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Training

Mental Capacity Act awareness and assessment training

Please find below flyers with new dates for Mental Capacity Act Awareness and Assessment training.  Anyone wishing to book a place please send a complete booking form to margaret.oliver@newcastle.gov.uk.

Basic awareness
Assessment

Newcastle Workforce Development online training

Currently the online training offers four courses

1. Integrated working overview (CAF)

This basic awareness covers: The CAF, information sharing, the role of the lead professional. The course will give you an in depth understanding of these topic areas so that you can confidently discuss the concepts with families, should you need to. It will provide underpinning knowledge for lead professionals or practitioners, prior to face to face training.

For many practitioners and managers further integrated working training will be needed.  For example, practitioners who will be CAF assessors or lead professionals must access further training.

2. Strategic managers integrated working – Common Assessment Framework

This course is for individuals who are either a manager or leader of staff who work with children, young people and families.  This course provides a strategic overview of: The common assessment framework (CAF), information sharing, the role of the lead professional. The course will give you an in depth understanding of these topic areas so that you can confidently discuss the concepts with staff members.

3. Awareness of information sharing

This is a basic awareness course in information sharing, The course will give you basic and can provide practitioners with knowledge prior to face to face training. The course comes with an online assessment and certificate on achieving a satisfactory pass mark.

4. Child development

This course is for practitioners who work with children, young people and families, including teachers; midwives and health visitors; youth services and connexions (targeted youth support teams); family support workers; social workers; voluntary and community groups; early years and play workers amongst others. The aim of this module is to increase the awareness of the main issues around the child development. By giving you a better understanding of the key issues you will be able to develop your work in a way that improves outcomes for parents and children. It is estimated that this module will take approximately 2 hours to complete.

All E-learning courses have modules you can complete in convenient stages and revisit whenever you wish. The system will record your progress throughout and on completion you will be able to download a certificate from the virtual college.

To access these training courses please complete the online form.

Information sharing training

There are seperate information sharing training modules for managers and practitioners. To access this training please email: is@newcastle.gov.uk or phone: 0191 277 4411, or click here for further details about information sharing training availability.

Newcastle Safeguarding Children's Board (NSCB) on-line training

The NSCB online courses are ideal for everyone who comes into contact with children, young people, their parents or carers through their work in either the statutory or voluntary sector. They are endorsed by Newcastle Local Safeguarding Children Board (NSCB) and the Newcastle Domestic Violence and Abuse Partnership and are in line with the NSCB training strategy. These courses are mandatory within local authority Children's Services and the Primary Care Trust. Click here to access the online training.

Newcastle Safeguarding Adult Board (NSAB)

NSAB share a vision for a workforce that has the right knowledge and skills to recognise and effectively respond to abuse, and to work towards the prevention of abuse. To help achieve this, the Safeguarding Adults Unit is developing a range of new inter-agency training courses, designed to suit all levels of staff and volunteers from the statutory, voluntary and independent sectors.

There will be seven main courses on offer, with specialist training in areas such as domestic violence, children and families and substance misuse being provided by our partner agencies. The Safeguarding Adults Unit can provide specialist training if requested.

For information about the availability of places on any of the courses, you should contact the Performance Development Unit on 0191 277 2091.

If you have any questions about our inter-agency safeguarding adults training strategy, or any of the new courses that are being developed, you can contact the Safeguarding Adults Assistant Performance Development Officer on 0191 278 8192. View the NSAB training programme.

Safe Newcastle

Safe Newcastle provides a mixed curriculum of training required for adults and the children's workforce practitioners, for details visit the Safe Newcastle website

Drug training

Dates to be confirmed

  • Overdose training: covering signs, symptoms and responses to overdose situations. This training is for: people living or working with drug users, drug users.
  • Parental Substance Misuse: covering the impact of drug and alcohol use on children, parental behaviour and family lifestyle; relevant policies and procedures. This training is for: anyone who works directly or indirectly with parents or carers who may be using drugs or alcohol providing you have attended a minimum of 'NSCB Safeguarding Children Group A' training and basic drug awareness training.
  • Crack and Cocaine: covering types of cocaine, neurological and physical effects, health implications, how to work with crack and cocaine users.
    This training is for: specialist drug workers, drug users, family members of drug users.
  • NCFE Level 2 Drug Awareness studies and their applications covering understanding drug, alcohol and volatile substance use; recognising and responding to drug use; communicating with young people about drugs.
    This training is for: anyone who works, or is interested in working with drug or alcohol users, drug users and family members.
  • Working with Family Members of Drugs Users (Carers) covering how drug use can affect other family members, what carers need, being carer-inclusive and carer-sensitive in your work.
    This training is for: specialist drug workers, staff in the criminal justice services, staff in carer support services and other staff in the health/social care sector.
  • Basic Drug Awareness: covering work of Safe Newcastle in relation to drugs; drugs and their effects, drugs and the law, accessing and referring to services. This training is for: anyone over the age of 18 living or working in Newcastle.
  • Working with Housing: covering housing provision for people with drug and / or alcohol problems; how to refer people; preventing homelessness. The training is for: specialist drug workers.

For details contact Safe Newcastle Drug Support Unit on 0191 278 8125 or email safenewcastle.drugs@newcastle.gov.uk

Further Safe Newcastle training

  • Domestic Violence & Migration: the rights of asylum seekers, refugees and other migrants
  • Children Living with Domestic Violence
  • Sex Work and Sexual Exploitation training
  • Domestic Violence Awareness training

For details contact Safe Newcastle on 0191 277 7833 or email: safenewcastle@newcastle.gov.uk

Mentoring and Befriending Foundation training

The Mentoring and Befriending Foundation is the national strategic body offering support to practitioners and organisations working across the mentoring and befriending field. It is also funded by the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) to support the development of peer mentoring for young people aged 11-25. The MBF provides:

  • advice in setting up or developing a mentoring/befriending or peer mentoring scheme
  • a wide range of publications, resources and leaflets
  • a website featuring news, events, research, case studies, funding opportunities and best practice
  • guidance and support to help organisations achieve the Approved Provider Standard
  • networking and training events plus an annual National Conference for example.

The MBF offers training, guidance, resources and networking opportunities for practitioners and co-ordinators involved in the development of mentoring/befriending or peer mentoring programmes. The programme offers courses in 14 locations around the country.

The courses include:

  • Befriender Co-ordinator training
  • Mentor Co-ordinator training
  • Effective Risk Management
  • Setting up a Programme
  • Best Practice and Continuous Improvement
  • Impact Measurement
  • Personal Safety for Volunteers
  • Developing a Funding Plan
  • Programme Management and Operation
  • Monitoring and Evaluation
  • Pre-16 Peer Mentor Co-ordinator training

If you would like more information on all of the peer mentor/mentor and befriending events, please visit the MBF website training event

TAMHS training and development

Within this section you will find a range of TAMHS training and development opportunities.