Essex Social Care Academy Family Operatios Traiig Programme 2014/15
ESCA Traiig Programme 2014/15 Cotets Welcome to ESCA Quality Assurace Framework Accessibility ad special requiremets, No-attedace ad Cacellatio Policy How to book o traiig Family Operatios Iductio 8 Course details Iductio Guide Iductio Matrix ASYE 10 Course details Masters Modules 12 Masters Level Post Qualifyig Traiig Social Care Traiig 15 Cotets page Course details E-Learig Traiig 40 Overview of E-Learig Traiig Cotets Course details Residetial Traiig 74 Cotets page Course details Fosterig Traiig 83 Cotets page Course details Workig Together Traiig 111 Cotets page Course details Social Care courses ope to exteral orgaisatios 123 Cotets page ESCA Library & ESCB Board 126 ESCA Library Overview ESCB Overview 2
ESCA Traiig Programme 2014-2015 Welcome to the NEW 2014-2015 Essex Social Care Academy Traiig Programme, this programme is available to social care staff, Foster Carers' ad professioals from other agecies. The Essex Social Care Academy s visio is to provide a framework which promotes ad eables a professioal learig culture, improvig professioal excellece ad drivig up stadards to deliver high quality practice. I order to achieve this we are cotiually improvig the stadard of our traiig programme. Eablig the workforce to have a clear uderstadig of what is available for persoal ad professioal developmet. We have worked hard to esure our traiig programme is clearly mapped agaist other Cotiuig Professioal Developmet activities ad as such are workig o likig all our courses to the Professioal Capabilities Framework ad implemetig our developig CPD strategy. The schedule, which is to be used i cojuctio with this brochure, provides a list of all the courses curretly beig offered i the ESCA Traiig Programme ad the dates they are available throughout the year. We have a joied-up approach to traiig with our colleagues i Adults Commissioig. This meas that all class room based, exterally procured programmes are doe so via the Essex Brokerage. The Essex Brokerage method esures that the quality of traiig is drive towards improvig stadards, ad that traiers are accoutable for what they deliver to you based o learig outcomes ad impact of traiig delivered. We are also cotiuig to develop a secod, bleded learig offerig. This is a pick ad mix of differet learig itervetios. This offers a flexible approach to idividuals offerig a work life balaced method, whilst uderstadig that ot everyoe lears best i a class room eviromet. Both elemets of the programme will be updated o a regular basis to icorporate ewly commissioed traiig ad other bleded learig offerigs, such as e-learig. Our overarchig aim is to esure that what we deliver to you is more focused i particular to outcomes ad liks, both to atioal ad ECC objectives for Family Operatios, such as recommedatios from Ofsted ispectios ad Social Work Reform Board. We are also workig i partership with our Learig ad Developmet colleagues across ECC to esure you gai maximum exposure to what is available. Your views ad feedback are essetial as we cotiue o our jourey of chage, evolvig the programme to be fit for a ew world of work. Mady Nightigale Head of Workforce Learig ad Developmet ESCA Childre 3
Essex Social Care Academy Quality Assurace Framework 2014-15 Backgroud The quality assurace framework has bee put i place by ESCA to moitor the quality of the traiig evets delivered as part of cotracts agreed betwee ESCA/Essex Brokerage ad providers of services delivered from September 2013 owards. The framework is ow fully embedded ad will cotiue idefiitely, or util further review. The framework was rolled out across the ESCA traiig programmes ad evets for Family Operatios from 1st September 2013, ad will be rolled out across the Fosterig, Residetial traiig programme ad the Workig Together traiig programme from April 2014. The Approach There are three steps to our framework which are as follows: Observatio Evaluatio Surveys Impact Assessmet Surveys Observatio ESCA Team members will observe courses across the programme or alteratively request feedback from delegates via a phoe call which takes place followig their attedace at the traiig evet. If you have bee chose to become a mystery shopper for oe of our courses we will call you up a day prior to the course for your agreemet. Evaluatio Forms At the ed of the traiig evet traiers will had out a evaluatio forms to delegates to complete. Impact Assessmet Surveys Delegates are required, four weeks after attedace at a traiig evet, to complete a impact assessmet survey which assesses the impact that the traiig evet has had o their practice ad the outcomes for their cliets. Delegates will be required to complete the survey withi a two week timeframe. Certificates will oly be issued upo completio. 4
Accessibility ad special requiremets Please let us kow whe you book whether you have ay special requiremets to make your course attedace easier. May of our veues are fully accessible, ad we will do our very best to esure wheelchair access, provide larger copies of the had-outs, or fid rooms with iductio loops. The more otice we have, the more likely we are to be able to meet your eeds, so please let us kow at time of bookig. No attedace If a delegate should tur up late they may be tured away by the traier so please allow plety of time to get to the veue. If you fid that you are uable to atted o the day of the traiig, please otify the relevat learig & developmet departmet (details will be o your cofirmatio e-mail) ad follow-up the call with a email (copyig i your lie maager/supervisig social worker) providig full details. Cacellatio policy Due to the high demad for courses there is a expectatio that you will atted. If you are uable to atted, please give as much otice as possible to eable the team to offer the space to aother delegate. 5
