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External Training Opportunities and Materials

All links and organisations are external to Supporting People, and we can't make personal recommendations, but you may find information here useful.

If you have an organisation you could recommend or materials from previous events you can e-mail the Supporting People team on supportingpeople@worcestershire.gov.uk

Common Assessment Framework Training Dates &Venues

The Common Assessment Framework focuses on enabling and encouraging professionals to work together and to adopt common processes to deliver frontline services, co-ordinated and built around the needs of children and young people.  

Training available:

1 hour briefing session

An overview of the Common Assessment process

1 day Practitioner course

A practical day looking at the Common Assessment process in more detail including

• ·The assessment form
• ·Information Sharing
• ·The Lead Professional
• ·Coordinated Support Meeting

1/2 day Manager/Supervisor training

Suitable for Managers and Supervisors managing staff completing common assessments

Please click the links below for dates and venues:

Phase 5 Briefings & Courses Calendar - October/December 2008  (31.00 KB)

Phase 6 Briefings & Courses Calendar - January/March 2009  (31.82 KB)

To book places please click on the following link or contact Kay Harris, Integrated Working Programme Project Support Officer on 01905 766082 http://www.worcestershire.gov.uk/home/wccindex/wcc-edu-index/wcc-edu-stay-safe/wcc-edu-iwp/wcc-edu-iwp-infodates.htm

For further information on CAF, Lead Professional or Information Sharing in Worcestershire, please visit www.worcestershire.gov.uk/iwp

Independent Review Service

Independent Review Service Workshops  (21.50 KB)

Association for Care Training (ACT)

Set up by Herefordshire and Worcestershire Council's to link funding with care training. ACT can aid smaller providers t meet the National Minimum Data Set Social Care Regulations, providing funding for staff training to minimum NVQ standards.

Provision is now being made for 2007/2008

www.actforfunding.org to link to the ACT website

contact Shelley on 0870 720 2401

or email act@actforfunding.org

Adult Abuse Awareness Training

Worcestershire County Council's Adult and Community Services training team are offering basic awareness training sessions on adult abuse. These half day sessions are mainly on a monthly basis and take place at the Tolladine Training Centre in Worcester. The training is comprehensive and well delivered.

Attendance is free but those who fail to attend a place may face a fine.

contact Sarah Pilkington on 01905 734520

SITRA

The link below is for the handout from a past SITRA course, which may be useful for providers.

Advanced Assessment and Support Planning  (443.10 KB)

Advanced Assessment exercises  (34.55 KB)

SLK

SLK price list  (52.50 KB)