03/02/12 - Working with gangs: culture, development, risks and strategies
15 & 16 March 2012
Stratford, E15

The purpose of the is programme is to understand how UK gang culture is developed, how a young person's sense of self-identity can be related to gang culture and how young people become drawn into crime and anti-social behaviour when they define their identity through membership of a gang. For Youth Workers, Play Workers, Peer Mentors, Connexions Personal Advisers, Positive Activity Workers, Teachers, Social Workers, Learning Mentors, Community Safety Workers, Health Service workers and others working with young people who are involved in or at risk of involvement with gangs.

Day 1
• History of gang and criminal organisations in the UK
• How modern gang culture has developed
• The Criminal Justice system and Gangs
• Current and developing policies and projects (ie Pathways)
• Risks and Risk Assessments

Day 2
• Strategies for working with young people involved in gangs
• Gang culture and how to identify gang involvement
• Self identity and gangs, why do young people join gangs
• Preventative strategies: Working with groups
• Preventative strategies: Working one to one

Cost: £180 per person for two day course
If you work or volunteer for a private, voluntary or independent sector organisation in Newham you may be able to access this training for FREE through the Newham Training Bursary. Please email training.administration@newham.gov.uk for training bursary eligibility criteria and an application form (you will need to allow at least two weeks for processing the training bursary prior to the start of training).

Please book online on our website: www.15billion.org/training-directory/

Please contact us if you have any further queries:
15billion Training (formerly LECP Training)
Unit 12 The Office Village | Romford Road | Stratford | London | E15 4EA
training@15billion.org
0208 536 3630

03/02/12 - Young people and homelessness
7 February 2012, 9.30–4.30
Stratford, E15

This one-day course has been designed to enable participants to effectively support young people with homelessness or accommodation issues. It will also support them in developing an understanding of the Housing Act, its legislative usefulness and to examine how case laws and recent changes in the Homelessness Act can be used to assist homeless young people. It is aimed at Advisors, Youth Workers, Key Workers, Youth Support and other practitioners who advise young people and who require a good understanding of legislative solutions to their housing problems. This course is particularly relevant to those who have already developed some understanding of young peoples’ housing issues and wish to develop their ability to assist their clients.

Subjects covered:
• Part VII of the Housing Act 1996 as amended by the Homelessness Act 2002,
• New priority needs
• The Children Act 1989 and the Children (Leaving Care) Act 2000
• Relevant Case law
• EU citizens entitlement
• New developments under the coalition government; homeless person entitlement

At the end of the course, participants will be able to:
• Understand the current regulations relating to provision of accommodation for young people
• Identify the support and benefits young people are entitled to
• Signpost to appropriate support and future guidance
• Inform young people of their accommodation options and support them in making appropriate choices

£98 per person
If you work or volunteer for a private, voluntary or independent sector organisation in Newham you may be able to access this training for FREE through the Newham Training Bursary. Please email training.administration@newham.gov.uk for training bursary eligibility criteria and an application form (you will need to allow at least two weeks for processing the training bursary prior to the start of training).

Please book online on our website: www.15billion.org/training-directory/

Please contact us if you have any further queries:
15billion Training (formerly LECP Training)
Unit 12 The Office Village | Romford Road | Stratford | London | E15 4EA
training@15billion.org
0208 536 3630

03/02/12 - Practical skills for supporting and supervising volunteers
13 February 2012, 9.30 – 4.30
Stratford E15

This session is a practical course aimed at addressing the difficult and common issues surrounding the management of volunteers in a range of sectors, including:

• Managing volunteers in your organisation
• Supervision skills for the voluntary sector
• Developing and enhancing techniques for difficult and challenging volunteers
• Developing effective skills for the supervision process
• Best practice within the supervision process

For anyone managing volunteers and individuals seeking to develop or enhance supervision skills. All participants will be given course materials on the day.

£98 per person:
If you work or volunteer for a private, voluntary or independent sector organisation in Newham you may be able to access this training for FREE through the Newham Training Bursary. Please email training.administration@newham.gov.uk for training bursary eligibility criteria and an application form (you will need to allow at least two weeks for processing the training bursary prior to the start of training).

Please book online on our website: www.15billion.org/training-directory

Please contact us if you have any further queries:
15billion Training (formerly LECP Training)
Unit 12 The Office Village | Romford Road | Stratford | London | E15 4EA
training@15billion.org
0208 536 3630

26/01/12 - Working with girls in gangs
21 February 2012
Stratford, E15

This interactive workshop is geared towards increasing the knowledge and raising the awareness for workers and organisations that intend or currently working with girl gangs. The session will explore some of the issue when working with girl gangs. For practitioners working with young women who are in gangs, influenced by them or are victims of girl gangs. Practitioners working generally around girls' issues, or in gang work.

Topics covered during the workshop will include:
• What is a gang?
• Why do girls/young women join gangs?
• Roles girls and young women play in a gang
• The rise in girl gangs
• Raising awareness of issues facing youth workers, when working with girls in gangs
• Society and stereotypes
• Examples of good practice of work with girls in gangs

£98 per person
Please book online: www.15billion.org/training-directory

15billion Training (formerly LECP Training)
Unit 12, The Office Village
Romford Road
Stratford
London
E15 4EA

training@15billion.org
0208 536 3630

26/01/12 - Building effectiveness and resilience in times of change and challenge
20 February 2012, 9.30 – 4.30
Stratford E15

Often our work with children and young people can be tough and demanding but we are also working in a climate of unprecedented change. As well as a duty to our clients and the people we work with we also have a duty of care towards ourselves. If we neglect this it can have a negative effect on the service we deliver. How do we build our effectiveness and resilience; remain calm and objective in stressful situations; sustain our energy and effectiveness? This one day workshop will provide participants with the opportunity to reflect on practical solutions and strategies to be effective in their work with children and young people.

For a wide range of practitioners and managers who work with children and young people in a variety of contexts in both statuatory and community organisations. One of the benefits of the day will be the diverse mix of those attending and the opportunity to learn from and share experience with others.

Cost: £98 per person (no VAT charged)
If you work or volunteer for a private, voluntary or independent sector organisation in Newham you may be able to access this training for FREE through the Newham Training Bursary. Please email training.administration@newham.gov.uk for training bursary eligibility criteria and an application form (you will need to allow at least two weeks for processing the training bursary prior to the start of training).

Please book online on our website: www.15billion.org/training-directory/

Please contact us if you have any further queries:
15billion Training (formerly LECP Training)
Unit 12 The Office Village | Romford Road | Stratford | London | E15 4EA
training@15billion.org
0208 536 3630

10/01/12 - Health and Safety in the Workplace (CIEH Level 2 Award)
8 February 2012
Stratford, E15

Designed to ensure that all employees are aware of their own safety and the safety of customers, contractors and the public. This qualification can be tailored to business and individual needs to make the learning experience relevant and fit for purpose.
Employers are responsible for providing safe and healthy workplace conditions as well as the right systems and methods for safe activities. Nevertheless employees also have a vital part to play in the equation. They need the right knowledge and the right attitude which demands proper training in the basics of health and safety, as well as specific training for individual tasks.

Learning outcomes
• Understanding the principles of health and safety and accident prevention
• Ability to contribute to any health and safety management system
• Understanding the importance of risk assessment as a technique for accident and ill health prevention
• Understanding the responsibilities placed on employers and employees
• Understanding the hazard, risk and main causes of harm to workers (manual handling, hazardous substances, exposure to noise and vibration)
• Understanding the importance of following systems, procedures and rules
• Understanding how individual action can reduce risks to health and safety
• Appreciating how workplace equipment and task design affect health and safety

Ofqual qualification reference: 100/5914/3
Please note that to meet Chartered Institute of Environment & Health accreditation requirements all participants wishing to receive a certificate MUST provide a photocopy of their photo ID and bring the original for verification by the tutor.

Cost: £98 per person (including certification and handbook)

Please book online: www.15billion.org/training-directory

15billion Training (formerly LECP Training)
Unit 12 The Office Village | Romford Road | Stratford | London | E15 4EA
training@15billion.org
0208 536 3630

10/01/12 - Using Twitter to enhance your service and your professional practice
23 February 2012, 10–1.30
Stratford E15

There are currently over 75 million people who have joined Twitter. 10,000 people join Twitter each day. It is becoming an important tool to communicate your service to young people, other clients, partners and funders. Twitter can also keep you updated for a wide range of opportunities. For youth practitioners, volunteers, teachers, support staff, social workers, senior managers (statuary and voluntary sector) and anyone else who wants to get ‘on top’ of this useful communication tool in one short session.

If you are looking for creative and cost effective social media solutions for your organisation, then you will find this valuable. You will learn to use Twitter to enhance your own personal effectiveness and increase your organisation's effectiveness and boost its profile. You can then cascade this information to others throughout your organisation.

Cost: £49 per person (no VAT charged)

If you work or volunteer for a private, voluntary or independent sector organisation in Newham you may be able to access this training for FREE through the Newham Training Bursary. Please email training.administration@newham.gov.uk for training bursary eligibility criteria and an application form (you will need to allow at least two weeks for processing the training bursary prior to the start of training).

Please book online on our website: www.15billion.org/training-directory

Please contact us if you have any further queries:
15billion Training (formerly LECP Training)
Unit 12 The Office Village | Romford Road | Stratford | London | E15 4EA
training@15billion.org
0208 536 3630

10/01/12 - A new approach to mental health: improving outcomes for all
22 March 2012
Manchester Conference Centre

From both a wellbeing and economic perspective, there is no doubt that mental health issues need to be addressed with the same urgency and vigour that physical health problems receive. For many people, recovery from mental illness is closely linked with other social factors such as income, housing, education, employment and social care and support. The new health and wellbeing boards will have a key role in integrating more effective commissioning so that it includes a social model of recovery and not just clinical care. With the NHS having to find £20bn in efficiency savings, future commissioning in the NHS still shrouded in confusion, and leading mental health experts expressing concerns that mental health is still 'largely invisible', what does the future hold for mental healthcare?

Confirmed to Speak
Steve Shrubb, Director Mental Health Network, NHS Confederation
Neil Deuchar, Co Chair, The Joint Commissioning Panel for Mental Health
Paul Farmer, Chief Executive Officer, Mind
Paul Jenkins, Chief Executive, Rethink
Dr Ian McPherson, Chief Executive, The Mental Health Providers Forum

Expert speakers will explore the government's vision and discuss how the mental health strategy can be implemented to best ensure outcomes are successful. Delegates will have the chance to challenge, discuss and debate the key issues and gain relevant insight applicable to their professional roles.

For more information contact:
Alicia Greally, Events Consultant
agreally@p-s-event.co.uk
PS Events, City Wharf, New Bailey St, Manchester, M3 5ER
Tel: +44 (0)161 831 7111, Fax: +44 (0)161 832 7396

10/01/12 - Using online social media to engage and promote participation with young people
8 March 2012
Stratford, E15

Social media are part of young people’s everyday lives (Facebook, messenger, bebo). As practitioners, and managers of practitioners working with young people how should we respond to this? Should we ignore the technology and play safe by keeping to old means of communication? Should we embrace the technology and become virtual youth practitioners? What are the ethics and the practicalities involved with online youth work? Which methods should we use? What are the risks and benefits?

Learn how young people use social media; explore how new social media approaches to engage with young people could be used within your practice/organisation; develop practical skills in the use of social media tools (the afternoon session will be dedicated to getting ‘hands –on experience’; identify practical ways to support young people to be safe online; and find ways of applying your professionals skills and values to new digital environments.

Cost: £98 per person
If you work or volunteer for a Private, Voluntary or Independent Sector organisation in Newham you may be able to access this training for FREE through the Newham Training Bursary. Please email training.administration@newham.gov.uk for eligibility criteria and a bursary application form (you will need to allow at least two weeks for processing the training bursary prior to the start of training).

Please book online at www.15billion.org/training-directory

15billion Training (formerly LECP Training)
training@15billion.org
0208 536 3630

19/12/11 - Certificate in working with disabled young people (SEN/LDD)
19, 20 & 25 January 2012
Stratford E15

This 3-day course is to support professional workers to develop practice in working with disabled young people. It aims to support the development of professional practice for workers to ensure positive outcomes for disabled young people. The course will cover:
• Policies and initiatives relating to disabled young people
• The role of professionals working with young people
• Assessment and planning with disabled young people
• Transitions and transition planning
• Meeting the needs and supporting disabled young people’s aspirations

Successful completion of the course will confer three credits, at level 3 from the Open College Network (OCN). Requirements for completion; full (100%) attendance and successful completion of a written assignment.

£350 per person, including OCN Registration Fee

Please book online on our website: www.15billion.org/training-directory/

Please contact us if you have any further queries:
15billion Training (formerly LECP Training)
Unit 12 The Office Village | Romford Road | Stratford | London | E15 4EA
training@15billion.org
0208 536 3630

19/12/11 - Young people and the police
12 January 2012, 1–4.30
Stratford

This short course aims to give an overview of the legal system as it relates to young people and the committal of offences. It also aims to enable practitioners to work confidently with young people who may have offending history and provides an overview of the different types of offence, sentences and alternative outcomes for offenders. Topics Covered:
• Types of offences
• Sentencing options
• Stop and search
• New Government initiatives
• Alternatives to conviction
• Procedure from arrest to outcome

This course is suitable for practitioners and volunteers working with young people who may find themselves in trouble with the Police; including Youth workers, Personal Advisers, Teachers and those who advise and support young people, who need an understanding of the Law as it relates to young people.

Cost: £49 per person:
If you work or volunteer for a private, voluntary or independent sector organisation in Newham you may be able to access this training for FREE through the Newham Training Bursary. Please email training.administration@newham.gov.uk for training bursary eligibility criteria and an application form (you will need to allow at least two weeks for processing the training bursary prior to the start of training).

Please book online on our website: www.15billion.org/training-directory

Please contact us if you have any further queries:
15billion Training (formerly LECP Training)
Unit 12 The Office Village | Romford Road | Stratford | London | E15 4EA
training@15billion.org
0208 536 3630

19/12/11 - Representing the Third Sector: skills for effective representation.
17 January 2012, 9.30–2
John Geoffrey’s Room, Newmartin Building, 25 Claughton Road, Plaistow, E13 9PN

This half-day session aims to clarify the role and function of the Voluntary Community Sector representation locally; develop the skills required for effective representation and improve the effectiveness of the Voluntary Community Sector representation locally. By the end of this workshop attendees will feel confident in their ability to represent the third sector at a strategic level.

For registered charities or constituted groups providing services for children and or young people, based in the London Borough of Newham and employing 0-25 members of staff. Aimed at managers, co-ordinators and senior workers, who are responsible for delivering or promoting services within Newham.

On receipt of a training registration form a training information pack will be forwarded.

FREE, food and beverages are also provided.

Registration forms are available from: kristianb@ncytrust.org

Kristian Bridge
Office Hours (Mon–Fri, 9–5): 020 8471 1749
Out of office hours: 07961 333 615

12/12/11 - Taster in:Using solution-focused approaches in working with children & young people

Twilight session
17 January 2012, 4.30 – 8
Stratford E15

The solution-focused model provides a flexible framework for interaction with people. In this taster session you will be introduced to Solution Focused approaches and we will examine how you can to make effective use of these techniques as means of engaging with children & young people (also appropriate to working with adults) and as a means to empower them to make full use of their own resources to achieve their goals. For anyone working or volunteering with children and young people in a formal or informal setting. This could range from teachers, social workers YOT, youthworkers, faith groups and anyone who is interested in finding out more about solution focused and CBT techniques prior to considering further study.

Steve Henfry, the training facilitator, has over 25 years experience working with various individual and groups of young people with a range of needs as well as line managing a team of multi-disciplinary workers. He holds a Masters degree in Solution Focused Brief Therapy and has been delivering training on the subject for the past five years.

Cost:
£49 per session (no VAT)
f you work or volunteer for a private, voluntary or independent sector organisation in Newham you may be able to access this training for FREE through the Newham Training Bursary. Please email training.administration@newham.gov.uk for training bursary eligibility criteria and an application form (you will need to allow at least two weeks for processing the training bursary prior to the start of training).

Please book online on our website: www.15billion.org/training-directory/

Please contact us if you have any further queries:
15billion Training (formerly LECP Training)
Unit 12 The Office Village | Romford Road | Stratford | London | E15 4EA
training@15billion.org
0208 536 3630

How to join:
Please book online on our website:

Taster: http://www.15billion.org/training-directory/dir/listing/86

12/12/11 - Certificate in Supervision Studies
Starts February 2012
Stratford E15

Supervision can and should play an important role in helping practitioners to reflect on and develop the service they provide to clients. It can support those in the helping professions in their role and enhance and encourage their professional development. It is essential, therefore, that adult and youth support services incorporate supervision into their delivery plans and are clear as to its value. This programme seeks to continue to provide the opportunity for quality training for those people who will be offering supervision, either as line managers or non-line managers within youth or adult support work.

The dates for this training are (all Tuesdays): 28 Feb, 13 March, 27 March, 3 April, 10 April, 8 May. Please note that for accreditation full attendance is required.

This course is validated at higher education level 2, and carries 20 credits. You will need to show evidence of being able to study at this level, which would ordinarily require a level 1 qualification or equivalent. Applicants without the required entry qualification will be considered if they have been working in a relevant job role for the past three years. Importantly, all applicants must be engaged in supervision or about to commence by the time the course starts.

Different methods are employed in the assessment of the module including self-reflection, critical analysis of supervision practice and review of learning from the programme. Participants are encouraged to reflect and review their learning on an ongoing basis, starting with a self assessment exercise which can form part of a reflective diary and provide evidence for the assessed work.

£987 per delegate which includes: course materials, teaching, tutorial support, marking and accreditation. Payment must be received 14 days prior to course start. Individual applicants paying for themselves can request an installment plan. Please ring us to discuss (0208 536 3630).

If you work or volunteer for a private, voluntary or independent sector organisation in Newham you may be able to access this training for FREE through the Newham Training Bursary. Please email training.administration@newham.gov.uk for training bursary eligibility criteria and an application form (you will need to allow at least two weeks for processing the training bursary prior to the start of training).

Please book online on our website: www.15billion.org/training-directory/

Please contact us if you have any further queries:
15billion Training (formerly LECP Training)
Unit 12 The Office Village | Romford Road | Stratford | London | E15 4EA
training@15billion.org
0208 536 3630

12/12/11 - Building effective evaluation and planning
26 January 2012, 1 – 4.30
Stratford, London E15

We are all familiar with the need to plan, monitor and evaluate in our work. How often do we actually examine what we are doing, why and how well it is working? What models and approaches do we use to be more effective at meeting young people’s needs? These questions are crucial during a time of limited resources, drives to do more with less, a focus on outcomes, and the need to prove and demonstrate the effectiveness of our work.

This half-day workshop is aimed at demystifying planning and evaluation, reflecting on what these approaches can tell us, and how we can use it effectively.
It is aimed at a wide range of practitioners and managers who work with children and young people in a variety of contexts in both statutory and community organisations. One of the benefits of the day will be the diverse mix of those attending and the opportunity to learn from and share experience with others.

We will explore different evaluation models, and clarify such terms as outputs, outcomes, indicators etc...Then apply the understanding of these terms to your current practice and how it is used to evaluate and monitor your work, and how you can use this to be more effective in your work with children and young people.

Cost: £49 per person
If you work or volunteer for a private, voluntary or independent sector organisation in Newham you may be able to access this training for FREE through the Newham Training Bursary. Please email training.administration@newham.gov.uk for training bursary eligibility criteria and an application form (you will need to allow at least two weeks for processing the training bursary prior to the start of training).

Please book online on our website: www.15billion.org/training-directory/

Please contact us if you have any further queries:
15billion Training (formerly LECP Training)
Unit 12 The Office Village | Romford Road | Stratford | London | E15 4EA
training@15billion.org
0208 536 3630

06/12/11 - Certified Fire Warden Training
15 February 2012, 9.15–4
Bethnal Green, London

This full day course covers evacuations, legislation and live demonstrations (with hands-on use of fire equipment, including the ‘smoke room’).

The Employees’ Capabilities Regulations now in force! Are you compliant?
The Fire Safety Regulations 2010 (Employees’ Capabilities, England), came into force on 6 April 2010. This requires employers to provide evidence of ‘competent’ training for fire-related tasks. Griffin Fire Training now incorporates guidance on this employer responsibility. The training is certificated and satisfies obligations under the Fire precautions (Workplace) (Amendment) Regulations 1999 and the Management of Health & Safety at Work regulations 1992, as amended.
For anyone appointed as a Fire Warden for their workplace, or who has fire safety as part of their remit

£140 per person

Please book online: www.15billion.org/training-directory

15billion Training (formerly LECP Training)
Unit 12, The Office Village
Romford Road
Stratford
London
E15 4EA

training@15billion.org
0208 536 3630

21/11/11 - Using Creative Methods in Group Work for Experienced Practitioners
16 December 2011, 9.30 - 4.30
Stratford

Group work is an effective, but often under-used tool for encouraging the development of greater self-awareness, opportunity-awareness, decision-making skills and transition skills in our clients. This course will provide those who work with groups of clients, the opportunity to reflect on the activities they use and develop more creative methods of delivery in order to achieve their session objectives and engage their clients in a positive learning experience.

The course is aimed at experienced guidance practitioners and others who work to support young people and adult clients (for example Connexions PAs, learning mentors, teaching assistants, IAG advisers, youth workers etc). It is targeted at those who have experience in undertaking group work as part of their role, and who now want to build on that experience to develop their practice, and share with other similarly experienced professionals.

£98 per person

Please book online: www.15billion.org/training-directory

15billion Training (formerly LECP Training)
Unit 12, The Office Village
Romford Road
Stratford
London
E15 4EA

training@15billion.org
0208 536 3630

21/11/11 - Advising Young People on their Rights
24 November 2011
Stratford, E15

Far too often young people rights are ignored. Knowing that these rights are supported by laws is empowering. Therefore, it is essential that practitioners who work with young people are aware and updated on information, resources and services available to aid young people. This course explores the rights of young people and issues faced by professionals who are tasked with supporting them. It is an interactive course that utilises actual examples, case studies and participants’ experience and gives practical information on how Practitioners can use the laws to assert these rights. For Youth Workers, Practitioners, volunteers and all those, who work holistically with young people.

£98 per person
Please book online: www.15billion.org/training-directory

15billion Training (formerly LECP Training)
Unit 12, The Office Village
Romford Road
Stratford
London
E15 4EA

training@15billion.org
0208 536 3630

21/11/11 - Principles of Risk Assessment (CIEH Level 2 Award)
5 December 2011
Stratford, London E15

This new qualification is designed to help improve the workplace culture for occupational health and safety by enabling learners to understand the basic principles of risk assessment.
This CIEH Level 2 Award Principles in Risk Assessment was created in response to industry requirements for all employees to be risk aware. Although not all employees will be expected to undertake risk assessments themselves, they may be asked to contribute to the process and will be expected to act always to protect their own health and safety and that of others.

Learning outcomes
• Ability to contribute both to the maintenance of a safe work environment and to the process of formal risk assessment
• Understanding the legal requirements for risk assessment
• Understanding the principles of risk assessment (including hazards, risks and control measures; the five steps of risk assessment; the hierarchy of control; risk assessment review and record keeping).

Please note that to meet Chartered Institute of Environment & Health accreditation requirements all participants wishing to receive a certificate MUST provide a photocopy of their photo ID and bring the original for verification by the tutor.

Assessment: Multiple choice examination
Ofqual Accredited: Yes
Ofqual qualification reference: 500/3518/6
Prerequisite: CIEH Level 2 Award in Health and Safety in the Workplace (recommended)

Cost: £98 per person
Please book online : http://www.15billion.org/training-directory/

21/11/11 - De-escalation and restraint training
30 November & 1 December 2011
Stratford E15

Practitioners working with young people are increasingly working in contexts where there is the potential for violent incidents occurring, whether directed against staff themselves or other young people and service users. It is important that staff who encounter such situations are aware of how to act appropriately and safely. Recent statements from the Association of Teachers and Lecturers and Ann Baxter, chair of the ADCS's (Association of Directors of Children’s Services) health, care and additional needs policy committee have recommended minimum training on; managing challenging behaviour, alternatives to using force, reasonable and proportionate restraint, and government guidelines on restraint www.cypnow.co.uk/news/899937/Restraint-training-needed-entire-workforce

For practitioners, volunteers and other staff working with young people in formal and informal contexts, including youth workers, residential workers, social workers, teachers, learning mentors, classroom assistants etc.

The aim of this training is to provide front-line staff and volunteers with both the theoretical background, and practical strategies of how to cope in potentially violent and actually violent situations.

£220 per person

Please book online: www.15billion.org/training-directory

15billion Training
0208 536 3630
training@15billion.org

21/11/11 - Speak Up, Speak Out: Public Speaking for Practitioners
12 December 2011, 9.30–4.30
Stratford London E15

Public speaking is a skill that many are frightened of or try to avoid. Many professionals and practitioners working with young people are highly skilled at working in a one-to-one or small group context. There might be however be occasions when they are called upon to do a large group presentation, address a public meeting, intervene in a conference or deliver a seminar, all of which may take them outside their comfort zones. This training aimed at giving these practitioners, working with young people, the ability to overcome that fear, and speak confidently to a public audience.

For any practitioner or manager working with young people, who may need to make public presentations or speeches (Youth Workers, Connexions, Learning Mentors, Social Workers, volunteers, members of management committees and others).
Content:
• Overcoming nerves
• Put on the spot (impromptu speaking)
• Planning and preparing a talk
• Enhancing your performance
• How to write a speech in five minutes
• Speaking in public

£139 per person (no VAT)
If you work or volunteer for a private, voluntary or independent sector organisation in Newham you may be able to access this training for FREE through the Newham Training Bursary. Please email training.administration@newham.gov.uk for training bursary eligibility criteria and an application form (you will need to allow at least two weeks for processing the training bursary prior to the start of training).

Please book online on our website: www.15billion.org/training-directory

Please contact us if you have any further queries:
15billion Training (formerly LECP Training)
Unit 12 The Office Village | Romford Road | Stratford | London | E15 4EA
training@15billion.org
0208 536 3630

21/11/11 - Facilitating group work with young people (for those new to group work)
23 November 2011
Stratford E15

Group work with young people is a skill that is being increasingly demanded of practitioners working in a wide range of contexts. This training aims to provide participants with an understanding of facilitating group work with young people.
The course will cover facilitation skills, Group Work Theory and educational resources.

On successful completion of this course, participants will be able to:
• Determine the best practice when working with groups
• Gain an awareness of different learning styles
• Creating and planning a road map for the group
• Measure the performance of their group

For anyone new to facilitating group work with young people. In particular, youth workers or other professionals working with young people seeking to develop or enhance skill set within facilitating group work with young people.

All participants will be given course materials on the day
Cost: £98 per person
If you work or volunteer for a private, voluntary or independent sector organisation in Newham you may be able to access this training for FREE through the Newham Training Bursary. Please email training.administration@newham.gov.uk for training bursary eligibility criteria and an application form (you will need to allow at least two weeks for processing the training bursary prior to the start of training).

Please book online on our website: www.15billion.org/training-directory/

Please contact us if you have any further queries:
15billion Training (formerly LECP Training)
Unit 12 The Office Village | Romford Road | Stratford | London | E15 4EA
training@15billion.org
0208 536 3630

21/10/11 - Working with families
7 December 2011
Stratford, E15

For participants to explore their own perceptions, values and approach in relation to working with families. For participants to consider a range of approaches to undertaking effective work with families.

£98 per person
If you work or volunteer for a private, voluntary or independent sector organisation in Newham you may be able to access this training for FREE through the Newham Training Bursary. Please email training.administration@newham.gov.uk for training bursary eligibility criteria and an application form (you will need to allow at least two weeks for processing the training bursary prior to the start of training).

Please book online on our website: www.15billion.org/training-directory/

Please contact us if you have any further queries:
15billion Training (formerly LECP Training)
Unit 12 The Office Village | Romford Road | Stratford | London | E15 4EA
training@15billion.org
0208 536 3630

21/10/11 - Solution-Focused Brief Therapy
2, 3 & 16 November 2011
Stratford, E15

The ‘Solution-Focused Approach’ is a practical, enabling method which allows for new thinking and new actions with even the most resistant, “change-allergic”, clients. The language of the approach encourages a move from the pathology of the problem towards possibilities for change. The young person is recognised as the expert of their past and current experiences and that expertise is utilised to identify goals and movement. For any practitioners who are working with young people to assist in building coping strategies; increasing reslience, progressing towards recovery or achieving change. Youth workers, social workers, school staff, YOT, substance misuse workers, Connexions and CAMHS. This course, which is very practical and ‘hands-on’, will develop a future-focused approach to helping young people which conveys a clear message that there can be hope and expectation for change despite the set-backs of the past.

£295 per person.
If you work or volunteer for a private, voluntary or independent sector organisation in Newham you may be able to access this training for FREE through the Newham Training Bursary. Please email training.administration@newham.gov.uk for training bursary eligibility criteria and an application form (you will need to allow at least two weeks for processing the training bursary prior to the start of training).

Please book online on our website: www.15billion.org/training-directory/

Please contact us if you have any further queries:
15billion Training (formerly LECP Training)
Unit 12 The Office Village | Romford Road | Stratford | London | E15 4EA
training@15billion.org
0208 536 3630

21/10/11 - CAF Cards for Practitioners
9 November 2011, 9.30 – 4.30
Stratford E15

This one day training looks at providing practitioners with practical experience of using a powerful tool for working, in a person-centred way, with young people. CAF Cards are a unique set of resources to help young people move from their present state to a desired state based around well-formed outcomes. CAF Cards and Road Sign Cards have been developed with young people by Positive Steps Oldham, and 15billion has the opportunity to roll out CAF Card training across London and the South East.

The cards allow the exploration of imagery to plan brighter futures and identify how to support and resource the change process. The cards are underpinned by Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) principles. They create an environment that encourages young people to explore new possibilities. They can help to lift the barriers. The young person becomes the owner of the keys for change.

The cards will help young people to look at their lives differently, before exploring what to do and build a desire to change and set new goals.

Please note that this training day is NOT about how the Common Assessment Framework works generally, but is about providing practitioners with a tool which will enhance their young person centred work.

The usefulness of these resources are not restricted to those using the Common Assessment framework, and have been used in a wide range of other contexts. This day is for anyone working with young people to help them articulate their needs and aspirations.

CAF Cards have been specifically developed to fully engage and empower young people in the Common Assessment process and in other contexts. The cards focus is on the individual and they act like doors to a room that a young person may enter and explore. The CAF Cards can enable them to learn to shape and design a more rewarding future and start to enjoy the freedom that brings...

The cards fulfill a number of functions:
• They invite young people to engage in the process
• They create motivation to explore and create new meanings
• They allow young people to see graphically where they are at the moment
• They reveal the options that were already there and leave the young person with new choices.
• They provide a tool for practitioners who will be using the CAF to work in a young person-centred way
• They support staff in undertaking assessments with young people that gather the information we need

The Road Sign Cards offer a metaphor to guide the young person through a process of goal setting, planning and creative thinking. Life is a journey and the cards create a route. Goals are destinations and a means to an end. It doesn't matter where they start from because the cards will help them overcome any problems.

The cards ask the young person:
• Which sign represents where they are now?
• To consider whether their destination is in sight or over the horizon
• What obstacles they will face on their journey?
• What they will be doing differently when they get there?

To complement the training, all delegates will receive a presentation box containing a set of CAF Cards, a set of Road Sign Cards and a Training Manual with details of additional ways of using the Cards plus other useful reference materials

£105 per person (no VAT)
If you work or volunteer for a private, voluntary or independent sector organisation in Newham you may be able to access this training for FREE through the Newham Training Bursary. Please email training.administration@newham.gov.uk for training bursary eligibility criteria and an application form (you will need to allow at least two weeks for processing the training bursary prior to the start of training).

Please book online on our website: www.15billion.org/training-directory

Please contact us if you have any further queries:
15billion Training (formerly LECP Training)
Unit 12 The Office Village | Romford Road | Stratford | London | E15 4EA

training@15billion.org
0208 536 3630

12/10/11 - Emergency First Aid in the Workplace (CIEH Level 2 Award)
7 November 2011
Stratford, E15

Where an employer’s assessment of First Aid identifies that a four-day First Aid at Work qualification is not necessary, the minimum employer requirement is to appoint a person to take charge of First Aid arrangements. This includes looking after equipment and facilities, and calling emergency services when required. Arrangements should be made for a person with the relevant training to be available for these duties at all times when people are at work.

This qualification introduces candidates to:
• The roles and responsibilities of a first aider
• The legal requirements for first aid provision
• The importance of accurate incident reporting
• First aid equipment and its safe use
• The need to minimise the risk of infection
• The importance of assessing an incident
• Undertaking a primary survey
• When and how to call for help

The EFAW training and assessment will cover the following topics:
• Roles and responsibilities of a first aider
• Assessment and management of first aid incidents
• Management of an unconscious casualty
• Management of a casualty who is not breathing normally
• Management of a casualty who is choking
• Management of a casualty who has a bleeding injury
• Management of a casualty who is in shock

Assessment method: practical assessment plus an examination consisting of fifteen multiple choice questions. In the practical assessment, candidates will be tested on the following five elements recovery position, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, choking, bleeding, shock.

Ofqual reference: 500/7534/2
The HSE strongly recommends that all first aiders undertake an annual refresher course, and candidates must re-qualify every three years.

£99 (no VAT)

Please book online: www.15billion.org/training-directory

15billion Training (formerly LECP Training)
Unit 12, The Office Village
Romford Road
Stratford
London
E15 4EA

training@15billion.org
0208 536 3630

05/10/11 - Using a solution-focused approach in working with children and young people
Bite-size twilight sessions
Taster: 11 October 2011 or 17 January 2012
Action Planning: 25 October 2011 or 31 January 2012
Conversational Skills: 8 November 2011 or 14 February 2012
Reflective Practice: 22 November 2011 or 28 February 2012
Scaling: 6 December 2011 or 13 March 2012

4.30pm – 8pm
Stratford E15

The solution-focused model provides a flexible framework for interaction with people. Throughout this training we will examine how to make effective use of this framework by exploring the use of a solution-focused approach to action planning as a means of engaging with clients to empower them to make full use of their resources to achieve their goals.

Please book online:
Taster: http://www.15billion.org/training-directory/dir/listing/86
Action Planning: http://www.15billion.org/training-directory/dir/listing/87/
Conversational Skills: http://www.15billion.org/training-directory/dir/listing/88/
Reflective Practice: http://www.15billion.org/training-directory/dir/listing/89/
Scaling: http://www.15billion.org/training-directory/dir/listing/90/

£49 per session (no VAT)
If you work or volunteer for a private, voluntary or independent sector organisation in Newham you may be able to access this training for FREE through the Newham Training Bursary. Please email training.administration@newham.gov.uk for training bursary eligibility criteria and an application form (you will need to allow at least two weeks for processing the training bursary prior to the start of training).

Please contact us if you have any further queries:
15billion Training (formerly LECP Training)
Unit 12 The Office Village | Romford Road | Stratford | London | E15 4EA
training@15billion.org
0208 536 3630

05/10/11 - Social Media and Social Networking for Youth Professionals and Managers
13 October 2011, 9.30 – 4.30
Stratford

This training aims to help Children and Young People's Services to address digital skill gaps and engage learners to reach their full potential in using digital technologies. The aim of the social media training course is not only to provide important information, but to provide proven digital skills and techniques participants can use immediately to engage and support children and young people.

Explore more advanced and creative social media tools with 'in-house' experts, offering creative and cost effective social media solutions. Delegates learn how to create an online questionnaire, explore google and free online applications. Examine in more detail Facebook applications and short-cuts, along with theoretical models of digital youth work to facilitate and manage online forums.

Cost: £98 per person
If you work or volunteer for a private, voluntary or independent sector organisation in Newham you may be able to access this training for FREE through the Newham Training Bursary. Please email training.administration@newham.gov.uk for training bursary eligibility criteria and an application form (you will need to allow at least two weeks for processing the training bursary prior to the start of training).

Please book online: www.15billion.org/training-directory

Please contact us if you have any further queries:
15billion Training (formerly LECP Training)
Unit 12 The Office Village | Romford Road | Stratford | London | E15 4EA
training@15billion.org
0208 536 3630

30/09/11 - Mind the Gap! Supporting and guiding young people on their journey through the new employment and skills landscape
13 October 2011, 1.45 – 4.30
Westminster, London, SW1

This event seeks to address the current vacuum that exists in the transition from Connexions-style organisations to the All Age Careers Service. How can we prevent the current cohort of young people falling through the gap in provision?

Within this we seek to ensure delegates understand the design and delivery of the Work Programme and how this will affect young people; to understand the regional government approach to employment and skills; to challenge how best the sector maintains advice and guidance services that support young people holistically.

Speakers from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and London Work Programme delivery agents a4e and Ingeus.