Family Operatios Iductio: How to book o traiig You will be ivited to atted the Iductio by the ESCA Team. Please email ESCA.scf@essex.gov.uk if you have ot received a ivitatio. ASYE: You will automatically be erolled oto these workshops followig your registratio. Social Care Traiig: Please email the Essex Brokerage service with the courses you wish to atted to MailEssex.BrokerageService@essex.gov.uk. They will aim to respod with a ackowledgemet withi 24 hours. Joiig istructios will be received two workig weeks prior to the course date. E-Learig Traiig: Please complete a applicatio form statig the required course ad email to fosterig.traiig@ essex.gov.uk Followig allocatio of a licece, you will receive a email from AKAMAS AutoMailer (automailer@ akmas.co.uk) or ProTraiigs (support@protraiigs.eu), detailig your logi details, PIN ad password to access the course. Residetial Traiig: To book places please cotact your Homes Maager or traiig lead who will forward your details to ESCA esca.scf@essex.gov.uk Fosterig Traiig: Classroom, Olie or Distace Learig courses ca be booked by completig a applicatio form i full (must iclude emergecy phoe umber). Please the sed the form to us by post to Family Operatio Workforce Developmet (ESCA) Foster Carers, E2 Couty Hall, Market Road, Chelmsford, CM1 2QH or by email to fosterig.traiig@essex.gov.uk Workig Together Traiig: Idetify a suitable course or workshop ad complete the bookig form. Oce completed, siged ad approved by your Lie Maager, submit the form either by post to Essex Couty Coucil, Family Operatios Workforce Learig & Developmet Team, ESCA - Workig Together, E2 Couty Hall, PO Box 47, Chelmsford, Essex. CM1 1QH or email to https://ecclms.co.uk/goecclms.asp. If the applicatio is set via email please esure your Lie Maager submits the form from their email accout ESCA expects ay course bookigs reflects the idividuals persoal developmet pla. 6
Social Care Courses ope to Exteral Orgaisatios Courses ope to exteded orgaisatios are idetified withi the traiig programme. To apply, please complete oe bookig form per course, per perso ad retur to the email or postal address below. Cofirmatio of your place ad joiig istructios will be emailed out withi 2 workig weeks of the course date by Essex Brokerage services. If you do ot receive joiig istructios, this idicates a place has ot bee secured. Fosterig courses ca be accessed by Fosterig agecies, local authorisatios etc. ad equiries ca be made via this bookig form to the email address right. Please retur your completed bookig form to the applicable address: For Parter Agecies retur to: Essex Couty Coucil Essex Brokerage Services A8 Couty Hall Market Road Chelmsford Essex CM1 1QH email MailEssex.BrokerageServices@essex.gov.uk Fosterig Traiig retur to: Essex Couty Coucil Fosterig Traiig Team E2 Couty Hall Market Road Chelmsford Essex CM1 1QH email: fosterig.traiig@essex.gov.uk Course Schedule: http://i-et.essexcc.gov.uk/vip8/itraet/inet/cotet/biaries/documets/ CourseSchedule20142015.xls Please see the above lik for all Family Operatios course dates available. 7
Family Operatios Iductio >>
Family Operatios Iductio To give you a itroductio to Family Operatios, which parters we work with, your role withi it ad how you will be supported i your learig ad developmet. Who should atted: All ew starters withi Family Operatios Learig objectives: By the ed of the sessio you will have a awareess ad uderstadig of The Visio of Family Operatios Structure of Family Operatios Ways of Workig Roles ad Resposibilities Essex Social Care Academy (ESCA) Professioal Capabilities Framework (PCF) Learig ad developmet opportuities Timigs: Timig is ½ day Delivered by : Director for Local Delivery Service Maager Represetatives from Health, Police ad Schools A member of ESCA Family Operatios, Workforce Developmet Iductio Guide This is a guide which gives you iformatio you will eed for your first few weeks. It gives importat liks ad cotacts to help you settle ito your ew role. Iductio Matrix This is a step by step matrix of what learig ad developmet you may access i your first week, moth, six moths ad year i your role. You will eed to work through this with your maager/ supervisor to esure it meets your developmet pla as part of My Performace. 9
ASYE Programme >>
ASYE Programme To provide NQSW s with protected time ad a supportive eviromet i which to udertake developmet activities to facilitate completio of their ASYE. Who should atted: NQSW s Learig objectives: To summarise the ASYE programme ad support NQSW s i uderstadig the social work role ad beig able to practice effectively. To use strategies to eable NQSW s to utilise reflective supervisio ad actio learig models. To be able to recogise how to gather evidece to support the PCF capabilities. To preset iformatio regardig differet aspects of the service which raise awareess ad uder stadig of the fuctios of the service. To produce a space where participats ca lear ad beefit from peer support. Timigs: Workshops are 9:30am 4:30pm Traier: Ja Williams 11
Masters modules >>
Masters Level Post Qualifyig Traiig Followig o from the recommedatios of the Social Work Reform Board ad the disbadig of the GSCC, the Social Work Post Qualifyig Framework has bee replaced with Cotiuous Professioal Developmet based o modular masters level academic programmes. These programmes replace all previous qualificatios such as PQ1, Cosolidatio, Specialist Award, Higher Specialist Award etc. The curret modular approach allows social workers to udertake post qualifyig traiig at a pace which is more maageable alogside practice. We are curretly workig with a umber of Higher Educatio Istitutios to develop the rage of programmes available but our mai parters at preset are Uiversity of Bedfordshire, Ket ad The Uiversity of East Aglia with a rage of practice based modules ad practice educatio programmes The Practice Educatio Programme is accessed via maager omiatio oce a year aroud July. The remaiig modules are advertised service wide o a module by module basis. Each of the UEA modules is 20 Masters level credits ad ru for six moths. The Ket Assessmet module is 20 credits ad rus for 10 weeks. Bedfordshire modules are 15 credits. Credits obtaied through these programmes ca be used to work towards a rage of academic qualificatios. These are Post Graduate Certificate (60 credits) Post Graduate Diploma (120 credits) ad Masters (180 credits). I geeral credits ca be used for up to five years to achieve oe of these awards ad credits ca be trasferred betwee differet HEI s. The followig page sets out the modules that will be offered i 2014/15 with the eligibility criteria ad target audiece. Please do ot attempt to apply for these modules util they are formally advertised. If you would like ay further iformatio regardig post qualifyig academic courses. Please cotact us via email at ESCA.scf@essex.gov.uk 13
