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Arguments in relationships are part of everyday life, evidence suggests that arguments between parents/carers is normal, but if exposure is frequent, intense, and poorly resolved, this can have a damaging impact on children, resulting in long-term mental health issues, emotional, behavioural, and academic problems as they grow up.

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.

Foster Carers- Children and Young People Health and Wellbeing Event

During the interactive workshop we will:

Explore food and healthy eating for children and young people.

Consider challenges around food including eating problems.

Reflect on wider helpful and unhelpful coping strategies.

Signpost to related information, advice and support

After lunch we will invite a range of health and wellbeing providers, to share information and advice around a variety of children and young people's health related topics.

Light lunch will be provided

This training has been arranged for foster carers or those working with our children looked after.

Drew Jefferies, who is the Cyber Protect Officer in Avon and Somerset Police, is going to virtually deliver a presentation that will give an outline about apps, the risks, highlighting online offences and how they’re committed and as well as providing advice and signposts to further support.

In addition Marcus Hurley from IAP ( our computer support provider for foster carers) will also be attending, which may be useful for those of you who are new to fostering as well as for those social workers that have children and young people in foster care, to find out more about how they can support you.

Proposed Content:
• Overview of online risks.
• Exploitation of children online.
• Technical protective and safety measures available.
• Top tips on starting a conversation with your child about the internet and how to work together to use the internet safely.

Please note that the PowerPoint used in the presentation will not be sent out - this is because information changes all the time.  As a result it would perhaps be worth having a paper and pen to hand.  Drew will however be providing resources, with links to various websites, which will enable you to keep up to date with this everchanging area.

Finally, as with all training, I would strongly recommend that you access this session through a computer.  In addition, you will need a phone or tablet to take part in some interactive activities that Drew is hoping to run during the session.

• Managing allegations
• Allyship and Role Model Behaviour
• How to identify and manage racism within the team and in social care workers practice
• Encouraging managers to integrate race equality into their agenda at their team meetings

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CS1 .This course has been tailored to suit the needs of Foster Carers, Adopters and Family Link Carers who look after children on a 24 hour basis. This is a certificated course, so please ensure you can arrive on time and attend all of the course.

Please could you ensure that you read the attached document to this course. It is a copy of Acorns COVID policy, which you must have read prior to attending. You will be asked to complete appendix 1 on arrival.

There are a few car parking spaces outside the church, and then on the main road

Tea and coffee will be available, but please note that lunch is not included. There are shops on the Oldland High Street, as well as Westcourt Drive

Other details about how the course will run are available in the attached policy.


As of 1st August, we are making changes to our 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 paper disposable 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.

Cadbury Heath Children’s Centre

This one-day course provides delegates with information and guidance on the legal frameworks relevant to self-neglect, including hoarding. It is targeted at all health & social care professionals who work with people who self-neglect.

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Meeting ID: 357 337 335 620
Passcode: T7qJ6Uj3

Trainer:
Piers McNeil is an independent social worker with 20 years’ experience in a range of adult social care fields, including: learning disability, physical disability, and older persons mental health. Piers is also a qualified DoLS Best Interests Assessor and was previously a Court of Protection visitor. He was also previously employed as a local authority MCA/safeguarding lead. Piers has led practice forums for Best Interests Assessors and has designed and delivered training to a range of audiences

The standard charge for this course is £115 per day. Please refer to our Course Charges on the Home page for information on discounts and exemptions.

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.

Please note: By booking onto this course, you are consenting to your contact details being passed onto the trainer. This is so they can send you any resources.

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The session will explore the crucial role that carers play as a key partner of Adult Social Care.

“The vast majority of care in the UK is provided by family and friends, who make up the UK’s carer population. Social services and the NHS rely on carers’ willingness and ability to provide care and without it they would collapse.” (Facts about Carers. Carers UK. August 2019)

We will look at key data about carers, including in relation to some of the challenges that are commonly faced. You will also benefit from the opportunity to reflect on your own experiences, personal and professional, of caring and carers, and to learn from the lived experiences of carers including a guest speaker from South Gloucestershire. The Carers’ Support Centre will share their expertise in relation to working with and supporting carers over many years. Alongside colleagues, you will explore how to apply 3Cs, strengths-based approaches and legal literacy in your engagement with carers in line with South Gloucestershire Council ‘Carer Practitioner Guidance’. A key theme throughout the day will be recognising the positive impact that you, as a practitioner, can have in promoting the rights and wellbeing of carers and as a result, the wellbeing of adult(s) they care for.


COST:  £115

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.