Future Childcare Training

direct work with children

venue: Renfield St Stephen’s Centre, 260 Bath Street, Glasgow, G2 4JP
price: £100 per person + VAT (refreshments & lunch included)
date: 18th May 2010
time: 9:15am until 4:00pm

If you would like to attend this course please click on ‘attend a regional course’ from the left hand menu to download our application form.

about the course:

This practice based course has been designed for those who work directly with children in a range of settings. The course material will provide a framework for practitioners and managers linking with policies and good practice guidelines. We see children as service users in their own right, and focus on the skills needed to work with them.

One of the most powerful messages that has come out many of the Serious Case Reviews during the past is that workers across all agencies have not demonstrated their abilities to work directly with children.

The course is a one-day course but can be provided as a two-day course in conjunction with the Esteem Builder’s Course. We address the main issues involved with working with children and provide a range of methods of intervention and assessment. This course is interesting, fun and focuses on taking practices to the next level.

We encourage respect for children and recognise that children themselves have a lot to teach us.

course aims and objectives:

* Create a safe training environment in which participants can enjoy learning.
* Develop working methods and strategies which can enhance the process of working with children and young people.
* Share and discuss experiences and develop skills learning from each other, and understand that working with children is a crucial part of gaining a picture of the family
* Help delegates to understand the importance of structure, reliability and consistency when undertaking direct work.
* Address the issues around good planning and recording.
* Introduce creative ways of working with children and young people in order to meet their needs.
* Raise awareness around issues including, identity, life story work, separation and loss, permanency planning, post trauma work, and the involvement of significant others in this work.
* Raise awareness of the need to acknowledge responsible practices which enable children to move forward.