Module Title HEI Credits Available Numbers Target & Audiece Child Placemet UEA 20 April 2014 20 CIC, LAC, Fosterig & Adoptio Protectig Childre, UEA 20 April 2014 20 FS&P, DBIT, Family Sol, Supportig Families CWD New Perspectives Ket 20 April 2014 20 All - Particularly those o Assessmet i A&I Youg People, Youth Beds 15 July 2014 20 YOTS, CIC, LAC Gags & Group Offedig Sexual Exploitatio Beds 15 Sept 2014 20 All - Particularly those of Childre & i CIC & LAC Youg People Child Developmet UEA 20 Oct 2014 20 All - Particularly those who have recetly completed ASYE Domestic Violece Beds 15 Ja 2015 20 All - Particularly A&I & Abuse ad Fs&P Eligibility Criteria 1) Applicats must have a miimum of oe year post qualifyig experiece 2) Applicats who have bee fuded but ot completed modules (without exteuatig circumstaces) i the last two years will ot be eligible 3) Oly permaet employees may apply ad must sig a learig agreemet 4) Oe cadidate per team will be sposored iitially by team maager omiatio i the evet that more tha oe applies 5) Applicats from targeted teams will be prioritised 6) Applicats who require additioal credits to achieve a PQ award withi a specified timeframe will be prioritised. I the evet that after applyig these criteria, there is still over subscriptio, this will be referred to seior maagemet to determie allocatio of places. 14
Social Care Traiig >>
Classroom Based Traiig Family Operatios Professioal Capabilities Framework for Social Workers Professioalism Values & Ethics Diversity Rights, Justice & Ecoomic Wellbeig Kowledge EXPERIENCED SOCIAL WORKER SOCIAL WORKER STRATEGIC SOCIAL WORK EDUCATOR PRINCIPAL SOCIAL WORKER Ed of last placemet Ed of frst placemet Readiess for direct practice Etry to qualifyig programmes ASSESSED & SUPPORTED YEAR IN EMPLOYMENT (ASYE) { Critical Refectio & Aalysis PROFESSIONAL SOCIAL WORK EDUCATOR ADVANCED SOCIAL WORK PRACTITIONER SOCIAL WORK QUALIFYING PROGRAMMES STRATEGIC SOCIAL WORK MANAGER SOCIAL WORK MANAGER Itervetio & Skills HCPC Stadards of Coduct, Performace & Ethics; Proficiecy ad CPD Cotext & Orgaisatios Professioal Leadership Professioalism Chroologies Effective Case Recordig Gettig it Write Values ad Ethics Childres Rights ad Advocacy Iformatio Goverace Diversity A World of Differece; Workig Effectively with Diversity Supportig Asylum Seekig Families ad Youg People Workig with Fathers ad Male Carers Critical Reflectio ad Aalysis Assessmet, Reflectio ad Aalysis Systemic Practice for Seior Practitioers Itervetio ad Skills Achievig Best Evidece Direct Work ad Commuicatig with Childre ad Youg People Solutio Focussed Practice ad Stregths Based Approach The Road to Resiliece: Creatig Idepedece i Families Workig Together; the Social Worker s Role i Child Protectio Workig with Resistace ad Coflict: Mediatio ad Motivatioal Iterviewig Techiques 16
Rights/Justice Advaced Court Skills Court Skills Law for Social Workers: Huma Rights, PLO ad Legal Priciples i Social Work Cotext ad Orgaisatios Joit Traiig with Parter Agecies Professioal Leadership Systemic Leadership ad Maagemet Systemic Supervisio Kowledge ADAM Project Bereavemet ad Loss Creatig Chage: Respodig to Neglect ad Emotioal Abuse Impact of Domestic Abuse Neuro-Sciece, Brai Developmet ad Impact of Childhood Metal Health Cocers Parets ad Carers with Metal Health Cocers Perpetrators ad Victims: Child Sexual Abuse Safeguardig Childre with the Iteret, Social Media ad Mobile Phoes Self-Harmig Sexual Exploitatio ad Child Traffickig Classroom Based Traiig - Targeted ad Bespoke CIC/ Leavig ad Aftercare Rights ad Etitlemets of Youg People i Care ad Leavig Care Pathway Plaig Life Story Book Child Permaecy Report Traiig Preparatio for Adult Life Age Assessmet Traiig for CIC Specialist 0-25 Service Sleep Assessmet MAKATON TBC Bookig: All Classroom Based Traiig dates are available o the accompayig traiig schedule, if you wish to book a place o ay of these dates it must be booked via the Essex Brokerage Service. E-mail: mailessex.brokerageservice@essex.gov.uk You will receive a bookig cofirmatio email ad 7 days prior to the course joiig istructios. 17
Multi Agecy / Partership For the 2014/15 learig ad developmet brochure we are; for the first time, opeig up some of our traiig courses for parter agecies who specifically work with childre ad / or their families. This may be relevat where a family s eeds have bee idetified as upper Level 3 ad Level 4 of the Effective Support Widscree. You will see o each course descriptio who the course is available to: Examples of role could be: Health: School Nurse Named Nurse Desigated Nurse Health Visitor / Midwives Educatio: Pastoral Officers/ Maager Child Protectio Officer Childre i Care Officer Educatio Welfare Officer Volutary: Childre ad Families Services Metal Health (Childres) Sexual Abuse Services (Childres) This is ot a exhaustive list, please email Jea Simmos jea.simmos@essex.gov.uk to discuss your orgaisatio ad cotiuous professioal developmet. 18
Chroologies The traiig is iteded to provide the tools to up-skill workers i completig cohesive, relevat ad fit-for-purpose chroologies as part of their case files, i order to improve the welfare ad outcomes of their customers. Who should atted? Qualified Social Workers ad Alteratively Qualified, Seior Practitioers, Team Maagers This course may also be relevat for the followig parter agecies Educatioal Providers, Health Professioals ad Professioals who hold cases which are ivolved with Social Care at levels 3 & 4 Learig objectives: How to write a effective, cocise ad relevat chroology What iformatio to iclude i a chroology ad what legth it should be Why chroologies are importat Chroologies usig ICS Traier: Do the Write Thig Timigs: ½ day Effective Case Recordig Gettig it Write To provide staff with the kowledge ad skills to fulfil the statutory expectatio that childre are ot oly see by professioals as part of the assessmet process, but that their views are recorded. To eable social workers to make soud judgemets about what eeds to be recorded ad what does ot. It is skills based, ad complemetary to ICS traiig. Who should atted? Qualified Social Workers ad Alteratively Qualified, Seior Practitioers, Team Maagers Learig objectives: Learig what actually costitutes the record i childre's social services ad what the record should cotai for childre ad youg people who have differet levels ad types of eed Ehace kowledge of the legal/legislative framework for recordig i childre's social services Which iformatio is relevat ad importat, ad how to record effective summaries The commo pitfalls i recordig for practitioers, ad suggestios for how these ca be avoided Threadig the priciples of equality ad diversity through recordig Recordig styles ad techiques Plaig ad time maagemet Traier: Do the Write Thig Timigs:1 Day - 9:30-4:30 19
