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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.

Test your knowledge before you attend the training! (SGC employees only) https://www.ccinform.co.uk/knowledge-hubs/supported-learning-tools/ 
 
This one day course gives practitioners who are working with parents and their families practical appraoches, tools and resources to use directly with them. It will also give practitioners an insight into how parents are coping and feeling and it will explore effective ways to support them.

As a network we aim to be responsive to the needs of the group on an ongoing basis. In addition, each session will include a specific focus.

Each session will aim to include any current research and thinking and will provide you with opportunities to problem solve any issues you may be experiencing and share good practice through professional discussions with fellow practitioners.

As a network we aim to be responsive to the needs of the group on an ongoing basis. In addition, each session will include a specific focus.

Each session will aim to include any current research and thinking and will provide you with opportunities to problem solve any issues you may be experiencing and share good practice through professional discussions with fellow practitioners.

The Learning & Development team have developed a series of bitesize virtual courses for managers and employees to deal with the practical changes to working practices as we evolve from remote working at home to the introduction of hybrid working.

This webinar is for managers who are managing remotely and also for those moving into hybrid working from spring 2022.

In this session we will focus on: the key principles of managing remote and hybrid working, the challenges, benefits, and leadership traits of a remote / hybrid manager, how to support team members, and how to best use the technology available so that you can make remote and hybrid working a success.

This interactive and engaging webinar will be facilitated by Deb Parsons and Emma Ford.

Once you have requested a place on this webinar, you will be sent an MS Teams appointment with further information.

There is no formal pre-course work. However managers are encouraged to come to the session having thought about a challenge, conundrum or situation relevant to their team’s remote / hybrid working, that they would like to explore.

We embrace diversity and want to ensure that our sessions are fully inclusive for all. Please let us know any requirements or needs you have in relation to age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation or caring responsibilities that may be relevant to your participation in the session.

Please note that by booking this course you are giving permission for you email address to be sent to the trainer Helen Holly.


YOU WILL NEED TO ATTEND THE "RAISING SAFEGUARDING CONCERNS" (previously ALERTER) COURSE BEFORE YOU ATTEND THIS WORKSHOP.

Safeguarding Adults is a high priority aspect of the social/healthcare task. The role of a manager/practitioner in ensuring that staff respond appropriately to a safeguarding concern is vital. These staff also need to be confident about their own responsibilities in safeguarding adults, and responding appropriately to concerns about a person’s safety. This 1-day course will assist managers/supervisors, Social Workers/OTs and other practitioners including in healthcare be clear about their role, how Making Safeguarding Personal impacts on it, and how to make decisions about what to do next.

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.

Please click here to view and download the course handouts

This course offers practitioners a chance to develop their skills in the direct work that they may be doing. The training will give practitioners ideas that may enhance their practice and introduce them to practical ways of working with young people who are or maybe at risk of exploitation.

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.
• Please print any handouts attached to this event and bring them along with you to the session.

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This event is open to Children’s Social Care staff + Preventative Services staff only

The Practice Development Manager Team coordinate the social work master classes x4 yearly and good representation across each team in children’s services is required. We understand that some team members may need to be available for duty etc but we expect that the majority of staff prioritise attendance to these events.

On Thursday 8th September the third social work master class of 2022 will take place starting at 9.30am until 12pm. This will be a virtual event run by Katie Riches from University of Bristol to explore our approach to assessing parental capacity for change. There will be opportunities for questions and answers during the session.

This master class will first establish the importance of assessing parents’ capacity to change and then introduce the C-Change framework which aims to help with that assessment. It will be facilitated by Katie Riches, co-developer of the C-Change framework, who is based at the University of Bristol and who continues to research this fascinating subject.

In thinking about why social workers need to understand parents’ capacity for change we will briefly look at theory, research and guidance, before focusing in on the perspectives of parents. We will then explore the essential aspects of a C-Change assessment of parental capacity for change by applying it to a family, leaving you with some ideas and tools you can take back into daily practice. The master class is designed to be interactive and to encourage you to think about and explore this critical aspect of work with families.

The theme of this master class clearly links to the majority of the values which form our practice model for South Gloucestershire but especially:
-See Me, Hear Me, Keep Me Safe
-Enable support at the right time, in the right place, in the right way.

Please do not hesitate to contact Katie Middleton if you have any questions in relation to this master class or any other element of the communities of learning/ social work master class approach to learning.

What is it? This is a new dedicated Induction, Training and Support Group for Connected Carers, Including Special Guardians.

Why are we running it? We recognise that your situation is very different to that of main stream foster carers. The new role that you find yourself in now, is often not a pathway you may have planned on taking. Unlike foster carers, you are thrown in at the deep end without having had a course to prepare you for what lies ahead, and how ‘The System’ works. This course aims to do that as well as recognise the particular difficulties that you as ‘Kinship Carers’, whatever your role, face.

How will it run? There will be six sessions, each lasting approximately 2-2.5 hours, which will take place over the course of a year. It is hoped that you will attend all six, but as new carers arrive, they can join the programme at any stage.

The sessions will be led in the main by Social workers from our team. There will be light refreshment of tea and coffee provided at each session, but it would be rather nice if we could take it in turns to bring and share some food. The first session will be catered for, but we will discuss how this works for future sessions at the end of our first meeting. What will we cover? The programme will cost of the following topics: Working with the Department Transition of your role: delegated authority, divided loyalty, duties and responsibilities Attachment and Trauma Planning Contact ( Planning on Keeping in Touch) Connected Carers/Special Guardians sharing their experience: managing family dynamics, contact Safer Caring

Please click here to view and download the course handouts

Test your knowledge before you attend the training! (SGC employees only) https://www.ccinform.co.uk/knowledge-hubs/supported-learning-tools/.
 
This one day course gives practitioners who are working with parents and their families practical appraoches, tools and resources to use directly with them. It will also give practitioners an insight into how parents are coping and feeling and it will explore effective ways to support them.

Please click here to join the meeting
Meeting ID: 828 4646 0006
Passcode: 161408

Please note that by booking this course you are giving permission for you email address to be sent to the trainer.


YOU WILL NEED TO ATTEND THE "RAISING SAFEGUARDING CONCERNS" (previously ALERTER) COURSE BEFORE YOU ATTEND THIS WORKSHOP.

Safeguarding Adults is a high priority aspect of the social/healthcare task. The role of a manager/practitioner in ensuring that staff respond appropriately to a safeguarding concern is vital. These staff also need to be confident about their own responsibilities in safeguarding adults, and responding appropriately to concerns about a person’s safety. This 1-day course will assist managers/supervisors, Social Workers/OTs and other practitioners including in healthcare be clear about their role, how Making Safeguarding Personal impacts on it, and how to make decisions about what to do next.

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.