FREE for Premium members of PYL
£60 Standard and Associate PYL members
£80 non-members
(Please note PYL member organisations will receive priority booking).

Please contact Lucy Sandford on lucy@pyl.org.uk or 020 7332 3599

22/09/11 - The revised vetting & barring scheme
3 October 2011, 1–4.30
Stratford E15

The re-modelling of the Vetting & Barring Scheme (VBS) was announced on the 11 February 2011. The remit of the changes will effect organisations and groups working with children and vulnerable adults. The coalition government have made new recommendations that will affectively scale down the original Vetting & Barring Scheme (VBS). This new scheme places a greater responsibility on employers and voluntary organisations to keep children safe, as they will have responsibility for making sure checks are carried out. Organisations need wider robust child protection policies and procedures to be properly applied. The timetable for these changes span over three years with the roadmap outlined in February 2011.

This half day course will course will comprehensively review the latest developments from the Independent Safeguarding Authority (ISA), their requirements and timescales for implementation and will asses the impact to your organisation.

Cost: £49 per person.
If you work or volunteer for a private, voluntary or independent sector organisation in Newham you may be able to access this training for FREE through the Newham Training Bursary. Please email training.administration@newham.gov.uk for training bursary eligibility criteria and an application form (you will need to allow at least two weeks for processing the training bursary prior to the start of training).

Please book online on our website: www.15billion.org/training-directory/

Please contact us if you have any further queries:
15billion Training (formerly LECP Training)
Unit 12 The Office Village | Romford Road | Stratford | London | E15 4EA
training@15billion.org
0208 536 3630

22/09/11 - Emotional Literacy for Behaviour Management
4 October 2011
Stratford

There is never an excuse for behaving badly but there is always a reason.
This training provides the skills and tools to be able to use emotional literacy to explore the reasoning behind behaviour patterns, to neutralise trigger events and establish positive new behaviour patterns. The training was developed by Active Interventions over twelve years to target the root causes behind barriers for progression for young people and to develop the professional practice of those working with disengaged and vulnerable young people. The training is suitable for anyone working with young people in a variety of settings including social workers, teachers, lecturers, youth workers and advisers, mentors, teaching assistants and volunteers.

Course content:
• Anger styles
• Anger triggers
• The Anger Cycle and Interventions
• Emote Control
• Fight, Flight and Function Behaviour
• Power v Control
• Identity and Values
• Self–Sabotage
• Sustaining Behaviour Change through Behaviour Coaching

The training is very experiential and ‘hands on’ including group work, role-play and self-reflection. Participants will be expected to explore the impact of their own emotional responses within their professional role.

£98 per person

Please book online at www.15billion.org/training-directory

15billion Training (formerly LECP Training)
Unit 12 The Office Village | Romford Road | Stratford | London | E15 4EA

14/09/11 - Mental Health: assessments, referrals & coping strategies
7 October 2011
Stratford, E15

This course has a unique approach of getting practitioners to focus on identifying the symptoms of poor mental health when making a referral. The course does not cover different diagnostic labels. This approach allows a practitioner to remain non-judgemental and leaves the actual diagnostic assessment to the clinician in line with best practice. For a wide range of practitioners (Connexions, YOT, Youth workers, Learning Mentors etc.) working with young people with who may be displaying signs of having mental health issues. On successful completion of the course, participants will:
• Recognise the symptoms of poor mental health
• Know how to refer to Mental Health Services
• Have a clear idea of good practice when referring
• Have an understanding of the different mental health services including, statutory, voluntary, primary and secondary.
• Understand how to make a Tier 1 Assessment that is non-labelling for the young person, and has no assumptions of what the young person’s diagnosis would be.
• Know how to make an appropriate referral

Cost: £98 per person
Those working in private, voluntary and independent sector organisations that offer a service to young people in Newham may be entitled to a training bursary for this event. Email training.administration@newham.gov.uk for eligibility criteria and a bursary application form (you will need to allow at least 2 weeks for processing the training bursary prior to the start of training).

Please book online: www.15billion.org/training-directory

15billion Training (formerly LECP Training)
Unit 12, The Office Village
Romford Road
Stratford
London
E15 4EA

training@15billion.org
0208 536 3630

07/09/11 - Data - a powerful tool for practitioners working with young people
19 September 2011, 10-1.30
Stratford

We are all familiar with the phrase ‘information is power’. The former CEO of Hewlett-Packard, once famously said: 'If HP knew what HP knows, we would be three times as profitable!' The same could be said of practitioners working with young people... except that instead of profitable, we would be three times more effective at meeting young people’s needs! Collecting data is part of our everyday work and is often seen as a chore, boring and a distraction from our work, often imposed from above. But information gained from this data can be used as a powerful tool to reflect on and improve our practice and the service we offer to young people.

This half-day workshop is aimed at demystifying data, reflecting on what it can tell us, and how we can use it effectively. For a range of practitioners and lower level managers who work with young people; such as Youth workers, Connexions PAs, Learning Mentors and Keyworkers. We will explore different evaluation models, and clarify such terms as outputs, outcomes, indicators etc...Then apply the understanding of these terms to your current practice and how it is used to evaluate and monitor your work, and how you can use to improve things for the young people you work with.

On completion of the workshop participants will:
• Be aware of different evaluation models that can be applied in the work
• Have clarified their understanding of the terms used within evaluation and monitoring
• Have applied their understanding to current practice to assess whether their provision is having an impact.

£49 per person
If you work or volunteer for a private, voluntary or independent sector organisation in Newham you may be able to access this training for FREE through the Newham Training Bursary. Please email training.administration@newham.gov.uk for training bursary eligibility criteria and an application form (you will need to allow at least two weeks for processing the training bursary prior to the start of training).

Please book online on our website: www.15billion.org/training-directory

Please contact us if you have any further queries:
15billion Training (formerly LECP Training)
Unit 12 The Office Village | Romford Road | Stratford | London | E15 4EA
training@15billion.org
0208 536 3630

07/09/11 - Kids Company’s Training Programme
October 2011

Kids Company is launching its new Training Programme, to take place at our Head Office in Central London. These courses have been designed to share fifteen years of experience in working with the most challenged and challenging young people, to enable practitioners to help their clients stabilise and re-engage with mainstream society.

Kids Company is now in a position to share the knowledge and expertise derived directly from the frontline, as follows:

A new Training Programme to be launched in October 2011 and Training & Consultancy to agencies to meet the sector’s diverse training needs.

A twelve month Professional Development Certificate in Therapeutic Communication Skills for Work with Children, delivered over nine weekends at Kids Company’s Head Office. This course has been developed in partnership with Kids Company and The London Metropolitan University. We are currently interviewing for a start date in January 2012.

If you would like more detailed information about either of the training programmes, please go to http://www.kidsco.org.uk/professional-development for a full content breakdown of each training module.

01/09/11 - Building Collaborative Networks in Child & Adolescent Mental Health
Starting 21 October 2011 (Five linked workshops), 9.30-12.45
CFCS, Plaistow

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If you or a colleague would like to be booked on the training please email newhamcfcs@eastlondon.nhs.uk with your full name, job title, place of work and contact number please.

Please bear in mind there are a limited number of places which get filled very quickly, a quick response would ensure you receive a place on the workshop.

If you are booked on the course and then find you are unable to attend please let us know as soon as possible and we can give your place to someone else on the waiting list. Please do not send anyone in your place as they will be turned away. If they wish to attend the training they will need to email with their details.
If you do miss one or two sessions, you will be able to do catch-up sessions when the next round of training starts.
If you miss three or more you will not be able to do catch-ups and will have to re-book on a future training.

30/08/11 - £50 commissioning training for equalities organisations
15 November 2011 - Birmingham
25 January 2012 - Manchester
28 February 2012 - London

National Children's Bureau and FaithAction are working in partnership to provide this practical, introductory training that will help you to understand commissioning and improve your organisation's chance of winning government contracts to deliver health and social care services. Subsidised to £50 for VCS equalities organisations working with children and young people.

More details are available here: http://www.ncb.org.uk/vss/training__events/commisioning_training.aspx

02/08/11 - Welfare benefits for young people
22 September 2011
Stratford, E15

This course aims to give participants an overview of the benefits system and the benefits available to young people. It will provide information on other forms of income; the latest changes in benefits by the Coalition Government (and how this will impact on young people and services available to support them in dealing with benefits issues). For Advisors, Youth Workers, Key Workers, Youth Support and other practitioners who advise young people and who require a good understanding of the benefits system This course is particularly relevant to those who have already developed some understanding of young peoples’ benefits issues and wish to develop their ability to assist their clients.

Topics Covered
• Entitlement to benefits
Types of benefits (income support, JSA, Tax Credits, ESA, Housing Benefit, passport benefits)
• Combination benefits
• Changes made to the benefits system
• Other available monies
• Benefits appeal
• Support services

Cost: £98 per person
If you work or volunteer for a private, voluntary or independent sector organisation in Newham you may be able to access this training for FREE through the Newham Training Bursary. Please email training.administration@newham.gov.uk for training bursary eligibility criteria and an application form (you will need to allow at least two weeks for processing the training bursary prior to the start of training).

Please book online on our website: www.15billion.org/training-directory/dir/listing/16/

Please contact us if you have any further queries:
15billion Training (formerly LECP Training)
Unit 12 The Office Village | Romford Road | Stratford | London | E15 4EA
training@15billion.org
0208 536 3630

18/07/11 - Professional Boundaries for Practitioners Working with Young People
26 September 2011, 9.30–5
Stratford, E15

Practitioners working with young people can often face a lot of personal pressures in their work. This can cause conflict and stress if they find that their professional boundaries are being ‘pushed’. This training is designed to help practitioners identify, and apply practical solutions to these issues.
Suitable for Personal Advisers, Youth Workers, Learning Mentors, Community Workers, Social Workers, Play workers and other practitioners working in any capacity with young people in the community, voluntary or statutory sectors.

£98 per person

Please book online: www.15billion.org/training-directory

15billion Training (formerly LECP Training)
Unit 12, The Office Village
Romford Road
Stratford
London
E15 4EA

training@15billion.org
0208 536 3630

06/07/11 - Newham CAMHS Forum
Tuesday 2 August, 2-4pm
York House, Plaistow

The Forum will be hosted by young people from Right Here, a CAMHS service user group based in Newham. The focus will be ‘The effects of violence on the young BAME community in Newham’. We hope to re-run this event for schools next term. This is a forum for professionals but young people from community groups are welcome, too.

Free, booking not required.

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06/07/11 - Working with disabled young people, to encourage and enable full participation
25 July 2011
or
10 October 2011
Stratford, E15

Engagement of disabled children and young people in shaping services at a local level results in the provision of more appropriate services, and can help services work more efficiently and effectively, allowing for more flexible and tailored provision. Disabled young people need to be given the opportunities to develop their skills, gain experience and be given information to support their participation. This course will give learners an opportunity to focus on different communication methods and raise awareness of the need for alternative techniques to encourage and enable participation by disabled young people. For a range of staff and managers working with disabled young people and issues of participation.

Please note: participants should have already undertaken some disability awareness training such as 'Introduction to working with disabled young people', or be aware of key issues and the ‘social model’.

£90 per person

Please book online: www.15billion.org/training-directory

15billion Training (formerly LECP Training)
training@15billion.org
0208 536 3630

28/06/11 - Europe and the Future of Guidance
10 October 2011
Queen's Hotel, Leeds

Careers Europe are pleased to announce Professor Tony Watts will be the keynote speaker at this conference. The event will look at the European influence on guidance policy and will also feature workshops on some recent European co-operation and transfer of innovation projects. There will also be an update of Careers Europe services and a look at Europe as a source of opportunity for UK nationals.

More information and a detailed agenda: www.careerseurope.co.uk

FREE

To register for a place go to: www.careerseurope.co.uk/events/eventregister.asp

Careers Europe
Onward House
2 Baptist Place
Bradford
West Yorkshire
BD1 2PS

01274 829500
info@careerseurope.co.uk

28/06/11 - Understanding how young people learn
13 July 2011
Camden, London

In many areas of work with young people, there is a greater emphasis on curriculum and measured learning outcomes. This training would be very useful to a wide range of practitioners designing and delivering a wide range of formal and informal learning experiences for the young people they work with, especially where those practitioners have now undergone formal teacher training.
There is often a need for staff (even for those who are experienced in youth work) to develop new skill sets to work successfully. Without awareness of how young people learn, sessions can result in frustration on the part of both the learners and tutors, and can lead to behaviour issues and disaffection. This training has been developed to specifically address these issues, with taught components, exercises, scenarios and discussions. It also includes a film, produced by young people themselves, about their attitudes to the way teachers and other professionals communicate with them.

Learning outcomes
• To develop skills for helping young learners achieve their learning aims.
• To show an improved awareness of ‘professional boundaries’ and why they are important
• To identify and discuss their values regarding work with young people
• To identify achievable ways of managing behaviour effectively
• To identify ways of motivating and retaining young learners
• Opportunity to reflect, to share good practice or concerns and to network with colleagues.

£98 per person

Please book online: www.15billion.org/training-directory

15billion Training (formerly LECP Training)
Unit 12, The Office Village
Romford Road
Stratford
London
E15 4EA

training@15billion.org
0208 536 3630

09/06/11 - Bridges to Work: seminar and conference
17–20 October 2011 (application deadline 1 August 2011)
Antwerp, Belgium

If you are working in a project aiming to increase young people's employment chances on the job market, then 'Bridges to Work' is for you. Please note you must be accompanied by a young person (under 26 years old) from your project. Other participants at the 'Bridges to Work' conference will be employers, job centres, employment and entrepreneurship services, support programmes and structures for employment (Youth in Action, Lifelong Learning, European Social Fund, Progress...), experts, researchers, policy makers.

• Come and present your employment project
• Get inspired by other job projects in Europe
• Meet with other people from the job sector
• Find ideas and partners for future projects
• Influence European approaches to work and entrepreneurship

A young person (under 26) from your project is invited to attend the parallel youth inclusion seminar on employment. Give them the chance to:
• Exchange experiences with other job-seekers
• Develop strategies to work on their employability or entrepreneurship
• Give their opinion to improve employment and entrepreneurship projects
• Practice their English (basic English required)
• Have fun and get an international boost to get a job

Note: The programme for young job-seekers & their coaches will start early on 17 October afternoon to allow more time for group building.

Apply online: salto-youth.net/bridgesemploymentproject

If selected (job coach and young person), SALTO Inclusion will organise and pay for hotel and food during the conference. It will reimburse travel tickets (economy, second class).

SALTO Inclusion Resource Centre (and partners)
0032 22 09 07 20
salto-youth.net/bridgestowork

24/05/11 - Immigration Status and Housing Rights
31 May 2011
Stratford, E15

Delivered in association with Shelter, participants will receive an update on changes in statute, case law and practice. They will have the opportunity to consider the different types of status, how they define housing rights, and the practical issues that arise. It does not cover the asylum support system.
Topics covered:
• Basic immigration status
• Recourse to public funds
• Housing and family issues
• Housing law and eligibility
• Habitual Residence Test
• European Economic Area, rights to reside and housing rights
• EU accession countries and Worker Registration Scheme
• Social services provision for persons from abroad
• Case law in all relevant areas

Suitable for advisers, policy makers, and housing providers who need to know about the practical consequences of legislative and procedural change. This course is designed for people with experience in housing, and a good basic knowledge of the framework of housing provision is assumed.

£150 per person (no VAT)

Please book online: www.15billion.org/training-directory

15billion Training (formerly LECP Training)
Unit 12 The Office Village | Romford Road | Stratford | London | E15 4EA

0208 536 3630

20/05/11 - The Impact of the Economic Downturn on BAME Education Services
25 May 2011, 5.30-7pm
Abbey Centre, Westminster

In December 2010, MiNet commenced mapping the impact of the recession on BAME education services. The report documents a number of key findings and makes various recommendations for a range of stakeholders. Free copies of the report will be available on the day. Come along and listen to the thoughts of Dr Berkeley on MiNet's mapping, the work of Runnymede Trust and wider issues associated with educational reforms. Dr Maylor, whose research interests are underpinned by a commitment to equity and social justice, with a particularly interested in issues of ethnicity, culture and racisms as they impact on educational practice and student and staff experience/outcomes, will also talk about her own work and comment on the research findings and present challenges in education.

FREE, book online at rota.org.uk/pages/EventBooking.aspx?EventID=57

020 7902 1939
anthony@minet.uk.net

17/05/11 - Newham CAMHS Forum
28 June 2011, 2-4pm
Plaistow, E13

Helping children & families where there is a chronic Illness
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11/05/11 - The 2011 Connected Generation open space unConference
Saturday 21 May 2011, 10 - 4.30
The Hub, Kings Cross

Understanding and engaging with the digital world is no longer an optional extra for those working with young people – it’s essential. We’ve put together a un-conference as a space to explore what the digital world means for young people’s lives, and for our practice working to support young people’s positive development and thriving. We hope you find this an useful, interesting and enjoyable opportunity to connect with new theory and practice, and, most importantly, with other practitioners exploring new frontiers of youth engagement.

What is an unConference?
An unConference is created by the participants – and it works best when everyone comes prepared to offer a session. Your session could be a short presentation of a project you have recently worked on using digital media for youth engagement; or it could be a topic for discussion; or an issue you want to get the insights of others on. When you register you have the opportunity to suggest a session you may offer.

You will get to take part in at least five sessions on key topics in youth engagement and new technology. You are free to move between Open Space sessions – using ‘The Law of Two Feet’: If you are not contributing to, or taking anything away from a session. You may find there is another discussion you can move to If you find a topic you want to discuss is not being covered, you have to opportunity to suggest a new session to explore it – and the facilitators will do their best to make your new session idea take place. We’ll probably end the day at a local coffee shop or pub for those who can stay in London a bit longer.

Lunch is provided and will include meat and vegetarian options. If you have any other special dietary requirement please let us know. Please could you bring a dessert to share (scrummy biscuits or cake) . There is WiFi available through the venue. Details will be available on the day.

Book by contacting tim@practicalparticipation.co.uk or info@katiebacon.co.uk

Twitter: #cgen11
http://tiny.cc/zha2c
www.youthworkonline.org.uk.

10/05/11 - Introduction to Safeguarding and Child Protection
27 May 2011
Stratford, London E15

This course aims to develop awareness and understanding of safeguarding and child protection. Participants will be able to explore how these fit in relation to their role in their organisation. This is an interactive course with the aim that participants are not just ‘given’ knowledge but has the chance to consider how they should respond to Safeguarding issues in their own practice. A range of methods will be used to help participants to build up skills and knowledge, such as group discussions, case scenarios and DVD.

£90 per person.
Please book online: http://www.15billion.org/training-directory/

15billion Training (formerly LECP Training)
Unit 12 The Office Village | Romford Road | Stratford | London | E15 4EA
0208 536 3630

05/05/11 - Working with Teenage Parents
25 May 2011, 9.30–4.30
Stratford E15

Preventing teenage pregnancies and their negative consequences continues to be a pressing challenge for practitioners working with young people; this issue attracts high profile political attention and the resources of a range of agencies.

However, focus also needs to be placed on supporting teenage parents. This is crucial to ensure economic well-being and to facilitate productive and fulfilling lives. Moreover, working with teenage parents helps break the cycle, as research has shown that a high percentage of children of teenage parents go on to become teenage parents themselves.

This interactive course is designed to increase participants’ understanding of the needs of Teenage Parents and build confidence engaging and working with them. The course will be facilitated with interactive workshops, exercises and discussions, using participants’ professional experience and case studies.

£90 per person

Please book online: www.lecp.org.uk/training-directory

15billion Training (formerly LECP Training)
Unit 12, The Office Village, Romford Road, Stratford, London, E15 4EA

26/04/11 - Personal sustainability and development for youth workers – 'The Actor in the Shadow'
24 July – 1 August 2011
Czech Republic

The aim of this training course is to provide a space for youth workers, youth leaders and practitioners to reflect and work on their personal development and thus become more aware of themselves and others. They will learn various methods of reflection and peer counseling in order to deal more effectively with the every day reality of youth work:
• to develop their emotional competence, and learn ways to enhance wellbeing and their ability to cope with stress and burn-out from youth work
• be presented with approaches and attitudes to living in the post-modern world
• be able to find their way out of problematic situations

More information:www.salto-youth.net/downloads/27-230-3073/AiS--More_info.pdf

FREE. Hosting (accommodation and food) and programme costs are covered by the Czech National Agency. Before applying, please check with UK National Youth Agency (0116 242 7400 or yia@nya.org.uk) to check whether travel costs will be payable.

Deadline for applications: 20 May 2011

Application form: www.salto-youth.net/mysalto/login/?pfad=/mysalto/applicationonline/681/

Czech National Agency Youth
Jitka Kořínková
Na Poříčí 1035/4, 110 00 Praha 1

+420221850913
jitkak@mladezvakci.cz
www.mladezvakci.cz

18/04/11 - Vision not Division: Practical and Strategic Alternatives to School Exclusion
Thursday 5 May 2011, 9.30 – 4
Charlton Athletic Football Ground, SE7


This is a collaborative initiative by The Research Centre for Children, Schools and Families at University of Greenwich, Inaura, Communities Empowerment Network, UK Youth and Charlton Athletic Community Trust. The workshop is led by Professor Carl Parsons and Dr Adam Abdelnoor. The workshop draws on extensive research and practical illustrations from five areas where zero or near zero permanent exclusions have been achieved and sustained. Workshop takes full account of the current political decisions on exclusions and the tightening economic conditions. Community based Inclusion is about groups of educational institutions designing provision to meet the needs of all, minimize loss of education and ensure best prospects of progression.

A full set of papers will be available including a 2001 second edition of Carl Parsons’ Strategic Alternatives to Exclusion.

To book, contact lern@gre.ac.uk

04/04/11 - A Professional’s Toolbox for dealing with Diversity and Conflict (The INBOX Methodology)
23 – 30 May 2011
(Application deadline 7 April 2011)
Egmond, Netherlands

This FREE training is called is funded through Grundtvig, the European Union’s Programme for Mobility and Cooperation in Adult Education. The target group are practitioners working with young people looking to expand their skills in dealing with diversity and conflict, looking to expand their skills in dealing with diversity and conflict. Participants will include those committed to personal development, citizens looking for skills and inspiration to shape their active civic engagement, and those interested professionally in our methodology.

The main activities in the programme are sharing experiences, methodology and methods used throughout Europe; getting to know and develop skills to work with the Critical Mass INBOX methodology; gain practical experience through fieldwork and work towards creating a personal action plan to implement lessons learned at home.

Working Language: English

FREE: The following expenses will be covered by the workshop organiser:
• Travel expenses, provided that all participants book with low budget airlines or travel by train
• Food and lodging costs (23.05.2011, afternoon to 30.05.2011, afternoon)
• Costs for travelling during the workshop, for workshop purposes.
Not covered: Drinks at the bar or anything apart from the package including personal expenses

To book, please send an email to grundtvig@criticalmass.nu

Further info:
Critical Mass
Daphne Mulder/ Maaike Jonker
Bemuurde Weerd OZ 3, 3514 AN, Utrecht

+31 (0)30 2714956

grundtvig@criticalmass.nu
www.criticalmass.nu

04/04/11 - Developing dialogue between Roma and Non-Roma Communities
18 – 24 September 2011
(Deadline to apply 9 April 2011)
Jaen, Spain

Recent years have seen the increase of populist and far right movements that propose 'easy' solutions in crisis times by using scape goats. Roma communities around Europe are, once again, used as culprits. This message seems to be taking root among other political parties, media and society in general. In order to create spaces of encounter to combat mistrust among Roma and Non-Roma communities around Europe, AJPROGI (Roma promotion Association) in co-operation with AHEAD (Human Rights Education Association) and Trajectorya launch an in-service training initiative for educators from both communities interesting in dialogue building. The current educational proposal is supported through the grants schemes of the Grundvig-Comenius Lifelong Learning Programme of the European Commission.

The course focuses on developing competences in organising educational activities bringing together Roma and non Roma communities working for social cohesion. The residential course will bring together a balanced group of 15 Roma and non-Roma youth leaders and educators. Above all, the course is the opportunity to meet diversity in all its meanings, to address human rights issues and the opportunity to build intercultural dialogue among educators and civil society in Europe.

The course is designed to create a space where participants experience and reflect upon activities and concepts central to human rights education based on experiential learning approaches. Reflection and meta-reflection on the methodological aspects will be specially addressed as main aim of this specific training course. It is also designed as a space for mutual learning, where participants exchange their approaches to training and share best practices in a dialogical intercultural approach and environment. The course is designed for community leaders, educators and adult learners working with young people from both Roma and non-Roma communities, or wishing to do so. They should be ready to act as multipliers and are requested to be able to fully participate in English language. Participants are expected to have high degree of tolerance, respect, empathy and readiness for a meaningful intercultural learning experience.

All candidates must apply by downloading the application form below no later than Monday the 9 April 2011. Send to averipen@trajectorya.ee

Form: http://www.salto-youth.net/downloads/27-230-3024/Application%20Form%20AVERIPEN.doc

Some participants may be eligible for a Grundvig or Comenius grant: http://www.trajectorya.ee/?page_id=665
The course is to be fully supported and granted by the LifeLong Learning Programme. Selected participants will directly receive the grant from their National Agency in each country. Travel, accommodation, meals and training costs will be fully covered by this grant.




If you need further information, do not hesitate to contact us:
AJPROGI (Asociación Jiennense de Promoción Gitana)
averipen@trajectorya.ee

C/ Camino de la Senda, (Entrecaminos) no 6
La Guardia, 23170
Jaén
Spain

04/04/11 - Final CAMHS ebulletin from the London CAMHS Programme:
This will be the final bulletin from the London CAMHS Programme.
Please sign up to receive the National CAMHS e-bulletin here: http://www.chimat.org.uk/default.aspx?QN=CHMK9
A big thank you to all of you who have worked with us over the years – keep up the good work!

CD legacy
The London CAMHS Programme has produced a CD of some of the key materials produced and gathered from across the region. We will be sending these to CAMHS commissioning leads for onward distribution to local partnership colleagues. Contact your commissioner if you are interested.

London TaMHS report
A summary of some of the key messages about the impact of TaMHS in London: download here

Getting It Right
An exciting new training package specifically developed to equip professionals (Ambulance Services, walk in centre staff, Emergency Department, Police, Paediatric staff, GPs and Social Workers) who have a first point of contact with young people with mental health needs. The package is available to order from amanda.hodgson@yhip.org.uk.

Bids invited
The Government has launched a prospectus for local authorities and their partners to bid for support to develop intensive interventions for looked-after children and their families: download here

Tier 4 podcast
Please see the link below for a discussion of the key issues around Tier 4, including inreach, outreach, intensive and crisis community initiatives, day provision, therapeutic fostering and other services that may be described as ‘wrap around’.
http://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/quality/quality,accreditationaudit/qnic/podcast.aspx

Tackling Stigma Framework Pilot: Evaluation Update Report
In January 2011, Ecorys (formerly ECOTEC Research and Consulting Ltd) was commissioned by the National CAMHS Support Service to undertake follow up research for the evaluation of the Tackling Stigma Framework pilot: download here

NICE: Publication of Clinical Guideline 120
The clinical guidelines on ‘Psychosis with coexisting substance misuse: Assessment and management in adults and young people’ were published on 23 March 2011 and are now available on the NICE website (http://guidance.nice.org.uk/CG120).
Consultation comments and final responses: http://guidance.nice.org.uk/CG/Wave15/8/Development
Pre-publication check error report comments and responses: http://guidance.nice.org.uk/CG/Wave15/8/PrepublicationCheck/ErrorReportingTable/pdf/English

18/03/11 - Practical skills for supporting & supervising volunteers
12 April 2011
Stratford E15

This workshop can be considered as the follow up to all delegates who attended the ‘introduction to managing volunteers’. The 'supporting and supervising volunteers' session is a practical course aimed at addressing the difficult and common issues surrounding the management of volunteers in a range of sectors. For anyone managing volunteers, individuals seeking to develop or enhance supervision skills.
What will be covered on the course:
• Managing volunteers in your organisation
• Supervision skills for the voluntary sector
• Developing and enhancing techniques for difficult and challenging volunteers
• Developing effective skills for the supervision process
• Best practice within the Supervision process

All participants will be given course materials on the day

£90 per person.

Please book online: www.lecp.org.uk/training-directory

15billion Training (formerly LECP Training)
Unit 12, The Office Village, Romford Road, Stratford, London, E15 4EA

03/03/11 - Building Collaborative Networks in Child and Adolescent Mental Health
May–July 2011 (dates below)
CFCS, Newham

Serious mental health problems in children and young people are increasing, both nationally and locally. We are offering a series of five free, linked workshops for staff in Health, Education, Social Services and the Voluntary Sector. Our aim is to enable front line workers to increase their confidence, resources and skills.

• How can we help these children and their families?
• What works?
• How can we share and increase our skills and work together to meet this challenge?
• What resources are available and where does CFCS fit in?
• What constraints are we facing and how can we overcome them?

Friday 6 May 2011, 9.15–1: Introduction and assessment of child and adolescent mental health

Friday 20 May 2011, 9.15–1: Behaviour – theory and practice

Friday 10 June 2011, 9.15–1: Network and family Interventions – working with complexity

Friday 24 June 2011, 9.15–1: Engaging the child or young person individually

Friday 8 July 2011, 9.15–1: Resources, internal and external, self-care and evaluation

All five sessions are free and must be completed to receive your certificate.
Please note you are not booked until you receive a confirmation email of phone call.

To book a place, please contact Marie McConnell at marie.mcconnell@eastlondon.nhs.uk

This series of workshops is being convened by the East London and the City Foundation NHS Trust and the London Borough of Newham’s CYPS

02/03/11 - National CAMHS Support Service closing
The National CAMHS Support Service is being managed to closure: work will complete on 31 March 2011. All CAMHS resources will be available on the ChiMat website. The regional presence will also cease at the end of March 2011. If you require any information please contact Dawn Rees, National CAMHS Programme Manager dawn.rees@cypf.org.uk

02/03/11 - Introduction to Managing Volunteers
22 March 2011, 9.30 – 4.30
Stratford E15

This course aims to provide participants with an understanding of what is required to manage volunteers. For anyone new to managing volunteers, seeking to develop or enhance skill set when working with volunteers.What will be covered on the course:
● What is volunteering?
● Developing policies and procedures
● Good Practice in managing volunteers

£90 per person.
Those working with young people in the borough of Tower Hamlets may be entitled to a training bursary for this event, please email kajoria.mahbub@towerhamlets.gov.uk (you will need to allow at least two weeks for processing the training bursary prior to the start of training).

Please book online: www.lecp.org.uk/training-directory

15billion Training (formerly LECP Training)
Unit 12, The Office Village, Romford Road, Stratford, London, E15 4EA

02/03/11 - Newham CAMHS forum: Narrative work with children and families
Tuesday 8 March 2011, 2 - 4.30
CFCS, Plaistow

Jill McWilliam: development of story groups in schools
Sally Stephens and Dave Tapsell (CFCS): expanding family stories

CFCS, York House, 411, Barking Road, London, E13 8A
Supported by CYPS, the East London Foundation Trust, Commissioners, and the voluntary and third sectors.

For further information contact: Percy Aggett: percy.aggett@eastlondon.nhs.uk
Download details

02/03/11 - Introduction to Facilitating group work with young people
22 March 2011
Stratford, E15

Group Work with young people is a skill that is being increasingly demanded of practitioners working in a wide range of contexts. This training aims to provide participants with an understanding of facilitating group work with young people.
What the course will cover:
● Facilitation Skills
● Group Work Theory
● Educational Resources

For anyone new to facilitating group work with young people. In particular, youth workers or other professionals working with young people seeking to develop or enhance skill set within facilitating group work with young people. All participants will be given course materials on the day.

£90 per person. Payment is required in full at least 14 days prior to course commencement.

People working in private, voluntary and Independent sector organisations that offer a service to young people in Newham may be entitled to a training bursary for this event, subject to available funding. Please email training.administration@newham.gov.uk for eligibility criteria and a bursary application form (you will need to allow at least 2 weeks for processing the training bursary prior to the start of training).

Those working with young people in Tower Hamlets may be entitled to a training bursary for this event, subject to available funding. Please email flora.dele-ojo@towerhamlets.gov.uk for further details (you will need to allow at least 2 weeks for processing the training bursary prior to the start of training).

Please contact us for an application form (electronic) or download one from our website: http://www.lecp.org.uk/content_files/training/LECP_Course_Application_Form_for_website.pdf and return it to:
Training & Development, London East Connexions Partnership,
4th Floor Solar House, 1-9 Romford Road
Stratford, London E15 4LJ
training@londoneastconnexions.co.uk
Tel: 020-8536-3630, Fax: 020-8534-2830

14/02/11 - Young Muslim ex-offenders and resettlement service provision
Friday February 18 2011, 10-1 or 1.30-4.30
Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, N1

Following the conclusion of a report looking exclusively at young British Muslim ex-offenders and their resettlement needs, the Muslim Youth Helpline is offering a free half-day training session on the findings of the report that includes interviews with service providers and ex-offenders. This report is the second in a series of seven sponsored by London Councils examining ways to improve services for young people from Muslim communities.

The Muslim Youth Helpline is a pioneering charity providing faith- and culturally-sensitive support services to young people from Muslim communities in Britain. Founded in August 2001, we provide a unique collection of support and advocacy services run by and for young Muslims. Founded in August 2001, MYH began as a youth forum created by young people to respond to the social problems endured by their generation.

The training will enable those who work in any service capacity with young British Muslims, as well as those who work on related topics, to:
• Be informed about the facts and statistics of Muslim offenders and their resettlement knowledge and experience, following a quantitative study of 319 male and female Muslim offenders
• Gain specific information on the difficulties faced by young Muslim ex-offenders to reintegrate into the community and find adequate resettlement service provision. Follow case studies, interviews and focus groups with service providers and young Muslim ex-offenders on these topics, and receive a copy of the report
• Develop an understanding of the different ways in which religion and appropriate service provision can prevent young ex-offenders re-offending
• Discuss the issues of stereotyping and faith sensitivity within service provision and the wider community


The training will be of interest to the following groups:
• Statutory service, voluntary service, and private providers, particularly those who work in boroughs with large Muslim communities and organisations whose work is focused primarily around youth justice, Muslims, or BME communities
• Community workers, including Mosque imams, pastoral care workers, mediators, counsellors etc
• Researchers and analysts who work on issues relating to young Muslims in Britain
• Volunteers and activists who work closely with young people from Muslim communities, as well as anyone who is responsible for those working in this area

FREE

Booking: we cannot accept bookings after February 16 2011. If you are interested in attending the training session, or are unable to attend the training session, but wish to receive a copy of the report please contact advocacy@myh.org.uk or 0207 435 8171.

14/02/11 - 6 day certified programme in Child and Adolescent Mental Health
17 February 2011 onward, 9.30-4.30
Stratford E15

Each session will comprise a combination of didactic teaching, small group work, work with live case material from participants and reflective practice. Participants will be provided with a handbook containing training materials for each session including a programme, short biography of the trainer, copies of presentations, additional handouts where appropriate and information about Young Minds. Participants will also be supplied with a Learning Journal. The journal is a tool that has been found very effective as an aid to reflective practice. Participants will be encouraged to keep entries in the journal throughout the period of the course to consolidate their learning, and these will be reviewed as part of the training sessions. Participants who have attended at least five of the six sessions will receive a YoungMinds Short Course Certificate in Child and Adolescent Mental Health.

17 February 2011 (Session One): Introduction to Young People’s Mental Health *Please note that attendance at this session or evidence of attendance at a similar session is a requirement for attending further sessions
17 March 2011 (Session Two): Adolescent Turmoil
14 April 2011 (Session Three): Attachment, Behaviour & Learning
12 May 2011 (Session Four): The Mental Health of Black and Minority Ethnic groups
16 June 2011 (Session Five): Trauma
18 July 2011 (Session Six): Deliberate Self Harm in Young People

£660 per person. Payment in full at least 14 days prior to course commencement please.
People working in private, voluntary and Independent sector organisations that offer a service to young people in Newham may be entitled to a training bursary for this event, subject to available funding. Please email training.administration@newham.gov.uk for eligibility criteria and a bursary application form (you will need to allow at least 2 weeks for processing the training bursary prior to the start of training).

Those working with young people in Tower Hamlets may be entitled to a training bursary for this event, subject to available funding. Please email flora.dele-ojo@towerhamlets.gov.uk for further details (you will need to allow at least 2 weeks for processing the training bursary prior to the start of training).