Law for Social Workers: Huma Rights, The Childre Act ad The PLO The aim of this traiig is to provide practitioers with a ehaced uderstadig of Legal & Policy Frameworks i Childre s Social Care icludig Huma Rights. Who should atted? Qualified Social Workers ad Alteratively Qualified, Seior Practitioers, Team Maagers This course may also be relevat for the followig parter agecies Health Professioals ad Police Learig objectives: Allow delegates to uderstad the legal framework ad ethics of social work practice Huma rights ad Equality law The priciples ad purposes of the Childre Act A overview of the public law outlie The implicatios of the reforms i the Childre ad Families Bill ad other chages arisig from the Family Justice Review The impact of chages to legal aid Recet case law ad guidace Traier: Kigsley Kight Timigs: 2 days 9:30-4:30 A World of Differece; Workig Effectively with Diversity The course aims to eable attedees to develop a cultural competece that allows them to iteract effectively with persos from differet cultural/ethic backgrouds. It will provide attedees with the uderstadig of diversity ad ethicity ad how this relates to Childre s Social Care. Who should atted? Qualified Social Workers ad Alteratively Qualified, Seior Practitioers, Team Maagers This course may also be relevat for the followig parter agecies Educatioal Providers, Childre Cetre (Maagers), Equality Named Co-Ordiators (ENCO), Youth Workers ad Health Professioals Learig objectives: A overview of ethic miority commuities i Britai ad the challeges they face A geeral uderstadig of what diversity meas ad about differet cultural practices A uderstadig of how ethic, cultural ad religious idetity relates to social work ad ca be threaded through assessmets A approach to safeguardig which respects diversity ad differece but esures that all childre are equally safeguarded regardless of differece Trascedig racial prejudice ad laguage barriers i order to egage with childre ad families Traier: Elect Partership Timigs: 1 day - 9:30-4:30 20
ADAM Project for Attachmet Provide staff with the skills to uderstad complex eeds of childre ad families ad udertake assessmets preseted iformatio i a variety of forums. Who should atted? Qualified Social Workers ad Alteratively Qualified, Seior Practitioers, Team Maagers Learig objectives: Uderstadig the meaig ad sigificace of disorgaised attachmet behaviour ad why it is a strog predictor for child maltreatmet Familiarity with ew techiques for assessig why some parets who are thought to be high-risk go o to abuse a child, whereas others do ot Learig about the cotributio of three key mediatig factors to our uderstadig of child abuse; uresolved early trauma/loss ad paretal disassociatio; discoected ad isesitive paretig; low paretal metallisatio ad reflective fuctio Toolkit of measures to assess the above Awareess of euro-biological ad geetic explaatios Cosider which itervetios work best Cofidece i presetig assessmets at court or other decisio-makig forums Traier: David Shemmigs Timigs: 2 Days - 9:30-4:30 Bereavemet ad Loss The traiig is iteded to icrease workers to be cofidet i workig with childre ad families who have experieced bereavemet ad loss, ad to help them improve their practice i order to improve the welfare ad outcomes of these customers. Who should atted? Qualified Social Workers ad Alteratively Qualified, Seior Practitioers, Team Maagers This course may also be relevat for the followig parter agecies Educatioal Providers, Health Professioals, Youth Workers ad Volutary orgaisatios who are workig with issues surroudig bereavemet ad loss Learig objectives: Improved uderstadig of the issues surroudig losses ad resposes to loss experieced by childre How loss ad bereavemet ca affect child developmet ad attachmet, ad how a child s stages of developmet ad attachmet ca affect their copig with bereavemet ad loss Review curret theories of childhood bereavemet ad their implicatios for practice Workig with bereaved families ad childre ad methods for supportig them Traier: Sally Bolto Timigs: 1 Day 9:30-4:30 21
Assessmet, Reflectio & Aalysis The traiig is iteded to up-skill workers to carry out high quality ad appropriate assessmets of childre ad families, i order to improve their welfare ad outcomes. The traiig should be uderpied by the Essex Child & Family Sigle Assessmet Framework, which is curretly beig implemeted across Family Operatios. Who should atted? Qualified Social Workers ad Alteratively Qualified, Seior Practitioers, Team Maagers. Learig objectives: To uderstad the purpose of assessmets uder Sectio 17 ad Sectio 47 To use a staged research based model which follows through a assessmet from iformatio gatherig through to aalysis ad decisio makig To uderstad the importace of reflectig upo the iformatio gathered from the child, family ad professioals i order to uderstad what is happeig withi the family To help give staff cofidece to digest iformatio collected i iitial ad core assessmets i order to assess the safety ad well-beig of the child Developig basic assessmet skills, icludig egagig the family i the assessmet process, ad workig i partership with families through the assessmet Udertakig the assessmet, usig aalytical questios to gather iformatio about the child, the capacity of the parets to meet the developmetal eeds of the child withi the family ad evirometal cotext, drawig o messages from research ad SCRs drawig o Maria Brado s (2002) model Esurig that the lived experiece of the child is captured ad evideced i the assessmet Usig a Sigs of Safety model for egagig families i the assessmet process ad focusig o buildig relatioship skills (Muro 2011) Focusig o assessmet skills with parets ad talkig to parets about the eeds of the child ad the risks usig role play Assessig complex risk usig messages from research ad iquiries, with a particular focus o beig risk sesible ad usig judgmet ad balace (Muro 2011) Uderstadig diversity ad the impact of faith ad culture o the assessmet process, ad talkig to families from diverse commuities, particularly about the place of faith ad culture i their family ad their paretig. Beig alert to faith ad culture i aalysis ad decisio makig ad lookig aalytically at the impact of this Developig critical thikig skills ad tools for aalysis of iformatio which model curiosity i supervisio with the aim of developig curiosity i practitioers Traier: Melaie Phillips Timigs: 3 Days 9:30-4:30 - (split i to 2 days with a follow-up 1 day) 22
