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We are pleased to invite
applications for our established and highly regarded course that now incorporates
the National Level 3 Diploma for the Children and Young People's Workforce.
Based in central Brighton, and
commencing in October 2012, the course
is
geared towards developing students’ capacity to think about unconscious
processes, giving them tools for their own professional and emotional 'survival', and
ways to better support children and young people.
It aims to assist students to think about, and make sense of the difficulties in
working with children with severe emotional difficulties, develop reflective
skills, promote effective communication, and provide a theoretical foundation
helping students integrate knowledge and practice.
Simultaneously, students complete the mandatory and
optional modules that form the new National Level 3 Diploma for the Children and
Young People's Workforce, which is now the recognised and relevant
training qualification needed for all those working with children and young
people in the social care sector and necessary for Ofsted compliance. It
replaced the old NVQ Level 3 award, which was withdrawn on 31st December 2010.
Our course is delivered over
25 taught days (one day a week with breaks coinciding with school holidays),
followed by an 8 week period of assessment and evidence collecting. Theory is taught in the morning by the
tutors, and integrates the learning requirements of the National Level 3 Diploma
modules with related therapeutic principles and concepts. Students are
encouraged to reflect on how the theory relates to their
work experience. In the afternoon, students present a case history of a child or
situation they are working with that is causing them concern. The group is
invited to think about what has been presented and share ideas that the student
may not have considered.
The minimum
admissions criteria, to be able to write coherently at level 2, is measured by
assessment of a short written assignment. Students will also have
completed a 6 month induction to the current job, including training in first
aid, and child protection, and be able to evidence this in the form of a
portfolio.
The first
presentation by each student is verbal, the second presentation is written up as
a case study for all students in the group; this is then rewritten in the light
of the group discussion.
In the space
over the week between sessions, students
complete a reflective diary, recording
observations from their practice and relating
these to the theory they are learning.
Students note how they have done things
differently through what they have learned on
the course.
All students attending the course will need to
have their work-based practice observed by a
suitably qualified (as determined by the
accrediting body, CACHE) manager. Where
this is not available, The Lioncare Group are
able to carry out this role for the sponsoring
organisation; this incurs a fee additional to
the standard course fee.
Course Organiser: Matt Vince
Course
Tutors:
Andrew Collie
&
Deborah Best & guest tutors
Internal Verifier: Jane McNamara
Course Administrators: Helen Strong
& Celeste Balmer
Venue:
The Brighthelm Centre,
North Street,
Brighton,
East Sussex
CACHE credits and award:
65
credits at level 3. Successful completion of the course leads
to CACHE accredited National Level 3 Diploma for the Children and Young People's
Workforce, and the award of The Lioncare
Level 3 Diploma in Therapeutic Child Care and Education.
For further
information or to obtain an application form:
E:
admin@lioncare.co.uk
T: 01273 720424
The
Lioncare Level 3 Diploma
in Therapeutic Child Care
for Fostering
Accredited by
NOCN (National Open College
Network) 43 credits
We are also pleased to offer our
original level 3 accredited training course to fostering departments and
agencies operating in the public, private, and voluntary sectors that wish to
train groups of foster carers and foster support workers in therapeutic child
care incorporating reflective practice and experiential learning.
This course can be delivered
over 10 or 15 weeks and at a
location and time that best suits the commissioning department or agency.
The course
is
geared towards specifically developing the capacity of foster carers ands their
link workers to think about unconscious
processes, giving them tools for their own professional and emotional 'survival', and
ways to better support the children and young people placed in their care.
It aims to assist foster carers and their link workers or support workers to
develop skills in reflective practice to assist them in making sense of the difficulties in
working with children and young people presenting with severe emotional difficulties
and challenging behaviours, develop experiential learning, promote effective communication, and provide a theoretical foundation
helping them integrate knowledge gained through the course in to their practice
with the children and young people in their care.