Please contact us for an application form (electronic) or download one from our website: http://www.lecp.org.uk/content_files/training/LECP_Course_Application_Form_for_website.pdf and return it to:

Training & Development, London East Connexions Partnership,
4th Floor Solar House, 1-9 Romford Road
Stratford, London E15 4LJ
training@londoneastconnexions.co.uk
Tel: 020-8536-3630, Fax: 020-8534-2830

14/02/11 - Risk Assessment – principles & practice
23 February 2011
Stratford, London E15

This course is for all managers with responsibility for assessing risk in their work environment and covers:
• Main categories of accidents and causes of ill health
• The benefits of good health & safety management
• Principles of Risk Assessment – understanding of the principles and definitions of Risk Assessment Legislation
• Awareness of the key aspects of the legislative framework Risk Assessment in Practice

£90 per person. Payment is required in full at least 14 days prior to course commencement.

People working in private, voluntary and Independent sector organisations that offer a service to young people in Newham may be entitled to a training bursary for this event, subject to available funding. Please email training.administration@newham.gov.uk for eligibility criteria and a bursary application form (you will need to allow at least 2 weeks for processing the training bursary prior to the start of training).

Those working with young people in Tower Hamlets may be entitled to a training bursary for this event, subject to available funding. Please email flora.dele-ojo@towerhamlets.gov.uk for further details (you will need to allow at least 2 weeks for processing the training bursary prior to the start of training).

Please contact us for an application form (electronic) or download one from our website: http://www.lecp.org.uk/content_files/training/LECP_Course_Application_Form_for_website.pdf and return it to:
Training & Development, London East Connexions Partnership,
4th Floor Solar House, 1-9 Romford Road
Stratford, London E15 4LJ
training@londoneastconnexions.co.uk
Tel: 020-8536-3630, Fax: 020-8534-2830

02/02/11 - Safeguarding children through safer recruitment
Free online training

The Children's Workforce Development Council (CWDC) is calling for recruiters in all organisations that work with children and young people to complete free Safer Recruitment Online Training to help safeguard children. Every organisation that works with children and young people, or is involved in providing services for them, has a duty to safeguard and promote their welfare and ensure they are recruiting their workforce safely. Safer Recruitment Training helps managers and those who are responsible for recruiting into organisations to put robust safer recruitment processes in place and to make the right decisions during the recruitment process.

Who's the training for?
All organisations in England that work with or provide services for children and families have a duty to protect their welfare. If you recruit paid staff or volunteers into the children and families workforce then you should take the safer recruitment training.

What's involved?
To complete the training you can attend a one day face-to-face training event or complete an online course at your own pace. The training covers:
• What abuse is
• Recruitment processes that should be followed
• How to manage allegations
• The current arrangements for vetting and checking

Recruiters are invited to register and complete the Safer Recruitment Online Training at http://www.cwdcouncil.org.uk/safeguarding/safer-recruitment

CWDC has also launched face-to-face Safer Recruitment Training, available nationally across England through a consortium led by Action for Children. There are a limited number of free places for small organisations. Further details are available at http://www.cwdcouncil.org.uk/safeguarding/safer-recruitment/face-to-face

02/02/11 - Faith, relationships & young people website launch
Thursday 31 March 2011, 2–4pm
Stratford Circus E15

Newham Interfaith Sexual Health (NewISH) Forum is a coalition of agencies working together to support young people of faith in their understanding of relationships. Over the past six months NewISH have been doing extensive research and consultation about faith and relationships with young people in the borough, which has contributed to the development of the new website. The launch is an opportunity to share these findings and to celebrate the new website, and influence the future development of the website, with colleagues in the borough.

If you are one of the following, this is an important event for you to attend:
• A community leader or faith group leader (pastor, scholar, imam, priest, youth or community worker in place of worship).
• Working with young people of faith in a professional capacity (PHSE teacher, youth worker, school nurse or health worker, connexions worker or doctor)
• Parent from a faith background

We are also running a young people’s event in the evening (6.15-8.30). If you would like to bring a group of young people, please also contact us for tickets.

If you would like to attend please reserve your place by contacting rachel@fryp.or.uk or by phoning 07596834034 by 1 March 2011.

27/01/11 - Developing youth work with girls and young women
11 February 2011, 9.30 - 4.30
Stratford, E15

This interactive workshop is geared towards increasing the knowledge and raising the awareness for workers and organisations that intend or currently work with girls and young women. The session will explore some of the influential factors in the lives of the young women.

£90 per person. People working in private, voluntary and Independent sector organisations that offer a service to young people in Newham may be entitled to a training bursary for this event, subject to available funding. Please email training.administration@newham.gov.uk for eligibility criteria and a bursary application form (you will need to allow at least 2 weeks for processing the training bursary prior to the start of training).

Those working with young people in Tower Hamlets may be entitled to a training bursary for this event, subject to available funding. Please email flora.dele-ojo@towerhamlets.gov.uk for further details (you will need to allow at least 2 weeks for processing the training bursary prior to the start of training).

Please contact us for an application form (electronic) or download one from our website: http://www.lecp.org.uk/content_files/training/LECP_Course_Application_Form_for_website.pdf and return it to:
Training & Development, London East Connexions Partnership,
4th Floor Solar House, 1-9 Romford Road
Stratford, London E15 4LJ
training@londoneastconnexions.co.uk
Tel: 020-8536-3630, Fax: 020-8534-2830

19/01/11 - Emergency Aid for Appointed Persons
8 February 2011
or
10 March 2011
or
29 March 2011
Stratford, E15

This one day programme is designed to enable employers and organisations to meet their Health and Safety obligations for the provision of first aid to employees and members of the general public. The course meets the HSE recommendations for the Appointed Person in the Workplace.

Where an employer’s assessment of First Aid needs identifies that a four-day First Aid at Work qualification is not necessary, the minimum employer requirement is to appoint a person to take charge of First Aid arrangements. This includes looking after equipment and facilities, and calling emergency services when required. Arrangements should be made for an Appointed Person to be available for these duties at all times when people are at work. At the end of the course, each candidate will receive a certificate of satisfactory completion, valid for 3 years.

£90 per person. People working in private, voluntary and Independent sector organisations that offer a service to young people in Newham may be entitled to a training bursary for this event, subject to available funding. Please email training.administration@newham.gov.uk for eligibility criteria and a bursary application form (you will need to allow at least 2 weeks for processing the training bursary prior to the start of training).

Those working with young people in Tower Hamlets may be entitled to a training bursary for this event, subject to available funding. Please email flora.dele-ojo@towerhamlets.gov.uk for further details (you will need to allow at least 2 weeks for processing the training bursary prior to the start of training).

Please contact us for an application form (electronic) or download one from our website: http://www.lecp.org.uk/training

Training & Development, London East Connexions Partnership,
4th Floor Solar House, 1-9 Romford Road
Stratford, London E15 4LJ
training@londoneastconnexions.co.uk
Tel: 020-8536-3630, Fax: 020-8534-2830

19/01/11 - Health & Safety (Level 2 CIEH)
3 or 15 February or 28 March 2011, 9.30-5.30
Stratford, E15

This qualification is designed to ensure that all employees are aware of their own safety and the safety of customers, contractors and the public. Subjects covered include: legislation; health; safety; welfare; the workplace and workplace equipment; risk assessment; manual handling; hazardous substances; ergonomics and workstation design; transport and vehicles; noise and vibration.

On successful completion of the course and a multi-choice examination, participants will receive the Level 2 CIEH qualification in Health & Safety, which is valid for three years.

£90 per person
People working in private, voluntary and Independent sector organisations that offer a service to young people in Newham may be entitled to a training bursary for this event, subject to available funding. Please email training.administration@newham.gov.uk for eligibility criteria and a bursary application form (you will need to allow at least 2 weeks for processing the training bursary prior to the start of training).

Those working with young people in Tower Hamlets may be entitled to a training bursary for this event, subject to available funding. Please email flora.dele-ojo@towerhamlets.gov.uk for further details (you will need to allow at least 2 weeks for processing the training bursary prior to the start of training).

Please contact us for an application form (electronic) or download one from our website: http://www.lecp.org.uk/training

Training & Development, London East Connexions Partnership,
4th Floor Solar House, 1-9 Romford Road
Stratford, London E15 4LJ
training@londoneastconnexions.co.uk
Tel: 020-8536-3630, Fax: 020-8534-2830

11/01/11 - Health and Housing: helping young people to identify and fulfill their health aspirations
9 February 2011, 10–3
Camden Lock, London

This seminar will provide an opportunity for delegates to hear about the latest government health policy and learn about the implications for supported housing providers and housing and children's services. With speakers addressing mental health and emotional well-being, sexual health, and other aspects of health including healthy eating and physical exercise this event will take a holistic approach to young people's health and well-being. And now, due to demand, there is more table discussion time than previously so more opportunities for discussing local practice and networking.

The day will be chaired by Jo Gunner, National Housing Advisor, YMCA England, and will include speakers from NCB Policy team, Southampton University, NHS South West Essex Community Services and Braintree Foyer. And now, due to demand, there is more table discussion time than previously so more opportunities for discussing local practice and networking.

For more information or to book visit http://supportedhousing.eventbrite.com/ or complete and return the attached form to Paul Taylor at ptaylor@ncb.org.uk

07/01/11 - Certificate in Supervision Studies
Wednesdays 16 Feb, 16 Mar, 23 Mar, 6 April & 27 April 2011
Stratford, E15

Supervision can and should play an important role in helping practitioners to reflect on and develop the service they provide to clients. It can support those in the helping professions in their role and enhance and encourage their professional development. For Managers, Team Leaders and those providing non-managerial or peer supervision in the Children & Young People's workforce, from a variety of disciplines, sectors and employment settings. The main aim of this course is to provide an assessed course of study to enable managers, team leaders, and supervisors from a range of disciplines and employment settings to develop a common understanding of the role of supervision within the Every Child Matters strategy. Students will review and develop their knowledge about supervision. They will learn about the theories and concepts underpinning effective supervision practice and they will develop a skills base on which to frame their interventions, thus enhancing their capabilities in facilitating a supervisory relationship. The course aims to ensure that participants who successfully complete the qualification will be capable of offering supervision within their particular organisation.

This course is validated at higher education level 2, and carries 20 credits. You will need to show evidence of being able to study at this level, which would ordinarily require a level 1 qualification or equivalent. Applicants without the required entry qualification will be considered if they have been working in a relevant job role for the past three years. Importantly, all applicants must be engaged in supervision or about to commence by the time the course starts.

£650 per delegate which includes: course materials, teaching, tutorial support, marking and accreditation. 10% early bird discount for bookings made 60 days or more before the start of the course. Payment must be received 14 days prior to course start.
People working in private, voluntary and Independent sector organisations that offer a service to young people in Newham may be entitled to a training bursary for this event, subject to available funding. Please email training.administration@newham.gov.uk for eligibility criteria and a bursary application form (you will need to allow at least 2 weeks for processing the training bursary prior to the start of training).

Those working with young people in Tower Hamlets may be entitled to a training bursary for this event, subject to available funding. Please email flora.dele-ojo@towerhamlets.gov.uk for further details (you will need to allow at least 2 weeks for processing the training bursary prior to the start of training).

Please contact us for an application form (electronic) or download one from our website: http://www.lecp.org.uk/training

Training & Development, London East Connexions Partnership,
4th Floor Solar House, 1-9 Romford Road
Stratford, London E15 4LJ
training@londoneastconnexions.co.uk
Tel: 020-8536-3630, Fax: 020-8534-2830

06/01/11 - Supporting BAME families with vulnerable young boys
24 March 2011
Holiday Inn, Bloomsbury

This conference will cover:
• Narrowing the education gap
• Understanding the support needs of BAME families
• Strengthening Families Strengthening Communities: parenting programme initiative
• Employers’ perspective: what is it that the economy needs and what are the opportunities for BAME communities?
• Parents In Partnership Programme
• Supplementary and Complementary Education
• Local Engagement: REACH Role Model experience
• Working with offenders and ex-offenders
• The Chinese Experience: British Chinese attainment in Education

For policy makers and analysts working to improve social justice through social action; parents, carers and guardians; practitioners, educationalists and advisers in statutory, voluntary and community sector services working with families, children and young people; lead members and other senior officers who have an interest in realising the development of the Big Society and how local communities can be supported in making a difference.

Book online at: http://www.bteg.co.uk/index.php?option=com_civicrm&view=Events&Itemid=327

For further information or details please contact Karl Murray, Head of Research
karl@bteg.co.uk
0207 843 6133
www.bteg.co.uk

05/01/11 - Human Rights Education for and with children
24 – 30 July 2011
Tallin, Estonia

This course aims to develop the competence of teachers and educators working with children and youth in the pedagogical development of activities dealing with Human Rights Education for and with children by using non formal education methodologies. For trainers, youth leaders, youth workers, teachers and educators.

FREE (travel, accommodation, meals and training costs fully covered by the LifeLong Learning Programme grant)

Deadline 10 January 2011

Application form: http://www.salto-youth.net/downloads/27-230-2870/Application%20Form%20HRE.doc

Further details: http://www.salto-youth.net/downloads/27-230-2869/Description%20Human%20Rights%20Education%20for%20and%20with%20Ch

24/11/10 - Young BAMER women living in the UK
2 December 2010, 10-4.30
Sadler's Wells, London

This conference will provide a unique opportunity for discussion, reflection and information exchange on the effective engagement and development of appropriate service interventions, with young Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic and Refugee women's voices at its centre.
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22/11/10 - Social Media Training for Youth Practitioners and Managers
14 & 15 December 2010
Ealing

Social media and social networking sites can amplify the positives and negatives of everyday life for young people, and can expose them to new opportunities and new risks. These online digital tools can offer a diverse range of opportunities to engage with young people and promote their participation in local youth services. The accredited OCN training course below has been developed to bring together both the theory and practice of digital youth work. Explore both how to support young people as they engage in these environments. Learn how to practically and creatively use social media and social networking to enhance the delivery of young people service(s). Create a practical online strategy to integrate into their work supported with a professional qualification to evidence their understanding and learning.

Accreditation: OCN (South West Region) Level 2

£225 per person (includes OCN registration & certification)
People working in private, voluntary and Independent sector organisations that offer a service to young people in Newham may be entitled to a training bursary for this event, subject to available funding. Please email training.administration@newham.gov.uk for eligibility criteria and a bursary application form (you will need to allow at least 2 weeks for processing the training bursary prior to the start of training).

Those working with young people in Tower Hamlets may be entitled to a training bursary for this event, subject to available funding. Please email flora.dele-ojo@towerhamlets.gov.uk for further details (you will need to allow at least 2 weeks for processing the training bursary prior to the start of training).

Please contact us for an application form (electronic) or download one from our website: http://www.lecp.org.uk/training

Training & Development, London East Connexions Partnership,
4th Floor Solar House, 1-9 Romford Road
Stratford, London E15 4LJ
training@londoneastconnexions.co.uk
Tel: 020-8536-3630, Fax: 020-8534-2830

16/11/10 - Multi-family groups for parents and children, CAMHS Forum
16 November, 2-4.30pm
CFCS, York House
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08/11/10 - Cross Community Cultural Diversity Training in Europe
15 - 20 March 2011
Denmark

Objectives:
• To reflect critically about personal and cultural identity
• To gain a greater understanding of cultural diversity in different local and national realities
• To learn from cross community youth work, and raise awareness how that can lead to a more integrated society
• To better understand concepts which relate to the themes/topics of Cultural Diversity, such as stereotypes, prejudice, culture...
• To develop intercultural skills and competences related to international youth projects, reflecting on learning by using Youthpass
• To get inspired to carry out future international youth projects through YiA programme and other resource possibilities

For Youth leaders, Youth workers

Day 1: group building, reflection on identity and self
Day 2: dealing with the topic of cultural diversity, norms and values, culture, discrimination, prejudice, inclusion/exclusion...
Day 3: historical and local perspectives of diversity, project visits
Day 4: planning action for change

Costs
The Danish National Agency will cover the cost for accommodation, subsistence and training costs. The UK National Agencies will cover the travel costs of successful applicants from the UK.

Apply online at http://www.salto-youth.net/applicationonline/581/
APPLICATION DEADLINE 15th January 2011

02920 924353
1 Kingsway, Cardiff, CF10 3AQ
http://www.britishcouncil.org/youthinaction
yiatraining@britishcouncil.org

08/11/10 - Social Media Training for Youth Practitioners and Managers
14 & 15 December 2010
Ealing

Social media and social networking sites can amplify the positives and negatives of everyday life for young people, and can expose them to new opportunities and new risks. These online digital tools can offer a diverse range of opportunities to engage with young people and promote their participation in local youth services. The accredited OCN training course below has been developed to bring together both the theory and practice of digital youth work. Explore both how to support young people as they engage in these environments. Learn how to practically and creatively use social media and social networking to enhance the delivery of young people service(s). Create a practical online strategy to integrate into their work supported with a professional qualification to evidence their understanding and learning.

Candidates will:
• Create an online group and event to promote a youth activity, service and/or an organisation
• Understand how to utilise online social network applications to enhance the online profile/ group functions to young people
• Review different social media consultation tools available online for online youth engagement/consultation
• Create a young person online questionnaire and integrate into a social network profile youth
• Explore and review how to create and facilitate an online discussion forum through a social network profile(informed consent, communicating whom will have access to consultation data & evidencing what change if any has occurred)
• Recognise & understand associate risks & safe guarding considerations with online consultations/forum discussions
• Understand appropriate youth professional online interventions and signposting young people to local/online youth services.

£225 per person (includes OCN registration & certification)
People working in private, voluntary and Independent sector organisations that offer a service to young people in Newham may be entitled to a training bursary for this event, subject to available funding. Please email training.administration@newham.gov.uk for eligibility criteria and a bursary application form (you will need to allow at least 2 weeks for processing the training bursary prior to the start of training).

Those working with young people in Tower Hamlets may be entitled to a training bursary for this event, subject to available funding. Please email flora.dele-ojo@towerhamlets.gov.uk for further details (you will need to allow at least 2 weeks for processing the training bursary prior to the start of training).

Please contact us for an application form (electronic) or download one from our website: http://www.lecp.org.uk/training

Training & Development, London East Connexions Partnership,
4th Floor Solar House, 1-9 Romford Road
Stratford, London E15 4LJ
training@londoneastconnexions.co.uk
Tel: 020-8536-3630, Fax: 020-8534-2830

03/11/10 - Developing youth work with young men from ethnic communities
2 December 2010
Stratford, E15

This interactive one day workshop is geared towards increasing the knowledge and raising the awareness for workers and organisations that intend or currently work with young men and boys from the ethnic minorities and the black communities. The session will explore some of the influential factors in the lives of the young men. For Voluntary Sector workers, Connexions Personal Advisers, Youth Workers, Play Workers, Peer Mentors, Social Workers, Learning Mentors, Community Safety Workers, Health Service workers and others working with young people. Topics covered during the workshop will include:
• Ethnic communities in the UK
• Cultural understanding and background
• Racism
• Masculinity and society
• Raising awareness of issues facing youth workers, when working with men from ethnic communities
• Society and masculinity

£90 per person
People working in private, voluntary and Independent sector organisations that offer a service to young people in Newham may be entitled to a training bursary for this event, subject to available funding. Please email training.administration@newham.gov.uk for eligibility criteria and a bursary application form (you will need to allow at least 2 weeks for processing the training bursary prior to the start of training).

Those working with young people in Tower Hamlets may be entitled to a training bursary for this event, subject to available funding. Please email flora.dele-ojo@towerhamlets.gov.uk for further details (you will need to allow at least 2 weeks for processing the training bursary prior to the start of training).

Please contact us for an application form (electronic) or download one from our website: http://www.lecp.org.uk/training

Training & Development, London East Connexions Partnership,
4th Floor Solar House, 1-9 Romford Road
Stratford, London E15 4LJ
training@londoneastconnexions.co.uk
Tel: 020-8536-3630, Fax: 020-8534-2830

03/11/10 - On the edge: family or care?
22 November 2010
Blackfriars, London

A free film workshop event for young people, foster carers, practitioners and managers across social care to explore the challenges of children and young people on the edge of care. Delivered by the Leading Our Lives team at the Fostering Network in collaboration with Kindle Entertainment, we want your views to influence the development of materials to accompany this film. 'Some Dogs Bite' depicts a life changing journey made by three brothers who are separated after their mother’s death. It deals with issues relevant to everyone involved in social care concerning children and young people, and the care system.

The film is brought to us by Kindle Entertainment who produced the Emmy award winning BBC film “Dustbin Baby”. “Some Dogs Bite” will be shown on the BBC next year. The BBC are planning a substantial website to accompany the film where a further range of resources will be available including three interactive endings to the film which explore the choices faced by young people in their day to day lives in and out of care.

This exciting workshop will provide a unique opportunity for filmmakers and young people as well as practitioners, to form a dialogue and evaluate the online learning resource that accompanies the film and which will be used as a cross-curricular resource in schools.

Structure of the day
In order to enable as many young people (15+), foster carers, practitioners and managers to participate as possible, the programme has been divided into two sessions. 'Some Dogs Bite' will be shown twice over the day. There will be 70 places for the first half of the day between 9.30am and 3.30pm, and 50 places for the second half from 2.30pm till 6pm.

The second session will be set up to facilitate the participation of young people. However the aim is to be as inclusive as possible so you are welcome to take part in either session. We do however, need you to specify upon booking which session you wish to attend.

For more information or to book your free place, please contact at candice.williams@fostering.net or on 0207 620 6442. Alternatively you can book online using a credit or debit card below. Places are limited so please let us know as soon as possible about any cancellations so that these places can be given to anyone who may be on waiting lists.

26/10/10 - Learning, Development and Support Services (LDSS) for Children, Young People and Those who Care for Them & Advice and Guidance
Starts 3 November 2010
Eden College, 34 Mawney Road, Romford, RM7 7HL

With the changes taking place through integrated working in the workforce working with young people, there is an increasing need for professionals to work flexibly and straddle several roles. LECP, working with Eden College, is introducing this dual professional qualification (NVQ4 LDSS & Advice & Guidance) for those practitioners working in the field who want both a professional qualification, and also the flexibility to fit into a range of different roles.

There are a range of common NVQ units shared by the LDSS and Advice & Guidance qualifications. Upon completion of the LDSS qualification all your work will be mapped to Advice and Guidance Level 4 qualifications and will count towards both awards. Those wishing to gain the dual qualifications would select Advice and Guidance units whilst doing your LDSS qualification. You will then normally be required to do an additional maximum of 4 units on completion of the LDSS to complete the Advice and Guidance award. In total to gain the dual qualification, you will need to do 15 units.

£2,300 per person. This is a single price for those wishing to do either the single or dual qualification. It may be possible, by prior arrangement and agreement, for the cost to be made in two installments meaning it is spread over two financial years. Please contact us to discuss if you want to take that option.

People working in private, voluntary and Independent sector organisations that offer a service to young people in Newham may be entitled to a training bursary for this event, subject to available funding. Please email training.administration@newham.gov.uk for eligibility criteria and a bursary application form (you will need to allow at least 2 weeks for processing the training bursary prior to the start of training).

Those working with young people in Tower Hamlets may be entitled to a training bursary for this event, subject to available funding. Please email flora.dele-ojo@towerhamlets.gov.uk for further details (you will need to allow at least 2 weeks for processing the training bursary prior to the start of training).

Please contact us for an application form (electronic) or download one from our website: http://www.lecp.org.uk/content_files/training/LECP_Course_Application_Form_for_website.pdf and return it to:
Training & Development, London East Connexions Partnership,
4th Floor Solar House, 1-9 Romford Road
Stratford, London E15 4LJ
training@londoneastconnexions.co.uk
Tel: 020-8536-3630, Fax: 020-8534-2830

19/10/10 - For Youth's Sake – FREE seminar on the future of youth services
2 November 2010, 2-5pm
Central London

Children & Young People Now invites you to join in the debate on the future of youth services by attending our For Youth's Sake event on Tuesday 2 November in central London. Attendance is free. The half-day seminar will feature young people speaking about the importance of youth services, and giving their views on advice and guidance, participation and volunteering schemes, and the role of the government’s National Citizen Service.

Chaired by CYP Now editor Ravi Chandiramani, the event will also host a Question Time-style debate on the future of youth services, involving a panel of senior politicians and youth sector professionals. The seminar takes place from 2-5pm in the Parker Morris Hall at the Abbey Centre in Westminster.

Places are limited and tickets will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.

To register for your free place at this event, please RSVP to foryouthssake@haymarket.com as soon as possible (no later than Monday 25 October).

05/10/10 - Young people's role in The Big Society
15 October 2010, 1.30 - 4.30
The Hatton, Central London

Delegates will learn about young people’s role in The Big Society programme; how young people will be beneficiaries and active participants through youth action and local innovation; how young people can help shape the agenda of the Big Society; young people’s role in community empowerment through social enterprise and volunteering. With high calibre speakers from the Cabinet Office and CREA, the afternoon promises to be informative and relevant. We will also have three workshops available with the Prince Trust's, Duke of Edinburgh and Evision, covering several topics and initiatives such as:
• Empowering young people to take responsibility for issues around them and demonstrate leadership in their communities through skills and experiential learning
• How young ambassadors influence decision-making, help raise awareness of the trust and can act as panel members
• Duke of Edinburgh projects in London, fundraising, and how the gold award fits into The Big Society

The seminar is aimed at managers and practitioners in the voluntary and community, statutory and private sectors; commissioners of services for children and young people, elected members and policy leads.

FREE to full members of PYL
From £20 for other delegates

To attend please fill in the booking form (downloadable online: http://www.partnershipforyounglondon.org.uk/events.php/413/young-peoples-role-in-the-big-society) and return to Rachael@pyl.org.uk

05/10/10 - Improving the psychological wellbeing of Black and Minority Ethnic communities
Healing Our Broken Village: 2nd Black Community, the Church and Mental Health Conference
14 October 2010
New Testament Assembly, Tooting

This is the latest in our series of conference and seminars aimed at bringing communities and public services into closer learning collaborations. Our core purposes are to:
• Increase the level of BME community participation in and ownership of the decision-making mechanisms which bring healing and wellbeing to our communities
• Help policy-makers and service providers gain a better felt sense of how and where communities can add value to the design and delivery of services

This event aims to explore factors which impact on the psychological wellbeing of BME peoples and to identify processes and actions that can achieve measurable impacts on the health and well being of our communities. The workshops are designed to enable constructive and productive learning conversations in which people from our communities, policy makers and service providers explore together how the psychological well-being of BME communities could be improved.

To register for the event and for more information please visit www.hobv2.eventbrite.com, register via email to nadeene@wcen.org.uk or telephone 0207 720 9110

05/10/10 - Young people’s service: addressing the use of violence and abuse in close relationships
Thursday 14 October, 10 - 1.30
Wedge House 38-40 Blackfriars Road, London SE1 8PB

Since 2008, Respect’s Young People’s Service has been developing and piloting interventions for adolescents who have issues around violence and abuse in their close relationships, whether child to parent violence, sibling abuse or dating violence. As part of our work we have been developing a toolkit around safe working practice for practitioners, which are being informed by our own project evaluation. Kid's Company has partnered with Respect to host one of the London official launches and public dissemination of the updated and most recent version of the toolkit. The toolkit itself will be available to download from the Respect website.

Programme
10.00 Chair introduction & welcome
10.10 Respect introduction & welcome
10.25 What’s different about working with adolescents around domestic abuse?
10.45 Background to the Young People’s Service and the sector
11.10 Using the media when engaging with young people
11.30 Break
11.45 In what ways can we intervene with young people?
12.40 The challenge of engaging with support provision
(Overview of considerations – differing needs of client groups)
12.55 Questions and close

If you would like to attend the event, please email Christina Enright: c.enright@kidsco.org.uk with full details of your full name, position, name of organisation, address, telephone number and email address.
Christina Enright
Director of Training
KIDSCOMPANY

T: 0845 644 6838
M: 07507 880130
www.kidsco.org.uk
www.facebook.com/kidscompany
www.twitter.com/kidsco_tweets

22/09/10 - An introduction to international youth work (free appetiser event)
6 – 10 December 2010
Turkey
(Application deadline 26th September)

Organised by SALTO (Support, Advanced Learning and Training Opportunities, within the European YOUTH programme) this ‘appetiser’ event is designed to give a strong positive first experience of international youth projects to motivate the participants to use the 'Youth in Action Programme'. For project managers, Young people, Youth leaders, Youth workers.

This course aims to give a feeling of what it means to work with young people in an international setting, including:

• A taste of non-formal and intercultural learning
• To enjoy the first intercultural youth project experience
• To exchange local youth activities in the international context
• To explore possibilities of support available for international youth activities offered by the Youth programme
• To analyse examples of qualitative youth projects supported by the 'Youth in Action' programme
• To see how to benefit from international context in participants' local work practice.

The network of National Agencies for 'Youth in Action' organises several appetiser events per year. Places are very limited (30 in total). Applications can be made at: http://www.salto-youth.net/mysalto/login/?pfad=/mysalto/applicationonline/473/?oldEngineRedirect=true

All the costs for this training (travel, accommodation, food) are met by the organisers. The training itself is FREE. Travel costs may need to be paid for and reclaimed from the UK SALTO agency. Please contact them for any queries or further information:

SALTO NA United Kingdom
0207 389 4746
10 Spring Gardens
London
SW1A 2BN

www.britishcouncil.org/youthinaction
yiatraining@britishcouncil.org

06/09/10 - Questionnaire for CAMHS Forum members
CAMHS (Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services) Provision in Newham

Children and Young People's Commissioning Services are interested in the mental health needs of children and young people in Newham. In your view, are there some children and young people whose needs are not being met? Are the existing services functioning well or are there ways they could improve? What about promoting positive emotional wellbeing?

Download questionnaire

Please return to lucy.draper@newham.gov.uk

26/08/10 - Developing youth work with young men from ethnic minority groups
2 December 2010
Stratford, E15

This interactive one day workshop is geared towards increasing the knowledge and raising the awareness for workers and organisations that intend or currently work with young men and boys from the ethnic minorities and the black communities. The session will explore some of the influential factors in the lives of young men. For Connexions Personal Advisers, Youth Workers, Play Workers, Peer Mentors, Social Workers, Learning Mentors, Community Safety Workers, Health Service workers and others working with young people.

Topics covered during the workshop will include:
• Ethnic communities in the UK
• Cultural understanding and background
• Racism
• Masculinity and society
• Raising awareness of issues facing youth workers, when working with men from ethnic communities

£90 per person
People working in private, voluntary and Independent sector organisations that offer a service to young people in Newham may be entitled to a training bursary for this event, subject to available funding. Please email training.administration@newham.gov.uk for eligibility criteria and a bursary application form (you will need to allow at least 2 weeks for processing the training bursary prior to the start of training).

Those working with young people in Tower Hamlets may be entitled to a training bursary for this event, subject to available funding. Please email flora.dele-ojo@towerhamlets.gov.uk for further details (you will need to allow at least 2 weeks for processing the training bursary prior to the start of training).

Please contact us for an application form (electronic) or download one from our website: http://www.lecp.org.uk/training

Training & Development, London East Connexions Partnership,
4th Floor Solar House, 1-9 Romford Road
Stratford, London E15 4LJ
training@londoneastconnexions.co.uk
Tel: 020-8536-3630, Fax: 020-8534-2830

21/07/10 - Building Collaborative Networks in Child and Adolescent Mental Health: Five Linked Workshops
To book a place on the series of 5 free linked workshops to be held from
Friday 1 October 2010 to Friday 3 December 2010, at CFCS, York House
Please contact Marie McConnell on marie.mcconnell@eastlondon.nhs.uk

Download flyer

21/07/10 - Youth Aspiration conference
13 October 2010, 9.30-5
The British Library, London NW1

London Councils' soon to be published Youth Aspiration research, conducted by Ipsos MORI, is a ground-breaking project examining the hopes and expectations of youn people aged 14 to 16 years old in London secondary schools and Pupil Referral Units.
The research, the first of its kind, explores the views of London's young people on a range of issues, including interpretations of success, knowledge of further education, training and employment options, key influences and sources of support and their views on effective sources of information, advice and guidance.

This free full day conference will explore the research in detail with a high-level panel commenting on and responding to the report's findings. The conference will feature workshops based on key themes arising from the report including re-engaging the disengaged; issues relating to pupil referral units; information advice and guidance provision and more.

This event is aimed at those who work in education, training and employment, or related disciplines both nationally and in London, and those who have an interest in improving the aspirations and achievements of young people. Please register below to ensure your place.

Register online for this event: http://www.londoncouncils.gov.uk/forms/default.htm?mode=10&sid=87
For further details please contact: caroline.viac@londoncouncils.gov.uk

06/07/10 - Working with faith to safeguard African children
12 July 2010
Central London

This course will enable front-line practitioners develop their working knowledge of the role that faith and religious beliefs can play in parenting and child rearing within different African communities, the implications on child safeguarding, effective intervention as well as assessment. For all staff working with African children and families. This training course is designed to enable those working closely with African children to develop a stronger working knowledge of clients from African background and the key role that religion can play in child upbringing in many African communities. It will assist participants to assess and examine some religious practices and their impact on parenting styles and child safeguarding. Participants will work to identify strategies to promote better safeguarding of African children and to intervene positively in families where there are child protection concerns of abuse related to the influence of religion. This course will also assist in identifying key strategies to better engage faith leaders in order to safeguard vulnerable children.

£80
To book your place at the training, please contact training@afruca.org or telephone 0844 660 8607 or 02077042266. You can also download the training information and booking form from the website at www.afruca.org

06/07/10 - Exploring new research on young Muslims and relationships
July 30 2010, 10–1 or 2–5
The Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, London N1

Just before publishing the first ever report looking at young British Muslims and relationships, the Muslim Youth Helpline is offering a free half-day interactive training session on a range of issues, from forced marriage and child sexual abuse to stereotyping and faith sensitivity. The Muslim Youth Helpline is a pioneering charity providing faith- and culturally-sensitive support services to young people from Muslim communities in Britain. Founded in August 2001, we provide a unique collection of support and advocacy services run by and for young Muslims. Young Muslims and Relationships is the first in a series of reports supported by London Councils, which will examine ways to improve services in London for young people from Muslim communities. This 56-page report, which has involved in-depth research and interviews over six months, is the first of its kind in the UK. We think it sets a new standard for future work on the topic.

If you are interested in attending please let us know as soon as possible, as places will be allocated on a first come first served basis. For a booking form and further information, please contact: musab.younis@myh.org.uk

Please note that the closing date for registrations is Wednesday 14th July 2010.

Muslim Youth Helpline, 1st Floor, 18 Rosemont Road, London, NW3 6NE
020 7435 8171
Helpline 0808 808 2008
Fax 020 7794 7852
info@myh.org.uk

28/06/10 - Newham CAMHS Forum
29 June 2010, 2 - 4.30
York House, Plaistow

Dr Althar Yawar: Meanings of Medicine and Mental Health.
The forum will also be an opportunity to network and update our website.

Download flier

28/06/10 - Working with Muslim youth using the Four Areas Model
5 July 2010
Whitechapel

To enable participants to improve their skills and knowledge in engaging more effectively with disaffected and hard to reach Muslim Youth. For Youth Workers, Peer Mentors, Connexions Personal Advisers, Positive Activity Workers, Social Workers, Learning Mentors, Community Safety Workers, Police, Centre Managers and others working with Muslim Youth.By the end of the course participants will have:
• Gained a better understanding of the complex issues and experiences of Muslim Youth in the current climate
• Gained knowledge, skills and confidence in identifying those complex issues
• Gained knowledge of barriers affecting access to service provision
• Gained knowledge, skills and confidence in developing a systematic way of engaging and empowering Muslim Youth, in the context of the Every Child Matters agenda
• Gained knowledge of the impact of Faith and Culture on the lives of Muslim Youth
• Gained practical skills in applying the ‘Four Areas Model.’

£57 for individuals
£77 for voluntary and community groups
£115 for all others
Fee includes: handout packs, transcriptions of any flip charts developed on the day, a certificate of attendance, lunch and refreshments.
20% discount available for groups of 5 or more

Places can be booked by contacting courses@muslimyouthskills.co.uk or 0845 6520751

21/06/10 - Management Development Programme for front line managers
Date and venue tbc

The Government’s “Aiming High for Young People: a ten year strategy for positive activities” and the 2020 Children and Young People’s Workforce Strategy made commitments to develop leaders and managers in the youth workforce in both the statutory and third sectors. This commitment is now being put into action. The Children’s Workforce Development Council (CWDC) has contracted a consortium led by FPM Training to design, develop and deliver a new range of leadership and management programmes which will build the capacities of managers to deliver effective, integrated services for young people. These programmes are probably the biggest single investment ever made to develop the leadership and management skills of managers of services for young people. This includes services for young people provided by public, private, voluntary and independent organisations. It is a once in a generation opportunity for leaders and managers across the whole of the youth workforce to work side by side to enhance their capacities so they can deliver distinctive and connected services which meet the needs of young people now.

