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.
November 2020
BIA Refresher
The developments in mental capacity and Deprivation of Liberty continue to progress, with the Mental Capacity (Amendment) Act 2019 due to be...
Talking to Children about Difficult Things: Understanding emotional communication in challenging and turbulent contexts
Perhaps now more than ever, social workers and others in allied professions frequently need to talk to children and young people about difficult...
Working effectively with gender diverse children, young people and their families
This modular course provides a comprehensive and up‐to‐date introduction to understanding and supporting children and young people with pressing...
December 2020
Attachment, Neurodevelopment and Psychopathology
This course focuses on the development, prevention and treatment of psychological disorder from infancy to adolescence and through to adulthood. It...
Building Underdeveloped Sensorimotor Systems (BUSS): Innovative methodology for improving sensory processing in children with developmental trauma
Current practice with children who have experienced developmental trauma tends to focus on psychological and relational therapies. Whilst these are...
Neuropsychoanalysis: Clinical Implications
A workshop with Mark Solms
Tavistock Trauma Service: External lectures on trauma series
This innovative series of lectures is organized by the Tavistock Trauma Service and is designed to reflect the clinical approach of the work,...
January 2021
Facilitating Reflective Practice Groups Training
This short course is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills required to establish and facilitate reflective practice groups in order...
Families and beyond: an introduction to systemic thinking (Online)
We all live our lives in and through our relationships, both past and present, and we are all shaped by the social and cultural contexts in which...
Understanding development – adolescence (Online)
Adolescence is a time of life that is central to our sense of who we are in the world. It is a time of intense emotion, of startling changes, of...
Video interaction guidance
AVIGuk has developed the Initial Training course to be delivered online and have received excellent feedback from the 12 courses delivered up to...
February 2021
Best Interests Assessor (BIA)
Government approved provider of Best Interest Assessor training
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...
Safeguarding Children: Level 3 Training
The objectives of this one-day course are to help professionals involved with safeguarding children to:
Working effectively with gender diverse children, young people and their families
This modular course provides a comprehensive and up‐to‐date introduction to understanding and supporting children and young people with pressing...
March 2021
BIA Refresher
The developments in mental capacity and Deprivation of Liberty continue to progress, with the Mental Capacity (Amendment) Act 2019 due to be...
Intermediate motivational interviewing
This intermediate level course is the next step for people who have already received introductory level training in Motivational Interviewing. A...
Motivational interviewing
Motivational Interviewing (MI) is a person-centred counselling style for addressing the common problem of ambivalence about change.
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...
April 2021
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...
Intermediate motivational interviewing
This intermediate level course is the next step for people who have already received introductory level training in Motivational Interviewing. A...
Working effectively with gender diverse children, young people and their families
This modular course provides a comprehensive and up‐to‐date introduction to understanding and supporting children and young people with pressing...
Working with families with physical illness: a systemic approach
The care and support of children and adults affected by serious physical illness, disability and treatment regimes falls largely to their families.
May 2021
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...
Motivational interviewing
Motivational Interviewing (MI) is a person-centred counselling style for addressing the common problem of ambivalence about change.
June 2021
BIA Refresher
The developments in mental capacity and Deprivation of Liberty continue to progress, with the Mental Capacity (Amendment) Act 2019 due to be...
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...
Motivational interviewing
Motivational Interviewing (MI) is a person-centred counselling style for addressing the common problem of ambivalence about change.
Safeguarding Children: Level 3 Training
The objectives of this one-day course are to help professionals involved with safeguarding children to:
Video interaction guidance
AVIGuk has developed the Initial Training course to be delivered online and have received excellent feedback from the 12 courses delivered up to...
July 2021
Intermediate motivational interviewing
This intermediate level course is the next step for people who have already received introductory level training in Motivational Interviewing. A...
Bespoke courses
Psychodynamic Practice in Mental Health
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
An introduction to working with people with eating disorders and body dysmorphia
This is an introductory course on eating disorders and body dysmorphia, based on a psychodynamic frame of reference.
A Practical Introduction to Neuropsychoanalysis: clinical implications
A Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust workshop in collaboration with the Bloomsbury Neuroscience Group in association with the London...
A Recovery Approach: Beyond existence and survival
The training is aimed at all professionals working in multi‐disciplinary community based teams (adults and young people) to enable them to develop...
Arrested Development and Facing Arrest: Dual diagnosis and complexity in adults and young people
The one-day workshop will provide participants with a broad knowledge and understanding of the complexities involved in mental health and substance...
CAMHS Triaging - “Comfortable with Being Uncomfortable”
CAMHS Triage practice is essential to meeting the requirement of allowing the filtering and designating of referrals appropriately to CAMHS or...
Couples as parents and parents as couples
Does your work involve contact with children and parents? Do you come across couples who are struggling to parent together? Do you want to...
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...
Working with refugee people and their families (D35)
This is the first module of the oldest and longest running course in this field in the UK and aims to assist those working with asylum seeking...
Workshops for designated nurses safeguarding children
Since the Victoria Climbe inquiry The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust has offered workshops for named and designated health care staff...
Workshops for named child protection professionals
We are offering CPD workshops for named child protection nurses. These workshops are intended to develop the skills and understanding of the named...
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