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Social Care

A range of learning activities for Social Care teams. 

Social Workers

Emergency First Aid at Work

1 Day

Free

This course is designed for people who want to receive training in emergency first aid. It is especially suited for nominated first aiders in offices. The course covers first aid protocols for adult casualties only.

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AfPP Practice Development session

1 Hour

Free

As session for those working through the AFPP Enhanced Level Training modules from Beacon House. The session is to discuss and help embed the key learning points - ideally between modules 2 and 3.

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MRC Webinar - The Role of Empathy in Working with Families

1.5 Hours

Free

This is the first of a four webinar programme seeks to explore the process of relationship building in work with children, young people and their families.

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MRC Webinar - Understanding and Promoting the Process of Change

1.5 Hours

Free

This is the second of a four webinar programme seeks to explore the process of relationship building in work with children, young people and their families. These webinars will, drawing on both current and seminal research, look at some of the complexities of relationship building. They will highlight the importance of self-awareness, features of good practice, the pitfalls and traps we can fall into, and how these can be avoided.

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MRC Webinar - Understanding the Relationship Between Risk and Harm: A Strengths-Based Approach to Child Protection

1.5 hours

Free

This is the first of a series of four webinars explores some of the more complex areas of safeguarding practice with children and young people. Although there is a legitimate debate about the helpfulness of categories, it will nevertheless look at the particular challenges raised around neglect, emotional abuse and intrafamilial sexual abuse.

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MRC Webinar - Assessing and Responding to Neglect

1.5 Hours

Free

This is the second in a series of four webinars explores some of the more complex areas of safeguarding practice with children and young people. Although there is a legitimate debate about the helpfulness of categories, it will nevertheless look at the particular challenges raised around neglect, emotional abuse and intrafamilial sexual abuse

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MRC Webinar - Intrafamilial Sexual Abuse

1.5 Hours

Free

Delegates must book their space via Eventbrite. Please register below to receive the booking link.

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MRC Webinar - Emotional Abuse

1.5 Hours

Free

Delegates must book their space via Eventbrite. Please register below to receive the booking link.

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MRC Webinar - Understanding the Needs of Children Living with Parental Substance Misuse

1.5 Hours

Free

This webinar will set out the key messages for practice when working with children living with PSM, and introduce the principles for a model of practice for children and a training model for frontline staff.

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MRC Webinar - The Impact of Trauma on Children and Young People

1.5 Hours

Free

A feature of many of the children and young people we work with, as well as very often their parents, is that they have experienced trauma in their lives. This webinar will explore the impact that trauma can have.

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MRC Webinar - Care Planning: Placement Stability and Good Outcomes

1.5 Hours

Free

Stability and permanence for children and young people have been aspirations at the heart of the care system for the last thirty years. However, realising these aspirations has been consistently challenging. This webinar scopes the research in this area and identifies what can promote positive experiences of the care systems.

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MRC Webinar -Reuniting Children and Young People with their Birth Families

1.5 Hours

Free

Wherever it is possible, the primary objective in terms of permanence for children in the care system is to reunite them with their birth families. However, research has consistently found that this is a particularly difficult and sensitive process. If not managed effectively, children and young people can be potentially experience further harm.

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MRC Webinar - Auditing for Quality: How Quality Assurance Processes can Support Good Outcomes for Children and Young People

1.5 Hours

Free

Audit has become an increasing feature of how casework and services are managed in local authorities. As well as serving as an important quality assurance mechanism for individual children and families, they can also be an invaluable source of learning, providing insight into the wider practice system. All too often, however, audit has been criticised as being reductionist and ‘tick box’ in its nature. This webinar will explore the potential of audit to be used in more constructive and helpful ways.

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MRC Webinar - Care Leavers: The Meaning of Corporate Parenting Beyond the Age of 18?