For further
information or to obtain an application form:
E:
admin@lioncare.co.uk
T: 01273 720424
W.A.V.E. (Working with
Aggression & Violence Effectively)
Restrictive Physical
Intervention Training
Aimed at individuals and
organisations wishing to develop a comprehensive
understanding of challenging behaviour and how
to manage it safely and effectively.
The 1, 2, and 3-day programmes make this
ideal training for a range of candidates
including those with little or no previous
training in restraint methods, those needing to
refresh their skills and techniques, and those
wishing to advance their knowledge and skills
mix.
Fixed and optional modules in
de-escalation
techniques, full intervention, and physical
restraint allow flexibility to meet the
individual needs of participants.
The program aims to provide a firm understanding of how to remain safe, calm and
compassionate when faced with challenging
behaviour.
Participants will further their understanding of the
psychological and emotional needs of their clients, their organisation, and
themselves.
The programme allows plenty of opportunity for learning and
practising the ‘last resort’ physical aspects of restraint and intervention,
focusing on the need to keep the worker and the child safe.
Participants will be guided through the complex legal
issues surrounding self-defence, restraint and physical intervention, and
the key principles of best practice, using proven techniques
that promote appropriate and safe practice.
Our W.A.V.E. training
programmes are accredited by B.I.L.D. (British Institute of Learning
Disabilities), promoting the dignity and
welfare of children and young people.
For further information or to book a training
course:
E:
tom@lioncare.co.uk
T: 01273 720424
Maintaining a
Safe Environment
This one day training focuses on
the need for health & safety, risk assessment,
and fire safety training at work. Combining all
three statutory requirements in to one training
course makes 'Maintaining Safe Environments'
extremely cost effective.
Areas covered include current health and safety
legislation, risk assessment, care of substances
hazardous to health (COSHH) and fire prevention
and control.
A range of practical and awareness
exercises help participants understand the
impact of poor health and safety as well as
highlighting the benefits of a positive health
and safety culture. This course is surprisingly
lively, interactive and enjoyable.
It is accredited by the British Safety Council
(BSC).
Learning Objectives:
-
Understand the need for the
Health and Safety at Work Act 1974
-
Understand what constitutes
health and safety legislation
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Understand the skills
required for a positive health and safety
culture
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Understand the basic steps of
fire prevention and control
For further information or to Book Training:
E:
tom@lioncare.co.uk
T: 01273 720424
Consultancy, Coaching
& Group Facilitation
It is quite normal from time to time for a
department or service of an organisation to
experience difficulties. Support and
intervention from internal management structures
is usually sufficient to promote a return to
effective functioning. However, in some
situations an external mind is needed to help
explore where processes of thinking, relating,
and emotional discord are energising the
difficulties, and help reveal what is happening
‘below the surface’.
The Lioncare
Group offers a consultancy service based on the
Group Relations model devised and
developed by The Tavistock Institute. We
provide process and strategic consultancy to
teams and organisations, management coaching,
individual role consultancy, and facilitation of
small group-work.
Organisational consultancy can take many forms;
coaching, small group-work, facilitating team
away-days and supporting management strategy.
Our method for intervention follows a model of
consultancy known as ‘The Tavistock Approach’.
This model does not produce answers to
problems, but assists individual, groups,
managers, and the organisation to explore and
think about the real issues underlying the
difficulties faced, and in so doing, empower the
organisation in finding its own solutions.
This model differs from others in combining
psychoanalytic theory, group psychodynamics, and
systems thinking, to work on the conscious and
unconscious processes operating at the
individual, group, and organisational levels,
and exploring the connections to, and
manifestations in, the structures and functions
in our work-based institutions and
organisations. Much emphasis is placed on the
importance of personal experience in affecting
effective change, and the impact of
interpersonal and intergroup relationships on
the work-task.
Consultants: Matt Vince B.Sc. PGDip.
M.A.
Jane
McNamara
NNEB. PGDip. CMI. M.A.
To arrange a free session to discuss your
consultancy or coaching needs:
E:
info@lioncare.co.uk
T: 01273 720424
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