Courses and workshops

24th Mar

Signalong Phase 1

Signalong Phase 1 Foundation Course

This is an accredited course and suitable for anyone who provides support for those who use Signalong as part of their communication. It aims to develop skills to learners, to understand the communication process and develop learners’ abilities to communicate with those who have communication impairments.

Course Objectives

• To discuss the early development of language, social interaction and communication.
• To consider how sign supported communication supports children and adults with speech, language and communication needs.
• To practice using signing skills and signs to interact and communicate with others.

6th Apr

Emergency First Aid at Work Level 3

Whites Training Services Ltd are hosting an open day for local care providers and businesses to gain their accredited EFAW Level 3.

6th Apr

Medication and MAR Charts

Extra Hands provide comprehensive training for individuals and companies across Norfolk.

Extra Hands Medication training is a Half-Day training session, which is interactive classroom based. Extra Hands staff are then followed up with monitoring in the workplace to ensure continued competency is maintained.

Extra Hands medication training covers relevant legislation, and the following:

• Confidentiality.
• Types of Medication.
• Storage
• Routes of Medication.
• Side Effects / Reactions.
• Hygiene.
• Reporting and Recording.
• MAR Charts.
• Eye / Ear Drops.
• Competency of Administration

This is an interactive training session with practical involvement. Attendees are given training manuals to take away and a certificate of attendance issued.

This is a half day course. Refreshments are provided.

7th Apr

Harm Free Care

Extra Hands provide comprehensive training for individuals and companies across Norfolk.

Our course includes falls prevention, nutrition and hydration and pressure ulcers. It is important that staff encourage mobility wherever possible, keeping a person more active reduces muscle wasting and helps prevent falls.

Attendees will learn how to recognise signs and symptoms of malnutrition and dehydration, skin breakdown/pressure areas, when and who to report concerns to.

The topics covered in this workbook include:

• Falls prevention.
• Pressure ulcers.
• Stages of pressure.
• Diabetic Foot Care.
• The Multi-Disciplinary Team.
• VTE and Deep Vein Thrombosis.
• Nutrition and Hydration.
• UTI.
• Malnutrition.
• Particular needs and allergies.

This is an interactive training session. Attendees are given training manuals to take away and a certificate of attendance issued.

This is a 3 hour course.

8th Apr

Experiential Dementia Training - Day 1: Dementia – The Wider Picture

Exploring the brain, different types of dementia, recognising the key characteristics

Book early as spaces are limited.

Designed to be booked as a two-day workshop alongside Day 2: Dementia - Distressed Behaviour / Communication but can be booked individually if required.

9th Apr

Experiential Dementia Training - Day 2: Dementia – Distressed Behaviour/Communication

What to say when someone says…. What to do when someone does.…

Designed to be booked alongside Day 1 ‘Dementia the wider picture’, but can be booked separately if desired.

23rd Apr

Developing Safeguarding Practice (used to be called 'Refresher')

***FULLY BOOKED***

By the end of this session participants should:

• Understand the updated knowledge about safeguarding legislation and guidance.
• Have discussed the Making Safeguarding Personal agenda and know what it means for their practice.
• Have developed skills and knowledge in safeguarding practice.
• Have worked with a case study from referral to conclusion of the safeguarding process and understand their role.
• For more information and to check available spaces visit the St Thomsas Training website.

Employees of external organisations in the county of Norfolk should complete the booking form and send it to St Thomas Training by email or post.

27th Apr

Safeguarding Knowhow for Provider Managers (Norwich)

St Thomas Training is the official provider of training in Safeguarding Adults and Mental Capacity Act for Norfolk County Council and the Norfolk Safeguarding Adults Board.

A two-day session to enable managers in the voluntary, private and independent sector to fulfil their safeguarding responsibilities effectively and work with their partners in the statutory sector to achieve, wherever possible, the outcomes service users wish to achieve for themselves.

TARGET GROUP

Managers and senior staff in independent, private and voluntary organisations. Delegates must have previously completed as a minimum safeguarding adults awareness training and Mental Capacity Act training to level one as a minimum.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:

BY THE END OF THIS SESSION PARTICIPANTS SHOULD:

• Understand their role as a manager/ senior staff member responsible for safeguarding adults
• Have updated their knowledge of safeguarding legislation, guidance and local procedures in particular the nature of domestic abuse and the new offence of coercive control
• Have refreshed their knowledge and understanding of the principles of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 and the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards
• Know how to share and gather information in order to contribute to a safeguarding enquiry
• Have developed skills to communicate with a service user to enable them to express the outcomes they wish to achieve to keep themselves safe
• Know how to make a safeguarding referral and how to contribute to the safeguarding process
• Know how to contribute to and comply with a safeguarding plan
• Understand the rules that govern information sharing, consent and confidentiality
• Know how to deal with allegations against staff and when to refer to the MASH
• Be able to apply and implement the safer recruitment agenda in your organisation; understand when DBS checks are required and how to ask questions about motivation to work with vulnerable adults
• Know how to manage complaints from family members and how to ensure that the complaints process does not detract from any safeguarding concerns

Monday 27th & Tuesday 28th April 2020 - 9.30am start each day.

30th Apr

Seeing potential: safe and fair recruitment workshop

Employing people with convictions in adult social care

This full-day workshop will help employers understand their rights and responsibilities when dealing with applicants or existing staff and volunteers who have criminal records (or have been subject to allegations). It will enable them to carry out effective risk assessments so that they can make informed decisions about the person’s suitability for the role.

It will provide delegates with the knowledge, confidence and practical tools to strike the balance between safeguarding their service users and addressing any barriers that may prevent the organization from accessing a vast potential talent pool of 11.7 million people with convictions.

Delegates will also receive a delegate pack which contains sample policies and resources based on the Safe and fair recruitment guide.

The workshop will help delegates to:

• Understand and apply the relevant legislation that has an impact on recruitment including: The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (ROA), the ROA Exceptions Order 1975 (as amended 2013) and General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)/Data Protection Act 2018.
• Determine what level of criminal record check is appropriate for different job roles, responsibilities and environments within adult social care.
• Understand how to implement safer recruitment policies and practices.
• Use the tools provided to develop effective risk assessment policies and procedures.
• Learn how to interpret and manage criminal record disclosure information to inform the risk assessment process.
• Learn how to gather other necessary information to carry out effective risk assessments on applicants, or existing staff and volunteers who have criminal records or have been subject to serious allegations.

This workshop is free to attend however places are limited.

Who should attend? 

• Adult social care employers of all sizes
• Organisations who advise and support people into employment
• Business owners
• Senior managers
• Human resource professionals
• Individuals involved in recruitment, retention, safeguarding decisions or equality and diversity matters
• Local authorities, NHS organisations or support organisations who process DBS checks and make employment suitability decisions on behalf of Individual Employers of Personal Assistants.

No prior knowledge is required to attend.

Due to the popularity of this workshop, Skills for Care ask that only one representative from an organisation attends. If you would like to register a second attendee on the wait list, please contact Skills for Care.

1st May

Developing Safeguarding Practice (used to be called 'Refresher')

By the end of this session participants should:

• Understand the updated knowledge about safeguarding legislation and guidance.
• Have discussed the Making Safeguarding Personal agenda and know what it means for their practice.
• Have developed skills and knowledge in safeguarding practice.
• Have worked with a case study from referral to conclusion of the safeguarding process and understand their role.
• For more information and to check available spaces visit the St Thomsas Training website.

Employees of external organisations in the county of Norfolk should complete the booking form and send it to St Thomas Training by email or post.