The Management Development Programme (MDP) will help to build relevant knowledge, skills and behaviours among front line managers of services for young people.The programme will ensure staff can provide a distinctive, high quality service which leads to positive outcomes for young people. This will be achieved by working with examples of real, day-to-day challenges and opportunites in services for young people. The fully funded programme is contextualized to work with young people. It has been designed and developed by specialists from across the whole of the youth workforce and is not a generic management development programme. The learning in the programme will link to the latest developments including the National Professional Development Framework for leaders and managers of services for children and young people and will draw from the Championing Children framework.

Accreditation: CMI Level 6 Certificate in Management and Leadership (QCF)
On completion of the programme, participants will also be given the opportunity to apply for an accredited Certificate from the Chartered Management Institute (CMI).

FPM are approaching Heads of Integrated Youth Support Services and training leads with a view to setting up local cohorts. These cohorts will be made up of both
statutory, private, voluntary and independent service managers.

FPM are also setting up open courses. If you would like to apply for a place on one of these courses or require more information on the above please contact FPM Training on 0116 249 5000 or alternatively visit us at www.fpmonline.co.uk

10/06/10 - Solution Focused Brief Therapy
7, 8 & 28 July 2010
Stratford E15

The ‘Solution Focused Approach’ is a practical, enabling method which allows for new thinking and new actions with even the most resistant, “change-allergic”, clients. The language of the approach encourages a move from the pathology of the problem towards possibilities for change. The young person is recognised as the expert of their past and current experiences and that expertise is utilised to identify goals and movement. For Personal Advisers or IYSS Staff who are working with young people to assist in building coping strategies; progressing towards recovery or achieving change.

This course will develop a future-focused approach to helping young people which conveys a clear message that there can be hope and expectation for change despite the set-backs of the past. By the end of the course each participant should have a sufficient grounding to try out any of the techniques in their everyday work and with further reading and support to become, should they wish, a reasonably competent solution focused brief therapist. There will be a complete set of course notes provided for each participant.

£295 per person. Payment in full at least 14 days prior to course commencement please. People working in private, voluntary and Independent sector organisations that offer a service to young people in Newham may be entitled to a training bursary for this event, subject to available funding. Please email training.administration@newham.gov.uk for eligibility criteria and a bursary application form (you will need to allow at least 2 weeks for processing the training bursary prior to the start of training).

Those working with young people in Tower Hamlets may be entitled to a training bursary for this event, subject to available funding. Please email flora.dele-ojo@towerhamlets.gov.uk for further details (you will need to allow at least 2 weeks for processing the training bursary prior to the start of training).

Please contact us for an application form (electronic) or download one from our website: http://www.lecp.org.uk/content_files/training/LECP_Course_Application_Form_for_website.pdf and return it to:
Training & Development, London East Connexions Partnership,
4th Floor Solar House, 1-9 Romford Road
Stratford, London E15 4LJ
training@londoneastconnexions.co.uk
Tel: 020-8536-3630, Fax: 020-8534-2830

25/05/10 - Certificate in Youth and Community Work for Muslim Women
18 September 2010 - 26 Feb 2011, 9 - 12 and/or 2 - 5
Froud Centre, Romford Rd, London E12 5JF

A nationally accredited training course for Muslim women. Following the success of our first batch, we are happy to announce the next term dates and open applications for the Youth and Community Course for Muslim Women. The course will be taught by accredited tutors from the widely renowned George Williams College and will cover all aspects of youth work, from theory, planning, legal to action with a work placement as part of the assessment. All women welcome but aged 21 minimum welcome [18 years by exception].

The course is FREE and the charity is spending up to £1000 per delegate to attend and complete the course, hence entry will be by selection process.
Please note, demand is exceptionally high and spaces are limited, so apply early to take up this unique and excellent chance.

To apply email info@muslimyouthnetwork.org and return the completed form by email as this will ensure swift delivery, by Friday 11 June.

0208 478 2468 ext 987
info@muslimyouthnetwork.org
www.muslimyouthnetwork.org

13/05/10 - Why Partnerships work and matter: Celebrating 5 years of Partnership for Young London
Friday 18 June 2010, 1.30 - 4.15pm
Mary Ward House, Tavistock Place, London WC1

Delegates will hear about and share knowledge of successful partnership working, what partnership working can do in terms of adding value and the best use of resources. At a time of straitened resources, why partnerships matter and what they can contribute. We will also be asking delegates to input into Partnership for Young London in the celebration zone: tell us what you want out of the Partnership for the future.

The seminar is aimed at heads of service, managers and practitioners in the statutory, voluntary and private sectors; also for commissioners of services for children and young people.

FREE
Please contact lucy@pyl.org.uk or rachael@pyl.org.uk (or ring 020 7332 3599) for a booking form (essential).

30/04/10 - Young people's rights within the education system : a practical approach to advice
12 May 2010
Youth Access, London

A one-day, lively, knowledge-based course with a balance of relevant theory, legislation, guidance and practical tips. To develop participants' confidence in giving basic advice, and identify the potential for legal challenge for young people within the education system. Suitable for information and advice workers, PA’s, youth workers and others providing general advice to young people.

Youth Access Members: £55
Voluntary Sector: £88
Statutory Sector: £110

Book online at www.youthaccess.org.uk/events/Young-Peoples-Rights-within-the-Education-System-a-practical-approach-to-advice.cfm.
For enquiries please contact admin@youthaccess.org.uk

20/04/10 - Street and community-based work with young people
24, 25 May & 14, 15 June 2010
Stratford (E15)

Street and community-based work has always been a significant aspect in the engagement of young people; with a number of young people feeling socially excluded or choosing not to use conventional services. There is an increasing need to work with people where they are or where they feel comfortable. This training will give participants a clear understanding of what street and community based work is. It will also equip participants with the knowledge, skills and attitudes to initiate, plan, deliver, record and evaluate effective street and community-based work with young people. The course is suitable for anyone who is already has experience and understanding of working with young people and needs to deliver work that is not centre based regardless if that work is short or long term.

This course is accredited by Open College Network at level 2 with a value of 3 credits. All participants will receive a course handbook with sections where knowledge of each unit can be demonstrated. This will be assessed by the course tutor and submitted for further moderation.

£395 per participant including certification, course materials and OCN registration fee.

People working in private, voluntary and Independent sector organisations that offer a service to young people in Newham may be entitled to a training bursary for this event, subject to available funding. Please email training.administration@newham.gov.uk for eligibility criteria and a bursary application form (you will need to allow at least 2 weeks for processing the training bursary prior to the start of training).

Those working with young people in Tower Hamlets may be entitled to a training bursary for this event, subject to available funding. Please email flora.dele-ojo@towerhamlets.gov.uk for further details (you will need to allow at least 2 weeks for processing the training bursary prior to the start of training).

Please contact us for an application form (electronic) or download one from our website: http://www.lecp.org.uk/training

Training & Development, London East Connexions Partnership,
4th Floor Solar House, 1-9 Romford Road
Stratford, London E15 4LJ
training@londoneastconnexions.co.uk
Tel: 020-8536-3630, Fax: 020-8534-2830

15/04/10 - Introduction to Mediation Skills
18 May 2010, 9.30 - 4.30
Central London

Mediation is a voluntary, neutral, confidential process which allows parties in dispute to communicate and build improved relationships for the future. The power of mediation lies in the fact that the parties choose it and have an active part in any outcomes / resolutions made. Parties in dispute may wish to meet, or where they have chosen not to, the mediators can go between the parties ‘shuttling’ points of agreement, regarding wants and needs. Mediation can be effectively used to tackle a variety of issues including: neighbour disputes, Anti-social behaviour (ASB), conflict between young people, and hate crime.

This course is open to voluntary sector and community group delegates only. Maximum one delegate place per organisation or group. Please note that places are strictly limited. Lunch provided.

Download the booking form from the ASB Online website at http://www.asbonline.org.uk/default.aspx?page=132

14/04/10 - Using Creative Methods in Group Work for Experienced Practitioners
3 June 2010, 9.30 – 4.15
Stratford

Group work is an effective, but often under-used tool for encouraging the development of greater self-awareness, opportunity-awareness, decision-making skills and transition skills in our clients. This course will provide those who work with groups of clients, the opportunity to reflect on the activities they use and develop more creative methods of delivery in order to achieve their session objectives and engage their clients in a positive learning experience. The course is aimed at experienced guidance practitioners and others who work to support young people and adult clients (for example Connexions PAs, learning mentors, teaching assistants, IAG advisers, youth workers etc). It is targeted at those who have experience in undertaking group work as part of their role, and who now want to build on that experience to develop their practice, and share with other similarly experienced professionals.

£90 per person.
Payment is required in full at least 14 days prior to course commencement. Early bird discount (10%) for bookings 60 days prior to the start of the course.People working in private, voluntary and Independent sector organisations that offer a service to young people in Newham may be entitled to a training bursary for this event, subject to available funding. Please email training.administration@newham.gov.uk for eligibility criteria and a bursary application form (you will need to allow at least 2 weeks for processing the training bursary prior to the start of training).

Those working with young people in Tower Hamlets may be entitled to a training bursary for this event, subject to available funding. Please email flora.dele-ojo@towerhamlets.gov.uk for further details (you will need to allow at least 2 weeks for processing the training bursary prior to the start of training).

Please contact us for an application form (electronic) or download one from our website: http://www.lecp.org.uk/content_files/training/LECP_Course_Application_Form_for_website.pdf and return it to:
Training & Development, London East Connexions Partnership,
4th Floor Solar House, 1-9 Romford Road
Stratford, London E15 4LJ
training@londoneastconnexions.co.uk
Tel: 020-8536-3630, Fax: 020-8534-2830

14/04/10 - Preparing for Gypsy, Roma & Traveller History Month (June) at your school or youth club
10 May 2010, 9.30–1
Stratford

Gypsy, Roma & Traveller History Month is a national event in June sponsored by the DCSF. This training is suitable for education staff, youth workers, play projects, volunteers and others working with Gypsy, Roma and Traveller children, who want to gain and share ideas of how to celebrate Gypsy, Roma & Traveller History Month in their schools, clubs or as part of their work. Delegates may have Gypsy, Roma and Traveller children at their schools or clubs or may simply wish for these ethnic groups to be represented in the life of their school or club. This course aims to increase participants’ understanding of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities, the discrimination they face and how their history and culture can be celebrated in schools and youth clubs.

£49 per person
People working in private, voluntary and Independent sector organisations that offer a service to young people in Newham may be entitled to a training bursary for this event, subject to available funding. Please email training.administration@newham.gov.uk for eligibility criteria and a bursary application form (you will need to allow at least 2 weeks for processing the training bursary prior to the start of training).

Those working with young people in Tower Hamlets may be entitled to a training bursary for this event, subject to available funding. Please email flora.dele-ojo@towerhamlets.gov.uk for further details (you will need to allow at least 2 weeks for processing the training bursary prior to the start of training).

Please contact us for an application form (electronic) or download one from our website: http://www.lecp.org.uk/training

Training & Development, London East Connexions Partnership,
4th Floor Solar House, 1-9 Romford Road
Stratford, London E15 4LJ
training@londoneastconnexions.co.uk
Tel: 020-8536-3630, Fax: 020-8534-2830

08/04/10 - Newham CAMHS Forum
Tuesday 29 June, 2-4.30
York House, Newham

The guest speaker will be Dr Althar Yawar, on the meanings of medicine and mental health. The forum will also be an opportunity to network and update this website.

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31/03/10 - New free CWDC online learning and development resource
Share Street is a new online community of learning for the children and young people's workforce. It makes it easier for everyone who works and volunteers with children, young people and their families to connect, be inspired, discuss ideas and share resources.

Take a stroll down Share Street and visit the newsagent for the latest news. Be motivated by engaging films from the workforce in the cinema and find and share resources in the library. Pop into the café to network and join discussions with colleagues across the children and young people’s workforce, and read and comment on inspiring case studies behind the rainbow.

Join Share Street, strengthen the sense of community across our workforce and help to improve outcomes for children and young people.

Move in now!
Visit Share Street, look around and register.
Invite people you work with to register.
Start conversations, discuss challenges and share your resources.
Be inspired.

www.cwdcouncil.org.uk/sharestreet

31/03/10 - Practical skills supporting and supervising volunteers
14 June 2010
Stratford, E15

This workshop can be considered as the follow up to all delegates who attended the ‘introduction to managing volunteers’. It is a practical course aimed at addressing the difficult and common issues surrounding the management of volunteers in a range of sectors, including:
• Managing volunteers in your organisation
• Supervision skills for the voluntary sector
• Developing and enhancing techniques for difficult and challenging volunteers
• Developing effective skills for the supervision process
• Best practice within the supervision process

For anyone managing volunteers and individuals seeking to develop or enhance supervision skills. All participants will be given course materials on the day.

£90 per person. People working in private, voluntary and Independent sector organisations that offer a service to young people in Newham may be entitled to a training bursary for this event, subject to available funding. Please email training.administration@newham.gov.uk for eligibility criteria and a bursary application form (you will need to allow at least 2 weeks for processing the training bursary prior to the start of training).

Those working with young people in Tower Hamlets may be entitled to a training bursary for this event, subject to available funding. Please email flora.dele-ojo@towerhamlets.gov.uk for further details (you will need to allow at least 2 weeks for processing the training bursary prior to the start of training).

Please contact us for an application form (electronic) or download one from our website: http://www.lecp.org.uk/training

Training & Development, London East Connexions Partnership,
4th Floor Solar House, 1-9 Romford Road
Stratford, London E15 4LJ
training@londoneastconnexions.co.uk
Tel: 020-8536-3630, Fax: 020-8534-2830

19/03/10 - Working with disabled clients: an introduction to good practice for administration, reception, caretaking and cleaning staff
20 April 2010
Stratford, E15

Administration, reception, caretaking and cleaning staff often play important but hidden frontline roles with young services users. As the first point of contact or as a friendly presence the interaction they have is quite often informal and easily under valued. When working with young people with Special Needs or LDD it is important that these key members of staff are given the skills they need to be able to relate to and work with these young people in an inclusive way and in a way that conforms to the Disability Discrimination legislation. A lot of other training in this area is targeted at practitioners, but this course is tailored to the specific needs of these support staff.

£90 per person.
People working in private, voluntary and Independent sector organisations that offer a service to young people in Newham may be entitled to a training bursary for this event, subject to available funding. Please email training.administration@newham.gov.uk for eligibility criteria and a bursary application form (you will need to allow at least 2 weeks for processing the training bursary prior to the start of training).

Those working with young people in Tower Hamlets may be entitled to a training bursary for this event, subject to available funding. Please email flora.dele-ojo@towerhamlets.gov.uk for further details (you will need to allow at least 2 weeks for processing the training bursary prior to the start of training).

Please contact us for an application form (electronic) or download one from our website: http://www.lecp.org.uk/training

Training & Development, London East Connexions Partnership,
4th Floor Solar House, 1-9 Romford Road
Stratford, London E15 4LJ
training@londoneastconnexions.co.uk
Tel: 020-8536-3630, Fax: 020-8534-2830

11/03/10 - Working across culture
21 April 2010
Stratford, E15

The cultural make up of London and the UK in general is becoming increasingly diverse and complex, when working with young people and other clients, it is inevitable that practitioners will be working with people from different cultural backgrounds to their own. How does this impact on their work? Can practitioners work effectively across different cultural divides? What are the challenges? Do practitioners need in-dept knowledge of the culture of the people they are working with? The aim of the course is to provide practitioners with the skill and confidence to work and communicate across different and unfamiliar cultures without relying on stereotypes, thereby being able to meet the needs of the clients they work with. The course is interactive and focuses on practical issues and self-awareness.
For practitioners working with migrants/newly arrived immigrants, refugees and asylum seekers (i.e. youth workers, teaching assistants, mentors, employment and advice services, Careers Advisers, Connexions Advisers, Social Workers, Voluntary/Community organisations, etc)
CPD Certification: This training is CPD certified (5.5 hours)

£90 per person. Payment is required in full at least 14 days prior to course commencement.

People working in private, voluntary and Independent sector organisations that offer a service to young people in Newham may be entitled to a training bursary for this event, subject to available funding. Please email training.administration@newham.gov.uk for eligibility criteria and a bursary application form (you will need to allow at least 2 weeks for processing the training bursary prior to the start of training).

Those working with young people in Tower Hamlets may be entitled to a training bursary for this event, subject to available funding. Please email flora.dele-ojo@towerhamlets.gov.uk for further details (you will need to allow at least 2 weeks for processing the training bursary prior to the start of training).

Please contact us for an application form (electronic) or download one from our website: http://www.lecp.org.uk/training

Training & Development, London East Connexions Partnership,
4th Floor Solar House, 1-9 Romford Road
Stratford, London E15 4LJ
training@londoneastconnexions.co.uk
Tel: 020-8536-3630, Fax: 020-8534-2830

11/03/10 - ‘B Heard’ launch and training package: engaging and communicating with young people… what do they want from practitioners?
Friday 12 March 2010, 3-5pm
Stratford E15

The ‘B Heard Project’ is made up of a group of young people (16-19 yrs) from Tower Hamlets and Lewisham, with the aim of training practitioners in working and engaging with young people like themselves. The group successfully researched, developed and delivered a one day training package, including a film of focus groups held. This was delivered for the first time in January 2010, to a wide range of practitioners working with young people from across London, including Youth Workers, Social Workers, Connexions, Police and others. The training materials developed will shortly be available to all on the CWDC website.

The project was set up as part of a Children's Workforce Development Council (CWDC) funded initiative, facilitated by LECP Training with participation of a number of youth projects. The B Heard Project focussed on supporting this group of 16 to 19 year old young people from ‘hard to reach communities’ to develop and deliver training for practitioners on what young people want from practitioners.

This free event is the ‘premier’ showing of the film, and there will be an opportunity to meet all the young people involved, ask questions, congratulate their success hear invited speakers, and partake of refreshments.

Advance booking is essential as there are limited places and will be allocated on a strictly first come first served basis.
Please contact us for an application form (electronic) or download on from our website: http://www.lecp.org.uk/training

LECP Training & Workforce Development,
4th Floor Solar House, 1-9 Romford Road,
Stratford, London E15 4LJ
training@londoneastconnexions.co.uk
Tel: 020-8536-3630, Fax: 020-8534-2830

03/03/10 - Our Youth Overcoming Adversity Promoting the strengths of young black people in the inner city
FREE CONFERENCE
Wednesday 24 March, 10-3.30
Stratford Circus, London E15

This unique one day conference offers an opportunity to discuss and explore programmes where young Black people, despite their disadvantages and marginalisation, are overcoming adversity and are thriving. The event will explore ways in which workers can identify, nurture and build upon a young person’s resilience, looking at opportunities in the individual, the family and the community. It focuses on how you can develop approaches that build on the strengths of young black people to help them deal with and manage adversity. The event will be co-facilitated by young people and will use a combination of speakers, workshops, question time panel to engage and inform delegates.

The challenges that some young Black people face are numerous: racism, violence in and outside their homes, persistent un and underemployment, the gradual destruction of naturally occurring social networks in the community. Young Black people within urban settings continue to be over represented in mental health services, criminal justice system and experience higher levels of school exclusions.

This event will be of benefit to all practitioners who work with or are training to work with young black people men and women. This includes those involved in education, primary care clinicians, mental health practitioners, commissioners, criminal justice staff including the police, YOT and probationary service, third sector organisations particularly youth, black and minority ethnic, health and community development service providers.

Young people who have an interested in or who are engaged with providers of services in the field of young black people are being actively encouraged to attend.


The event is free, lunch is provided.
Please contact Keshia Harvey on 020 7655 4170 or keshia.harvey@eastlondon.nhs.uk
or
Sandra Griffithson 0207 655 4171 or sandra.griffiths@eastlondon.nhs.uk

01/03/10 - Faith in Youth Work: A critical exploration of the relationship between faith and youth work
Monday 22 March 2010, 10.45 - 4.15
George Williams College, Canning Town
(Refreshments and lunch provided)

At this conference, three pre-eminent community leaders of different faiths will explore the relationships between Faith and Youth Work in terms of good practice and the use of theological tools to understand youth and community work. Exploring in particular the tension between religious based youth work and secular youth work around issues of young people’s rights and choices - to experience and question their own understandings of spirituality, religion and community - they will pose a series of questions which you will have the opportunity to discuss in working groups at the end of each lecture.

For more informtion or to reserve a place please contact Jenny: conference@ymca.ac.uk
020 7540 4900

25/02/10 - Recession: how will your services for young people survive and thrive?
March 18 2010
Mary Ward House, Central London

Partnership For Young London (PYL) have organised an event which will explore creative ways services for young people can survive and flourish in these difficult financial times. It will feature the launch of a report 'Recognising the Value of Services for Young People in London', and will provide opportunities for managers and senior managers from the statutory, voluntary and private sectors to engage in lively debate and create new ideas to promote the survival and success of their services.

FREE to first member of PYL, further places are £20 each.
Associate members: £20.
Non members: £50.

If you are unsure of your membership status please contact PYL.
Please contact: Rachael Ivancic , Communications Officer, Partnership for Young London
rachael.ivancic@cityoflondon.gov.uk
020 7332 3701
www.pyl.org.uk

18/02/10 - Generation NEET: how to beat the problem of young people not in education, employment and training
2 March, 2.30 – 4.30
Aldersgate Room, Central Hall Westminster, Storey's Gate, London SW1H 9NH

A ‘Question Time’-style debate involving senior politicians, the youth sector and a panel of young people. The event will also present the findings of a national study by Qa Research with young people who are NEET, on how policy makers could help them in the future.

To register your FREE place in the audience, RSVP no later than 25 February to
generation-neet@haymarket.com. Places will be allocated on a first come, first served basis.

18/02/10 - Opportunity for secondment or additional hours for child mental health workers in Newham
April 2010 – March 2011

The DCSF has agreed one year’s funding under the Targeted Mental Health in Schools (TAMHS) programme. This funding will include a new (temporary) team to develop work with children, young people and their families – 'children who fail to integrate in primary school and a number who fail to make the transition to secondary school, because of complex social, emotional and behavioural difficulties', based in Eleanor Smith School but working closely with other primary and secondary schools in Newham.
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15/02/10 - Newham CAMHS forum
2 March, 2 - 4.30
York House, Plaistow

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15/02/10 - Leadership Development Programme: Phase 2 - Aspiring Senior Managers
April to June 2010

The Children’s Workforce Development Council (CWDC) has contracted a consortium led by FPM Training to design, develop and deliver a new range of leadership and management programmes which will build the capacities of managers to deliver effective, integrated services for young people. The Leadership Development Programme is part of a series of programmes for managers and leaders in the young people’s workforce. It is specifically for middle managers in third sector and local authority services who are ready to become the service leaders of the future. Successful participants will play a crucial role as champions for the wider reform programme within the young people’s workforce. There are two other programmes in the series. The Leadership Enhancement Programme was for current leaders of services and the Management Development Programme is for front-line managers. This programme is designed to develop leaders of the future. It is aimed at managers in third sector organisations and local authority services for young people who are ready to take the next step up into formal positions of leadership. The programme aims to build capacity in the sector. It is therefore less relevant to managers who are in the later stages of their careers or those that have already completed leadership development programmes. The structure of the programme is as follows:
• 360 degree feedback from participants’ staff, colleagues, partners and managers
• One-to-one coaching session to review the 360 feedback and identify a leadership development action plan
• Three 2-day taught modules, one month apart, with work-based actions to be initiated between modules
• Reflective leadership development journal to record participant’s learning development journey
• Final review meeting with line manager to plan further leadership development in the workplace

To apply, please visit www.fpmonline.co.uk
If you require further information or have any other enquiries please contact FPM Training on 0116 249 5000.

10/02/10 - Trafficking of African children to the UK: the new slavery
A community meeting
Thursday 25 February 2010, 6.30 - 8.30
Attlee Suite in Portcullis House, House of Commons, Westminster SW1A

The trafficking of African children has become a major problem in the UK. Various agencies working with victims, including AFRUCA, are concerned about the growing numbers who are being trafficked from different parts of the continent to the UK to be exploited as sex slaves and for forced labour, especially domestic servitude. Between April and December 2009 alone, over 200 Africans were referred by charities and others as victims of trafficking to the UK Human Trafficking Centre. Many of them are children from Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Kenya, Ghana, Zimbabwe, Eritrea, Somalia, Sudan, Uganda and other countries. We are very sure this figure is a tip of the iceberg and that many other children are still in different exploitative situations waiting to be rescued. Child Trafficking is a multi-billion dollar high crime and sadly most of the perpetrators are Africans themselves. Traffickers use a combination of coercion and deception to lure parents and their children: false promises of a good education or a good job and a better life in the UK. The increasing use of juju and oath taking rituals to coerce and subjugate victims of trafficking is another dimension in this despicable trade in children.

To register for a place and for further information please contact
Cherifa Atoussi, Anti-Child Trafficking Officer, AFRUCA
0844 660 8607
cherifa@afruca.org
www.afruca.org

09/02/10 - Building Collaborative Networks in Child and Adolescent Mental Health: Five Linked Workshops
7 May - 9 July 2010
CFCS, Newham

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Please contact Marie McConnell on marie.mcconnell@eastlondon.nhs.uk

08/02/10 - Working with Black African children and families
10 March 2010, 9 – 4
Central London

This specialist training course, organised by AFRUCA – Africans Unite Against Child Abuse, the premier charity promoting the welfare of African children in the UK, is designed to enable practitioners working with children and families develop a stronger working knowledge of clients from African backgrounds and the key role that culture and religion can play in child upbringing in many African communities. It will assist participants to assess and examine some cultural and religious practices within different African communities and the impact on parenting styles and child safeguarding. Participants will work to identify strategies to promote better safeguarding of children in their various sectors and to intervene positively in families where there are child protection concerns based on the influence of cultural practices and religion. This course will also assist in identifying key strategies to better engage families in order to safeguard vulnerable children. Participants will benefit from a variety of training methods and materials to help stimulate learning and enrich their knowledge of key issues. For all staff working with African children and families (Social Workers, Connexions, School staff, youthworkers, family workers, PHCT etc).

£60
To book your place, please email training@afruca.org or fax to us on 0844 660 8661 or 0207 704 2266. You can download training information and the booking form from www.afruca.org

02/02/10 - Working with Gypsy, Roma, & Traveller Young People
22 February 2010
Stratford E15

This training is suitable for practitioners who already, or may in future, come into contact with young people who are members of Gypsy, Roma or Traveller communities. it aims to increase participants’ understanding of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller young people and their communities, their history and culture and the discrimination they face. By the end of the training participants will be able to:
• describe some important elements of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller history and culture and consider how to celebrate these
• recognise public prejudice and stereotypes facing Gypsies, Roma and Travellers
• identify the issues facing Gypsy, Roma and Traveller children and young people
• describe the major barriers preventing Gypsy, Roma and Traveller people from accessing key services and identify strategies to overcome these .

Through engaging with Gypsy, Roma and Traveller culture and history, staff will therefore feel more confident in implementing the key principles of good practice in working with Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities.

£135 per person. Payment is required in full at least 14 days prior to course commencement. People working in private, voluntary and Independent sector organisations that offer a service to young people in Newham may be entitled to a training bursary for this event, subject to available funding. Please email training.administration@newham.gov.uk for eligibility criteria and a bursary application form (you will need to allow at least 2 weeks for processing the training bursary prior to the start of training).

Those working with young people in Tower Hamlets may be entitled to a training bursary for this event, subject to available funding. Please email flora.dele-ojo@towerhamlets.gov.uk for further details (you will need to allow at least 2 weeks for processing the training bursary prior to the start of training).

Please contact us for an application form (electronic) or download one from our website: http://www.lecp.org.uk/content_files/training/LECP_Course_Application_Form_for_website.pdf and return it to:
Training & Development, London East Connexions Partnership,
4th Floor Solar House, 1-9 Romford Road
Stratford, London E15 4LJ
training@londoneastconnexions.co.uk
Tel: 020-8536-3630, Fax: 020-8534-2830

02/02/10 - Working with Muslim youth: using the 'Four Areas Model'
11 February 2010, 9.30 - 4
London, N7

This Muslim Youth Skills course has the aim to enable participants to improve their skills and knowledge in engaging more effectively with disaffected and hard to reach Muslim Youth. By the end of the course participants will have:
• gained a better understanding of the complex issues and experiences of Muslim youth in the current climate
• gained knowledge, skills and confidence in identifying those complex issues
• gained knowledge of barriers affecting access to service provision
• gained knowledge, skills and confidence in developing a systematic way of engaging and empowering Muslim Youth, in the context of the Every Child Matters agenda
• gained knowledge of the impact of Faith and Culture on the lives of Muslim youth
• gained practical skills in applying the ‘Four Areas Model’

Participants will not only be more confident in effectively engaging Muslim youth, but will also be able to use the 'The Four Areas Model' as a tool to engage any disadvantaged and 'hard to reach' groups of young people. For Youth Workers, Peer Mentors, Connexions Personal Advisers, Positive Activity Workers, Social Workers, Learning Mentors, Community Safety Workers, Police, Centre Managers and others working with Muslim Youth.

£57 for individuals
£77 for voluntary and community groups
£115 for all others
Fee includes: handout packs, transcriptions of any flip charts developed on the day, a certificate of attendance, lunch and refreshments. 20% discount available for groups of 5 or more

Please contact courses@muslimyouthskills.co.uk or 0845 6520751 for a booking form and any other details.

01/02/10 - Creative training for youth workers
Monday 8th March 2010, 11-5
Sloane Square

The day will focus on how you can successfully integrate drama and action based methods into your current sessions to encourage teamwork, focus, confidence building and issue-based work. Drama is a wonderful skill that can enhance your already developed skills base. This is not about just running stand-alone drama sessions but more importantly looking at how drama related exercises can support and enrich sessions that on the surface may appear to have nothing to do with the creative arts. The day will include:

•Working with new groups – creative ways to develop group rules
• Focus games – how to engage every group member
• Issue-based work – learn how to explore youth related issues in a creative way.
• Plenty of practical ideas to start using immediately with your youth group
• A resource pack filled with practical ideas to take away

Afterwards you are invited to attend 'Off the Endz' at 7.30pm The Royal Court Theatre for just £5 per ticket. This offer is exclusive to youth workers who attend the training day. Tickets are extremely limited so book quickly to avoid disappointment.

To apply for places, please contact Natalie on 020 7632 4118 or natalie@mousetrap.org.uk

01/02/10 - Developing Youth Work with Boys and Young Men from Ethnic Minority Groups
11 February
or
19 April 2010
Stratford E15

This interactive one day workshop is geared towards increasing the knowledge and raising the awareness for workers and organisations that intend or currently work with young men and boys from the ethnic minorities and the black communities. The session will explore some of the influential factors in the lives of young men. For Connexions Personal Advisers, Youth Workers, Play Workers, Peer Mentors, Social Workers, Learning Mentors, Community Safety Workers, Health Service workers and others working with young people.

£90 per person (10% early bird booking discount available for bookings received at least 60 days prior to the course start date). Those working with young people in Tower Hamlets may be entitled to a training bursary for this event, subject to available funding. Please email flora.dele-ojo@towerhamlets.gov.uk for further details (you will need to allow at least 2 weeks for processing the training bursary prior to the start of training).

Please contact us for an application form (electronic) or download one from our website: http://www.lecp.org.uk/content_files/training/LECP_Course_Application_Form_for_website.pdf and return it to:
Training & Development, London East Connexions Partnership,
4th Floor Solar House, 1-9 Romford Road
Stratford, London E15 4LJ
training@londoneastconnexions.co.uk
Tel: 020-8536-3630, Fax: 020-8534-2830

14/01/10 - Certificate In Youth & Community Work for Muslim Women
6 March - 24 July 2010, 9 - 12 and/or 2 - 5
Froud Centre, Romford Rd, London E12 5JF

The course will be taught by accredited tutors, from the widely renowned George Williams College and will cover all aspects of youth work, from theory, planning, legal to action with a work placement, as part of the assessment. For women aged 21 minimum welcome [18 years by exception].

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION: FRIDAY 29TH JANUARY 2010
To apply or for more information :
0208 478 2468
info@muslimyouthnetwork.org
www.muslimyouthnetwork.org

13/01/10 - Cruel Families and Violent Gangs
12 February 2010
Tavistock Centre, London

This conference will examine the activities of gangs in the internal and external worlds. It will attempt to bring psychoanalytic and sociological perspectives to bear on some very troubled and frightening aspects of our society that have been much in the news, and at the forefront of professionals’, policy makers’ and the general public’s thinking in recent times.
The basic psychoanalytic thesis considers gangs as a means by which disturbed and deprived individuals conspire together to ‘deal’ with weakness and dependency. The gang state of mind in the internal world instills the threat of violence on any alternative perspective for dealing with weakness or vulnerability.
Within the individual, violent parts of the personality are idealised and are felt to offer freedom from mental pain, making the violence hard to give up. This constellation can be an internal state of mind or externalised in a delinquent gang or family. Reluctant participants are terrorised or immobilised into inaction and apparent collusion.

Programme:
9 Registration and coffee
9.30 Welcome and Introduction (Andrew Cooper, Professor of Social Work, Tavistock Clinic)
9.45 Infanticide, Matricide or Suicide (Carinne Minne, Psychoanalyst and Consultant Psychiatrist in Psychotherapy, Broadmoor Hospital and Portman Clinic)
10.30 Coffee break
11 Families who experience help as the problem (Marion Bower, Consultant Social Worker, Tavistock Clinic)
11.45 Small Group Discussions
12.45 Lunch
1.45 Perversion: Survival or Stasis (Jane Milton, Psychoanalyst)
2.30 Mercenary Territory: Living and Dying in Neo-Liberal Gangland (Professor John Pitts, Director, Vauxhall Centre for the Study of Crime, University of Bedfordshire)
3.15 Tea break
3.45 Plenary in the Round
4.30 Close

£140 per person (£112 per person for groups of three or more).

Conference, Events and Marketing Unit, Tavistock Centre
020 8938 2548
events@tavi-port.org

13/01/10 - 3-day Certified Programme in Working with Disabled Young People (SEN/LDD)
23 February, 2 & 16th March 2010
or
5, 12 & 26 May 2010
Stratford E15

This course aims to support the development of professional practice for workers to ensure positive outcomes for disabled young people.
The course will cover:
• Policies and initiatives relating to disabled young people
• The role of professionals working with young people
• Assessment and planning with disabled young people
• Transitions and transition planning
• Meeting the needs and supporting disabled young people’s aspirations

Successful completion of the course will confer three credits, at level 3 from the Open College Network (OCN). Requirements for completion; full (100%) attendance and successful completion of a written assignment.

£310 per person including OCN Registration Fee. Payment in full at least 14 days prior to course commencement please.

People working in private, voluntary and Independent sector organisations that offer a service to young people in Newham may be entitled to a training bursary for this event, subject to available funding. Please email training.administration@newham.gov.uk for eligibility criteria and a bursary application form (you will need to allow at least 2 weeks for processing the training bursary prior to the start of training).

Those working with young people in Tower Hamlets may be entitled to a training bursary for this event, subject to available funding. Please email flora.dele-ojo@towerhamlets.gov.uk for further details (you will need to allow at least 2 weeks for processing the training bursary prior to the start of training).

Please contact us for an application form (electronic) or download one from our website: http://www.lecp.org.uk/content_files/training/LECP_Course_Application_Form_for_website.pdf and return it to:
Training & Development, London East Connexions Partnership,
4th Floor Solar House, 1-9 Romford Road
Stratford, London E15 4LJ
training@londoneastconnexions.co.uk
Tel: 020-8536-3630, Fax: 020-8534-2830

11/01/10 - CAF Cards for Practitioners
25 January 2010, 9.30 – 5
Stratford E15

CAF Cards have been specifically developed to fully engage and empower young people in the Common Assessment process. The cards focus is on the individual and they act like doors to a room that a young person may enter and explore. The
LECP is rolling out CAF Card training across London and the South East; we invite you to add this exciting new tool to your range.

Please note that this training day is NOT about how the Common Assessment Framework will work generally, but is about providing practitioners with a tool which will enhance their young person centred work. To complement the training, all delegates will receive a presentation box containing:
• a set of CAF Cards
• a set of Road Sign Cards
• a Training Manual with details of additional ways of using the Cards plus other useful reference materials

Further details of CAF Cards can be obtained from: http://www.cafcards.co.uk
This course is certified as being 5.5 hours CPD hours.

£105 per person (includes certification and course manual). Payment is required in full at least 14 days prior to course commencement.

People working in private, voluntary and Independent sector organisations that offer a service to young people in Newham may be entitled to a training bursary for this event, subject to available funding. Please email training.administration@newham.gov.uk for eligibility criteria and a bursary application form (you will need to allow at least 2 weeks for processing the training bursary prior to the start of training).

Those working with young people in Tower Hamlets may be entitled to a training bursary for this event, subject to available funding. Please email flora.dele-ojo@towerhamlets.gov.uk for further details (you will need to allow at least 2 weeks for processing the training bursary prior to the start of training).

