Training Courses

Building Online Courses; Using Teams

Date: 22/01/2021

Time: 09:30 - 12:30

Price (Voluntary Sector/Social Enterprise): £0.00

Price (Statutory/Business): £0.00

Please note: there are 3 sessions, to complete this course you should attend all 3 sessions. Full dates and times are below.

In these extraordinary times, there is more need than ever for community support. While some people are overstretched others have time to reflect and develop new skills. Converting face-to-face courses to online live versions is a great way to support our communities as well as provide resources for those with time to continue learning.

This course is designed to support tutors and trainers to convert their current material to a live online version or create new live online courses.
By the end of this course you will be able to:

1. Discover engagement features and techniques for live online courses.
2. Explore “engagement activities” that will suit your audience.
3. Identify and use technology to support live and digital homework assignments.
4.Cover Online risk assessment guidelines

Please attend 22nd, 29th Jan and 5th Feb - 9:30 - 12:30
This course will be held online using Teams
This course is free to attend, however if you cancel your place within 2 weeks or fail to attend all the sessions, you will be charged £50 for your place.

Effective Interview Skills

Date: 26/01/2021

Time: 10:00 - 12:30

Price: Free

This is a 4 day course on Tuesday's and Thursday's on 26th 28th January and 2nd 4th February 2021 (You are required to attend all 4 sessions)
On completion of the course, you will be able to:
*Discuss best practice for effective interviews online and in person
*Develop communication and interpersonal skills
*Identify skills required for effective listening 
*Discuss the importance of body language in communication
*Identify strategies for overcoming nerves 
*List the different types of questions asked at interview

The Trusted Trustee - essential training for new Trustees

Date: 26/01/2021

Time: 18:00 - 21:00

Price (Voluntary Sector/Social Enterprise): £0.00

Price (Statutory/Business): £0.00

The Trusted Trustee

If you have been appointed as a Trustee, or are considering joining an organisation in this role, you have agreed to take on an important role. Find out your role and responsibilities, and consider the questions that you should be raising as a dedicated, diligent Trustee.

By the end of The Trusted Trustee course, individual participants will be able to:

* identify the responsibilities they have as trustees
* understand the basics from their introduction to charity law and roles within a voluntary organisation
* understand the appropriate reference guides to consult to confirm their understanding
By the end of The Trusted Trustee course, participants will be able to:
* State what a charity is
* Discover the purpose of Trustees
* Identify individual Trustee’s responsibilities and accountability
* Consider relevant fundamentals of charity law
* Develop an overview of good governance & practice
* Understand the optimal behaviours for a Trustee
* Familiarise themselves with their charity’s governing documents and be able to reflect back on its efficacy (homework for intervening time between Part 1 and Part 2)

Tuesday 26th January and Tuesday 9th February 2021
18:00 – 21:00 both days (please attend both sessions)
The training is free to attend, but if you cancel your place or fail to show then you will be charged £50 as we cannot subsidise your place.
Delivered online via Zoom.

Emotional Intelligence and Resilience

Date: 01/02/2021

Time: 10:00 - 12:30

Price: Free

This is a 4 day course on Monday's and Wednesday's on 1st, 3rd, 8th and 10th February 2021 (You are required to attend all 4 sessions)
On completion of the course, you will be able to:
*Recognise what emotional intelligence is and ways to achieve it.
*Explore your own self-awareness
*Analyse and challenge ways of thinking to practice changing negatives into positives
*Identify your concerns and realize what we can and cannot control
*Explore strategies for increasing assertiveness and decision making
*Develop confidence for coping with change
*Identify tips to help motivate and inspire you to stretch your boundaries, take on and overcome challenges

PIMAC Training - Psychologically Informed Management of Aggression and Challenging Behaviour - Conflict Resolution and De-escalation