The Road to Resiliece; Creatig Idepedece i Families The traiig is iteded to up-skill workers to be cofidet i developig resiliece ad idepedece i families, ad to help them improve their practice i order to improve the welfare ad outcomes of childre ad youg people. Who should atted? Qualified Social Workers ad Alteratively Qualified, Seior Practitioers, Team Maagers This course may also be relevat for the followig parter agecies Educatioal Providers, Health Professioals, Childre Cetre s (Outreach workers) ad Family based Volutary orgaisatios Learig objectives: Workig with families o buildig their resistace ad idepedece How to help childre ad families employ copig mechaisms for difficult situatios Challegig egative self-talk ad helpig childre develop positive but realistic outlooks Helpig families ad childre to stregthe their emotioal wellbeig ad lookig at practical ways i which practitioers ca work to reduce the impact of risk factors How to help childre build a secure base ad develop copig strategies to deal with the difficulties ad threats they face Traier: Sally Bolto Timigs: 1 Day 9:30-4:30 Self-Harmig The course aims to help participats to work effectively ad appropriately with youg people who self harm or who may be at risk of self harm. The course looks at what to do i these situatios ad givig guidace. Who should atted? Qualified Social Workers ad Alteratively Qualified, Seior Practitioers, Team Maagers This course may also be relevat for the followig parter agecies Educatioal Providers, Health Professioals ad Volutary orgaisatios who are workig withi this area of specialism Learig objectives: Have a better uderstadig of self-harm from a variety of perspectives ad be able to respod better to youg people who self-harm Examie the differece betwee self-harm, suicide ad attempted suicide Examie youg people s experieces ad why they may self-harm Assessig ad maagig the risk preseted by self-harm Uderstad the cocept of harm miimizatio ad be better able to explore alteratives to self harm withi the cotext of their role. Traier: Sally Bolto Timigs: 1 Day 9:30-4:30 23
Perpetrators ad Victims: Child Sexual Abuse The traiig is iteded to provide staff with specific kowledge ad skills to be cofidet i workig with both the perpetrators ad victims of child sexual abuse, ad to help them improve their practice i order to improve the welfare ad outcomes of childre ad youg people. Who should atted? Qualified Social Workers ad Alteratively Qualified, Seior Practitioers, Team Maagers This course may also be relevat for the followig parter agecies Educatioal Providers, Health Professioals, Volutary orgaisatios who are workig withi this area of specialism ad Professioals who hold cases which are ivolved with Social Care at level 3 & 4 Learig objectives: Uderstadig the impact of child sexual abuse o childre, youg people ad their families Sexual behaviours i pre-pubescet childre ad adolescets: what is age-expected ad what is of cocer Workig with youg people ad childre with iappropriate or harmful sexual behaviours Itervetio work ad direct work with childre ad youg people who have harmful sexual behaviours Maagig cases of sexual abuse Adult male sex offeders / Adult female sex offeders; what causes perpetrators of sexual abuse to carry out offeces Workig with perpetrators of child sexual abuse Traier: Sally Bolto Timigs: 1 Day 9:30-4:30 24
Sexual Exploitatio ad Child Traffickig The traiig is iteded to up-skill workers to be cofidet i workig with cases of child sexual exploitatio ad child traffickig, as part of their work with childre ad families, ad to improve their practice with affected vulerable people, i order to improve the welfare ad outcomes of childre ad youg people. Who should atted? Qualified Social Workers ad Alteratively Qualified, Seior Practitioers, Team Maagers This course may also be relevat for the followig parter agecies Educatioal Providers ad Health Professioals Learig objectives: The ability to defie sexual exploitatio ad its impact o a child/youg perso A uderstadig of the legislatio (icludig the Sexual Offeces Act 2003) A awareess ad uderstadig or atioal ad local iitiatives i relatio to sexual exploitatio. Kowledge of Essex policy, procedures ad practice guidace Icreased kowledge ad uderstadig of the idicators of potetial risks of sexual exploitatio ad the issues aroud idetificatio Icreased kowledge ad uderstadig of groomig processes A uderstadig of how to respod ad support the eeds of a child/youg perso who is either at risk of or is egaged with sexual exploitatio A uderstadig of the importace of workig together with parter agecies withi a multiagecy approach A clear uderstadig of itervetio strategies ad be cofidet i implemetatio Cosidered the impact upo professioals whe workig with sexual exploitatio Traier: RGT Traiig ad Cosultacy Timigs: 1 Day course 9:30-4:30 25