Please contact us for an application form (electronic) or download one from our website: http://www.lecp.org.uk/content_files/training/LECP_Course_Application_Form_for_website.pdf and return it to:
Training & Development, London East Connexions Partnership,
4th Floor Solar House, 1-9 Romford Road
Stratford, London E15 4LJ
training@londoneastconnexions.co.uk
Tel: 020-8536-3630, Fax: 020-8534-2830

07/01/10 - Certificate in Supervision Studies
Starts January 2010
Stratford E15

Supervision can and should play an important role in helping practitioners to reflect on and develop the service they provide to clients. It can support those in the helping professions in their role and enhance and encourage their professional development. It is essential, therefore, that adult and youth support services incorporate supervision into their delivery plans and are clear as to its value. This programme seeks to continue to provide the opportunity for quality training for those people who will be offering supervision, either as line managers or non-line managers within youth or adult support work. For Managers, Team Leaders and those providing non-managerial or peer supervision in the Children & Young People's workforce, from a variety of disciplines, sectors and employment settings.

Please note that for Accreditation full attendance is required. This course is validated at higher education level 2, and carries 20 credits. You will need to show evidence of being able to study at this level, which would ordinarily require a level 1 qualification or equivalent. Applicants without the required entry qualification will be considered if they have been working in a relevant job role for the past three years. Importantly, all applicants must be engaged in supervision or about to commence by the time the course starts.

£650 per delegate which includes: course materials, teaching, tutorial support, marking and accreditation.

Those working with young people in Tower Hamlets may be entitled to a training bursary for this event, subject to available funding. Please email flora.dele-ojo@towerhamlets.gov.uk for further details (you will need to allow at least 2 weeks for processing the training bursary prior to the start of training).

Please contact us for an application form (electronic) or download one from our website: http://www.lecp.org.uk/content_files/training/LECP_Course_Application_Form_for_website.pdf and return it to:
Training & Development, London East Connexions Partnership,
4th Floor Solar House, 1-9 Romford Road
Stratford, London E15 4LJ
training@londoneastconnexions.co.uk
Tel: 020-8536-3630, Fax: 020-8534-2830

15/12/09 - East London NHS Foundation Trust Domestic Abuse Strategy: Launch
28 January 2010, 9-12.30
Stratford Town Hall, 29 The Broadway, Stratford, London E15 4BQ

Confirmed speakers include:
• Sharon Stratton, Domestic Violence Service Delivery, Violent Crime Directorate, Metropolitan Police
• Annie Howell,Identification and Referral to Improve Safety (IRIS)/Domestic Violence Advocate Educator, Hackney
• Dr Cathie O'Driscoll, Consultant Psychiatrist, Child & Adolescent Mental Health Services, East London NHS Foundation Trust

A programme for the day and further information will be circulated in due course.

If you have not already done so please confirm your attendance with tehmoor.khan@eastlondon.nhs.uk

Tehmoor Khan
Executive Assistant to the Acting Head of Social Inclusion
Associate Directors of Equality & Diversity & People Participation
Social Inclusion Directorate
East London NHS Foundation Trust
2nd Floor, EastONE
22 Commercial Street
London E1 6LP

Tel: 020 7655 4062
Fax: 020 7655 4075

15/12/09 - Breaking the Cycle of Fear: Witchcraft, Juju and Safeguarding Victims of Human Trafficking
27 January 2010, 10-4
Central London

Traditional belief in witchcraft and juju rituals is strong in Africa and traffickers are known to employ it to coerce and subjugate their victims. Many victims of human trafficking are made to take oaths of allegiance, secrecy and confidentiality to bind them to their traffickers, ensure compliance and guarantee the repayment of the huge sums of money claimed to be owed for transporting the victims to Europe and for their upkeep. Many victims, fearful of the repercussions of the oath taken are compelled to endure their suffering in silence without recourse to help and support. The fear of Juju makes it extremely difficult for agencies to support victims and for the authorities to investigate, prosecute and bring suspected traffickers to justice.

Aims of the seminar:
• To explore the role of juju in the growth of human trafficking
• To examine the link between the trafficking of African Women and Children and the use of Juju rituals as a method of coercion and submission
• To explore the role of juju rituals in hindering victim support and in the prosecution of suspected traffickers
• To explore how to empower victims of trafficking to overcome their fears of juju

£65 per delegate. Please contact Cherifa Atoussi, AFRUCA London Office, Unit 3D/F Leroy House, 436 Essex Road, London N1 3QP
cherifa@afruca.org
0844 660 8607

09/12/09 - Speak Up, Speak Out: Public Speaking for Practitioners
28 January 2010
Stratford London E15

Public speaking is a skill that many are frightened of or try to avoid. Many professionals and practitioners working with young people are highly skilled at working in a one-to-one or small group context. There might be however be occasions when they are called upon to do a large group presentation, address a public meeting, intervene in a conference or deliver a seminar, all of which may take them outside their comfort zones. This training aimed at giving these practitioners, working with young people, the ability to overcome that fear, and speak confidently to a public audience.

For any practitioner or Managers working with young people, who may need to make public presentations, speeches etc. such as Youth Workers, Connexions, Learning Mentors, Social Workers, volunteers, members of management Committees and others.

£135 per person – Payment: Payment is required in full at least 14 days prior to course commencement.

People working in private, voluntary and Independent sector organisations that offer a service to young people in Newham may be entitled to a training bursary for this event, subject to available funding. Please email training.administration@newham.gov.uk for eligibility criteria and a bursary application form (you will need to allow at least 2 weeks for processing the training bursary prior to the start of training).

Those working with young people in Tower Hamlets may be entitled to a training bursary for this event, subject to available funding. Please email flora.dele-ojo@towerhamlets.gov.uk for further details (you will need to allow at least 2 weeks for processing the training bursary prior to the start of training).

Please contact us for an application form (electronic) or download one from our website: http://www.lecp.org.uk/content_files/training/LECP_Course_Application_Form_for_website.pdf and return it to:
Training & Development, London East Connexions Partnership,
4th Floor Solar House, 1-9 Romford Road
Stratford, London E15 4LJ
training@londoneastconnexions.co.uk
Tel: 020-8536-3630, Fax: 020-8534-2830

09/12/09 - Learning, Development and Support Services (LDSS) for Children, Young People and Those who Care for Them & Advice and Guidance
February 2010 (postponed from November)
Eden College, 34 Mawney Road, Romford, RM7 7HL

With the changes taking place through integrated working in the workforce working with young people, there is an increasing need for professionals to work flexibly and straddle several roles. LECP, working with Eden College, is introducing this dual professional qualification (NVQ4 LDSS & Advice & Guidance) for those practitioners working in the field who want both a professional qualification, and also the flexibility to fit into a range of different roles. There are a range of common NVQ units shared by the LDSS and Advice & Guidance qualifications. Upon completion of the LDSS qualification all your work will be mapped to Advice and Guidance Level 4 qualifications and will count towards both awards. Those wishing to gain the dual qualifications would select Advice and Guidance units whilst doing your LDSS qualification. You will then normally be required to do an additional maximum of 4 units on completion of the LDSS to complete the Advice and Guidance award. In total to gain the dual qualification, you will need to do 15 units.

£2,300 per person. This is a single price for those wishing to do either the single or dual qualification. It may be possible, by prior arrangement and agreement, for the cost to be made in two instalments meaning it is spread over two financial years. Please contact us to discuss if you want to take that option.

People working in private, voluntary and Independent sector organisations that offer a service to young people in Newham may be entitled to a training bursary for this event, subject to available funding. Please email training.administration@newham.gov.uk for eligibility criteria and a bursary application form (you will need to allow at least 2 weeks for processing the training bursary prior to the start of training).

Those working with young people in Tower Hamlets may be entitled to a training bursary for this event, subject to available funding. Please email flora.dele-ojo@towerhamlets.gov.uk for further details (you will need to allow at least 2 weeks for processing the training bursary prior to the start of training).

Please contact us for an application form (electronic) or download one from our website: http://www.lecp.org.uk/content_files/training/LECP_Course_Application_Form_for_website.pdf and return it to:
Training & Development, London East Connexions Partnership,
4th Floor Solar House, 1-9 Romford Road
Stratford, London E15 4LJ
training@londoneastconnexions.co.uk
Tel: 020-8536-3630, Fax: 020-8534-2830

09/12/09 - Creativity and influence: research led by young people
January 21, 2010
London SE1

Research carried out by young people can be a powerful way to inform policy development, improve public services and enable young people to have a voice in local communities. This free conference brings together policy-makers, commissioners and practitioners across the public and third sector to debate the benefits and challenges of research led by young people as well as providing opportunities to learn practical ways to commission and support research and consultation involving young people.

The conference will provide an opportunity for delegates to:
• Explore the benefits of research done by young people
• Gain knowledge of a range of creative techniques in which young people can be supported to carry out research
• Explore the dilemmas and decisions faced by professionals that support young people- led research

The morning will include a range of presentations from experts in the field on different elements of research led by young people. The afternoon sessions will run as creative workshops enabling delegates to engage with a range of contributors about different approaches including how to use video ethnography and animation in research with young people.

Attendance to this conference is free, if you would like to register please email ssarwar@opm.co.uk.

01/12/09 - Introduction to Muslim Women Youth Work
12 December 2009
Manor Park, London, E12 5JF

More than half the Muslim community are women, yet hardly any youth provisions or expertise exists for young Muslim girls and women. They are not 'cocooned' from drug abuse, relationships, sexual issues or even crime. But who and where do they turn to for advice and support when most mainstream organisations or mosques have neither the resources nor the expertise, and sometimes not even the concern.

This course aims to engage women in participation and discussion regarding the role youth work plays in contemporary society. The course will be delivered in a participation style which means that you 'learn by doing' so participants need to be prepared to get involved. You will receive a 'Certificate of Attendance'. PLEASE NOTE: This is NOT an 'ijaza' or a formal qualification for youth work. All women welcome and free entrance with halal lunch provided. Limited spaces and booking required.

To proceed with booking please provide the following for the EACH PERSON booking :
Full Name:
Mobile Number:
E-mail:
Town/City/London Borough:
Organisation / Self :

To book or for more information please contact 020 8478 2468 or info@muslimyouthnetwork.org

www.muslimyouthnetwork.org

01/12/09 - SMILE Project – Research Seminar
Tuesday 9 February 2010, 1–4pm
Department for Children, Schools and Families SW1P 3BT

SMILE (Supporting and Mentoring in Learning and Education) is part of the Children’s Section of the Refugee Council and is based in London, Leeds and Birmingham. It is a project funded by the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF). SMILE aims to reduce the isolation experienced by so many child refugees, by supporting them to access education and after school activities. It also works to promote inclusive education by challenging prejudices related to asylum and raise awareness of the needs of refugee children. Through its research element SMILE intends to influence policy and practice to mainstream the support required for refugee children, hence making a difference to the future of this very vulnerable group.

Objectives of the seminar
• Find out about our work and our practice model
• Discover the impact of the project on educational attainment of refugee children and attitudinal change
• Hear about our research findings
• Discuss solutions and recommendations to policy makers

Lunch provided. To secure a place on this free event, please email : karla.mclaren@refugeecouncil.org.uk
Tel: 020 74346 1094 Fax: 020 7737 3306

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24/11/09 - Health & Safety (Level 2 CIEH)
9 December 2009, 3 Feb, 28 April or 29 June 2010
Stratford E15

This qualification is designed to ensure that all employees are aware of their own safety and the safety of customers, contractors and the public. Subjects covered include:
• Legislation
• Health
• Safety
• Welfare
• The workplace and workplace equipment
• Risk assessment
• Manual handling
• Hazardous substances
• Ergonomics and workstation design
• Transport and vehicles
• Noise and vibration

On successful completion of the course and a multi-choice examination, participants will receive the Level 2 CIEH qualification in Health & Safety, which is valid for three years.

£90 per person. Payment is required in full at least 14 days prior to course commencement.

People working in private, voluntary and Independent sector organisations that offer a service to young people in Newham may be entitled to a training bursary for this event, subject to available funding. Please email training.administration@newham.gov.uk for eligibility criteria and a bursary application form (you will need to allow at least 2 weeks for processing the training bursary prior to the start of training).

Those working with young people in Tower Hamlets may be entitled to a training bursary for this event, subject to available funding. Please email flora.dele-ojo@towerhamlets.gov.uk for further details (you will need to allow at least 2 weeks for processing the training bursary prior to the start of training).

Please contact us for an application form (electronic) or download one from our website: http://www.lecp.org.uk/content_files/training/LECP_Course_Application_Form_for_website.pdf and return it to:
Training & Development, London East Connexions Partnership,
4th Floor Solar House, 1-9 Romford Road
Stratford, London E15 4LJ
training@londoneastconnexions.co.uk
Tel: 020-8536-3630, Fax: 020-8534-2830

24/11/09 - Essentials of Project Management for those working with young people
15 & 29 January and 5 & 12 February 2010
Stratford

This course is for anyone either currently involved in or about to embark upon a project within their work. For example you may be involved in running a programme of activities for young people or about to apply for funding for a specific project. Pitched at both introductory and intermediate levels; some prior experience of working within children and young people’s services is an advantage. The sessions are planned for a maximum of 15 participants (with one trainer). The course will show you the essential components required in planning a project and give you the confidence and immediate useful tools to put them into practice back at work.

Attributes of this course:
• Jargon demystified so that you can speak the language of project management!
• A chance to try out some of the tools and concepts
• Accessible tips on how to increase your skills and know how that can be used to run projects or in any other aspects of your work
• Increased confidence to run successful projects
• Open College Network (OCN) accreditation at level 3 - subject to full attendance on all 4 days and written assessment.

£420 per person including OCN Registration Fee. Payment in full at least 14 days prior to course commencement please.
People working in private, voluntary and Independent sector organisations that offer a service to young people in Newham may be entitled to a training bursary for this event, subject to available funding. Please email training.administration@newham.gov.uk for eligibility criteria and a bursary application form (you will need to allow at least 2 weeks for processing the training bursary prior to the start of training).

Those working with young people in Tower Hamlets may be entitled to a training bursary for this event, subject to available funding. Please email flora.dele-ojo@towerhamlets.gov.uk for further details (you will need to allow at least 2 weeks for processing the training bursary prior to the start of training).

Please contact us for an application form (electronic) or download one from our website: http://www.lecp.org.uk/content_files/training/LECP_Course_Application_Form_for_website.pdf and return it to:
Training & Development, London East Connexions Partnership,
4th Floor Solar House, 1-9 Romford Road
Stratford, London E15 4LJ
training@londoneastconnexions.co.uk
Tel: 020-8536-3630, Fax: 020-8534-2830

16/11/09 - Engaging and communicating with young people… what do they want from practitioners?
20 or 26 January 2010
Stratford E15

The ‘Workforce: The Young Voice” report highlighted the views of young people about what characteristics and behaviours they wanted to see from their workforce. The intention of this training is to build on this research by supporting young people from ‘hard to reach communities’ to develop and deliver training for practitioners on what young people want from practitioners, under the title of the ‘B Heard Project’. To prepare for this focus groups have been held, and filmed, and the training follows on from this. This one day training is developed and delivered by a group of young people (16-19yrs old) as part of the CWDC Participation programme. Young people from four different youth centres in London (Youth A.I.D. Lewisham, Youth League – Dagenham, East London Somali Youth & Welfare Centre and the Junior Muslim Circle) have come together to get the opinions of their peers about what works (and what doesn’t) for Practitioners wishing to engage effectively with young people. They have then put together this exciting and innovative one day training course, which they will deliver themselves.

FREE

Please contact us for an application form (electronic) or download one from our website: http://www.lecp.org.uk/content_files/training/LECP_Course_Application_Form_for_website.pdf and return it to:
Training & Development, London East Connexions Partnership,
4th Floor Solar House, 1-9 Romford Road
Stratford, London E15 4LJ
training@londoneastconnexions.co.uk
Tel: 020-8536-3630, Fax: 020-8534-2830

11/11/09 - Newham CAMHS forum
19 November 2009, 10-12
CFCS, York House, 411, Barking Road, E13 8AL

As well as being a place to share knowledge and good practice, the forum is an opportunity to update the details on the CAMHS website, so please feel free to bring information about your service.

Sara Rance, Head of Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy at CFCS will lead a discussion on therapeutic interventions with parents and infants to promote attachment. The forum is supported by CYPS, the East London Foundation Trust, Commissioners, and the voluntary and third sectors.
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10/11/09 - Helping young people make sense of money
30 November 2009
Credon Centre, Kirton Road, Plaistow, E13 9BT

Young People & Money is a FREE one-day training course that has been designed to better equip those who work with young people aged 16 to 25 who are NEET (not in education, employment or training), with a greater understanding, along with supporting toolkits, to engage their young people in becoming more financially capable.

The core subject areas covered in the course are:
• The psychology of young people and money
• Income, budgeting and banking
• Helping young people to understand and compare credit deals and options
• Debt Management – knowing when, where and how to refer young people for money advice
• Skills to engage young people in financial matters

Light lunch will be supplied.
Visit: http://www.a4emoney.co.uk/YoungPeople/Application/Apply.aspx?CourseID=386 (if this does not work as a link please enter into your browser) and complete online booking form. If you do not have access to the internet, or experience problems with the website then please call 0845 189 8081 and a member of the team will take your booking over the phone.

Please book early as places are limited. Only those with confirmed bookings will be admitted on the day.

04/11/09 - Professional boundaries for practitioners working with young people
24 November 2009, 9.30 – 5
Stratford, London, E15

Practitioners working with young people can often face a lot of personal pressures in their work. This can cause conflict and stress if they find that their professional boundaries are being ‘pushed’. This training is designed to help practitioners identify, and apply practical solutions to these issues. For Personal Advisers, Youth Workers, Learning Mentors, Community Workers, Social Workers, Play workers and other practitioners working in any capacity with young people in the community, voluntary or statutory sectors

£90 per person. Those working with young people in Tower Hamlets may be entitled to a training bursary for this event, subject to available funding. Please email flora.dele-ojo@towerhamlets.gov.uk for further details (you will need to allow at least 2 weeks for processing the training bursary prior to the start of training).

Please contact us for an application form (electronic) or download one from our website: http://www.lecp.org.uk/content_files/training/LECP_Course_Application_Form_for_website.pdf and return it to:
Training & Development, London East Connexions Partnership,
4th Floor Solar House, 1-9 Romford Road
Stratford, London E15 4LJ
training@londoneastconnexions.co.uk
Tel: 020-8536-3630, Fax: 020-8534-2830

04/11/09 - Kids Company Neuroscientific Symposium
5 November 2009, 4 - 7
London.

Kids Company is hosting an afternoon symposium at our office in Southwark, London. We are delighted that Baroness Susan Greenfield has accepted to speak, as well as Professor Peter Fonagy from the Anna Freud Centre and invite you to join us for a stimulating afternoon on the neuroscience and the impact of trauma on the brain. This symposium has been organised on the back of Kids Company plan to embark on its first full research programme in collaboration with specialist research institutions and independent clinical researchers, to research the impact of trauma and neglect on young people’s neurophysiological and psychological functioning and examine how effective Kids Company therapeutic interventions are in terms of improving the social and psychological outcomes for vulnerable children.

In order to undertake and disseminate this research and its findings, it is recognised that Kids Company will have to sufficiently change attitudes and raise public awareness of the causes and consequences of childhood abuse, maltreatment and neglect. Kids Company aims to achieve this with the launch of its strategic fund raising campaign; Peace of Mind – One Neuron at a Time. This will highlight these complex issues via a groundbreaking internet platform featuring a 3D virtual brain comprising one million socially networkable ‘neurons’ that will be offered for widespread public and corporate ownership. This highly visible and unique Peace of Mind campaign will help implement an important and pioneering charity research programme that could ultimately benefit the lives of many hundreds of thousands of vulnerable children and young people throughout the UK and beyond; and contribute significantly towards a more stable and peaceful society.

Yvonne Siegel, Centre of Excellence
Kids' Company
0845 644 6838
www.kidsco.org.uk

03/11/09 - Working with Teenage Parents
1 December 2009, 9.30 – 5
Stratford E15

Preventing teenage pregnancies and their negative consequences continues to be a pressing challenge for practitioners working with young people; this issue attracts high profile political attention and the resources of a range of agencies. However, focus also needs to be placed on supporting teenage parents. This is crucial to ensure economic well-being and to facilitate productive and fulfilling lives. Moreover, working with teenage parents helps break the cycle, as research has shown that a high percentage of children of teenage parents go on to become teenage parents themselves. For anyone working with young people who may come into contact with teenage parents in the course of their role; but who are not specialists in this area.

This course has been independently certified as conforming to accepted CPD (Continuing Professional Development) guidelines, and confers 5.5 CPD hours. £90 per person. Those working with young people in Tower Hamlets may be entitled to a training bursary for this event, subject to available funding. Please email flora.dele-ojo@towerhamlets.gov.uk for further details (you will need to allow at least 2 weeks for processing the training bursary prior to the start of training).

Please contact us for an application form (electronic) or download one from our website: http://www.lecp.org.uk/content_files/training/LECP_Course_Application_Form_for_website.pdf and return it to:
Training & Development, London East Connexions Partnership,
4th Floor Solar House, 1-9 Romford Road
Stratford, London E15 4LJ
training@londoneastconnexions.co.uk
Tel: 020-8536-3630, Fax: 020-8534-2830

27/10/09 - De-escalation and restraint training
19 & 20 January 2010
or
22 & 23 April 2010
Stratford, E15

Practitioners working with young people are increasingly working in contexts where there is the potential for violent incidents occurring, whether directed against staff themselves or other young people and service users. It is important that staff who encounter such situations are aware of how to act appropriately and safely. Recent statements from the Association of Teachers and Lecturers and Ann Baxter, chair of the ADCS (Association of Directors of Children’s Services) health, care and additional needs policy committee have recommended
minimum training on; managing challenging behaviour, alternatives to using force, reasonable and proportionate restraint, and government guidelines on restraint (Children & Young People Now 23 April 2009, http://www.cypnow.co.uk/news/899937/Restraint-training-needed-entire-workforce/).

£220 per person. Payment in full at least 14 days prior to course commencement please. Early bird discount of 10% applies to bookings made 60 days prior to the start of the course. Those working with young people in Tower Hamlets may be entitled to a training bursary for this event, subject to available funding. Please email flora.dele-ojo@towerhamlets.gov.uk for further details (you will need to allow at least 2 weeks for processing the training bursary prior to the start of training).

Please contact us for an application form (electronic) or download one from our website: http://www.lecp.org.uk/content_files/training/LECP_Course_Application_Form_for_website.pdf and return it to:
Training & Development, London East Connexions Partnership,
4th Floor Solar House, 1-9 Romford Road
Stratford, London E15 4LJ
training@londoneastconnexions.co.uk
Tel: 020-8536-3630, Fax: 020-8534-2830

27/10/09 - Consultation workshops on the Common Assessment Framework
Series of workshops December 2009 – January 2010, 11am - 3.30pm
London

How the Common Assessment Framework (CAF) supports and complements other specialist assessments for children and young people. Are you involved with Common Assessments? This is a chance to have your experience contribute to the development of the process into the future. For practitioners and managers in a range of services who have knowledge of both the CAF and the relevant specialist assessment processes and tools.

Social Information Systems Ltd (SIS) has been commissioned by the Children’s Workforce Development Council (CWDC) to undertake a review of practice with respect to the use of CAF and how it currently inter-faces with a range of specialist assessments (such as social care, education, health, behaviour, etc) for children and young people. As part of the review front-line workers will be consulted. Clear guidance will then be developed for managers and practitioners who assess children and young people using CAF and specialist assessments. This will help practitioners understand the inter-face between assessments in practice.

Four consultation workshops will be held in London during December 2009 and January 2010. Each workshop will focus on an area where CAF overlaps with specialist assessments.

FREE
Further details are available from all.sis@btconnect.com

27/10/09 - Basic counselling skills
22 & 29 January and 5 February 2010, 10-4
WHCM Forrest, Plaistow, E13 8AB

WHCM Forrest Counselling is hosting a free 3 day training course for individuals supporting clients within the voluntary, private and statutory sectors in Newham. For individuals in Newham supporting clients within the voluntary, private and statutory sectors

To provide delegates with a clear understanding of counselling and its alternatives
To provide delegates with skills to develop ways of working in a helping capacity
To ensure delegates are aware of the pit falls and dilemmas of working in this way and to equip them with the skills to manage this.

By the end of the course delegates will have a sound basic understanding of counselling, the different modalities and its uses; a sound basic understanding of the skills required to develop a helping relationship and an ability to use these skills appropriately.

Lunch and refreshments provided.

FREE. 12 places available for individuals working in the private, voluntary, statutory and independent sectors in Newham.

For further information and an application form please contact:
Nikki Schuster on 020 7473 4060 or email nikki@whcm.org.uk

27/10/09 - Using creative methods in group work for experienced practitioners
20 November 2009, 9.30 – 4.15
Stratford, E15

Group work is an effective, but often under-used tool for encouraging the development of greater self-awareness, opportunity-awareness, decision-making skills and transition skills in our clients. This course will provide those who work with groups of clients, the opportunity to reflect on the activities they use and develop more creative methods of delivery in order to achieve their session objectives and engage their clients in a positive learning experience.

The course is aimed at experienced guidance practitioners and others who work to support young people and adult clients (for example Connexions PAs, learning mentors, teaching assistants, IAG advisers, youth workers etc). It is targeted at those who have experience in undertaking group work as part of their role, and who now want to build on that experience to develop their practice, and share with other similarly experienced professionals.

Please complete a course application form, available from http://www.lecp.org.uk/training/

Return your completed form to:
LECP Training & Development,
4th Floor Solar House, 1-9 Romford Road,
Stratford, London E15 4LJ
training@londoneastconnexions.co.uk
Tel: 020-8536-3630, Fax: 020-8534-2830

23/10/09 - Using online social media to engage & promote participation with young people
4 December 2009
Stratford E15

Social media are part of young people’s everyday lives (Facebook, messenger, bebo etc). As practitioners, and managers of practitioners working with young people how should we respond to this? Should we ignore the technology and play safe by keeping to old means of communication? Should we embrace the technology and become virtual youth practitioners? What are the ethics and the practicalities involved with online youth work? Which methods should we use? What are the risks and benefits?

£90 per person. Payment is required in full at least 14 days prior to course commencement. Those working with young people in Tower Hamlets may be entitled to a training bursary for this event, subject to available funding. Please email flora.dele-ojo@towerhamlets.gov.uk for further details (you will need to allow at least 2 weeks for processing the training bursary prior to the start of training).

Please contact us for an application form (electronic) or download one from our website: http://www.lecp.org.uk/content_files/training/LECP_Course_Application_Form_for_website.pdf and return it to:
Training & Development, London East Connexions Partnership,
4th Floor Solar House, 1-9 Romford Road
Stratford, London E15 4LJ
training@londoneastconnexions.co.uk
Tel: 020-8536-3630, Fax: 020-8534-2830

23/10/09 - CAF Cards for Practitioners
19 November 2009, 9.30 – 5
Stratford E15

CAF Cards are a powerful and easy to use tools which can will help young people to look at their lives differently, explore their options and set new goals. The tools are about motivating and working with their own desire to change, and facilitating that change to happen. The use of the Cards can be linked with the ‘Common Assessment Framework’ and have been designed to make the CAF framework more young person centred and friendly. The Cards can also be used as a stand alone tool suitable to any 1-2-1 work with young people in contexts outside the CAF. The sets of CAF Cards and Road Sign Cards have been developed with young people by Positive Steps Oldham, and have recently been named as winners at The ICG National Career Awards 2008 for initiatives focusing on social inclusion, innovation and outstanding practice. The cards will help young people to look at their lives differently, before exploring what to do and build a desire to change and set new goals.

Please note that this training day is NOT about how the Common Assessment Framework will work generally, but is about providing practitioners with a tool which will enhance their young person centred work.

To complement the training, all delegates will receive a presentation box containing:
• a set of CAF Cards
• a set of Road Sign Cards
• a Training Manual with details of additional ways of using the Cards plus other useful reference materials

Further details of CAF Cards can be obtained from: http://www.cafcards.co.uk
This course is certified as being 5.5 hours CPD hours

£105 per person (includes certification and course manual). Payment is required in full at least 14 days prior to course commencement. Please contact us for an application form (electronic) or download one from our website: http://www.lecp.org.uk/content_files/training/LECP_Course_Application_Form_for_website.pdf and return it to:
Training & Development, London East Connexions Partnership,
4th Floor Solar House, 1-9 Romford Road
Stratford, London E15 4LJ
training@londoneastconnexions.co.uk
Tel: 020-8536-3630, Fax: 020-8534-2830

23/10/09 - Developing youth work with girls and young women
10 November 2009, 9.30 - 5
Stratford E15

This interactive workshop is geared towards increasing the knowledge and raising the awareness for workers and organisations that intend or currently work with girls and young women. The session will explore some of the influential factors in the lives of the young women. Topics covered during the workshop will include:
• Cultural understanding- how girls/women are viewed
• Girls/Women’s work in UK communities
• Women and society
• Raising awareness of issues facing youth workers, when working with girls and women
• Society and stereotypes

£90 per person. Those working with young people in Tower Hamlets may be entitled to a training bursary for this event, subject to available funding. Please email flora.dele-ojo@towerhamlets.gov.uk for further details (you will need to allow at least 2 weeks for processing the training bursary prior to the start of training).

Please contact us for an application form (electronic) or download one from our website: http://www.lecp.org.uk/content_files/training/LECP_Course_Application_Form_for_website.pdf and return it to:
Training & Development, London East Connexions Partnership,
4th Floor Solar House, 1-9 Romford Road
Stratford, London E15 4LJ
training@londoneastconnexions.co.uk
Tel: 020-8536-3630, Fax: 020-8534-2830

23/10/09 - Working across culture
10 December 2009
Stratford, E15

The aim of the course is to provide practitioners with the skill and confidence to work and communicate across different and unfamiliar cultures without relying on stereotypes, thereby being able to meet the needs of the clients they work with. The course is interactive and focuses on practical issues and self-awareness. For practitioners working with migrants/newly arrived immigrants, refugees and asylum seekers (i.e. youth workers, teaching assistants, mentors, employment and advice services, Careers Advisers, Connexions Advisers, Social Workers, Voluntary/Community organisations).

The day will look at culture, its various aspects, including personal culture, and its impact on communication. We will then look at how we communicate, and communication tools. CPD Certification: This training is CPD certified (5.5 hours).

£90 per person. Payment is required in full at least 14 days prior to course commencement. Those working with young people in Tower Hamlets may be entitled to a training bursary for this event, subject to available funding. Please email flora.dele-ojo@towerhamlets.gov.uk for further details (you will need to allow at least 2 weeks for processing the training bursary prior to the start of training).

Please contact us for an application form (electronic) or download one from our website: http://www.lecp.org.uk/content_files/training/LECP_Course_Application_Form_for_website.pdf and return it to:
Training & Development, London East Connexions Partnership,
4th Floor Solar House, 1-9 Romford Road
Stratford, London E15 4LJ
training@londoneastconnexions.co.uk
Tel: 020-8536-3630, Fax: 020-8534-2830

06/10/09 - Street and Community Based Work with Young People
12, 19, 26 Oct & 2 Nov 2009
Stratford (E15)

Street and Community based work has always been a significant aspect in the engagement of young people; with a number of young people feeling socially excluded or choosing not to use conventional services. There is an increasing need to work with people where they are or where they feel comfortable. This training will give participants a clear understanding of what street and community based work is. It will also equip participants with the knowledge, skills and attitudes to initiate, plan, deliver, record and evaluate effective street and community based work with young people.

£395 per participant including certification, course materials and OCN registration fee. Those working with young people in Tower Hamlets may be entitled to a training bursary for this event, subject to available funding. Please email flora.dele-ojo@towerhamlets.gov.uk for further details (you will need to allow at least 2 weeks for processing the training bursary prior to the start of training).

Please contact us for an application form (electronic) or download one from our website: http://www.lecp.org.uk/content_files/training/LECP_Course_Application_Form_for_website.pdf and return it to:
Training & Development, London East Connexions Partnership,
4th Floor Solar House, 1-9 Romford Road
Stratford, London E15 4LJ
training@londoneastconnexions.co.uk
Tel: 020-8536-3630, Fax: 020-8534-2830

06/10/09 - Mixed race, mixed racism and mental health
29 October 2009
Central London

A one day conference to explore mental health issues affecting mixed race families and young people. Speakers will include:
• Professor Suman Fernando, London Metropolitan University
• Dinah Morley, author of recent research on mixed race and mental health; former Deputy Director of Young Minds
• Bradley Lincoln, Multiple Inheritance Project (Manchester)
• Yvonne Ayo, The Tavistock Centre
• Mel Gabbi, Psychology Service, Slough Children’s Trust
• Dr David Ndegwa, Clinical Director: Lambeth Forensic Services & SLAM MSU Services / Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist

The Agenda will include:
• the concept of identity and its inter-relationship with racism for mixed race people
• a new study providing evidence of risk (of mental health problems) and resilience among young people of mixed race
• an understanding of the particular stresses on mixed race relationships and the impact of this on family life
• prevention approaches through strengthening the child and family
• early interventions through counselling in school and family therapy
• how acute services cope with mixed race service users

Full rate: £175 +VAT
Reduced rate: £130 +VAT (limited number of places to small registered charities with 10 or fewer employees).
Discounts are available for teams of three or more places booked simultaneously (third place at half price).
A limited number of free places, sponsored by the National Mental Health Development Unit, are available for mental health service users or survivors. No more than one free place per organisation or family will be available, and individuals who are now waged mental health professionals are not eligible.

Complete the booking form online http://www.ccclimited.org.uk/nmhdu_book_09.html

If you have any queries about the conference please contact Central Conference Consultants Ltd on 0115 916 3104 or email ccclimited@aol.com

28/09/09 - Gangs, identity and difference
21 October 2009
Stratford E15

The aim of this one day training event is to:
• understand how UK gang culture developed
• understand how a young person’s sense of self-identity can be related to gang culture and how young people become drawn into crime and anti-social behaviour when they define their identity through membership of a gang
• look at strategies for working with young people involved in gangs

For Youth Workers, Play Workers, Peer Mentors, Connexions Personal Advisers, Positive Activity Workers, Teachers, Social Workers, Learning Mentors, Community Safety Workers, Health Service workers and others working with young people who are involved in or at risk of involvement with gangs.

£90 per person. Those working with young people in Tower Hamlets may be entitled to a training bursary for this event, subject to available funding. Please email flora.dele-ojo@towerhamlets.gov.uk for further details (you will need to allow at least 2 weeks for processing the training bursary prior to the start of training).

Please contact us for an application form (electronic) or download one from our website: http://www.lecp.org.uk/content_files/training/LECP_Course_Application_Form_for_website.pdf and return it to:
Training & Development, London East Connexions Partnership,
4th Floor Solar House, 1-9 Romford Road
Stratford, London E15 4LJ
training@londoneastconnexions.co.uk
Tel: 020-8536-3630, Fax: 020-8534-2830

28/09/09 - The Children Acts
4 December 2009
Stratford, London E15

This course outlines the underlying philosophy of the Act and the potential assistance available to young people and families in housing need. Delegates will review the changes introduced by successive amending legislation and the duties inherent in the Children (Leaving Care) Act 2000, including:
• Private law elements relevant to relationship breakdown
• Review of the key public law elements relevant to people in housing need
• Obtaining a 'child in need' assessment
• S.17 payments and reform of s.17(6)
• S.20 and the court’s interpretation of inherent duties
• Increasing expectations of the Children Act responsiveness to homelessness
• Duties under the Children (Leaving Care) Act 2000
• Advocacy and the complaints procedure.

For people working in any capacity with young people and/or families in the voluntary or statutory sectors. Participants need little or no knowledge of the legislation.

£135 per person. Those working with young people in Tower Hamlets may be entitled to a training bursary for this event, subject to available funding. Please email flora.dele-ojo@towerhamlets.gov.uk for further details (you will need to allow at least 2 weeks for processing the training bursary prior to the start of training).

Please contact us for an application form (electronic) or download one from our website: http://www.lecp.org.uk/content_files/training/LECP_Course_Application_Form_for_website.pdf and return it to:
Training & Development, London East Connexions Partnership,
4th Floor Solar House, 1-9 Romford Road
Stratford, London E15 4LJ
training@londoneastconnexions.co.uk
Tel: 020-8536-3630, Fax: 020-8534-2830

28/09/09 - Young People, Housing & Homelessness
12 November 2009
Stratford E15

This one day programme will enable participants to develop an understanding of youth homelessness; to provide a working knowledge of the legislative frameworks that are available to assist young people; and to develop an understanding of how the legislation can be used as a platform to develop better integrated services for all young people in housing need. For Connexions PAs, Youth workers, and other practitioners who advise young people and who requires a good understanding of legislative solutions to their housing problems. This course is particularly relevant to those who have already developed some understanding of young peoples’ housing issues and wish to develop their ability to assist their clients.