Date: 02/02/2021

Time: 10:00 - 12:30

Price (Voluntary Sector/Social Enterprise): £55.00

Price (Statutory/Business): £55.00

Background
Working with vulnerable people often presents challenging behaviour and difficult scenarios. Front line organisations are likely to come face-to-face with decisions that can call into question your professional boundaries and personal safety.
This training course aims to understand the causes of challenging, aggressive and possibly violent behaviour. To enable staff to recognise escalating behaviour and to equip them with the skills to deal with difficult people and de-escalate aggression or
potential conflict.
This course has been developed in partnership with a team of Psychologists at St Basils (Birmingham), who became one of the first Psychologically Informed Environmental companies PIE’s in 2011, in recognition of their therapeutic approach to homeless young people many of whom were increasingly struggling with mental health problems, had experience of trauma and abuse and presented with challenging behaviours

Who is this course for?
This course is suitable for frontline staff, managers and anyone working directly with clients within care/support setting.
A mixture of training methods is used on this course. You will explore typical problems faced by professionals that work with vulnerable people, such as the tendency to attribute “blame” on to others and resistance to pro-activity. The blend of
approaches is designed to ensure that you will gain insights that are of immediate and practical use in your everyday work setting.

Delivery Method
This training series will be delivered as Virtual Training Webinars via ZOOM
It will incorporate three Bitesize courses (2 ½ hrs duration each).

Session 1 (2nd Feb): This course will
• Define complex needs, its presenting problems and how it links to behaviour
• Define aggression and understand its causes
• Introduction to trauma and understanding the emotional and psychological triggers that lead to aggression
• Recognise physical and non-physical aggression
• Define passive aggression and how it presents itself
• Creating a PIE (Psychologically Informed Environment) in order the reduce confrontations
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Session 2 (9th Feb)
• Identify situations that could escalate and take appropriate preventative
action, including identifying flash points and triggers
• Learning to be aware of your own response and how that impacts situations
• Learn a simple model to mitigate or avoid risks using dynamic risk
assessments (PETTS Model)
• Identify and demonstrate effective body language, assertiveness and
communication techniques
• Develop critical decision-making skills and use of professional boundaries
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Session 3 (16th Feb)
• Practical Skills to directly deal with and manage aggression, abuse and
threatening behaviour. We will walk through the Top Tips of De-escalation.
• Explore a range of conflict scenarios and how to mitigate risk
• Be clear on ORGANISATIONS policies and procedures and be confident in
reporting incidents and near misses
• Help you to recognise your own emotional needs and how to access support
• Discuss best practice in information sharing and recording when managing
and minimising risk
• Review/ Reflective practice

Attend one session: £55pp
Attend two sessions: £100pp
Attend all three sessions: £130pp

Take Two - Mindfulness - Relax your Mind and Slow Your Thoughts

Date: 16/02/2021

Time: 10:00 - 12:00

Price (Voluntary Sector/Social Enterprise): £20.00

Price (Statutory/Business): £20.00

Join us for a Take Two session* This course will give you the chance to look at mindfulness and building a mindful moment into your day with exercises you can try to relieve stress, calm your thoughts and feel less anxious.

Our Take Two Sessions give you the chance to attend a short one-off online workshop.
*Low cost
*Variety of topics covered
*Short but packed full of activities
*Things you can try in your own time

Take Two - Positive Thinking - Turning Negative into Positive

Date: 18/02/2021

Time: 10:00 - 12:00

Price (Voluntary Sector/Social Enterprise): £20.00

Price (Statutory/Business): £20.00

Join us for a Take Two session* This course will give you the chance to review how you think and give you tips to re-think, reframe and take action to negative thoughts. By the end of this session, you will have tried and considered several ways to think more positively.

Our Take Two Sessions give you the chance to attend a short one-off online workshop.
*Low cost
*Variety of topics covered
*Short but packed full of activities
*Things you can try in your own time

Take Two - What To Do When You Have No Motivation

Date: 24/02/2021

Time: 10:00 - 12:00

Price (Voluntary Sector/Social Enterprise): £20.00

Price (Statutory/Business): £20.00

Join us for a Take Two session* This course will give you tips and activities to re-engage your mind and body to feel more energised and kick start a 'good day'

Our Take Two Sessions give you the chance to attend a short one-off online workshop.
*Low cost
*Variety of topics covered
*Short but packed full of activities
*Things you can try in your own time

Take Two - - Time Management - When people are taking up too much of your time (dealing with demands)

Date: 24/02/2021

Time: 09:30 - 11:30

Price (Voluntary Sector/Social Enterprise): £20.00

Price (Statutory/Business): £20.00

This course will give you the chance to review how you deal with the demands that other have for your time.
You will consider strategies for dealing with people who take up a lot of your time and ways of negotiating and saying “no”.

