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Code: SGC/25/0043 The Record Business (Children's Services)

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 you're 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 child's 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.

Please watch this You Tube Video before attending the course: The Record Business - Video

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1 24 March 2025 10:00 - 15:00 Webinar: Zoom Map

Code: SGC/25/0121 Foster Care with Birth Parents Perspective - Angela Frazer-Wicks MBE

Angela will share part of her journey from early help and care proceedings through to adoption and beyond. She will share her perspective with particular focus on the importance of the relationship between herself and her sons' foster carers. Angela will also share details of some of the work she has done over the past twenty years including a trauma informed project aimed at supporting foster carers caring for newborn babies.

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1 25 March 2025 10:00 - 12:00 Microsoft TEAMS Map

Code: SGC/25/0044 The Write Way (EVENT FULL)

PLEASE NOTE: YOUR JOINING INSTRUCTIONS AND ANY TRAINING MATERIALS ARE ATTACHED TO THIS EVENT. 

How will this course help me? Our course will take you through the practical steps of writing clear and concise records and writing sequential, powerful and rewarding reports ° whether they are briefing notes, chronologies, summaries, assessments, care plans, safeguarding investigation reports or court reports. We will show you how to tackle your writing with clarity and confidence. You will understand the importance of: ° defining your purpose; ° organising your evidence; ° thinking and structure; ° writing analytically; and ° presentation. We will also highlight the seven deadly sins of social care writing and recording and show you how to avoid them. The standard charge for this course is £103.50. Please refer to our Course Charges on the Home page for information on discounts and exemptions.

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1 25 March 2025 10:00 - 15:00 Webinar: Zoom Map

Code: SGC/25/0093 Advanced Coaching Skills (Cancelled)


This interactive course is delivered by experienced and qualified coaches and will give participants a solid foundation in coaching skills, standards and expectations which are relevant to coaches and people who mentor or manage others in their work.

The days include coaching skills, coaching and mentoring competencies and the global code of ethics, using models in your coaching and mentoring practice, different tools and techniques to enhance conversations, advanced listening skills, contracting and evaluation.

This course is free to South Gloucestershire Council staff. For all external delegates there is a charge of £103.50.

Coaching is a valuable skill in empowering people to problem solve, think more deeply and creatively and achieve their goals. We have developed this course so there will be plenty of opportunities to practice and gain feedback on skills and to try different approaches to build your confidence as coaches, mentors and managers.

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1 26 March 2025 09:30 - 16:30 Kingswood Civic Centre Map

Code: SGC/24/0602 ASYE ACADEMY - Chronologies, Genograms and Ecomaps, and Visits and Plans (EVENT FULL)


Chronologies, Genograms and Ecomaps, and Visits and Plans facilitated by Katie Middleton, Emma Collings and Helen Moore

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1 26 March 2025 10:00 - 12:30 Kingswood Civic Centre Map

Code: SGC/25/0060 Functional Posture Management for Occupational Therapists

Room F39/F40 - Kingswood Civic Centre


There will be an opportunity to practice a postural assessment and therefore you may like to bring a pillow and a mat.
We would advise against wearing a skirt as this will limit participation.

You will also be expected to complete an assessment between the two training dates and therefore, it would be helpful to have this planned in


This is a one and half day course focusing on:

  • To refresh basic anatomy and biomechanics related to posture
  • To identify the secondary complications resulting from poor posture
  • To provide a structure for “hands on” assessment of posture
  • To provide opportunity to assess the posture of a peer
  • To provide a framework for postural analysis and management
  • Equipment selection. What you need to consider and why.
  • Review of armchair seating
  • Review of shower chairs
  • Application of knowledge through clinical scenario’s

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Session Session Date Session Time Session Venue Map
1 26 March 2025 09:30 - 16:30 Kingswood Civic Centre Map
2 23 April 2025 09:30 - 13:00 Kingswood Civic Centre Map

Code: SGC/25/0162 Introduction to Mockingbird training: for new and existing staff in social care teams who would like to learn more about Mockingbird

Mockingbird has launched within the Fostering Service, here at South Glos. The Fostering Network are running ‘Introduction to Mockingbird’ sessions online.
All sessions are delivered by our experienced Mockingbird coaches and provide a great opportunity for attendees to learn all about Mockingbird and ask any questions they may have.
What does the session cover?
What is Mockingbird?
• The key fidelity of the model
• Key roles and responsibilities
• Impact of Mockingbird

Who can attend?
Introduction to Mockingbird sessions are available to services that are currently working with The Fostering Network to deliver Mockingbird and are open to both new and existing social workers and staff across children's services. Please feel free to extend the invitation to staff working in residential, adoption, SGOs as well as your managers, senior leaders, panel members and IROs etc. Essentially these sessions are open to any staff in your service who you feel will benefit from learning more about Mockingbird.

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1 26 March 2025 09:30 - 10:30 Microsoft TEAMS Map

Code: SGC/24/0287 Managing Challenging Conversations & Conflict Training (Children's & Adults Social Care)

To improve professional confidence of social care practitioners in Managing Challenging Conversations & Conflict Training to assist in successfully employing professional curiosity in a social care context.

Charges apply for non-South Glos Council staff
Cost: £103.50

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1 27 March 2025 09:30 - 16:30 Kingswood Civic Centre Map

Code: SGC/25/0048 Race Awareness for Managers, Senior Practitioners and Senior Social workers only

This course is for Managers, Senior Practitioners and Senior Social workers only

Those attending must have already completed the Race Awareness course beforehand.

  • Safe Space – to Share Current challenges
  • How to handle reports of Racism from employees?
  • Empathetic Listening skills
  • Radical Listening Skills
  • How to avoid Gas lighting
  • Pathways to support Internally
  • Empowering line managers to take action using their autonomy
  • Increased knowledge around internal Policies
  • Increased Knowledge of External Support
  • Understand what Self-Care is and its importance
  • 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


All staff will be offered support where needed by the trainer and the organisation

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1 27 March 2025 10:00 - 13:00 Kingswood Civic Centre Map

Code: SGC/25/0173 FCSG: Male Carers


This support group will be led by Chris Hill (Foster Carer Development and Training Officer) at:

We will try Yoga at - 
Discover Yoga Discover You
Yoga Studio
Goldney House-Ground Floor
59 Rounceval Street
Chipping Sodbury
Bristol
BS37 6AS

Any questions please call or Chris Hill on 07749003099 or email Chris.hill@southglos.gov.uk

The Purpose for the support groups

We realise that fostering can be difficult at times. Perhaps the only people who really understand it are other foster carers and so therefore we want to give you a place to meet up.

Although these will be informal meetings, sessions may have a brief agenda, attendance list, and agreed group rules. This is to help those who are new to supports groups and may feel awkward about coming along. 

Sometimes there will be speakers and topics as requested by the group, this will hopefully make it as relevant to you and fostering.

These sessions should be recorded on your Personal Development Plan (PDP)

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Session Session Date Session Time Session Venue Map
1 01 April 2025 18:45 - 21:00 TBC Map