£135 per person. Those working with young people in Tower Hamlets may be entitled to a training bursary for this event, subject to available funding. Please email flora.dele-ojo@towerhamlets.gov.uk for further details (you will need to allow at least 2 weeks for processing the training bursary prior to the start of training).

Please contact us for an application form (electronic) or download one from our website: http://www.lecp.org.uk/content_files/training/LECP_Course_Application_Form_for_website.pdf and return it to:
Training & Development, London East Connexions Partnership,
4th Floor Solar House, 1-9 Romford Road
Stratford, London E15 4LJ
training@londoneastconnexions.co.uk
Tel: 020-8536-3630, Fax: 020-8534-2830

28/09/09 - CAF Cards for Practitioners
5 November 2009, 9.30 – 5
Stratford E15

CAF Cards are a powerful and easy to use tools which can will help young people to look at their lives differently, explore their options and set new goals. The tools are about motivating and working with their own desire to change, and facilitating that change to happen. The use of the Cards can be linked with the ‘Common Assessment Framework’ and have been designed to make the CAF framework more young person centred and friendly. The Cards can also be used as a stand alone tool suitable to any 1-2-1 work with young people in contexts outside the CAF. The sets of CAF Cards and Road Sign Cards have been developed with young people by Positive Steps Oldham, and have recently been named as winners at The ICG National Career Awards 2008 for initiatives focusing on social inclusion, innovation and outstanding practice. The cards will help young people to look at their lives differently, before exploring what to do and build a desire to change and set new goals.

Please note that this training day is NOT about how the Common Assessment Framework will work generally, but is about providing practitioners with a tool which will enhance their young person centred work.

To complement the training, all delegates will receive a presentation box containing:
• a set of CAF Cards
• a set of Road Sign Cards
• a Training Manual with details of additional ways of using the Cards plus other useful reference materials

Further details of CAF Cards can be obtained from: http://www.cafcards.co.uk
This course is certified as being 5.5 hours CPD hours

£105 per person (includes certification and course manual). Payment is required in full at least 14 days prior to course commencement. Please contact us for an application form (electronic) or download one from our website: http://www.lecp.org.uk/content_files/training/LECP_Course_Application_Form_for_website.pdf and return it to:
Training & Development, London East Connexions Partnership,
4th Floor Solar House, 1-9 Romford Road
Stratford, London E15 4LJ
training@londoneastconnexions.co.uk
Tel: 020-8536-3630, Fax: 020-8534-2830

28/09/09 - Certificate in Supervision Studies
27 Jan, 2, 10, 24, 31 Mar & 14 April
Stratford E15

Supervision can and should play an important role in helping practitioners to reflect on and develop the service they provide to clients. It can support those in the helping professions in their role and enhance and encourage their professional development. It is essential, therefore, that adult and youth support services incorporate supervision into their delivery plans and are clear as to its value. This programme seeks to continue to provide the opportunity for quality training for those people who will be offering supervision, either as line managers or non-line managers within youth or adult support work. For Managers, Team Leaders and those providing non-managerial or peer supervision in the Children & Young People's workforce, from a variety of disciplines, sectors and employment settings.

This course is validated at higher education level 2, and carries 20 credits. You will need to show evidence of being able to study at this level, which would ordinarily require a level 1 qualification or equivalent. Applicants without the required entry qualification will be considered if they have been working in a relevant job role for the past three years. Importantly, all applicants must be engaged in supervision or about to commence by the time the course starts. Different methods are employed in the assessment of the module including self-reflection, critical analysis of supervision practice and review of learning from the programme. Participants are encouraged to reflect and review their learning on an ongoing basis, starting with a self assessment exercise which can form part of a reflective diary and provide evidence for the assessed work.

£650 per delegate which includes: course materials, teaching, tutorial support, marking and accreditation. Those working with young people in Tower Hamlets may be entitled to a training bursary for this event, subject to available funding. Please email flora.dele-ojo@towerhamlets.gov.uk for further details (you will need to allow at least 2 weeks for processing the training bursary prior to the start of training).

Please contact us for an application form (electronic) or download one from our website: http://www.lecp.org.uk/content_files/training/LECP_Course_Application_Form_for_website.pdf and return it to:
Training & Development, London East Connexions Partnership,
4th Floor Solar House, 1-9 Romford Road
Stratford, London E15 4LJ
training@londoneastconnexions.co.uk
Tel: 020-8536-3630, Fax: 020-8534-2830

25/09/09 - 6 day certified programme in Child and Adolescent Mental Health
October 2009 – March 2010
Stratford E15

The training will build the learning outcomes through a course of six sessions. Each session will run from approximately 09.30am to 4.30pm and will comprise a combination of didactic teaching, small group work, work with live case material from participants and reflective practice. Participants will be provided with a handbook containing training materials for each session including a programme, short biography of the trainer, copies of presentations, additional handouts where appropriate and information about Young Minds. Participants will also be supplied with a Learning Journal. The journal is a tool that has been found very effective as an aid to reflective practice. Participants will be encouraged to keep entries in the journal throughout the period of the course to consolidate their learning, and these will be reviewed as part of the training sessions.

Participants who have attended at least five of the six sessions will receive a Young Minds Short Course Certificate in Child and Adolescent Mental Health.

£650 per person. Payment in full at least 14 days prior to course commencement please. Those working with young people in Tower Hamlets may be entitled to a training bursary for this event, subject to available funding. Please email flora.dele-ojo@towerhamlets.gov.uk for further details (you will need to allow at least 2 weeks for processing the training bursary prior to the start of training).

Please contact us for an application form (electronic) or download one from our website: http://www.lecp.org.uk/content_files/training/LECP_Course_Application_Form_for_website.pdf and return it to:
Training & Development, London East Connexions Partnership,
4th Floor Solar House, 1-9 Romford Road
Stratford, London E15 4LJ
training@londoneastconnexions.co.uk
Tel: 020-8536-3630, Fax: 020-8534-2830

25/09/09 - Introduction to Facilitating group work with young people
5 October 2009
Stratford E15

Group work with young people is a skill that is being increasingly demanded of practitioners working in a wide range of contexts. This training aims to provide participants with an understanding of facilitating group work with young people.
What the course will cover:
• Facilitation skills
• Group work theory
• Educational resources

For anyone new to facilitating group work with young people. In particular, youth workers or other professionals working with young people seeking to develop or enhance skill set within facilitating group work with young people. All participants will be given course materials on the day.

£90 per person. Payment is required in full at least 14 days prior to course commencement. Those working with young people in Tower Hamlets may be entitled to a training bursary for this event, subject to available funding. Please email flora.dele-ojo@towerhamlets.gov.uk for further details (you will need to allow at least 2 weeks for processing the training bursary prior to the start of training).

Please contact us for an application form (electronic) or download one from our website: http://www.lecp.org.uk/content_files/training/LECP_Course_Application_Form_for_website.pdf and return it to:
Training & Development, London East Connexions Partnership,
4th Floor Solar House, 1-9 Romford Road
Stratford, London E15 4LJ
training@londoneastconnexions.co.uk
Tel: 020-8536-3630, Fax: 020-8534-2830

25/09/09 - Street and Community Based Work with Young People
12, 19, 26 Oct & 2 Nov 2009 (all dates must be attended)
Stratford (E15)

Street and Community based work has always been a significant aspect in the engagement of young people; with a number of young people feeling socially excluded or choosing not to use conventional services. There is an increasing need to work with people where they are or where they feel comfortable. This training will give participants a clear understanding of what street and community based work is. It will also equip participants with the knowledge, skills and attitudes to initiate, plan, deliver, record and evaluate effective street and community based work with young people.

£395 per participant including certification, course materials and OCN registration fee. Those working with young people in Tower Hamlets may be entitled to a training bursary for this event, subject to available funding. Please email flora.dele-ojo@towerhamlets.gov.uk for further details (you will need to allow at least 2 weeks for processing the training bursary prior to the start of training).

Please contact us for an application form (electronic) or download one from our website: http://www.lecp.org.uk/content_files/training/LECP_Course_Application_Form_for_website.pdf and return it to:
Training & Development, London East Connexions Partnership,
4th Floor Solar House, 1-9 Romford Road
Stratford, London E15 4LJ
training@londoneastconnexions.co.uk
Tel: 020-8536-3630, Fax: 020-8534-2830

25/09/09 - Emotional wellbeing of refugee children and young people
13 November 2009
Refugee Council, London

This Refugee Council course will examine the emotional impact of the experiences that refugee children and young people face as they flee from their home-countries and settle in the UK. It will provide participants with the tools to assess the organisation in which they work, to identify factors which are detrimental to emotional wellbeing and to devise strategies for providing appropriate care and support.

On completing this course, participants will have a practical understanding of:
• The experiences of refugee children and young people
• The impact of trauma and loss on mental health
• Risk and protective factors
• Problems refugee children and young people may encounter in the UK
• The importance of appropriate support and access to education
• Cultural backgrounds and coping mechanisms

£160 (statutory/educational body/business)
£99 (NGO/voluntary org.)

To book, please contact training@refugeecouncil.org.uk or phone 020 7346 6733

23/09/09 - Introduction to managing volunteers
25 September 2009, 9.30–5
or
11 November 2009, 9.30–5
Stratford E15

What will be covered on the course:
• What is volunteering?
• Developing policies and procedures
• Good Practice in managing volunteers

For anyone new to managing volunteers, seeking to develop or enhance skill set when working with volunteers. All participants will be given course materials on the day.

£90 Payment is required in full at least 14 days prior to course commencement.
Those working with young people in Tower Hamlets may be entitled to a training bursary for this event, subject to available funding. Please email flora.dele-ojo@towerhamlets.gov.uk for further details (you will need to allow at least 2 weeks for processing the training bursary prior to the start of training).

Please contact us for an application form (electronic) or download one from our website: http://www.lecp.org.uk/content_files/training/LECP_Course_Application_Form_for_website.pdf and return it to:
Training & Development, London East Connexions Partnership,
4th Floor Solar House, 1-9 Romford Road
Stratford, London E15 4LJ
training@londoneastconnexions.co.uk
Tel: 020-8536-3630, Fax: 020-8534-2830

21/09/09 - Solution Focused Brief Therapy
19-20 October & 16 November 2009
Stratford, E15

The ‘Solution Focused Approach’ is a practical, enabling method which allows for new thinking and new actions with even the most resistant, 'change-allergic', clients. The language of the approach encourages a move from the pathology of the problem towards possibilities for change. The young person is recognised as the expert of their past and current experiences and that expertise is utilised to identify goals and movement. For any Personal Advisers or IYSS Staff who are working with young people to assist in building coping strategies; progressing towards recovery or achieving change. This course will develop a future-focused approach to helping young people which conveys a clear message that there can be hope and expectation for change despite the set-backs of the past.

£295 per person. Those working with young people in Tower Hamlets may be entitled to a training bursary for this event, subject to available funding. Please email flora.dele-ojo@towerhamlets.gov.uk for further details (you will need to allow at least 2 weeks for processing the training bursary prior to the start of training).

Please contact us for an application form (electronic) or download one from our website: http://www.lecp.org.uk/content_files/training/LECP_Course_Application_Form_for_website.pdf and return it to:
Training & Development, London East Connexions Partnership,
4th Floor Solar House, 1-9 Romford Road
Stratford, London E15 4LJ
training@londoneastconnexions.co.uk
Tel: 020-8536-3630, Fax: 020-8534-2830

20/09/09 - Autism workshop for parents
13 October, 11-1
Stratford Advice Arcade, E15

Download flyer

18/09/09 - Working with Gypsy, Roma, & traveller young people
29 September 2009
Stratford, E15

To increase participants’ understanding of Gypsy, Roma and traveller young people and their communities, their history and culture and the discrimination they face. This is suitable for practitioners who already, or may in the future, come into contact with young people who are members of Gypsy, Roma or traveller communities.

By the end of the training participants will be able to:
• Describe some important elements of Gypsy, Roma and traveller history and culture and consider how to celebrate these
• Recognise public prejudice and stereotypes facing Gypsies, Roma and travellers
• Identify the issues facing Gypsy, Roma and traveller children and young people
• Describe the major barriers preventing Gypsy, Roma and traveller people from accessing key services and identify strategies to overcome these .

£135 per person. Those working with young people in Tower Hamlets may be entitled to a training bursary for this event, subject to available funding. Please email flora.dele-ojo@towerhamlets.gov.uk for further details (you will need to allow at least 2 weeks for processing the training bursary prior to the start of training).

Please contact us for an application form (electronic) or download one from our website: http://www.lecp.org.uk/content_files/training/LECP_Course_Application_Form_for_website.pdf and return it to:
Training & Development, London East Connexions Partnership,
4th Floor Solar House, 1-9 Romford Road
Stratford, London E15 4LJ
training@londoneastconnexions.co.uk
Tel: 020-8536-3630, Fax: 020-8534-2830

17/09/09 - CAF cards for practitioners
22 September 2009, 9.30–5
Stratford E15

CAF Cards are a powerful and easy to use tools which can will help young people to look at their lives differently, explore their options and set new goals. The tools are about motivating and working with their own desire to change, and facilitating that change to happen. The use of the Cards can be linked with the ‘Common Assessment Framework’ and have been designed to make the CAF framework more young person centred and friendly. The Cards can also be used as a stand alone tool suitable to any 1-2-1 work with young people in contexts outside the CAF. Further details of CAF Cards can be obtained from http://www.cafcards.co.uk

To complement the training, all delegates will receive a presentation box containing:
• a set of CAF Cards
• a set of Road Sign Cards
• a training manual with details of additional ways of using the Cards plus other useful reference materials

CPD Certification: This course is certified as being 5.5 hours CPD hours

£105 per person (includes certification and course manual). Payment is required in full at least 14 days prior to course commencement.

Those working with young people in Tower Hamlets may be entitled to a training bursary for this event, subject to available funding. Please email flora.dele-ojo@towerhamlets.gov.uk for further details (you will need to allow at least 2 weeks for processing the training bursary prior to the start of training).

Please contact us for an application form (electronic) or download one from our website: http://www.lecp.org.uk/content_files/training/LECP_Course_Application_Form_for_website.pdf and return it to:
Training & Development, London East Connexions Partnership,
4th Floor Solar House, 1-9 Romford Road
Stratford, London E15 4LJ
training@londoneastconnexions.co.uk
Tel: 020-8536-3630, Fax: 020-8534-2830

16/09/09 - Working with young Asian women who self-harm
20 October 2009
Stratford, London, E15

This training organised and delivered by the Newham Asian Women’s Project, is a basic practice-based course aimed at helping participants to work more effectively and appropriately with young Asian women who self-harm and who may be vulnerable to suicide as well as supporting participants to gain the information required to use the Self-harm Training Pack with their colleagues in a safe and appropriate manner. For All professionals involved in working with or providing and planning services for all young Asian women who self-harm or who may be vulnerable to suicide. This would include teachers, youth workers, mental health workers, nurses, primary, community and acute care workers, local government staff, social care & voluntary sector workers and private carers etc.

£80 (individuals/voluntary organisations)
£120 (statutory organisations)
includes light refreshments and a Silent Scream Training Pack worth £25
Please note there is a limited number of FREE spaces for City & Hackney PCT staff and Newham CAMHS staff

To book, contact Gurpreet Virdee at Newham Asian Women’s Project
tel 0208 519 9136
fax 0208 536 1398
gvirdee@nawp.org

15/09/09 - SPARK training programme
Quarterly, see attachment

Spark delivers a quarterly training programme which is open to all professionals working with children and young people within Newham. Training will be conducted in line with drugs education legislation including the drug strategy; The Substance of young needs; Every Child Matters; Every Child Matters: change for children, young people and drugs and DFES drugs guidance for schools.The aims of the training are to enable professionals:
• To provide effective substance misuse education and targeted harm prevention
• To identify and address the information needs of children, young people and their families in relation to substance misuse
• To undertake screening and initial assessments, develop and implement care management plans and make referrals to relevant services as appropriate
• To develop and implement drug policy in partnership with young people, parents and carers, teaching and non teaching staff, partnership agencies and the local community.

FREE, and is open to all professionals in Newham
Download details
For more information, call SPARK on 0208 257 3068, or email us at sparkadmin@dasl.org.uk

14/09/09 - Learning, Development and Support Services (LDSS) for Children, Young People and those who care for them & Advice and Guidance
11 & 25 November, 9 December 2009, 13 & 27 January, 10 & 24 February, 8-12 & 24th March, 5–9 & 21 April 2010.
10.30 pm – 1.30 pm
Managers' meeting 11 November 2009, 2–3pm

Eden College, Romford

With the changes taking place through integrated working in the workforce working with young people, there is an increasing need for professionals to work flexibly and straddle several roles. LECP, working with Eden College, is introducing this dual professional qualification (NVQ4 LDSS & Advice & Guidance) for those practitioners working in the field who want both a professional qualification, and also the flexibility to fit into a range of different roles. The course also includes training in the use of the award winning, powerful and easy to use CAF Card tool which can help young people to look at their lives differently, explore their options and set new goals. CAF Cards are about motivating young people, working with their own desire to change, and facilitating that change to happen. All participants will get their own set of CAF Cards. The use of the Cards can be linked with the ‘Common Assessment Framework’ and have been designed to make the CAF framework more young person centred and friendly.

£2300 per person. Those working with young people in Tower Hamlets may be entitled to a training bursary for this event, subject to available funding. Please email flora.dele-ojo@towerhamlets.gov.uk for further details (you will need to allow at least 2 weeks for processing the training bursary prior to the start of training).

Please contact us for an application form (electronic) or download one from our website: http://www.lecp.org.uk/content_files/training/LECP_Course_Application_Form_for_website.pdf and return it to:
Training & Development, London East Connexions Partnership,
4th Floor Solar House, 1-9 Romford Road
Stratford, London E15 4LJ
training@londoneastconnexions.co.uk
Tel: 020-8536-3630, Fax: 020-8534-2830

11/09/09 - Developing Youth Work with Boys and Young Men from Ethnic Minority Groups
15 October
or
30 November 2009
Stratford, E15

This interactive one day workshop is geared towards increasing the knowledge and raising the awareness for workers and organisations that intend or currently work with young men and boys from the ethnic minorities and black communities. The session will explore some of the influential factors in the lives of young men. For Connexions Personal Advisers, Youth Workers, Play Workers, Peer Mentors, Social Workers, Learning Mentors, Community Safety Workers, Health Service workers and others working with young people.

Topics covered during the workshop will include:
• Ethnic communities in the UK
• Cultural understanding and background
• Racism
• Masculinity and society
• Raising awareness of issues facing youth workers, when working with men from ethnic communities

£90 per person (10% early bird booking discount available for bookings received at least 60 days prior to the course start date). Those working with young people in Tower Hamlets may be entitled to a training bursary for this event, subject to available funding. Please email flora.dele-ojo@towerhamlets.gov.uk for further details (you will need to allow at least 2 weeks for processing the training bursary prior to the start of training).

Please contact us for an application form (electronic) or download one from our website: http://www.lecp.org.uk/content_files/training/LECP_Course_Application_Form_for_website.pdf and return it to:
Training & Development, London East Connexions Partnership,
4th Floor Solar House, 1-9 Romford Road
Stratford, London E15 4LJ
training@londoneastconnexions.co.uk
Tel: 020-8536-3630, Fax: 020-8534-2830

11/09/09 - Working with Teenage Parents
21 September, 9.30–5
or
1 December 2009, 9.30–5
Stratford E15

This interactive course is designed to increase participants’ understanding of the needs of teenage parents and build confidence when engaging and working with them. The course will be facilitated with interactive workshops, exercises and discussions, using participants’ professional experience and case studies. Suitable for anyone working with young people who may come into contact with Teenage Parents in the course of their role; but who are not specialists in this area.

Participants will:
• Explore the Government drivers and the socio-economic issues around teenage parenthood; increase understanding of why we work with Teenage Parents
• Explore the issues facing Teenage Parents from their perspective
• Explore attitudes to Teenage Parenthood, examine stereotypes and stigmas
• Develop approaches & methods, to engage and work with Teenage Parents

This course has been independently certified as conforming to accepted CPD (Continuing Professional Development) guidelines and confers 5.5 CPD hours.

The CWDC has published a set of induction standards for those working with children, young people and families. These standards set out what new workers should know, understand and be able to do in their role.
http://www.cwdcouncil.org.uk/induction-standards

£90 per person. Those working with young people in Tower Hamlets may be entitled to a training bursary for this event, subject to available funding. Please email flora.dele-ojo@towerhamlets.gov.uk for further details (you will need to allow at least 2 weeks for processing the training bursary prior to the start of training).

Please contact us for an application form (electronic) or download one from our website: http://www.lecp.org.uk/content_files/training/LECP_Course_Application_Form_for_website.pdf and return it to:
Training & Development, London East Connexions Partnership,
4th Floor Solar House, 1-9 Romford Road
Stratford, London E15 4LJ
training@londoneastconnexions.co.uk
Tel: 020-8536-3630, Fax: 020-8534-2830

11/09/09 - Welfare Benefits for Young people
2 October
or
3 December 2009
Stratford, London E15

This course is aimed at all practitioners and managers working with young people (especially NEET groups) who need to be aware of the benefits young people may be able to access, and their criteria. Programme outline:
Overview of the benefits system
Key benefits when making a benefit check
Income support
Income based jobseekers allowance
Housing Benefit
Council Tax
Working Tax Credit
The Social Fund
Disability Living Allowance
Attendance Allowance
Passports
Ways of maximising income

Workshop participants will:
• understand the structure of the benefits system
• identify possible entitlement to key benefits
• appreciate the use of specialist benefit maximisation advice

£90 Early bird discount for December course: 10% discount if booked by 3 October (December course). Payment is required in full at least 14 days prior to course commencement. Those working with young people in Tower Hamlets may be entitled to a training bursary for this event, subject to available funding. Please email flora.dele-ojo@towerhamlets.gov.uk for further details (you will need to allow at least 2 weeks for processing the training bursary prior to the start of training).

Please contact us for an application form (electronic) or download one from our website: http://www.lecp.org.uk/content_files/training/LECP_Course_Application_Form_for_website.pdf and return it to:
Training & Development, London East Connexions Partnership,
4th Floor Solar House, 1-9 Romford Road
Stratford, London E15 4LJ
training@londoneastconnexions.co.uk
Tel: 020-8536-3630, Fax: 020-8534-2830

01/09/09 - Street and Community Based Work with Young People
12, 19 & 26 Oct and 2 Nov 2009
Stratford, E15

Street and community-based work has always been a significant aspect in the engagement of young people; with a number of young people feeling socially excluded or choosing not to use conventional services. There is an increasing need to work with people where they are or where they feel comfortable. This training will give participants a clear understanding of what street and community based work is. It will also equip participants with the knowledge, skills and attitudes to initiate, plan, deliver, record and evaluate effective street and community based work with young people.

The course is suitable for anyone who is already has experience and understanding of working with young people and needs to deliver work that is not centre based regardless if that work is short or long term.

Unit 1 - The purpose of and approaches to street and community based work with young people in the context of national policy.
Unit 2 - The role of a street and community based practitioner working with young people.
Unit 3 - Understanding issues of safety when carrying out street and community based work with young people.
Unit 4 - The planning required to deliver street and community based work with young people.
Unit 5 - How to evaluate and record street and community based work with young people

This course is accredited by Open College Network at level 2 with a value of 3 credits. All participants will receive a course handbook with sections where knowledge of each unit can be demonstrated. This will be assessed by the course tutor and submitted for further moderation.

£395 per participant including certification, course materials and OCN registration fee. Those working with young people in Tower Hamlets may be entitled to a training bursary for this event, subject to available funding. Please email flora.dele-ojo@towerhamlets.gov.uk for further details (you will need to allow at least 2 weeks for processing the training bursary prior to the start of training).

Please contact us for an application form (electronic) or download one from our website: http://www.lecp.org.uk/content_files/training/LECP_Course_Application_Form_for_website.pdf and return it to:
Training & Development, London East Connexions Partnership,
4th Floor Solar House, 1-9 Romford Road
Stratford, London E15 4LJ
training@londoneastconnexions.co.uk
Tel: 020-8536-3630, Fax: 020-8534-2830

10/08/09 - Calling all Newham providers for Children and Young People's Services
NCY has been commissioned to compile a report to deliver more tailored training services in the borough relating to the gaps in skills which are experienced in organisations when working with children and young people, with a view to accessing funding for these skill gaps.

Could you take the time to fill in this short questionnaire relating to personal and general workforce skill gaps? Please pass this on to other members of your organisation who work with Newham children and young people too.

Download questionnaire

Laura Gulliver
laurag@ncytrust.org
02084711749
07961 333 615

07/08/09 - Gangs, identity and difference
13 August 2009
or
30 September 2009
Stratford

The aim of this one day training event is to:
• understand how UK gang culture developed
• understand how a young person’s sense of self-identity can be related to gang culture
• how young people become drawn into crime and anti-social behaviour when they define their identity through membership of a gang
• look at strategies for working with young people involved in gangs.

For Youth Workers, Play Workers, Peer Mentors, Connexions Personal Advisers, Positive Activity Workers, Teachers, Social Workers, Learning Mentors, Community Safety Workers, Health Service workers and others working with young people who are involved in or at risk of involvement with gangs.

£90 per person. Those working with young people in Tower Hamlets may be entitled to a training bursary for this event, subject to available funding. Please email flora.dele-ojo@towerhamlets.gov.uk for further details (you will need to allow at least 2 weeks for processing the training bursary prior to the start of training).

Please contact us for an application form (electronic) or download one from our website: http://www.lecp.org.uk/content_files/training/LECP_Course_Application_Form_for_website.pdf and return it to:
Training & Development, London East Connexions Partnership,
4th Floor Solar House, 1-9 Romford Road
Stratford, London E15 4LJ
training@londoneastconnexions.co.uk
Tel: 020-8536-3630, Fax: 020-8534-2830

07/08/09 - Building Collaborative Networks in Child and Adolescent Mental Health
Dates below
Child and Family Concusultation Service, York House, Newham

Serious mental health problems in children and young people are increasing, both nationally and locally. Five linked workshops convened by the East London and the City Foundation NHS Trust & the London Borough of Newham’s CYPS. For Newham staff in health, education, social services & the voluntary sector.

• How can we help these children and their families?
• What works?
• How can we share and increase our skills and work together to meet this challenge?
• What resources are available and where does CFCS fit in?
• What constraints are we facing and how can we overcome them?

Friday, 25 September: Introduction & Assessment of Child & Adolescent Mental Health
Friday, 9 October: Behaviour – Theory & Practice
Friday, 23 October: Network & Family Interventions; working with complexity
Friday, 6 November: Engaging the Child or Young Person individually
Friday, 20 November: Resources, Internal & External, Self care & Evaluation

FREE
To book a place please book online at: http://www.npd.newham.gov.uk/0/6/listcourses.aspx

For further information please contact Marie McConnell at marie.mcconnell@eastlondon.nhs.uk

30/07/09 - CAF Cards for Practitioners
22 September 2009, 9.30–5
Stratford E15

CAF Cards are a powerful and easy to use tools which can will help young people to look at their lives differently, explore their options and set new goals. The tools are about motivating and working with their own desire to change, and facilitating that change to happen. The use of the Cards can be linked with the ‘Common Assessment Framework’ and have been designed to make the CAF framework more young person centred and friendly. The Cards can also be used as a stand alone tool suitable to any 1-2-1 work with young people in contexts outside the CAF. The sets of CAF Cards and Road Sign Cards have been developed with young people by Positive Steps Oldham, and have recently been named as winners at The ICG National Career Awards 2008 for initiatives focusing on social inclusion, innovation and outstanding practice. The statement from the ICG says:

To complement the training, all delegates will receive a presentation box containing:
• a set of CAF Cards
• a set of Road Sign Cards
• a Training Manual with details of additional ways of using the Cards plus other useful reference materials
Further details of CAF Cards can be obtained from: http://www.cafcards.co.uk
CPD Certification: This course is certified as being 5.5 hours CPD hours

£105 per person (includes certification and course manual). Payment is required in full at least 14 days prior to course commencement.

Please contact us for an application form (electronic) or download one from our website: http://www.lecp.org.uk/content_files/training/LECP_Course_Application_Form_for_website.pdf and return it to:
Training & Development, London East Connexions Partnership,
4th Floor Solar House, 1-9 Romford Road
Stratford, London E15 4LJ
training@londoneastconnexions.co.uk
Tel: 020-8536-3630, Fax: 020-8534-2830 /LECP_Course_Application_Form_for_website.pdf and return/fax it to:

Training & Development, London East Connexions Partnership,
4th Floor Solar House, 1-9 Romford Road
Stratford, London E15 4LJ
training@londoneastconnexions.co.uk
Tel: 020-8536-3630, Fax: 020-8534-2830

30/07/09 - Working with teenage parents
21 September 2009, 9.30–5
or
1 December 2009, 9.30–5
Stratford E15

Preventing teenage pregnancies and their negative consequences continues to be a pressing challenge for practitioners working with young people; this issue attracts high profile political attention and the resources of a range of agencies.
However, focus also needs to be placed on supporting teenage parents. This is crucial to ensure economic well-being and to facilitate productive and fulfilling lives. Moreover, working with teenage parents helps break the cycle, as research has shown that a high percentage of children of teenage parents go on to become teenage parents themselves.
£90 per person. Early bird discount – 10% discount for the December course if booked before 1 October (pay only £81). Payment is required in full at least 14 days prior to course commencement.

Those working with young people in Tower Hamlets may be entitled to a training bursary for this event, subject to available funding. Please email flora.dele-ojo@towerhamlets.gov.uk for further details (you will need to allow at least 2 weeks for processing the training bursary prior to the start of training).

Please contact us for an application form (electronic) or download one from our website: http://www.lecp.org.uk/content_files/training/LECP_Course_Application_Form_for_website.pdf and return it to:
Training & Development, London East Connexions Partnership,
4th Floor Solar House, 1-9 Romford Road
Stratford, London E15 4LJ
training@londoneastconnexions.co.uk
Tel: 020-8536-3630, Fax: 020-8534-2830

30/07/09 - Professional boundaries for practitioners working with young people
24 September 2009, 9.30–5
or
26 November 2009, 9.30–5
Stratford, London E15

Practitioners working with young people can often face a lot of personal pressures in their work. This can cause conflict and stress if they find that their professional boundaries are being ‘pushed’. This training is designed to help practitioners identify, and apply practical solutions to these issues.Workshops and discussions using professional experience, case studies to provide participants with an understanding of what professional boundaries are and why they are needed. Explore power balance/imbalance, who negotiates the boundaries and who is accountable should a violation occur. Smart Boundaries, workshops begin with a self-evaluation and assessment of practice styles and behaviours which may indicate potential liability risks. Awareness of susceptibility by assessing personal and professional vulnerabilities, general to the professional and specific to the individual, which place him or her at risk for boundary violation

For personal Advisers, Youth Workers, Learning Mentors, Community Workers, Social Workers, Play workers and other practitioners working in any capacity with young people in the community, voluntary or statutory sectors.

£90 per person. Early bird discount – 10% discount for the November course if booked before 30 September (pay only £81). Payment is required in full at least 14 days prior to course commencement.

Those working with young people in Tower Hamlets may be entitled to a training bursary for this event, subject to available funding. Please email flora.dele-ojo@towerhamlets.gov.uk for further details (you will need to allow at least 2 weeks for processing the training bursary prior to the start of training).

Please contact us for an application form (electronic) or download one from our website: http://www.lecp.org.uk/content_files/training/LECP_Course_Application_Form_for_website.pdf and return it to:
Training & Development, London East Connexions Partnership,
4th Floor Solar House, 1-9 Romford Road
Stratford, London E15 4LJ
training@londoneastconnexions.co.uk
Tel: 020-8536-3630, Fax: 020-8534-2830

30/07/09 - Introduction to managing volunteers
25 September 2009, 9.30–5
or
11 November 2009, 9.30–5
Stratford E15

To provide participants with an understanding of what is required to manage volunteers, including:
● What is volunteering?
● Developing policies and procedures
● Good Practice in managing volunteers

For anyone new to managing volunteers, seeking to develop or enhance skill set when working with volunteers. All participants will be given course materials on the day.

£90 Early bird discount – 10% discount for the November course if booked before 11th September (pay only £81). Payment is required in full at least 14 days prior to course commencement.

Those working with young people in Tower Hamlets may be entitled to a training bursary for this event, subject to available funding. Please email flora.dele-ojo@towerhamlets.gov.uk for further details (you will need to allow at least 2 weeks for processing the training bursary prior to the start of training).

Please contact us for an application form (electronic) or download one from our website: http://www.lecp.org.uk/content_files/training/LECP_Course_Application_Form_for_website.pdf and return it to:
Training & Development, London East Connexions Partnership,
4th Floor Solar House, 1-9 Romford Road
Stratford, London E15 4LJ
training@londoneastconnexions.co.uk
Tel: 020-8536-3630, Fax: 020-8534-2830

30/07/09 - My mum and dad argue alot
10 or 17 September, London

Book your place on these workshops to equip yourself with valuable skills in dealing with parental conflict and its impact on children. Find out the latest evidence on conflict and parental relationships. Support parents to reduce the impact of conflict on children. Increase confidence in responding to relationship conflict issues. Understand how children experience conflict and how it affects their well being.

£50
Find out more at: www.mymumanddad.org.uk or contact Marie Nyangoma at: mn@oneplusone.org.uk or call on 0207 553 9530

Marie Nyangoma
Outreach Development and Marketing Assistant
One Plus One
1 Benjamin Street London EC1M 5QG
Tel 020 7553 9530 Fax 020 7553 9550
www.oneplusone.org.uk

27/07/09 - Working with Gypsy, Roma, & Traveller Young People
29 September 2009
Stratford E15

Suitable for practitioners who already, or may in future, come into contact with young people who are members of Gypsy, Roma or Traveller communities. To increase participants’ understanding of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller young people and their communities , their history and culture and the discrimination they face. Through engaging with Gypsy, Roma and Traveller culture and history, staff will therefore feel more confident in implementing the key principles of good practice in working with Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities.

£135 per person (book by Friday 31st July 2009 and get an early bird discount of 10%– i.e. pay only £121.50)

Those working with young people in Tower Hamlets may be entitled to a training bursary for this event, subject to available funding. Please email flora.dele-ojo@towerhamlets.gov.uk for further details (you will need to allow at least 2 weeks for processing the training bursary prior to the start of training).

Please contact us for an application form (electronic) or download one from our website: http://www.lecp.org.uk/content_files/training/LECP_Course_Application_Form_for_website.pdf and return it to:
Training & Development, London East Connexions Partnership,
4th Floor Solar House, 1-9 Romford Road
Stratford, London E15 4LJ
training@londoneastconnexions.co.uk
Tel: 020-8536-3630, Fax: 020-8534-2830

23/07/09 - Using creative methods in group work for experienced practitioners
20 November 2009, 9.30 – 4.15
Stratford

Group work is an effective, but often under-used tool for encouraging the development of greater self-awareness, opportunity-awareness, decision-making skills and transition skills in our clients. This course will provide those who work with groups of clients, the opportunity to reflect on the activities they use and develop more creative methods of delivery in order to achieve their session objectives and engage their clients in a positive learning experience.
£90 per person. 10% discount if booked before Friday 18th September (pay only £81). Payment is required in full at least 14 days prior to course commencement.

Those working with young people in Tower Hamlets may be entitled to a training bursary for this event, subject to available funding. Please email flora.dele-ojo@towerhamlets.gov.uk for further details (you will need to allow at least 2 weeks for processing the training bursary prior to the start of training).

Please contact us for an application form (electronic) or download one from our website: http://www.lecp.org.uk/content_files/training/LECP_Course_Application_Form_for_website.pdf and return it to:
Training & Development, London East Connexions Partnership,
4th Floor Solar House, 1-9 Romford Road
Stratford, London E15 4LJ
training@londoneastconnexions.co.uk
Tel: 020-8536-3630, Fax: 020-8534-2830

23/07/09 - Sixday certified programme in child and adolescent mental health
October 2009 – March 2010 (see dates below)
Stratford E15

The Training programme in Child and Adolescent Mental Health is outlined below. The training will build the learning outcomes through a course of six sessions. Each session will run from approximately 09.30am to 4.30pm and will comprise a combination of didactic teaching, small group work, work with live case material from participants and reflective practice.

29 October 2009. Session One: Introduction to Young People’s Mental Health –*Please note that attendance at this session or evidence of attendance at a similar session is a requirement for attending further sessions
26 November 2009 Session Two: Adolescent Turmoil
17 December 2009 Session Three: Attachment, Behaviour & Learning
21 January 2010 Session Four: The Mental Health of Black and Minority Ethnic groups
18 February 2010 Session Five: Trauma
25 March 2010 Session Six: Deliberate Self Harm in Young People

£650 per person. Payment in full at least 14 days prior to course commencement please.