1.5 Hours

Free

Young people leaving the care system have to manage what foremost is an accelerated and compressed transition to adulthood. Since the Leaving Care Act 2000, there has been an attempt to personalise and support this process, applying the concept of the ‘corporate parent’ beyond the age of eighteen. However, many of those who are care experienced report that there are still many occasions when their needs are not adequately met.

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MRC Webinar - Supervision Series: What is Good Practice Supervision When it is Being Carried Out Remotely/Hybrid

1.5 Hours

Free

The first of a series of five MRC Webinars looking at developing supervision

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MRC Webinar - Supervision Series: Developing Supervisees' Capacity for Reflection, Analytical Thinking and Decision Making Skills

1.5 Hours

Free

The second in a series of five MRC Webinars looking at developing supervision

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MRC Webinar - Supervision Series: Managing and Promoting Good Practice - A Strength-Based Approach to Managing Performance

1.5 Hours

Free

This course is managed by Eventbrite and delegtes are requested to book a space directly with them. You will receive the booking link when you register below.

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MRC Webinar - Supervision Series: Building Staff Wellbeing and Professional Resilience

1.5 Hours

Free

Delegates must book their space via Eventbrite. Please register below to receive the booking link.

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MRC Webinar - Supervision Series: Promoting Use of Self, Relationship-Based Practice and the Ethical Use of Authority in the Supervision Relationship

1.5 Hours

Free

Delegates must book their space via Eventbrite. Please register below to receive the booking link.

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MRC Webinar - Child Protection Conferences: The Evolving Role of the Child Protection Chair

1.5 Hours

Free

A quarterly forum for Child Protection Advisors and Chairs

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Adopt Thames Valley - Planning for Adoption

Half Day

Free

An essential course for social workers and managers

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Making Sense of Autism - AET Course

3 Hours

Free

Developing an understanding of Autism. This is the first stage of the Autism Education Trust AET training pogramme.

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Good Autism Practice - AET Course

4 hours

Free

Develop your understanding of Autism and what makes good autism practice. This is the second stage of the Autism Education Trust AET training programme.

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RiP Recorded Webinar - Child Protection in Court: Outcomes Before and After Care Proceedings Reform (webinar 1)

1 Hour

Free

Recorded in May 2020 this looks at decision making in care proceedings after the public law outline reforms

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RiP Webinar - Young People and Gangs (Part 1)

1 Hour

Free

Explore why young people join gangs and the nature and impact of child criminal exploitation in webinars and seminar sessions.

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CDC E-Learning - Outcomes in EHCPs

2 Hours

Free

A course to help you understand and support the development of EHCPs for children and young people

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CDC E-Learning - Social Care and SEND

1.5 Hours

Free

This training is aimed at practitioners in the Social Care and SEND sector such as Early Help practitioners, Social workers (in all teams), Team managers & Anyone involved in providing social care advice and information for EHC needs assessments

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Adopt Thames Valley - Early Permanence

2 hours

Free

Training for Social Work Professionals

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Care Planning - Briefing for Managers

1.5 Hours

Free

For Social Care Team Managers and Assistant Team Managers who support and supervise Care Plans

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Manual Handling Train the Trainer

1 Day

Free

This course is to train staff to be able to deliver manual handling to colleagues in their team and service.

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Considering extra familial risk in assessments

5 hours

Free

This course is recommended for Social Workers in Access & Assessment Teams only at this time

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RiP Practice Supervisor Development Programme 'Supervising the Supervisor'

3.5 Days

Free

This programme is aimed at Team Managers in Social Care and is recommended for all Team Managers

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Mental Capacity Act (MCA)

2 Days

Free

This course is designed to increase the theoretical knowledge and practical application of health and social care professionals on the up to date legal framework, that covers individuals’ capacity to make decisions, protection of their rights, cognitive decision making process, and understanding the principles of proper care towards these vulnerable individual’s.

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AfPP - Supported Session

3 Hours

Free

For staff who have not yet completed the AfPP Informed & AfPP Skilled Level of training.

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