Solutio-Focussed Practice The traiig is iteded to equip workers to practice withi a solutio-focussed framework ad to help improve their practice i this way, i order to improve the welfare ad outcomes of childre ad youg people. Who should atted? Qualified Social Workers ad Alteratively Qualified, Seior Practitioers, Team Maagers Learig objectives: Uderstadig of the mai theoretical ad practice issues uderpiig solutio focussed itervetios Developed a clear uderstadig of the solutio-focussed model of delivery with childre, youg people ad families, ad uderstad how to apply the methods to practice Uderstad the cocept of the stregths based approach, ad uderstad the aspects of their ow practice style which cotribute to egagemet ad good outcomes Explorig beliefs about practice which are likely to brig service user stregths to the fore Traier: Brief Timigs: 2 Days 9:30-4:30 Creatig Chage; Respodig to Neglect ad Emotioal Abuse The traiig is iteded to up-skill workers to respod appropriately ad maage the risk aroud cases of Neglect ad Emotioal Abuse, as part of their work with childre ad families, ad to improve their practice with these vulerable people, i order to improve their welfare ad outcomes. Who should atted? Qualified Social Workers ad Alteratively Qualified, Seior Practitioers, Team Maagers This course may also be relevat for the followig parter agecies Educatioal Providers, Health Professioals ad Professioals who hold cases which are ivolved with Social Care at levels 3 & 4 Learig objectives: To cosider the sigs, symptoms ad defiitios of eglect ad emotioal abuse To set out the legal ad procedural framework for respodig to eglect ad emotioal abuse, ad to uderstad how to apply appropriate itervetios i practice Neglect ad Paretig capacity: Uderstadig the uderlyig causes of eglect Uderstadig the impact of eglect ad/or emotioal abuse upo the developig child, icludig attachmet ad resiliece Idetifyig the factors which create risk ad vulerability for idividual childre To idetify the lived experiece of the eglected or emotioally abused child, ad to look at ways of workig with childre ad their families to ehace outcomes for childre, ad promote opportuities for chage Learig how to egage the family i a stregths-based approach to chage usig cotracts ad workig agreemets usig the Sigs of Safety model for egagemet Traier: Melaie Phillips Timigs: 1 Day 9:30-4:30 26
Workig with Resistace ad Coflict: Mediatio ad Motivatioal Iterviewig Techiques To assistat staff to be cofidet i workig with resistat parets ad carers; workig with coflict i families; this should help them improve their practice i order to improve the welfare ad outcomes of childre ad youg people. Who should atted? Qualified Social Workers ad Alteratively Qualified, Seior Practitioers, Team Maagers Learig objectives: Strategies for respodig to resistace, coflict ad disagreemet Skills ad techiques for breakig dow resistace i a service user-social worker relatioship ad creatig a positive relatioship Maagig the power dyamics i relatioships with service users Skills ad techiques for workig alogside parets / carers to build ad maitai relatioships, raise self-esteem ad empower Motivatioal iterviewig techiques to use i commuicatig with service users, ad how to promote ad motivate them to chage behaviours Coflict resolutio ad mediatio skills Traier: Elect Partership Timigs: 2 Days 9:30-4:30 Achievig Best Evidece The course aims to give staff the skills to esure they are able to joitly iterview vulerable childre ad youg people, whe they are faced with beig iterviewed by the police as a witess. Who should atted? Qualified Social Workers ad Alteratively Qualified, Seior Practitioers, Team Maagers Assessmet ad Itervetio Emergecy Duty Service Family Support ad Protectio Learig objectives: Kowledge of the relevat legislatio ad guidace i relatio to the role ad resposibilities of the social worker. Skills for iterviewig a vulerable child or youg perso who is a witess, i accordace with the appropriate guidace ad stadards. The ability to idetify the impact of the ABE process o a child witess Have key strategies for structurig ad plaig iterviews Uderstad the priciples of multi-agecy workig Idetify the support procedure before the iterview process Traier: Essex Police } These teams take priority Timigs: 5 Days 9:30-4:30 27
Supportig Asylum Seekig Families ad Youg People The traiig is iteded to up-skill workers to be cofidet i workig with families, childre ad youg people seekig asylum i the UK. The traiig should help them uderstad the issues faced by asylum-seekig youg people, ad improve their practice i order to improve the welfare ad outcomes of childre ad youg people. Who should atted? Qualified Social Workers ad Alteratively Qualified, Seior Practitioers, Team Maagers This course may also be relevat for the followig parter agecies Educatioal Providers ad Health Professioals where issues of Asylum Seekig are preset Learig objectives: Up to date traiig o asylum legislatio ad ay recet chages i the law Etitlemets of uaccompaied asylum seekig childre, ad of asylum seekig families with o recourse to public fuds Impact of extreme trauma ad bereavemet ad loss as a result of war ad coflict The lived experiece of a asylum seekig child Thikig about cultural ad ethicity aspects of workig with asylum seekig families Traier: Refugee Coucil Timigs: 1 Day 9:30-4:30 28
Court Skills To provide social workers with the kowledge, itroduce them to the skills they will eed ad sigpost the resources which are available to support them whe workig withi legal frameworks ad, specifically, i courts. This is a itroductory course, which ca be followed by Advaced Court Skills for those who have gaied more experiece of court work. Who should atted? Qualified Social Workers ad Alteratively Qualified, Seior Practitioers, Team Maagers Learig objectives: Be familiar with legal termiology isofar as it relates to such proceedigs Have a workig kowledge of the Public Law Outlie ad pre-proceedigs process ad the family justice review Have a awareess of the ature ad purpose of differet types of court hearig ad the orders which ca result Have a begiig ability to critically aalyse writte material which may eed to be put before a court Begi to appreciate what makes good evidece Collatio of evidece ad the sigificace of some withi court proceedigs Decisio makig ad how this relates to court proceedigs Uderstadig of what forms ad other documets are required for court ad their sigificace Court etiquette Uderstad the ature ad purpose of cross-examiatio Uderstad the roles ad resposibilities of the various participats i court proceedigs Traier: Kigsley Kight Timigs: 1 Day 9:30 4:30 29
Advaced Court Skills To cosolidate ad develop social workers existig kowledge ad skills i relatio to court work, so that they ca fulfil the expectatios of a expert witess i court. This builds o the itroductory Court Skills course. Who should atted? Qualified Social Workers ad Alteratively Qualified, Seior Practitioers, Team Maagers Learig objectives: Uderstad the role ad resposibilities of a expert witess Exercise the priciples ad skills required i the preparatio of good quality court documets Kow how to preset evidece fairly, objectively, clearly ad comprehesively Perform cofidetly uder cross-examiatio Uderstad how courts make decisios Idetify potetial dilemmas ad challeges for social workers whe udertakig court work Prepare documets based o 1 of 3 differet case scearios to be used i a mock trial Have the opportuity to rehearse givig evidece i chief ad cross examiatio o the court documets previously prepared Kow what support is available before, durig ad after court hearigs Traier: Kigsley Kight Timigs: 2 Days 9:30 4:30 30