Those working with young people in Tower Hamlets may be entitled to a training bursary for this event, subject to available funding. Please email flora.dele-ojo@towerhamlets.gov.uk for further details (you will need to allow at least 2 weeks for processing the training bursary prior to the start of training).

Please contact us for an application form (electronic) or download one from our website: http://www.lecp.org.uk/content_files/training/LECP_Course_Application_Form_for_website.pdf and return it to:
Training & Development, London East Connexions Partnership,
4th Floor Solar House, 1-9 Romford Road
Stratford, London E15 4LJ
training@londoneastconnexions.co.uk
Tel: 020-8536-3630, Fax: 020-8534-2830

21/07/09 - Working with families
16 September 2009 or 24 November 2009
Stratford E15

For participants to have the opportunity to explore their own perceptions, values and approach in relation to working with families. For participants to consider a range of approaches to undertaking effective work with families, including practitioners working with families in a wide range of contexts.

Key themes:
The Systemic Approach
Family Myths
Psychological and Emotional Challenge
Positive Connotation
Social and Economic Disadvantage
The No Blame Approach
Dynamics and Patterns
Collaborative Working
The Family Comfort Zone
Working with Challenge

£90 per person. Payment is required in full at least 14 days prior to course commencement. Early Bird Discounts: A 10% early bird discount is available for all bookings received at least 60 days prior to the course start date. Payment must be received at least 14 days prior to the course in order for the discount to apply.

Those working with young people in Tower Hamlets may be entitled to a training bursary for this event, subject to available funding. Please email flora.dele-ojo@towerhamlets.gov.uk for further details (you will need to allow at least 2 weeks for processing the training bursary prior to the start of training).

Please contact us for an application form (electronic) or download one from our website: http://www.lecp.org.uk/content_files/training/LECP_Course_Application_Form_for_website.pdf and return it to:
Training & Development, London East Connexions Partnership,
4th Floor Solar House, 1-9 Romford Road
Stratford, London E15 4LJ
training@londoneastconnexions.co.uk
Tel: 020-8536-3630, Fax: 020-8534-2830

17/07/09 - Working with girls in gangs
5 August 2009
6 October 2009
Stratford, E15

This interactive workshop is geared towards increasing the knowledge and raising the awareness for workers and organisations that intend or currently working with girl gangs. The session will explore some of the issue when working with girl gangs. For practitioners working with young women who are in gangs, influenced by them or are victims of girl gangs. Practitioners working generally around Girls issues, or in Gang work.

£90 per person. Payment in full at least 14 days prior to course commencement please.Those working with young people in Tower Hamlets may be entitled to a training bursary for this event, subject to available funding. Please email flora.dele-ojo@towerhamlets.gov.uk for further details (you will need to allow at least 2 weeks for processing the training bursary prior to the start of training).

Please contact us for an application form (electronic) or download one from our website: http://www.lecp.org.uk/content_files/training/LECP_Course_Application_Form_for_website.pdf and return it to:
Training & Development, London East Connexions Partnership,
4th Floor Solar House, 1-9 Romford Road
Stratford, London E15 4LJ
training@londoneastconnexions.co.uk
Tel: 020-8536-3630, Fax: 020-8534-2830

17/07/09 - Immigration status and housing rights
1 October 2009
Stratford, London E15

Delegates will receive an update on changes in statute, case law and practice and have the opportunity to consider the different types of status, how they define housing rights, and the practical issues that arise. Please note: this training does not cover the asylum support system. For advisers, and other practitioners, working with clients with immigration and housing issues, who need to know about the practical consequences of legislative and procedural change to ensure their advice is accurate and up-to-date. This course is designed for people with experience in housing, and a good basic knowledge of the framework of housing provision is assumed

£135 per person. Book before Friday, 31 July to get 10% early bird discount, £121.50). Payment is required in full at least 14 days prior to course commencement.

Those working with young people in Tower Hamlets may be entitled to a training bursary for this event, subject to available funding. Please email flora.dele-ojo@towerhamlets.gov.uk for further details (you will need to allow at least 2 weeks for processing the training bursary prior to the start of training).

Please contact us for an application form (electronic) or download one from our website: http://www.lecp.org.uk/content_files/training/LECP_Course_Application_Form_for_website.pdf and return it to:
Training & Development, London East Connexions Partnership,
4th Floor Solar House, 1-9 Romford Road
Stratford, London E15 4LJ
training@londoneastconnexions.co.uk
Tel: 020-8536-3630, Fax: 020-8534-2830

10/07/09 - Working with faith to safeguard African children
20 October 2009
London

This course will enable front-line practitioners develop their working knowledge of the role that faith and religious beliefs can play in parenting and child rearing within different African communities, the implications on child safeguarding, effective intervention as well as assessment. For Social Workers, Foster Carers, Connexions, Education Welfare Officers, Teachers, Youth Workers, CAMHS practitioners and others working with young people

By the end of the course participants will have:
• examined the notion of religion and the role it plays in child rearing and parenting among many BME communities
• discussed the link between culture and religion and the impact on child safeguarding in the UK
• explored strategies to enable better intervention in families where there are child protection concerns based on belief and religious practices
• explored the role that faith organizations can play in helping to safeguard children from abuse and harm
• discussed how to harness the skills of faith organizations to enable effective intervention in families where there are child protection concerns based on beliefs and religion.

£60 All fees include refreshments, lunch and training course materials.
Please contact Justin on 0844 660 8607 or training@afruca.org
www.afruca.org

10/07/09 - Breaking Barriers
30 July – 1 August
(or 24 – 27 September, or 26 – 29 November)
London
This highly practical hands-on course is particularly suited to people who want to experience and practice a variety of creative action methods in group work to explore issues, make theatre or work within challenging contexts. Course delivered by Tony Cealy (http://tonycealy.com/ ). All Participants receive a free training manual on completion. For those interested in using drama and theatre as a tool to explore personal and social issues, and for people who want to gain new skills to fulfil their obligation and commitment to the people they serve, including: performers, youth workers, social/health workers, PSHE specialists, drama graduates, project managers, community workers, artists, workshop leaders, teachers, theatre practitioners, creative art therapists, counsellors, mental health workers, team builders and special needs workers.

No previous drama experience is necessary however a willingness to actively explore new methods of working is an essential requirement. This will also be an opportunity for professional development, networking and skill sharing so as to enable continued high standards of good practice.

£130 (£90.00 if booked 3 months before course starts)There are a couple of spaces available that we are offering on a 'pay what you can' basis, This is available only a first come first served basis. If you your interested in attending on this basis please think about the value you want to place on your training and contact organisers stating the amount that you can afford to pay to do it.

For course guide, further information or to book a place, please contact: info@nohbudgetfilms.freeserve.co.uk
07956 877358
http://tonycealy.com/?page_id=58

10/07/09 - Tackling bullying in the community
22 July 2009
London SW1

Tackling Bullying In The Community is a Department for Children, Schools and Families funded event which brings together experts from a range of national and local settings with strategic responsibility for safeguarding. The seminar will offer participants the chance to hear direct from government and work actively with experts to explore how we can stimulate the development of good practice in tackling bullying in the following settings:

• Children’s Homes
• Extended services in and around Schools
• Further Education Colleges
• Journeys
• Play and Leisure
• Youth Activities
The seminar marks the start of the Anti-Bullying Alliance’s two-year programme of work to support the embedding of the recently launched DCSF suite of guidance documents Safe from Bullying.

Book online by visiting: https://www.eventbrite.com/register?orderid=5419906085&eid=372440981

01/07/09 - Introduction to Facilitating group work with young people (for those new to group work)
12 August 2009, 9.30–5
Stratford

For anyone new to facilitating group work with young people. In particular, youth workers or other professionals working with young people seeking to develop or enhance skill set within facilitating group work with young people. Includes:
● Facilitation Skills
● Group Work Theory
● Educational Resources
All participants will be given course materials on the day

£90 per person.Those working with young people in Tower Hamlets may be entitled to a training bursary for this event, subject to available funding. Please email flora.dele-ojo@towerhamlets.gov.uk for further details (you will need to allow at least 2 weeks for processing the training bursary prior to the start of training).

Please contact us for an application form (electronic) or download one from our website: http://www.lecp.org.uk/content_files/training/LECP_Course_Application_Form_for_website.pdf and return it to:
Training & Development, London East Connexions Partnership,
4th Floor Solar House, 1-9 Romford Road
Stratford, London E15 4LJ
training@londoneastconnexions.co.uk
Tel: 020-8536-3630, Fax: 020-8534-2830

01/07/09 - Certified Programme in Working with Disabled Young People (SEN/LDD)
15 & 16 September and 7 October 2009
Stratford E15

This 3-day course is to support professional workers to develop practice in working with disabled young people. It aims to support the development of professional practice for workers to ensure positive outcomes for disabled young people. Includes:
• Policies and initiatives relating to disabled young people
• The role of professionals working with young people
• Assessment and planning with disabled young people
• Transitions and transition planning
• Meeting the needs and supporting disabled young people’s aspirations

Successful completion of the course will confer three credits, at level 3 from the Open College Network (OCN). Requirements for completion; full (100%) attendance and successful completion of a written assignment.

£295 per person including OCN Registration Fee. Payment in full at least 14 days prior to course commencement please.Those working with young people in Tower Hamlets may be entitled to a training bursary for this event, subject to available funding. Please email flora.dele-ojo@towerhamlets.gov.uk for further details (you will need to allow at least 2 weeks for processing the training bursary prior to the start of training).

Please contact us for an application form (electronic) or download one from our website: http://www.lecp.org.uk/content_files/training/LECP_Course_Application_Form_for_website.pdf and return it to:
Training & Development, London East Connexions Partnership,
4th Floor Solar House, 1-9 Romford Road
Stratford, London E15 4LJ
training@londoneastconnexions.co.uk
Tel: 020-8536-3630, Fax: 020-8534-2830

01/07/09 - Working with disabled clients: an introduction to good practice for administration, reception, caretaking and cleaning staff
6 August 2009
Stratford, E15

Administration, reception, caretaking and cleaning staff often play important but hidden frontline roles with young services users. As the first point of contact or as a friendly presence the interaction they have is quite often informal and easily under valued. When working with young people with Special Needs or LDD it is important that these key members of staff are given the skills they need to be able to relate to and work with these young people in an inclusive way and in a way that conforms to the Disability Discrimination legislation. A lot of other training in this area is targeted at practitioners, but this course is tailored to the specific needs of these support staff.

£90 per person. Payment is required in full at least 14 days prior to course commencement. Those working with young people in Tower Hamlets may be entitled to a training bursary for this event, subject to available funding. Please email flora.dele-ojo@towerhamlets.gov.uk for further details (you will need to allow at least 2 weeks for processing the training bursary prior to the start of training).

Please contact us for an application form (electronic) or download one from our website: http://www.lecp.org.uk/content_files/training/LECP_Course_Application_Form_for_website.pdf and return it to:
Training & Development, London East Connexions Partnership,
4th Floor Solar House, 1-9 Romford Road
Stratford, London E15 4LJ
training@londoneastconnexions.co.uk
Tel: 020-8536-3630, Fax: 020-8534-2830

01/07/09 - Working with Teenage Parents
2 July 2009, 9.30–5
Stratford, E15

Preventing teenage pregnancies and their negative consequences continues to be a pressing challenge for practitioners working with young people; this issue attracts high profile political attention and the resources of a range of agencies.
However, focus also needs to be placed on supporting teenage parents. This is crucial to ensure economic well-being and to facilitate productive and fulfilling lives. Moreover, working with teenage parents helps break the cycle, as research has shown that a high percentage of children of teenage parents go on to become teenage parents themselves.

£90 per person. Those working with young people in Tower Hamlets may be entitled to a training bursary for this event, subject to available funding. Please email flora.dele-ojo@towerhamlets.gov.uk for further details (you will need to allow at least 2 weeks for processing the training bursary prior to the start of training).

Please contact us for an application form (electronic) or download one from our website: http://www.lecp.org.uk/content_files/training/LECP_Course_Application_Form_for_website.pdf and return it to:
Training & Development, London East Connexions Partnership,
4th Floor Solar House, 1-9 Romford Road
Stratford, London E15 4LJ
training@londoneastconnexions.co.uk
Tel: 020-8536-3630, Fax: 020-8534-2830

17/06/09 - Moving into Leading and Managing Services for Children and Young People
October – December 2009 (full dates see below)
Stratford, London (+ 1 day in Brighton)

LECP, in association with Youthforce, are excited to present a management programme aimed at supporting the development of new and aspiring middle managers of children and young people’s services, within both local authority and third sector projects. Accredited by the University of Brighton at HE level 3 (degree level) the module aims to:

• enable and inspire existing and aspiring new managers to think more about strategic partnerships between their own and other organisations both within and beyond their occupational group;

• facilitate a better understanding of the sectors landscape to be better placed to innovate and respond creatively to development, funding and delivery challenges;

• enable existing and potential middle managers to think beyond operational, to more strategic management, to achieve better outcomes for children and young people;

• develop knowledge of the role of leadership as a behaviour in achieving better outcomes for children and young people.

The course will involve four teaching days over a period of two months. One of the contact days will be held at the University of Brighton (own transportation to be arranged). Participants will be given a library card as well as access to the university resources. The remaining three days will be held in Stratford, East London.

6 October 2009
27 October (Brighton)
24 November
8 December
(All four days must be attended to successfully complete the programme).

Students will be required to complete a written piece of work that incorporates learning from the module within the context of their own organisation. A supporting piece of work that reflects their learning during the course is also required.

Applicants should be working in a relevant job role that will enable them to put learning into practice. They will also be required to hold a professional qualification at HE level 02 or above (a diploma in higher education or a foundation degree for example).

£750 per person
Please contact us for an application form (electronic) or download one from our website: http://www.lecp.org.uk/content_files/training/LECP_Course_Application_Form_for_website.pdf and return it to:
Training & Development, London East Connexions Partnership,
4th Floor Solar House, 1-9 Romford Road
Stratford, London E15 4LJ
training@londoneastconnexions.co.uk
Tel: 020-8536-3630, Fax: 020-8534-2830

17/06/09 - Young People, Housing & Homelessness
28 July 2009
Stratford E15

This one day programme will enable participants to develop an understanding of youth homelessness; to provide a working knowledge of the legislative frameworks that are available to assist young people; and to develop an understanding of how the legislation can be used as a platform to develop better integrated services for all young people in housing need. For Connexions PAs, Youth workers, and other practitioners who advise young people and who requires a good understanding of legislative solutions to their housing problems. This course is particularly relevant to those who have already developed some understanding of young peoples’ housing issues and wish to develop their ability to assist their clients.

£135 per person. Those working with young people in Tower Hamlets may be entitled to a training bursary for this event, subject to available funding. Please email flora.dele-ojo@towerhamlets.gov.uk for further details (you will need to allow at least 2 weeks for processing the training bursary prior to the start of training).

Please contact us for an application form (electronic) or download one from our website: http://www.lecp.org.uk/content_files/training/LECP_Course_Application_Form_for_website.pdf and return it to:
Training & Development, London East Connexions Partnership,
4th Floor Solar House, 1-9 Romford Road
Stratford, London E15 4LJ
training@londoneastconnexions.co.uk
Tel: 020-8536-3630, Fax: 020-8534-2830

17/06/09 - Working across culture
15 July 2009
Stratford, London E15

To provide practitioners with the skill and confidence to work and communicate across different and unfamiliar cultures without relying on stereotypes, thereby being able to meet the needs of the clients they work with. The course is interactive and focuses on practical issues and self-awareness. For practitioners working with migrants/newly arrived immigrant, refugees and asylum seekers (ie Job Centre Plus staff, employments and advice services, Careers Advisers, Connexions Advisers, Social Workers, Voluntary/Community organisations, etc)

The day will look at Culture, its various aspects, including personal culture, and its impact on communication. We will then look at how we communicate, and communication tools. This training is CPD certified (5.5 hours)

£90 per person. Payment is required in full at least 14 days prior to course commencement. Those working with young people in Tower Hamlets may be entitled to a training bursary for this event, subject to available funding. Please email flora.dele-ojo@towerhamlets.gov.uk for further details (you will need to allow at least 2 weeks for processing the training bursary prior to the start of training).

Please contact us for an application form (electronic) or download one from our website: http://www.lecp.org.uk/content_files/training/LECP_Course_Application_Form_for_website.pdf and return it to:
Training & Development, London East Connexions Partnership,
4th Floor Solar House, 1-9 Romford Road
Stratford, London E15 4LJ
training@londoneastconnexions.co.uk
Tel: 020-8536-3630, Fax: 020-8534-2830

16/06/09 - Risk Assessment – Principles & Practice
7 July 2009
Stratford, London E15

The course covers:
• Main categories of accidents and causes of ill health
• The benefits of good health & safety management
• Principles of Risk Assessment – understanding of the principles and definitions of Risk Assessment Legislation
• Awareness of the key aspects of the legislative framework
• Risk Assessment in Practice

£90 per person. Those working with young people in Tower Hamlets may be entitled to a training bursary for this event, subject to available funding. Please email flora.dele-ojo@towerhamlets.gov.uk for further details (you will need to allow at least 2 weeks for processing the training bursary prior to the start of training).

Please contact us for an application form (electronic) or download one from our website: http://www.lecp.org.uk/content_files/training/LECP_Course_Application_Form_for_website.pdf and return it to:
Training & Development, London East Connexions Partnership,
4th Floor Solar House, 1-9 Romford Road
Stratford, London E15 4LJ
training@londoneastconnexions.co.uk
Tel: 020-8536-3630, Fax: 020-8534-2830

16/06/09 - CAF Cards for Practitioners
8 July 2009, 9.30–5
Stratford E15

CAF Cards are a powerful and easy to use tools which can will help young people to look at their lives differently, explore their options and set new goals. The tools are about motivating and working with their own desire to change, and facilitating that change to happen.

To complement the training, all delegates will receive a presentation box containing:
• a set of CAF Cards
• a set of Road Sign Cards
• a Training Manual with details of additional ways of using the Cards plus other useful reference materials

Further details of CAF Cards can be obtained from: http://www.cafcards.co.uk
This course is certified as being 5.5 hours CPD hours.

£105 per person (includes certification and course manual). Payment is required in full at least 14 days prior to course commencement.

Please contact us for an application form (electronic) or download one from our website: http://www.lecp.org.uk/content_files/training/LECP_Course_Application_Form_for_website.pdf and return it to:
Training & Development, London East Connexions Partnership,
4th Floor Solar House, 1-9 Romford Road
Stratford, London E15 4LJ
training@londoneastconnexions.co.uk
Tel: 020-8536-3630, Fax: 020-8534-2830

10/06/09 - Connected Generation 2009 – ‘unConference’ - exploring youth engagement in a digital age
11 July 2009
London, SW1

Following on from the successful 2008 UK Youth Online* unConference, Connected Generation is bringing together practitioners, researchers, innovators and policy makers on 11th July 2009 to explore youth engagement in a digital age. Bring your own sessions! An unConference is created by the participants - and it works best when everyone comes prepared to offer a session. Your session could be a short presentation of a project you have recently worked on using digital media for youth engagement; or it could be a topic for discussion; or an issue you want to get the insights of others on. When you register you have the opportunity to suggest a session you may offer.

If your work involves young people, then understanding and engaging with social media and online technologies is a must. This event is an opportunity to explore big ideas, and practical realities of weaving the web into work with young people.

FREE
Please book online at: http://connectedgeneration09.eventbrite.com/
If you’ve got any questions then drop a line to tim@practicalparticipation.co.uk
or give the organiser (Tim Davies) a call on 07824 856 303

10/06/09 - Safeguarding Vulnerable Children & Young People for Managers
Course 1 - 15, 16 & 17 June 2009, 9.15-4.30
Stratford Town Hall

Course 2 - 8, 9 & 10 July 2009, 9.15-4.30
Credon Centre

To support managers to deliver to their staff the Children’s Workforce Development Councils Induction Standards, Standard 6, Safeguard Children (keep them safe from harm); so that workers can generate the evidence for their induction portfolio’s in the workplace. For all managers in Newham with a responsibility to induct new staff within private and voluntary organisations for children & young people in Newham.

FREE (£100 cancellation charge)

To book this course please contact training.administration@newham.gov.uk or 0208 430 5157.

09/06/09 - Certificate in supervision studies
October 2009
Stratford, E15

To enable managers, team leaders, and supervisors from a range of disciplines and employment settings to develop a common understanding of the role of supervision within the Every Child Matters strategy. Students will review and develop their knowledge about supervision. They will learn about the theories and concepts underpinning effective supervision practice and they will develop a skills base on which to frame their interventions, thus enhancing their capabilities in facilitating a supervisory relationship. The course aims to ensure that participants who successfully complete the qualification will be capable of offering supervision within their particular organisation. For Managers, Team Leaders and those providing non-managerial or peer supervision in the Children & Young People's workforce, from a variety of disciplines, sectors and employment settings.

£650 per delegate, which includes: course materials, teaching, tutorial support, marking and accreditation. Those working with young people in Tower Hamlets may be entitled to a training bursary for this event, subject to available funding. Please email flora.dele-ojo@towerhamlets.gov.uk for further details (you will need to allow at least 2 weeks for processing the training bursary prior to the start of training).

Please contact us for an application form (electronic) or download one from our website: http://www.lecp.org.uk/content_files/training/LECP_Course_Application_Form_for_website.pdf and return it to:
Training & Development, London East Connexions Partnership,
4th Floor Solar House, 1-9 Romford Road
Stratford, London E15 4LJ
training@londoneastconnexions.co.uk
Tel: 020-8536-3630, Fax: 020-8534-2830

09/06/09 - Regional workshops on using CHOICE career/course finder web tool for young people
30th June, 1, 2,3 & 6 July 2009, 9– 1
The Hub, Canning Town
Jurys Inn, Croydon
Target Space, Central London
Bernie Grant Arts Centre, Seven Sisters
Novotel, Hammersmith

The CHOICE website (www.mychoicelondon.co.uk) is an online resource for young people, aged 14-19, to help them find jobs and courses. It includes tools such as Jobs Live, CV Builder, Courses and Careers advice. When the pan-London eProspectus relaunched last year many of the attendees who use it regularly to help young people make course and career decisions said they could have done with more time to see and try out the new functionality.
For the launch of Version 4, CHOICE are holding a series of free regional stakeholder workshop events across London to give attendees a focused and time-effective way to stay up to date with the latest online tools.

For Connexions PAs, Careers Advisers, Teachers, youth workers and other professionals and volunteers working with young people aged 14-19.

50 places at each workshop will be allocated on a first-come, first served basis, giving priority to tutors, personal advisors, and other practitioners.

Please RSVP to Leanne Day by Friday 19 June via email or contact Leanne or Simone on 020 8869 1420 and state which date and venue you will be attending.

05/06/09 - Introduction to Facilitating group work with young people (for those new to group work)
19 June 2009, 9.30–5
Kensington Unitarian Church, Notting Hill Gate, W8

For anyone new to facilitating group work with young people. In particular, youth workers or other professionals working with young people seeking to develop or enhance their skill set within facilitating group work with young people. Includes:
● Facilitation Skills
● Group Work Theory
● Educational Resources

All participants will be given course materials on the day

£90 per person. Those working with young people in Tower Hamlets may be entitled to a training bursary for this event, subject to available funding. Please email flora.dele-ojo@towerhamlets.gov.uk for further details (you will need to allow at least 2 weeks for processing the training bursary prior to the start of training).

Please contact us for an application form (electronic) or download one from our website: http://www.lecp.org.uk/content_files/training/LECP_Course_Application_Form_for_website.pdf and return it to:
Training & Development, London East Connexions Partnership,
4th Floor Solar House, 1-9 Romford Road
Stratford, London E15 4LJ
training@londoneastconnexions.co.uk
Tel: 020-8536-3630, Fax: 020-8534-2830

05/06/09 - Professional boundaries for practitioners working with young people
21 July 2009, 9.30–5
Stratford, London E15

Practitioners working with young people can often face a lot of personal pressures in their work. This can cause conflict and stress if they find that their professional boundaries are being ‘pushed’. This training is designed to help practitioners identify, and apply practical solutions to these issues. For Personal Advisers, Youth Workers, Learning Mentors, Community Workers, Social Workers, Play workers and other practitioners working in any capacity with young people in the community, voluntary or statutory sectors.

£90 per person (book before the 12th June 2009 and get an early bird discount of 10%– i.e. pay only £80). Those working with young people in Tower Hamlets may be entitled to a training bursary for this event, subject to available funding. Please email flora.dele-ojo@towerhamlets.gov.uk for further details (you will need to allow at least 2 weeks for processing the training bursary prior to the start of training).

Please contact us for an application form (electronic) or download one from our website: http://www.lecp.org.uk/content_files/training/LECP_Course_Application_Form_for_website.pdf and return it to:
Training & Development, London East Connexions Partnership,
4th Floor Solar House, 1-9 Romford Road
Stratford, London E15 4LJ
training@londoneastconnexions.co.uk
Tel: 020-8536-3630, Fax: 020-8534-2830

03/06/09 - Fantasy vs reality: the impact and influence of pornography on young people
22 September 2009
London

Background:

Increasingly, young men are saying that they get much of their sex and relationships education from pornography. With most young people using the internet and mobile phones, pornography is more accessible than it has ever been. Professionals working with young people sometimes struggle to know what is legal, and how and whether to support young people using pornography. This course provides factual information about the types and availability of pornography, looking at what is legal and what is not. It addresses how the media can impact on young people and provides strategies for working with young people in this difficult area of work.

Target Group:

To explore the impact and influence of pornography on young people’s attitudes to sex, safer sex, their sexual development and relationships. For practitioners working with young people, especially young men, in a wide variety of contexts (including health, youth work, residential, schools etc) around sex and relationship issues. Participants on this course are expected to have a basic knowledge of sexual health issues.

£120 per person
Please contact Helen Shipley at the FPA on 0845 122 8661 or helens@fpa.org.uk

03/06/09 - Introduction to using coaching skills with young people
20 October 2009
London

This one-day introductory course uses interactive training methods, including trainer input, small group discussions, and the use of a workbook containing background information, frameworks, exercises and an action planning tool. The workbook is designed to be used both during the training and afterwards to enable effective implementation in the work place. For practitioners working with young people in a wide range of contexts, and who are interested in exploring a coaching offer or developing coaching skills. This could include; Youth workers, youth support workers, counselors, learning mentors, IAG workers, social workers and others working in the Children’s sector.

£55 Youth Access Members
£88 Voluntary Sector organisations
£110 Statutory Sector

To apply or get more details of this training please contact: admin@youthaccess.org.uk, Tel: 020 8772 9900,
Or apply online at: http://www.youthaccess.org.uk/events/introduction-to-using-coaching-skills-with-young-people.cfm

01/06/09 - Gangs, identity and difference: New Date
24 June 2009
Stratford

Participants will understand how a sense of self-identity develops over time; understand the definition of the term gang and UK gang development; examine how self-identity can be shaped and defined by gang membership; understand how groups behave in a more risky fashion than individuals; examine the idea that self identity can be re-defined to move young people away from the dangers of gang culture. For Youth Workers, Play Workers, Peer Mentors, Connexions Personal Advisers, Positive Activity Workers, Teachers, Social Workers, Learning Mentors, Community Safety Workers, Health Service workers and others working with young people who are involved in or at risk of involvement with gangs.

£90 per person. Those working with young people in Tower Hamlets may be entitled to a training bursary for this event, subject to available funding. Please email flora.dele-ojo@towerhamlets.gov.uk for further details (you will need to allow at least 2 weeks for processing the training bursary prior to the start of training).

Please contact us for an application form (electronic) or download one from our website: http://www.lecp.org.uk/content_files/training/LECP_Course_Application_Form_for_website.pdf and return it to:
Training & Development, London East Connexions Partnership,
4th Floor Solar House, 1-9 Romford Road
Stratford, London E15 4LJ
training@londoneastconnexions.co.uk
Tel: 020-8536-3630, Fax: 020-8534-2830

01/06/09 - Developing youth work with young men from ethnic communities
16 June 2009
Stratford, E15

This interactive one day workshop is geared towards increasing the knowledge and raising the awareness for workers and organisations that intend or currently work with young men and boys from the ethnic minorities and the black communities. The session will explore some of the influential factors in the lives of the young men. For Connexions Personal Advisers, Youth Workers, Play Workers, Peer Mentors, Social Workers, Learning Mentors, Community Safety Workers, Health Service workers and others working with young people.

£90 per person. Those working with young people in Tower Hamlets may be entitled to a training bursary for this event, subject to available funding. Please email flora.dele-ojo@towerhamlets.gov.uk for further details (you will need to allow at least 2 weeks for processing the training bursary prior to the start of training).

Please contact us for an application form (electronic) or download one from our website: http://www.lecp.org.uk/content_files/training/LECP_Course_Application_Form_for_website.pdf and return it to:
Training & Development, London East Connexions Partnership,
4th Floor Solar House, 1-9 Romford Road
Stratford, London E15 4LJ
training@londoneastconnexions.co.uk
Tel: 020-8536-3630, Fax: 020-8534-2830

01/06/09 - De-escalation and restraint training
16 & 17 July 2009
Stratford, E15

The aim of this training is to provide frontline staff and volunteers with both the theoretical background, and practical strategies of how to cope in potentially violent and actually violent situations. At the end of the course the participants should have a greater awareness of
• how their reactions may help or hinder the resolution of a crisis
• be clear about the principles underpinning the use of physical control and restraints
• be clear of the legal implications regarding the use of physical restraints and feel more confident in the use of permissible forms of physical control

£220 per person. Those working with young people in Tower Hamlets may be entitled to a training bursary for this event, subject to available funding. Please email flora.dele-ojo@towerhamlets.gov.uk for further details (you will need to allow at least 2 weeks for processing the training bursary prior to the start of training).

Please contact us for an application form (electronic) or download one from our website: http://www.lecp.org.uk/content_files/training/LECP_Course_Application_Form_for_website.pdf and return it to:
Training & Development, London East Connexions Partnership,
4th Floor Solar House, 1-9 Romford Road
Stratford, London E15 4LJ
training@londoneastconnexions.co.uk
Tel: 020-8536-3630, Fax: 020-8534-2830

22/05/09 - Introduction to Managing Volunteers
9 June 2009, 9.30-5
Stratford E15

This course aims to provide participants with an understanding of what is required to manage volunteers, including:
• What is volunteering?
• Developing policies and procedures
• Good Practice in managing volunteers

For anyone new to managing volunteers, seeking to develop or enhance skill set when working with volunteers. All participants will be given course materials on the day.

£90. Those working with young people in Tower Hamlets may be entitled to a training bursary for this event, subject to available funding. Email flora.dele-ojo@towerhamlets.gov.uk for further details:

Please contact us for an application form (electronic) or download one from our website: http://www.lecp.org.uk/content_files/training/LECP_Course_Application_Form.pdf and return/fax it to:
Training & Development, London East Connexions Partnership,
4th Floor Solar House, 1-9 Romford Road
Stratford, London E15 4LJ
training@londoneastconnexions.co.uk
Tel: 020-8536-3630, Fax: 020-8534-2830

21/05/09 - Working with Gypsy, Roma, & Traveller Young People
29 September 2009
Stratford E15

This training is suitable for practitioners who already, or may in future, come into contact with young people who are members of Gypsy, Roma or Traveller communities. It aims to increase participants’ understanding of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller young people and their communities , their history and culture and the discrimination they face.

Through engaging with Gypsy, Roma and Traveller culture and history, staff will therefore feel more confident in implementing the key principles of good practice in working with Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities.

£135 per person (book by Friday 31 July 2009 and get an early bird discount of 10%,pay only £121.50). Those working with young people in Tower Hamlets may be entitled to a training bursary for this event, subject to available funding. Email flora.dele-ojo@towerhamlets.gov.uk for further details (you will need to allow at least two weeks for processing the training bursary prior to the start of training).

Please contact us for an application form (electronic) or download one from our website: http://www.lecp.org.uk/content_files/training/LECP_Course_Application_Form.pdf and return it to:
LECP Training & Workforce Development, 4th Floor Solar House, 1-9 Romford Road, Stratford, London E15 4LJ
training@londoneastconnexions.co.uk
Tel: 020-8536-3630, Fax: 020-8534-2830

21/05/09 - Safeguarding African Children at Risk
Monday 22 June 2009, 9-3.30
Fleet Street, London EC4

This event is being held as part of a week long series of activities marking AFRUCA’s 8th anniversary from 21st to 27th June 2009.

For African Parents (AFRUCA service users), Social Work Practitioners, Education Practitioners, Health Workers, Crime Prevention Officers, Mental Health Workers, Youth workers, Targetted Connexions workers, Sure Start Programme staff, policymakers, academics, charity workers, and other practitioners working closely with African children, young people and families

£100 per delegate from statutory agencies and charities with more than 10 employees. £75 for small voluntary organisations with under 10 employees. African parents (AFRUCA service users) will not have to pay to attend the event

For a booking form, further details and queries please contact:
Justin Bahunga, Policy and Training Officer, AFRUCA
Telephone: 0844 660 8607 Email: info@afruca.org
www.afruca.org

21/05/09 - Facilitators Training: Dialoguing about the Middle East
23 & 24 September 2009
Warrington Peace Centre

In February 2009, Windows for Peace (UK) Youth Dialogue Group launched a highly acclaimed Resource Pack written by and for Muslim, Arab, Palestinian and Jewish Young People to facilitate dialogue about the Middle East. There is now an opportunity to join this exciting facilitators training to help people use the pack alongside Windows Channels for Communication which works in Palestine and Israel.

For Youth workers (voluntary and paid) and others who work with young people, who are interested in running dialogue groups about Palestine and Israel - especially with Muslim, Arab, Palestinian and Jewish Young People.
Further information can be obtained from: http://www.windowsforpeaceuk.org/Young%20Windows.htm

The training consists of a 2 day residential course and optional follow up day. We would appreciate it if people do not book unless they can attend the whole of the residential. The course will include follow up either by phone or attendance at a session on Sunday 18th October. It is strongly recommended that people stay on the night of Wednesday 23rd September. Facilities are also available for people to stay on Tuesday 22nd September. Accommodation is in 5-bedded rooms.

£250 for three days including all meals and one to two nights’ accommodation. Some bursaries will be available in return for some dialogue work. Extra expenses for childcare or other dependents can be reimbursed. Please contact Judith Emanuel as soon as possible if you would like to apply for a bursary: judith@windowsforpeaceuk.org or PO Box 177, Manchester M21 9YP by 1 September). These are ONLY intended for people who cannot access funding for the course. Bursaries will be given in exchange for a commitment to doing some work with WfP (UK) Youth Dialogue project.

20/05/09 - Delivering Quality Universal Positive Activities
Friday 5 June, 1.30-4.30
Tower Hill, London EC3

The aim of the seminar is to demonstrate:
• good practice in delivering quality universal positive activities
• methods of quality assurance
• good practice in publicising positive activities
• the involvement of all sectors in a universal offer in the light of Integrated Youth Support Sector arrangements.

Places are free for full members of Partnership for Young London (with a charge of £23 for a second place); for Associate members the charge is £23 and for non-members £57.50 (all are inclusive of 15% VAT). Please note, if you do not cancel your place three working days before the event you will be charged regardless of attendance. Substitute delegates will be accepted at any time.

For an application form, or if you require further details, please contact: Lucy Sandford at Partnership for Young London: Lucy.Sandford@cityoflondon.gov.uk.

T: 020 7332 3599
www.pyl.org.uk

18/05/09 - Disclosing criminal records to employers
17 June 2009
Stratford E15

For people providing advice, information and guidance in a wide range of settings, to young people who have a criminal record.

This two hour training session from AdviceUK will enable trainees to:
• Explain the law relating to the disclosure of criminal records
• Identify best practice in assisting clients to disclose criminal records
• Describe the system of Criminal Records Bureau checks

FREE
Please let us know whether you want to join the morning (10 am -12 noon) or afternoon (2pm – 4pm) session.

Please contact us for an application form (electronic) or download one from our website http://www.lecp.org.uk/content_files/training/LECP_Course_Application_Form.pdf and return by fax to:
Training & Development, London East Connexions Partnership, 4th Floor Solar House, 1-9 Romford Road., Stratford, London E15 4LJ training@londoneastconnexions.co.uk
Tel: 020-8536-3630, Fax: 020-8534-2830

18/05/09 - CAF Cards for Practitioners
8 July 2009, 9.30–5
Stratford E15

CAF Cards are a powerful and easy to use tools which can will help young people to look at their lives differently, explore their options and set new goals. The tools are about motivating and working with their own desire to change, and facilitating that change to happen. The use of the Cards can be linked with the ‘Common Assessment Framework’ and have been designed to make the CAF framework more young person centred and friendly.
Please note that this training day is NOT about how the Common Assessment Framework will work generally, but is about providing practitioners with a tool which will enhance their young person centred work.