Our Take Two Sessions give you the chance to attend a short one-off online workshop.
*Low cost
*Variety of topics covered
*Short but packed full of activities
*Things you can try in your own time

Take Two - Time Management - Working smarter not harder (efficient systems for routine tasks)

Date: 26/02/2021

Time: 09:30 - 11:30

Price (Voluntary Sector/Social Enterprise): £20.00

Price (Statutory/Business): £20.00

This course will give you the chance to review how you organise your workloads. You will consider systems for managing your time effectively so that you achieve tasks with maximum efficiency. By the end of this short session you will have planning tools and strategies that you can put in place.

Our Take Two Sessions give you the chance to attend a short one-off online workshop.
*Low cost
*Variety of topics covered
*Short but packed full of activities
*Things you can try in your own time

Take Two - How to cope with Zoom fatigue

Date: 02/03/2021

Time: 10:00 - 12:00

Price (Voluntary Sector/Social Enterprise): £20.00

Price (Statutory/Business): £20.00

Join us for a Take Two session* We're meeting more online now, and because it is so easy, we are finding we are meeting more often. But its tiring. Find out how to keep energised, motivated and engaged in your meetings with activities that will keep you from feeling zoomed-out.

Our Take Two Sessions give you the chance to attend a short one-off online workshop.
*Low cost
*Variety of topics covered
*Short but packed full of activities
*Things you can try in your own time

Take Two - Time Management - Prioritising conflicting and challenging workloads

Date: 04/03/2021

Time: 09:30 - 11:30

Price (Voluntary Sector/Social Enterprise): £20.00

Price (Statutory/Business): £20.00

This course will give you the chance to review how you prioritise your workloads and consider proven ways of managing challenging workloads. You will consider importance of tasks and explore ways to balance your time and achieve your objectives.

Our Take Two Sessions give you the chance to attend a short one-off online workshop.
*Low cost
*Variety of topics covered
*Short but packed full of activities
*Things you can try in your own time

Take Two - How to instantly lift your mood

Date: 09/03/2021

Time: 10:00 - 12:00

Price (Voluntary Sector/Social Enterprise): £20.00

Price (Statutory/Business): £20.00

Join us for a Take Two session* This course will give you tools to use in those situations where you feel low and lack interest or motivation to prepare you to take on the challenge and refresh your mood.

Our Take Two Sessions give you the chance to attend a short one-off online workshop.
*Low cost
*Variety of topics covered
*Short but packed full of activities
*Things you can try in your own time

Take Two - Managing Change - Systemic approaches to managing change

Date: 10/03/2021

Time: 09:30 - 11:30

Price (Voluntary Sector/Social Enterprise): £20.00

Price (Statutory/Business): £20.00

This course will give you the chance to review how you currently manage change. You will consider proven systematic approaches to change and explore how you can use these to manage change efficiently and effectively.

Our Take Two Sessions give you the chance to attend a short one-off online workshop.
*Low cost
*Variety of topics covered
*Short but packed full of activities
*Things you can try in your own time

Take Two - Managing Change - Dealing with an emotional response to change

Date: 19/03/2021

Time: 09:30 - 11:30

Price (Voluntary Sector/Social Enterprise): £20.00

Price (Statutory/Business): £20.00

This course will give you the chance to review how you react to and deal with change. You will explore emotional responses to change and ways of anticipating and overcoming resistance to change.

Our Take Two Sessions give you the chance to attend a short one-off online workshop.
*Low cost
*Variety of topics covered
*Short but packed full of activities
*Things you can try in your own time