Neuro-Sciece, Brai developmet ad Impact of Childhood Metal Health Cocers The traiig is iteded to teach workers about eurosciece ad child brai developmet, i order to allow them to uderstad the effects of attachmet disorders, eglect ad abuse, ad childhood metal health cocers o the developmet of the brai. The outcome of this would be for workers to improve their practice with vulerable people, i order to improve their welfare ad outcomes. Who should atted? Qualified Social Workers ad Alteratively Qualified, Seior Practitioers, Team Maagers This course may also be relevat for the followig parter agecies Educatioal Providers (Secodary age) Youth Workers, Adolescet Metal Health Workers ad Volutary orgaisatios who are workig withi this area of specialism Learig objectives: Uderstadig huma brai developmet ad the importace of positive brai developmet i early years Adolescet brai developmet, cogitive ad psychological developmet ad emotioal fuctioig Uderstadig of where metal health problems come from ad what they might look like i childre ad youg people The social iflueces o metal health problems, ad the role of the social worker i cotributig to improvig outcomes Impact of trauma ad stress o childre ad youg people Traier: Caterbury Christ Church Uiversity Timigs: 1 Day 9:30-4:30 31
Impact of Domestic Abuse The course aims to give a uderstadig of the differet ways that domestic abuse may be experieced ad the effect domestic abuse may have o childre ad how to itervee i cases of domestic abuse. Who should atted? Qualified Social Workers ad Alteratively Qualified, Seior Practitioers, Team Maagers This course may also be relevat for the followig parter agecies Educatioal Providers, Health Professioals, Police ad Armed Forces Learig objectives: Defiig ad learig about the differet types ad experieces of domestic abuse Lookig at the risk factors associated with domestic abuse ad how to recogise the sigs of domestic abuse Workig with ad uderstadig the victims of domestic abuse ad how it ca affect their capability to paret Impact of domestic abuse o childre ad ways of workig with childre ad youg people who are affected by domestic abuse i their families, or are victims of domestic abuse Itervetio strategies for social care professioals Assessig ad workig with perpetrators of domestic abuse, ad maagig itimidatio ad resistace Traier: Safer Places Timigs: 2 Days 9:30-4:30 Workig with Fathers ad Male Carers This course will eable staff to uderstad the barriers to workig with difficult fathers, provide cofidece ad resiliece to address practice i order to work with fathers who may pose a risk. Who should atted? Qualified Social Workers ad Alteratively Qualified, Seior Practitioers, Team Maagers This course may also be relevat for the followig parter agecies Educatioal Providers ad Health Professioals workig with Social care at levels 3 & 4 Learig objectives: Explore some of the challeges i egagig with risky fathers ad ways to overcome them Examples of effective practice i workig with males. Learig about the views of fathers who have received local authority services, ad usig this feedback to thik about their ow practice Cosider the evidece from relevat research cocerig how social care agecies egage with fathers who are risky Reflect o how practice withi Essex addresses these difficult issues ad begi to develop strategies to take forward more effective workig practices Traier: Family Rights Group Timigs: 1 Day 9:30 4:30 32
Safeguardig Childre with the Iteret, Social Media ad Mobile Phoes The course aims to eable Social Workers to idetify potetial safeguardig risks to childre ad youg people i relatio to the use of the iteret, social media ad mobile phoes. Who should atted? Qualified Social Workers ad Alteratively Qualified, Seior Practitioers, Team Maagers Learig objectives: A uderstadig of the relevat legislatio ad guidace i relatio to safeguardig ad ew techologies Be able to uderstad the curret safeguardig issues i the use of ew techologies The ability to idetify abuse o childre ad youg people who access the iteret, Social Media ad Mobile Phoes, ad idetifyig those who may be more vulerable Effective tools to put effective practical safeguardig strategies i place for childre ad youg people whe usig ew techologies. A uderstadig of ways of reportig safeguardig cocers related to the use of the iteret, Social Media ad Mobile Phoes. Learig about ad accessig a umber of tools ad resources for childre ad youg people to use to ehace their olie resiliece Traier: Sally Bolto Timigs: 2 Days 9:30 4:30 Workig Together; the Social Worker's Role i Child Protectio The traiig is iteded to up-skill workers to be cofidet i the Sectio 47 ivestigatio process, ad to help them improve their joit workig, safeguardig ad child protectio practice i order to improve the welfare ad outcomes of childre ad youg people. Who should atted? Qualified Social Workers ad Alteratively Qualified, Seior Practitioers, Team Maagers Learig objectives: A overview of the social worker role i safeguardig ad child protectio A overview of the sectio 47 equiry process, ad techiques for workig effectively with other agecies ad professioals i carryig out this ivestigatio To esure better outcomes for vulerable childre by improvig kowledge withi the ECC workforce of the SET Procedures To review the fidigs of the Muro Review of Child Protectio ad implicatios for improvig practice i Essex Traier: Rahaa Hussai Timigs: 1 Day 9:30-4:30 33
