Social work and social care CPD courses
Our social work and social care short courses offer experienced social workers the stimulating environment and support to develop their practice.
January 2019
Video-intervention to promote positive parenting and sensitive discipline (VIPP-SD)
We are offering an exciting opportunity for staff from across the children’s workforce to undertake training in the use of this extremely well...
February 2019
Best Interests Assessor (BIA)
The Mental Capacity Act provides a frameworks for decision making for people aged over 16 years who may lack capacity to make some decisions for...
Eight-Week Mindfulness Course
What is Mindfulness? Mindfulness is a very effective way of training our attention. In our fast-paced world, we are increasingly reacting...
Safeguarding Adults: Level 3 Training
This one-day training is based on the Level 3 Safeguarding Adults Intercollegiate document and will offer an understanding of the legal and policy...
Supervision for staff working in schools and community contexts: working relationally and reflectively
Supervision is a work-based learning relationship, characterised by relating and reflecting. It is a critical component of safe and effective...
March 2019
Intermediate motivational interviewing
Motivational Interviewing is an evidence-based approach based on a person-centred counselling style for addressing the common problem of...
Safeguarding Children: Level 3 Training
The objectives of this one-day course are to help professionals involved with safeguarding children to:
Training in The Mental Capacity Act 2005
Understanding and awareness of the principles of The Mental Capacity Act is an essential requirement for all staff involved in the care, treatment...
April 2019
BIA Refresher
The Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) is a complex scheme and the role of Best Interests Assessor (BIA) is a challenging one. There is a...
May 2019
An introduction to compassion focused therapy
Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT) was developed by Professor Paul Gilbert to work with people with severe and enduring mental health problems, many...
Mental Health First Aid Training
Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) is an internationally recognised training course, designed to teach people how to spot the signs and symptoms of...
June 2019
Video interaction guidance
The 2 day training course will provide an introduction to Video Interaction Guidance (VIG) and its theoretical origins.
October 2019
Motivational interviewing
Motivational Interviewing (MI) is a person-centred counselling style for addressing the common problem of ambivalence about change.
Bespoke courses
Reflective mental health practice today short course
This is a bespoke 10-week short course for mental health nurses, which develops the capacity to understand, process and thoughtfully respond to...
Coming soon
Assessing risk: a relational approach
This ten week course offers you an innovative framework for understanding the complex and subtle issues involved in assessing and managing the risk...
Workshops for named child protection professionals
These workshops are intended to develop the skills and understanding of the named professionals working in the complex and demanding field of child...
Skills for Care have endorsed us as a ‘Recognised Provider’ for our social work and social care courses.
