hope will be easy to use. There will be a Frequently Asked Questions page which will provide guidance and further information to help you navigate the new website.
What you need to do: If you require a copy of your training record, please log in to the existing learning and development website and visit the My Account – My Learning Events page as access to this will be removed in July.

Please send any questions or comments you may have to: training@southglos.gov.uk.

This course is open to internal employees of adult social care working directly with people they support.

This course contains content that may be triggering for some people. If you experience this please let the trainer know and seek support from your manager or a trusted colleague.

This training is aimed at those who may need to provide direct care or support to those with a learning disability or are autistic. This Tier 2 is a face-to-face training session which is delivered by an accredited key facilitator and two lived experienced, accredited co-facilitators, one with lived experience of a learning disability and one with a lived experience of autism.

Prior to attending Tier 2 training, delegates must complete the Tier 1 part 1 e-learning training.

Click here to register for the e-learning

Please see attached guidance to ensure you are registering for the correct e-learning and chosen the correct Place of Work.

Participants need to attend both days.
December 4th and December 5th 2025. 

Off The Record are delivering this training for professionals looking for a greater understanding of the factors that contribute?to resilience. The training is designed to explore the five different Resilience Lab sessions (Pressure Proof, Making Friends with Stress, Thinking Traps, Stronger and Reach Out) using the evidenced based tools and techniques and generate discussion on how these can be adapted within your setting.

The?training requires all participants to contribute?and share their?experience.

You must attend both days to complete this training