CYPDS & OTs

Universal Safeguarding Children

Universal Safeguarding Children Refresher

Drug & Alcohol Awareness

Introduction to Child Exploitation

Introduction for frontline staff into child exploitation

Child Permanence Reports

Parenting Capacity

Direct Work

TBC

Hostile & Evasive Families

This course will enable workers who work with families to develop effective ways and build confidence in working with difficult behaviour, in order to recognise potential impacts on professional dynamics and multi-agency child protection work when professionals are faced with working with families who are hostile and evasive. It is recommeded for all BFfC staff who work in families homes alone as part of our Lone Worker training pathway

Mind of My Own

Training in Mind of My Own which is used to communicate directly with children and young people we support.

Sandstories

This course is ideal for anyone working on the frontline with children/young people and families, or involved in the supervision and support of those who do.

SDQ - Strengths & Difficulties Questionnaire

Safer Internet

TBC

Assessment & Analysis

This course will explore the key elements in terms of knowledge and skills required for the role of the social worker. It will equip workers to examine their practice systemically and examine the key tools and knowledge required in order to practice confidently.

Complaints & Customer Relations

Essential training for staff involved in handling and managing complaints

Bias

During this session we will explore how both conscious and unconscious bias’ can affect our decisions regarding recruitment, selection, leadership, motivation and more.

Genograms Workshop

An Introduction to Genograms

Health & Safety Level 1 (Learningpool)

An essential course for all staff

Universal Safeguarding Children Refresher (Learningpool)

An essential course for all staff

Equality & Diversity (Learningpool)

An essential course for all staff

Emergency Lockdown (Learningpool)

An essential course for all staff based in the civic offices.

Display Screen Equipment (Learningpool)

An essential course for all staff

Personal Safety - Lone Working (Learningpool)

Personal Safety - Lone Working

Motivational Interviewing

Motivational Interviewing is useful for a wide range of social issues. Its primary focus is on igniting motivation to change, and so it is helpful when clients are stuck in problems and not advancing in change. As such it is helpful in all change and recovery-based services such as mental health, substance misuse, offending, social work, domestic violence, supported housing, young people’s services, family work and more besides.

OpenLearn Infants Understanding of their Social World

In this free course, Infants' understanding of their social world, we draw on a wide range of psychological research to address the question of whether infants have a rich understanding of their social world. You will have the opportunity to read journal papers and newspaper articles as well as to engage with audio clips, and to explore your assumptions about infants' social understanding.

PPEP NOW: Having Constructive Conversations with Distressed Young People

Part of our PPEP Mental Health programme. Learn about a structure known as ‘NOW’ to facilitate helpful and constructive conversations with children and young people

PPEP Supporting Young People who Self Harm

Part of our PPEP Mental Health programme. What self-harm is and how it might present.

PPEP Overcoming Childhood and Adolescent Anxiety

Part of our PPEP Mental Health programme. The presentation of anxiety in adolescence and how to talk with young people about it.

PPEP Supporting Young People with Low Mood

Part of our PPEP Mental Health programme. What self-harm is and how it might present.

PPEP Supporting Young People with Eating Disorders

Part of our PPEP Mental Health programme. What eating disorders are and how they might present.

Open University Project management: the start of the project journey

This free course, Project management: The start of the project journey, introduces projects, what they are, how they come about, responses to problems and planning. It explores the role of key players including the project manager, feasibility studies, decision making and project life cycles.

Drugstrain - Working with Spice

Develop your knowledge & understanding of the use of synthetic cannabinoids, develop harm reduction strategies and ways to support individuals experiencing problems with their use

Drugstrain - Working with Cannabis

The newly developed Working with Cannabis is an opportunity for practitioners to update their knowledge & skills to support people using cannabis.

Drugstrain - Working with Depressants

this course will give practitioners the confidence to effectively respond to use of benzodiazepines and other sedative/ ‘Z’ type drugs and support people experiencing problems

Understanding Contextual Safeguarding

An introduction to contextual safeguarding

Care2Listen

Have a better understanding what things are like for Children in Care

Modern Slavery First Responder Training

Previously NRM training the Modern Slavery First Responder training is organised by the Home Office

Graded Care Profile 2 (Virtual Course)

The Graded Care Profile 2 is the only authorised update of the original GCP — It is a practical tool designed to provide an objective measure of the care of children. The GCP2 model is primarily based on the qualitative measure of the commitment shown by parents or carers in meeting their children’s developmental needs.

Anti-Racist Practice

Listen to a presentation about our various understandings of race and reflect on how we can be actively anti-racist

Working with Young Black Men

DSE Assessor

Health and Safety Level 2 (Virtual)