Direct work & Commuicatig with C&YP This oe day programme is to support practitioers to ascertai, liste to ad cosider childre s views, cocers, wishes ad feeligs ad ivolve them as active participats i decisio-makig that affects their lives ad to esure that the impact of childre s views o the aalysis of assessmets are always evidet ad that parets ad carers are cosistetly provided with a copy of the assessmet. Who should atted? Qualified Social Workers ad Alteratively Qualified, Seior Practitioers, Team Maagers This course may also be relevat for the followig parter agecies Educatioal Providers (Pastoral / urture workers) ad Health Professioals ad Childre Cetres Learig objectives: Idetify the mai theories of direct work ad effective commuicatio with childre Uderstad the impact of childre s earlier experieces o their capacity to express their feeligs ad eeds Be practiced i a umber of techiques to use i their Direct Work with childre ad youg people, icludig life story work Uderstad the possible impact of various attachmet styles o the way the work may be coducted Have isight ito the persoal ad emotioal impact of usig the methods o childre, ad those supportig ad carig for them Demostrate improved commuicatio skills i order to egage i a positive ad meaigful way with childre ad youg people Techiques for commuicatig ad workig with adolescets Traier: RGT Traiig ad Cosultacy Timigs: 2 Days 9:30 4:30 Impact of Parets ad Carers with Metal Health Cocers The course aims to icrease a uderstadig of the impact of sigificat ad/or edurig paretal metal illess o the family ad o paretig capacity. Who should atted? Qualified Social Workers ad Alteratively Qualified, Seior Practitioers, Team Maagers This course may also be relevat for the followig parter agecies Educatioal Providers, Health Professioals ad Volutary orgaisatios who are workig withi this area of specialism Learig objectives: Explorig persoal ad social attitudes ad beliefs Gai uderstadig ad ability to recogise a rage of the most commo diagoses Uderstad ay log-term potetial risks to childre of havig a paret with a metal illess Uderstad acute ad chroic issues ad problems for parets ad childre Uderstad impact of paretal metal illess o child developmet ad how to mitigate it Lear how to use learig from this course i idetifyig ad assessig risk Lear how to support the family effectively Discuss issues associated with childre beig carers Social workers are able to evidece learig i assessmet, practice ad reflective supervisio Traier: The Chage Agecy David Goosey Timigs: 1 Day 9:30 4:30 34
Age Assessmet of Uaccompaied Miors This course will provide staff with the skills to competetly udertake Age Assessmets as required uder law. Staff will gai a greater uderstadig of the legislative framework for uaccompaied miors. Who should atted? Qualified Social Workers ad Alteratively Qualified, Seior Practitioers, Team Maagers Learig objectives: Up to date traiig o the UK Border Agecy ad DfE age assessmet legislatio ad policy framework, ad ay recet chages i the law Cofidece i usig tools ad techiques to assess age of uaccompaied miors Recogisig the impact of cultural ad ethic backgroud o the age assessmet process Traier: Refugee Coucil Timigs: 1 day 9:30 4:30 Rights ad Etitlemets of Youg People i Care ad Leavig Care The traiig is iteded to up-skill workers to be cofidet i uderstadig the rights ad etitlemets of childre i care ad childre leavig care, as part of their work with these youg people, ad for this improved kowledge to i tur improve the welfare ad outcomes of childre ad youg people. Who should atted? Qualified Social Workers ad Alteratively Qualified, Seior Practitioers, Team Maagers Learig objectives: Defie the purpose of the Childre (leavig care) Act 2000 ad a overview of the updates to the 2008 Childre ad Youg Persos Act Uderstadig the differet categories of care leavers ad their etitlemets to fiace, accommodatio ad educatio Uderstad the issues ad vulerabilities facig those leavig care ad strategies for supportig them to overcome these A overview of how to create a advocacy strategy for childre i care ad care leavers Uderstadig of the key features of law ad guidace relatig to childre i care ad the role of the Local Authority Awareess of how the legislatio affects asylum seekig childre ad those i the crimial justice system Traier: Elect Partership Timigs: 1 Day 9:30-4:30 35
Preparatio for Adult Life The traiig is iteded to up-skill workers who work with childre i care ad leavig care to be cofidet i helpig to prepare for idepedece ad adult life, ad to help them improve their practice of childre ad youg people i order to improve their welfare ad outcomes. Who should atted? Qualified Social Workers ad Alteratively Qualified, Seior Practitioers, Team Maagers Learig objectives: Workig with ad uderstadig the experieces of youg people who are leavig care Recogisig axiety / decodig ager Observatioal learig as a teachig strategy Uderstadig the developmetal eeds of youg people i their trasitio to adulthood Kowledge ad skills i practice Arisig issues i adulthood ad how they ca be overcome The impact of trasitios Helpig youg people to developig idepedece Traier: Kigsley Kight Timigs: 1 Day 9:30 4:30 Iformatio Goverace This course aims to provide staff with the kowledge to produce ad maage others persoal iformatio commesurate with relevat legislatio Who should atted? Qualified Social Workers ad Alteratively Qualified, Seior Practitioers, Team Maagers Learig objectives: To have a awareess ad uderstadig of legal ad ethical resposibilities whe hadlig iformatio ad how their role iteracts with: The law ad regulatios for hadlig all kids of iformatio Privacy ad cofidetiality Protectig data Good recordig skills Traier: Bria Arrowsmith Timigs: ½ a day 36
Childre s Rights ad Advocacy This course gives participats the opportuity to lear ad uderstad legislatio cotaiig childre s rights Who should atted? Qualified Social Workers ad Alteratively Qualified, Seior Practitioers, Team Maagers Learig objectives: Kowledge of the atioal ad iteratioal policy ad legislative cotext supportig childre s rights Iformatio o curret policy ad practice i Essex for ivolvig childre ad youg people i decisio makig A practical uderstadig of methods ad tools that ca be used to support childre ad youg people s ivolvemet A uderstadig of the provisio of idepedet advocacy ad role of advocates for childre ad youg people looked after ad i eed i Essex A itroductio to the Complaits ad Represetatios procedure ad role of the Customer Care Team Iformatio o opportuities for the ivolvemet of childre ad youg people i public decisio makig Access to iformatio ad resources that ca help practitioers esure they support ad promote the ivolvemet of childre ad youg people ad esure their views, wishes ad feeligs are respected ad listeed to Traier: Lida Marshall Timigs: ½ day 37