To complement the training, all delegates will receive a presentation box containing:
• a set of CAF Cards
• a set of Road Sign Cards
• a Training Manual with details of additional ways of using the Cards plus other useful reference materials

£105 per person (includes certification and course manual). Payment is required in full at least 14 days prior to course commencement.

Further details of CAF Cards can be obtained from: http://www.cafcards.co.uk

Please contact us for an application form (electronic) or download one from our website http://www.lecp.org.uk/content_files/training/LECP_Course_Application_Form.pdf and return it to:
LECP Training & Workforce Development, 4th Floor Solar House, 1-9 Romford Road., Stratford, London E15 4LJ
training@londoneastconnexions.co.uk
Tel: 020-8536-3630, Fax: 020-8534-2830

15/05/09 - Human Rights and Young People
25 June 2009, 10-4.30
The National Council for Voluntary Youth Services, London N1

Course Outline:
• The ideas: Introduction to the origins, principles and development of human rights and how they relate to the young people’s issues.
• The law: An overview of human rights law, focussing on international and UK human rights legislation.
• The practice: Exploring the articles of the Human Rights Act and how they relate to young people’s issues in practice using case studies.
• Action: Applying and testing human rights to real case studies and developing an action plan for your organisation.

This course will be held in a fully accessible venue and BSL interpreters will be provided as required. Please state any specific requirements you have on the booking form.

Costs are on a sliding scale based on organisational income:
£0 – 250K: £60
£250 – 500K: £100
£500K +: £175

There are a limited number of free bursary places available for organisations with a low income (under £25K). For more information on how to apply for a bursary place please visit www.bihr.org.uk/open-training-courses/bursary-places

To book, please use the downloadable booking form: http://www.bihr.org.uk/sites/default/files/BookingForm_0.doc or contact Sonia or Amanda on training@bihr.org.uk or 020 7848 1879. For further information please visit BIHR’s website at www.bihr.org.uk/open-training-courses.

The British Institute of Human Rights (BIHR) is a national independent charity with an overall mission of bringing human rights to life for everyone in the UK. One of our core activities is building the capacity of those working to tackle inequality and injustice to use human rights based approaches in their work. BIHR are the leading provider of human rights training in the UK for both the third sector and the public sector. You can find out more about their work at www.bihr.org.uk.

13/05/09 - Working with Teenage Parents
2 July 2009, 9.30–5
Stratford E15

This interactive course is designed to increase participants’ understanding of the needs of teenage parents and build confidence engaging and working with them. The course will be facilitated with interactive workshops, exercises and discussions, using participants’ professional experience and case studies. Suitable for anyone working with young people who may come into contact with teenage parents in the course of their role; but who are not specialists in this area.

£90 per person. Those working with young people in Tower Hamlets may be entitled to a training bursary for this event, subject to available funding. Please email flora.dele-ojo@towerhamlets.gov.uk for further details.

Please contact us for an application form (electronic) or download one from our website: http://www.lecp.org.uk/content_files/training/LECP_Course_Application_Form.pdf and return it to:
LECP Training & Workforce Development, 4th Floor Solar House, 1-9 Romford Road., Stratford, London E15 4LJ
training@londoneastconnexions.co.uk
Tel: 020-8536-3630, Fax: 020-8534-2830

12/05/09 - The Impact of parental substance-misuse on children & families
4 June 2009 or 21 January 2010, 9 – 5
The Credon Centre, Kirton Road, Plaistow, London, E13 9BT

To broaden participants understanding of issues relating to substance use and parenting, allowing them to feel able to make more informed assessments in this area.

Aimed at those in regular contact with children and young people and with adults who are parent/s or carers. These will be people who are in a position to identify concerns about maltreatment, harm or risk to children. Also, Professionals who work regularly with children and young people, and who may be asked to contribute to assessments of children in need. This includes GPs, hospital and community health staff, family centre workers, teachers, education welfare officers, social workers, mental health and learning disability staff, probation officers.

Facilitators
Melanie Gondo, Specialist Drug Prevention Worker
Paul Hira, Drug & Alcohol Service for London (DASL)

Free

To book, download an application form from:
http://www.newham.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/2DEF2D72-2AE6-45C7-9049-6E9B8DEB5758/0/NewhamLSCBApplicationForm.pdf

Ann Capes , LSCB Administrator, Ann.Capes@newham.gov.uk
020 8430 3584 extn. 42493
Fax: 020 8430 4891

12/05/09 - Welfare Benefits for young people
20 May 2009, 9.30–5
Stratford, E15

This course is aimed at all practitioners and managers working with young people (especially NEET groups) and includes
• Overview of the benefits system
• Key benefits when making a benefit check
• Income support
• Income based jobseekers allowance
• Housing Benefit
• Council Tax
• Working Tax Credit
• The Social Fund
• Disability Living Allowance
• Attendance Allowance
• Passports
• Ways of maximising income

£90
Those working with young people in Tower Hamlets may be entitled to a training bursary for this event, subject to available funding. Please email
flora.dele-ojo@towerhamlets.gov.uk for further details

Please contact us for an application form (electronic) or download one from our website: http://www.lecp.org.uk/content_files/training/LECP_Course_Application_Form.pdf and return it to:

LECP Training & Workforce Development, 4th Floor Solar House, 1-9 Romford Road., Stratford , London E15 4LJ
training@londoneastconnexions.co.uk
Tel: 020-8536-3630, Fax: 020-8534-2830

10/05/09 - Safeguarding vulnerable children & young people – the manager's role in meeting CWDC requirements
Course 1: 15, 16 & 17 June 2009, 9.15-4.30, Stratford Town Hall
Course 2: 8, 9 & 10 July 2009, 9.15-4.30, Credon Centre

For all managers inducting new staff within private and voluntary organisations for children & young people in Newham. To support managers to give their staff the Children’s Workforce Development Councils Induction Standards, Standard 6, Safeguard Children (keep them safe from harm); so that workers can generate the evidence for their induction portfolio’s in the workplace.

Free, but please note that late cancellation and failure to attend result in a cancellation fee of £100.

Closing date for applications: five weeks before each course date. For application forms and bookings please contact the training administrator: training.administration@newham.gov.uk
0208 430 5157

06/05/09 - Working with refugee and asylum-seeking children in schools
23 June 2009
Refugee Council, Brixton, London

This course will examine the specific needs of refugee pupils, including those new to schooling in the UK. It will investigate the positive strategies to support inclusion within the context of the DfES Aiming High and Every Child Matters strategies underpinned by the Education Act (2004). Participants will have the opportunity to reflect on and evaluate their own practice, as well as that of the schools in their local area while considering the impact of this practice on children.

For class and subject teachers of children of statutory school age, Ethnic Minority Achievement Grant (EMAG) teachers, senior managers, learning mentors, teaching as sistants, volunteers, social services staff and council staff working with children. Providers of supplementary teachers and others with responsibility for refugee children and who have limited experience of working with refugee and as ylum seeking pupils.

£99 reduced rate (NGO or voluntary organisation), £160 standard rate (statutory/educatio nal body/business).

Please contact training@refugeecouncil.org.uk for a booking form.

05/05/09 - Young People, Housing & Homelessness
28 July 2009
Stratford E15

This one day programme will enable participants to develop an understanding of youth homelessness; to provide a working knowledge of the legislative frameworks that are available to assist young people; and to develop an understanding of how the legislation can be used as a platform to develop better integrated services for all young people in housing need.

For Connexions PAs, Youth workers, and other practitioners who advise young people and who requires a good understanding of legislative solutions to their housing problems. This course is particularly relevant to those who have already developed some understanding of young peoples’ housing issues and wish to develop their ability to assist their clients.

£135 per person (book by Friday 29th May 2009 and get an early bird discount of 10% i.e. pay only £121.50). Those working with young people in Tower Hamlets may be entitled to a training bursary for this event. Email flora.dele-ojo@towerhamlets.gov.uk for further details.

Please contact us for an application form (electronic) or download one from our website: http://www.lecp.org.uk/content_files/training/LECP_Course_Application_Form.pdf

LECP Training & Workforce Development, 4th Floor Solar House, 1-9 Romford Road, Stratford, London E15 4LJ
training@londoneastconnexions.co.uk Tel: 020-8536-3630, Fax: 020-8534-2830

28/04/09 - Young People & Drugs: Use or Misuse? Roma Awareness Raising Training
Young People & Drugs: Use or Misuse?
13 May or 20 October 2009, 12.30pm–2pm
The Credon Centre

This seminar is aimed at professionals working with children, young people or parents in any capacity who wish to increase their knowledge around substances and substance misuse.

Roma Awareness Raising Training
8 May 2009, 12.30–2pm
The Credon Centre

This seminar will enable participants to increase their understanding of the Roma community, their history and culture and the discrimination faced by them. Participants will be able to recognise the public prejudice and stereotypes facing the Roma community. Gain additional knowledge of Roma history and culture. Explore the issues of child protection and domestic violence within the Roma community. Staff will therefore feel more confident in implementing the key principles of good practice in working with Roma communities.

Please contact for an application form:

LSCB Administrator, Children’s Planning & Review Centre, Broadway House, 322 High Street , Stratford E15 1AJ .

Telephone: 020 8430 2000 ext 42493,
Fax: 020 8430 4891
LSCB@newham.gov.uk

NLSCB website: http://www.newham.gov.uk/Services/NewhamLocalSafeguardingChildrenBoard

28/04/09 - Introduction to Managing Volunteers
9 June 2009, 9.30–5
Stratford E15

For anyone new to managing volunteers, seeking to develop or enhance skill set when working with volunteers. This course aims to provide participants with an understanding of what is required to manage volunteers, including:

• What is volunteering?
• Developing policies and procedures
• Good Practice in managing volunteers

All participants will be given course materials on the day

£90
Those working with young people in the borough of Tower Hamlets may be entitled to a training bursary for this event, subject to available funding. Please email flora.dele-ojo@towerhamlets.gov.uk for further details.

Please contact us for an application form (electronic) or download one from our website: http://www.lecp.org.uk/content_files/training/LECP_Course_Application_Form.pdf and return/fax it to:

Training & Development, London East Connexions Partnership,
4th Floor Solar House, 1-9 Romford Road
Stratford, London E15 4LJ

training@londoneastconnexions.co.uk
Tel: 020-8536-3630, Fax: 020-8534-2830

23/04/09 - Using Restorative processes to effectively challenge anti-social behaviour
Monday 1June 2009, 9.30-4.30
The Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund, SE1

This one day training course will explore how using restorative justice principles and practices may help reduce anti-social behaviour, including:
* An adversarial approach to ASB – what is it, aims and likely outcomes?
* A Restorative approach - what is it, aims and likely outcomes?
* The Restorative practitioner – attributes, skills and qualities required
* Case study – a community restorative meeting (DVD)

This training is open to voluntary organisations and community groups only. Places are limited to one delegate per organisation / group and will be allocated on a first come first served basis.

Ken is a trained facilitator of Restorative Conferencing and Victim/Offender Mediation for crimes of severe violence and is also a member of the informal team drawn together by the Home Office to take all aspects of accreditation of restorative justice trainers and training forward. After 30 years service Ken retired from Thames Valley Police in 2000 in the rank of Inspector. During that time, Ken was instrumental in the introduction of Restorative Justice throughout Thames Valley.

This course is FREE and lunch is also included! However, we require a refundable £25 deposit prior to course attendance. You may cancel your booking up to five working days prior to the course, otherwise you will lose your deposit. To request a place on this course please download and complete a booking form from the CSAS website www.csas.org.uk/CSAS%20Networks%20and%20events. Send completed booking forms to Tony Kinson, CSAS Membership Officer tony.kinson@lat.org.uk T: 020 7793 3730

08/04/09 - Autism and Me film screening
21 April 2009, 10.30-12.30
Stratford Advice Arcade
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08/04/09 - Working across culture
15 July 2009
Stratford, E15

To provide practitioners with the skill and confidence to work and communicate across different and unfamiliar cultures without relying on stereotypes, thereby being able to meet the needs of the clients they work with. The course is interactive and focuses on practical issues and self-awareness. For practitioners working with migrants/newly arrived immigrant, refugees and asylum seekers (i.e. Job Centre Plus staff, employments and advice services, Careers Advisers, Connexions Advisers, Social Workers, Voluntary/Community organisations, etc). The day will look at Culture, its various aspects, including personal culture, and its impact on communication. We will then look at how we communicate, and communication tools.

£90 per person
Payment is required in full at least 14 days prior to course commencement. Early Bird Discounts: A 10% (i.e. cost ; £81) early bird discount is available for all bookings received at least 60 days prior to the course start date. Payment must be received at least 14 days prior to the course in order for the discount to apply.

Those working with young people in Tower Hamlets may be entitled to a training bursary for this event, subject to available funding. Please email flora.dele-ojo@towerhamlets.gov.uk for further details.

Contact us for an application form (electronic) or download one from our website: http://www.lecp.org.uk/content_files/training/LECP_Course_Application_Form.pdf and return to:
Training & Development, LECP, 4th Floor Solar House, 1-9 Romford Road, Stratford, London E15 4LJ
training@londoneastconnexions.co.uk
Tel: 020-8536-3630, Fax: 020-8534-2830

08/04/09 - Working with Families
6 May or 23 June 2009
Stratford, E15

For participants to have the opportunity to explore their own perceptions, values and approach in relation to working with families. For participants to consider a range of approaches to undertaking effective work with families. For practitioners working with families in a wide range of contexts.

Key themes:
The Systemic Approach
Family Myths
Psychological and Emotional Challenge
Positive Connotation
Social and Economic Disadvantage
The No Blame Approach
Dynamics and Patterns
Collaborative Working
The Family Comfort Zone
Working with Challenge

£90 per person
Payment is required in full at least 14 days prior to course commencement. Early Bird Discounts: A 10% early bird discount is available for all bookings received at least 60 days prior to the course start date. Payment must be received at least 14 days prior to the course in order for the discount to apply.

Those working with young people in Tower Hamlets may be entitled to a training bursary for this event, subject to available funding. Please email flora.dele-ojo@towerhamlets.gov.uk for further details.

Contact us for an application form (electronic) or download one from our website: http://www.lecp.org.uk/content_files/training/LECP_Course_Application_Form.pdf and return it to:
Training & Development, LECP, 4th Floor Solar House, 1-9 Romford Road, Stratford, London E15 4LJ
training@londoneastconnexions.co.uk
Tel: 020-8536-3630, Fax: 020-8534-2830

03/04/09 - Street and Community Based Work with Young People
20 & 27 May, 3 & 10 June 2009 (100% attendance required)
(4 day course accredited through OCN – 3 Credits at Level 2)
Stratford (E15)

Street and Community based work has always been a significant aspect in the engagement of young people; with a number of young people feeling socially excluded or choosing not to use conventional services. There is an increasing need to work with people where they are or where they feel comfortable. This training will give participants a clear understanding of what street and community based work is. It will also equip participants with the knowledge, skills and attitudes to initiate, plan, deliver, record and evaluate effective street and community based work with young people.

The course is suitable for anyone who is already has experience and understanding of working with young people and needs to deliver work that is not centre based regardless if that work is short or long term.
This course is made up of five units:
1 The purpose of and approaches to street and community based work with young people in the context of national policy.
2 The role of a street and community based practitioner working with young people.
3 Understanding issues of safety when carrying out street and community based work with young people.
4 The planning required to deliver street and community based work with young people.
5 How to evaluate and record street and community based work with young people

Accredited by Open College Network at level 2 with a value of 3 credits. All participants will receive a course handbook with sections where knowledge of each unit can be demonstrated. This will be assessed by the course tutor and submitted for further moderation.

£360 per participant including certification, course materials and OCN registration fee.
Please contact us for an application form (electronic) or download on from our website: http://www.lecp.org.uk/content_files/training/LECP_Course_Application_Form.pdf and return/fax it to:
Training & Development, London East Connexions Partnership, 4th Floor Solar House, 1-9 Romford Road, Stratford, London E15 4LJ
training@londoneastconnexions.co.uk
Tel: 020-8536-3630, Fax: 020-8534-2830

26/03/09 - An introduction to speaking in public for practitioners
23 April or 7th July 2009, 9.30 – 5
Stratford E15

Public speaking is a skill that many are frightened of or try to avoid. Many professionals and practitioners working with young people are highly skilled at working in a one-to-one or small group context. There might be however be occasions when they are called upon to do a large group presentation, address a public meeting, intervene in a conference or deliver a seminar, all of which may take them outside their comfort zones. This is aimed at any professionals or managers working with young people, such as Connexions workers, youth workers, social workers, volunteers, members of management Committees etc)

£135 per person
Please contact us for an application form (electronic) or download one from our website at www.lecp.org.uk/content_files/training/LECP_Course_Application_Form.pdf

LECP Training & Workforce Development, 4th Floor Solar House, 1-9 Romford Road, Stratford, London E15 4LJ
training@londoneastconnexions.co.uk Tel: 020-8536-3630, Fax: 020-8534-2830

26/03/09 - CAF Cards for Practitioners
22 April 2009, 9.30–5
Stratford E15

CAF Cards are a powerful and easy to use tools which can will help young people to look at their lives differently, explore their options and set new goals. The tools are about motivating and working with their own desire to change, and facilitating that change to happen.

Further details of CAF Cards can be obtained from: http://www.cafcards.co.uk

£105 per person (includes certification and course manual).
Payment is required in full at least 14 days prior to course commencement.

People working with young people in the borough of Tower Hamlets may be entitled to a training bursary for this event, subject to available funding. Please email flora.dele-ojo@towerhamlets.gov.uk for further details.
Please complete the course application form which can be downloaded from: http://www.lecp.org.uk/training/ (or contact us for a Word version of the form) and return it to: LECP Training & Development, 4th Floor Solar House, 1-9 Romford Road, Stratford, London E15 4LJ
training@londoneastconnexions.co.uk Tel: 020-8536-3630, Fax: 020-8534-2830

20/03/09 - Disclosing criminal records to employers
27 May 2009
Stratford E15

If your service provides education, training and employment advice then you need to know how to advise people with criminal records.

This free two hour training session from AdviceUK will enable trainees to:
• Explain the law relating to the disclosure of criminal records
• Identify best practice in assisting clients to disclose criminal records
• Describe the system of Criminal Records Bureau checks

Please contact us for an application form (electronic) or download on from our website: http://www.lecp.org.uk/content_files/training/LECP_Course_Application_Form.pdf and return to: Training & Development, London East Connexions Partnership, 4th Floor Solar House, 1-9 Romford Road, Stratford, London E15 4LJ training@londoneastconnexions.co.uk
Tel: 020-8536-3630, Fax: 020-8534-2830

20/03/09 - Interpersonal and Mediator Skills Training
Understanding Conflict Resolution
18 & 20 June, repeated 5 & 12 Oct

Two Day OCN accredited course focus on:
• Our own relationship to conflict
• A deeper understanding of anger
• Building on our own skills to work with conflict
• Steps for resolving conflict in our own lives
Please note the accreditation is optional and requires written work.

Communicating for Results
25 June, repeated 19 October
1 Day training focus on:
• Developing specific communication skills
• Identifying barriers to effective communication
• Tools for dealing with different opinions


Dealing with Prejudice and Discrimination
27 June, repeated on 25 Oct
1 Day training focus on:
• Understanding the discrimination cycle
• Strategies and tools to deal with prejudice and discrimination

Please note that completion of ALL FOUR of the above training days will make you eligible for the Four Day Advanced Interpersonal and Mediator’s Skills Training on November 5, 7, 12 and 14.

Workshops are free for Newham residents or individuals that work in Newham
To reserve your place,or get further information on these courses please contact:
Jean or Sara on 020 8552 2050, training@conflictandchange.co.uk
or visit www.conflictandchange.co.uk

20/03/09 - Spirit Possession and Mental Health Conference
29 June 2009
London

Spirit possession is recognised world wide across many cultures and by several religions. Spirit possession is often seen as an idiom of distress causing a change in behaviour and mental well being. Spirit possession is also included in the ICD 10 and DSM IV classifications of mental disorders, yet the extent to which it is recognised and / or discussed in clinical practice is less than we would expect, even in UK cities where there resides a diverse population. This one day event will consider the critical themes and debates on spirit possession from an anthropological, social, psychological, medical and religious perspective using a range of illustrative case study, clinical practice, research and short film presentations.

The aims of the conference:
• Discuss possible definitions of and different kinds of spirit possession
• Debate the key elements which typify spirit possession
• Discuss who can make a diagnosis of spirit possession and how such a diagnosis might be made
• Compare and contrast how spirit possession might be viewed by clinicians, religious leaders, healers, the "patient", family and community members
• Discuss the value of using the patient's explanatory model of the illness
• Reflect upon the key issues associated with defining what is "normal" and "abnormal"
• Discuss folk healing practices in different cultures and "treatment" options including exorcism
• Consider whether there is a need to enhance joint working between mental health professionals and traditional healers.

Conference brochure & booking form: www.bme-mentalhealth.org.uk bookings.bme@googlemail.co.uk

RICH MIX
35 - 47 Bethnal Green Road
London
E1 6LA

Box Office: 020 7613 7498
Office/Admin: 020 7613 7490
Fax: 020 7613 7499
E-mail: info@richmix.org.uk

Rich Mix is located within the buzzing heart of Shoreditch and ideally
situated within all mainline British transport. Full venue details and travel
directions can be found at: www.richmix.org.uk

09/03/09 - Day Certified Programme in Working with Disabled Young People (SEN/LDD)
24-25 March & 8 April 2009
Stratford E15

This 3-day course is to support professional workers to develop practice in working with disabled young people. It aims to support the development of professional practice for workers to ensure positive outcomes for disabled young people. This course will cover:
· Policies and initiatives relating to disabled young people
· The role of professionals working with young people
· Assessment and planning with disabled young people
· Transitions and transition planning
· Meeting the needs and supporting disabled young people’s aspirations

Successful completion of the course will confer three credits, at level 3 from the Open College Network (OCN). Requirements for completion; full (100%) attendance and successful completion of a written assignment.

£295 per person including OCN Registration Fee. People working with young people in the borough of Tower Hamlets may be entitled to a training bursary for this event, subject to available funding. Please email flora.dele-ojo@towerhamlets.gov.uk for further details

Please contact us for an application form (electronic) or download one from our website: http://www.lecp.org.uk/content_files/training/LECP_Course_Application_Form.pdf and return it to:

Training & Development, London East Connexions Partnership, 4th Floor Solar House, 1-9 Romford Road, Stratford, London E15 4LJ training@londoneastconnexions.co.uk Tel: 020-8536-3630, Fax: 020-8534-2830

25/02/09 - Learning, Development and Support Services (LDSS) for Children, Young People and Those who Care for Them & Advice and Guidance
Contact for dates
Eden College, Romford

There is an increasing need for professionals to work flexibly and straddle several roles. LECP, working with Eden College, is introducing this dual professional qualification (NVQ4 LDSS & Advice & Guidance) for those practitioners working in the field who want both a professional qualification, and also the flexibility to fit into a range of different roles. The course also includes training in the use of the award winning, powerful and easy to use CAF Card tool which can help young people to look at their lives differently, explore their options and set new goals.
This qualification is designed to reflect the activities and responsibilities of candidates who work with Children, Young People and those who care for them.
There are 11 units to be completed to gain the LDSS qualification, candidate will are required to attend 6 half day sessions and 14 one to one sessions to support and guide learners to complete the qualification.

£2,300 per person. This is a single price for those wishing to do either the single or dual qualification. Price also includes ‘CAF Cards for Practitioners’, (normally charged at £105). It may be possible, for the cost to be made in two installments meaning it is spread over two financial years (i.e. 50% in 2008-09 and 50% in 2009-10). Please contact us to discuss if you want to take that option.

Please contact us for an application form (electronic) or download on from our website: http://www.lecp.org.uk/content_files/training/LECP_Course_Application_Form.pdf and return it to:

LECP Training & Workforce Development, 4th Floor Solar House, 1-9 Romford Road, Stratford, London E15 4LJ training@londoneastconnexions.co.uk Tel: 020-8536-3630, Fax: 020-8534-2830

18/02/09 - Introduction to Facilitating group work with young people (for those new to group work)
13 May 2009, 9.30–5

Stratford E15



or



18 March 2009 or 19 June 2009, 9.30–5

Kensington Unitarian Church, Notting Hill Gate, W8


The course aims to provide participants with an understanding of facilitating group work with young people, including:

• Facilitation Skills

• Group Work Theory

• Educational Resources



For anyone new to facilitating group work with young people. In particular, youth workers or other professionals working with young people seeking to develop or enhance skill set within facilitating group work with young people.

All participants will be given course materials on the day.



£90 per person. Payment is required in full at least 14 days prior to course commencement. People working with those in the borough of Tower Hamlets may be entitled to a training bursary for this event, subject to available funding. Please email flora.dele-ojo@towerhamlets.gov.uk for further details.



Please contact us for an application form (electronic) or download one from our website http://www.lecp.org.uk/content_files/training/LECP_Course_Application_Form.pdf and return it to:

Training & Development, London East Connexions Partnership, 4th Floor Solar House, 1-9 Romford Road, Stratford, London E15 4LJ training@londoneastconnexions.co.uk Tel: 020-8536-3630, Fax: 020-8534-2830

18/02/09 - Certificate in Supervision Studies
Starts March 2009 (for full dates see below)
Stratford, London E15

Supervision can and should play an important role in helping practitioners to reflect on and develop the service they provide to clients. It can support those in the helping professions in their role and enhance and encourage their professional development. It is essential, therefore, that adult and youth support services incorporate supervision into their delivery plans and are clear as to its value. This programme seeks to continue to provide the opportunity for quality training for those people who will be offering supervision, either as line managers or non-line managers within youth or adult support work. For Managers, Team Leaders and Supervisors from a variety of disciplines and employment settings.

This course aims to provide an assessed course of study to enable managers, team leaders, and supervisors from a range of disciplines and employment settings to develop a common understanding of the role of supervision within the Every Child Matters strategy. Students will review and develop their knowledge about supervision. They will learn about the theories and concepts underpinning effective supervision practice and they will develop a skills base on which to frame their interventions, thus enhancing their capabilities in facilitating a supervisory relationship. The course aims to ensure that participants who successfully complete the qualification will be capable of offering supervision within their particular organisation.
The dates for this training are:
31 March
21 April
28 April
12 May
19 May
30 June
(please note all six days need to be attended)
This course is validated at higher education level 2, and carries 20 credits. You will need to show evidence of being able to study at this level, which would ordinarily require a level 1 qualification or equivalent. Applicants without the required entry qualification will be considered if they have been working in a relevant job role for the past three years. Importantly, all applicants must be engaged in supervision or about to commence by the time the course starts.

Different methods are employed in the assessment of the module including self-reflection, critical analysis of supervision practice and review of learning from the programme. Participants are encouraged to reflect and review their learning on an ongoing basis, starting with a self assessment exercise which can form part of a reflective diary and provide evidence for the assessed work.

£650 per delegate which includes: course materials, teaching, tutorial support, marking and accreditation. People working with young people in the borough of Tower Hamlets may be entitled to a training bursary for this event, subject to available funding. Please e-mail flora.dele-ojo@towerhamlets.gov.uk for further details.

Please complete the course application form which can be downloaded from:
http://www.lecp.org.uk/training/ (or contact us for a Word version of the form)
and return it to: LECP Training & Development, 4th Floor Solar House, 1-9 Romford Road, Stratford, London E15 4LJ
training@londoneastconnexions.co.uk Tel: 020-8536-3630, Fax: 020-8534-2830

02/02/09 - Building Collaborative Networks in Child and Adolescent Mental Health
Five Linked Workshops
CFCS, York House, Newham
Friday 8 May 2009, 9.15-1.00: Introduction & Assessment of Child & Adolescent Mental Health
Friday 22 May 2009, 9.15-1.00:Behaviour – Theory & Practice
Friday 5 June 2009, 9.15-1.00: Network & Family Interventions; working with complexity
Friday 19 June 2009, 9.15-1.00: Engaging the Child or Young Person individually
Friday 3 July 2009, 9.15-1.00: Resources, Internal & External, Self care & Evaluation
This series of workshops is being convened by the East London and The City Foundation NHS Trust & the London Borough of Newham’s CYPS

Serious mental health problems in children and young people are increasing, both nationally and locally.
• How can we help these children and their families?
• What works?
• How can we share and increase our skills and work together to meet this challenge?
• What resources are available and where does CFCS fit in?
• What constraints are we facing and how can we overcome them?

Our aim is to enable front line workers to increase their confidence, resources and skills. We are offering a series of five free linked workshops in Building Collaborative Networks in Child & Adolescent Mental Health, for staff in Health, Education, Social Services & the Voluntary Sector.

To book a place please visit http://www.npd.newham.gov.uk/0/6/listcourses.aspx
For further information please contact Marie McConnell on marie.mcconnell@eastlondon.nhs.uk

02/02/09 - Health & Safety Level 2 CIEH
12 February 2009
&
Risk Assessment
13 February 2009
Stratford E15

Health & Safety – Level 2 CIEH
This qualification is designed to ensure that all employees are aware of their own safety and the safety of customers, contractors and the public. Subjects covered include: Legislation; Health; Safety; Welfare; The workplace and workplace equipment; Risk assessment; Manual handling; Hazardous substances; Ergonomics and workstation design; Transport and vehicles; Noise and vibration.
On successful completion of the course and a multi-choice examination, participants will receive the Level 2 CIEH qualification in Health & Safety, which is valid for three years.

£90 (book two places and get a 10% discount – i.e. pay only £80 each). People working with young people in Tower Hamlets may be entitled to a training bursary for this event, subject to available funding – please e-mail flora.dele-ojo@towerhamlets.gov.uk for further details.

Risk Assessment: Principles and Practice
This course is a must for all Managers with responsibility for assessing risk in their work environment. It covers an introduction to risk assessment, principles of risk assessment, legislation and risk assessment in practice.

Cost: £90 (book two places and get a 10% discount – i.e. pay only £80 each). People working with young people in the boroughs of Tower Hamlets may be entitled to a training bursary for this event, subject to available funding – please e-mail flora.dele-ojo@towerhamlets.gov.uk for further details

Please contact us for an application form (electronic) or download on from our website: http://www.lecp.org.uk/content_files/training/LECP_Course_Application_Form.pdf and return it to: Training & Development, London East Connexions Partnership, 4th Floor Solar House, 1-9 Romford Road, Stratford, London E15 4LJ
training@londoneastconnexions.co.uk Tel: 020-8536-3630, Fax: 020-8534-2830

02/02/09 - Young People, Housing and Homelessness
9 March 2009
&
The Children Acts (young single people and families in housing need)
10 March 2009
9.30–4.30
Stratford, London E15

Young People, Housing and Homelessness
To enable participants to develop an understanding of youth homelessness; to provide a working knowledge of the legislative frameworks that are available to assist young people; and to develop an understanding of how the legislation can be used as a platform to develop better integrated services for all young people in housing need.

Suitable for Connexions PAs, Youth workers, and all other practitioners who advise young people and who requires a good understanding of legislative solutions to their housing problems. This course is particularly relevant to those who have already developed some understanding of young peoples’ housing issues and wish to develop their ability to assist their clients.

The Childrens Acts
To provide participants with an understanding of the underlying philosophy of the Acts and the potential assistance under the legislation available to young single people and families in housing need. Suitable for Connexions PAs, Youth workers, Social Workers and other practitioners working in any capacity with young people and families, in the voluntary or statutory sectors. Participants need little or no knowledge of the legislation.
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£135 per person (includes certification and course manual). Those working with young people in Tower Hamlets may be entitled to a training bursary for this event, subject to available funding. Please e-mail
flora.dele-ojo@towerhamlets.gov.uk for further details.

Booking: Please contact us for an application form (electronic) or download on from our website: http://www.lecp.org.uk/content_files/training/LECP_Course_Application_Form.pdf and return it to:

LECP Training & Workforce Development, 4th Floor Solar House, 1-9 Romford Road, Stratford, London E15 4LJ
training@londoneastconnexions.co.uk Tel: 020-8536-3630, Fax: 020-8534-2830

28/01/09 - Child protection at a crossroads: research, practice and policy in a context of intolerable feelings
Conference
19–20 February 2009
Tavistock Centre, London NW3

Six years after the Climbié Report there is significant new research about child maltreatment, serious case reviews and alternative ways of investigating and learning from tragedies. Every Child Matters has instigated a whole new structure and culture of working together. But what do we know about whether these reforms have enabled practitioners and managers to identify the essential factors on which decisions need to be made? What is it like working at the front line now and what do policy makers need to learn from such experience?

This conference brings together leading researchers, practitioners and thinkers in the field to analyse contemporary experiences of child protection, and child welfare practice and management, and to explore the way ahead for reform. There will be ample space for conference participants to reflect and think about the conference presentations in smaller groups.

£110
Please contact Pauline Noble, Tavistock Centre,
020 8938 2548
events@tavi-port.org

27/01/09 - Professional Boundaries for Practitioners Working with Young People
31 March 2009, 9.30–5
Stratford, London E15

Practitioners working with young people can often face a lot of personal pressures in their work. This can cause conflict and stress if they find that their professional boundaries are being ‘pushed’. This training is designed to help practitioners identify, and apply practical solutions to these issues.

Course Content:
• What are professional boundaries?
• Why are they important/advantages of boundary setting?
• Who sets the boundaries?
• What are the consequences of boundary violation?

£90 per person (book before the 31st January 2009 and get an early bird discount of 10%– i.e. pay only £80). Those working with young people in the borough of Tower Hamlets may be entitled to a training bursary for this event, subject to available funding. Please email flora.dele-ojo@towerhamlets.gov.uk for further details.

To join, please contact us for an application form (electronic) or download one from our website: http://www.lecp.org.uk/content_files/training/LECP_Course_Application_Form.pdf (or e-mail us for a Word copy) and return it to: LECP Training & Workforce Development, 4th Floor Solar House, 1-9 Romford Road., Stratford, London E15 4LJ training@londoneastconnexions.co.uk
Tel: 020-8536-3630, Fax: 020-8534-2830

27/01/09 - Invitation to New Londoners: Reflections on Home
Dear Friends and Colleagues,

On Monday 23rd February 2009 Michael Rosen, Children's Laureate will be in conversation with 15 young photographers whose images and writing have been published in a book New Londoners: Reflections on Home. The photographers share one common experience: as young refugees separated from their homes and families, they are re-building their lives in London.

Please join us at 7pm at St John's Church, Stratford Broadway E15 to celebrate the achievements of these young people and hear first hand about their experiences of exile and life in the UK.

Tickets are £5 and are available from Dost, Trinity Centre (in person only) or Newham Bookshop (tel 020 8552 9993). We hope that you will support us by participating in this event: all proceeds will go towards our work with vulnerable children and young people.

New Londoners: Reflections on Home is a partnership project between Dost, which supports vulnerable children and PhotoVoice, an international photographic charity. For more information see attached flyer or visit www.thetrinitycentre.org/dost

Please circulate this information as widely as possible.

With best wishes,
Yesim


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Yesim Deveci
Founder/ Director
Dost, Trinity Centre
East Avenue,
London E12 6SG
020 8472 8947
www.thetrinitycentre.org/dost

22/01/09 - Developing youth work with young men from ethnic communities
2 March 2009
or
16 June 2009

Stratford E15

This interactive one day workshop is geared towards increasing the knowledge and raising the awareness for workers and organisations that intend or currently work with young men and boys from the ethnic minorities and the black communities. The session will explore some of the influential factors in the lives of the young men. For Connexions Personal Advisers, Youth Workers, Play Workers, Peer Mentors, Social Workers, Learning Mentors, Community Safety Workers, Health Service workers and others working with young people. Topics covered during the workshop will include:
• Ethnic communities in the UK
• Cultural understanding and background
• Racism
• Masculinity and society
• Raising awareness of issues facing youth workers, when working with men from ethnic communities
• Society and Masculinity

To join, please contact us for an application form (electronic) or download one from our website: http://www.lecp.org.uk/content_files/training/LECP_Course_Application_Form.pdf and return it to:

LECP Training & Workforce Development, 4th Floor Solar House, 1-9 Romford Road, Stratford, London E15 4LJ training@londoneastconnexions.co.uk
Tel: 020-8536-3630, Fax: 020-8534-2830

16/01/09 - Health & Safety, Food Safety, Risk Assessment, Emergency First Aid, Fire Warden
Stratford (E15): 12 Feb, 6 July
Notting Hill Gate (W8): 19 May

Contact for further details:
Training & Development, London East Connexions Partnership, 4th Floor Solar House, 1-9 Romford Road., Stratford, London E15 4LJ training@londoneastconnexions.co.uk Tel: 020-8536-3630, Fax: 020-8534-2830

16/01/09 - Enhancing the Safety and Well-Being of African Children
Thursday 26 March 2009
Birmingham

AFRUCA – Africans Unite Against Child Abuse is the premier charity promoting the welfare of African children in the UK. Established in May 2001, we play a leadership role within our community to raise awareness of key safeguarding issues and work with government agencies at the national, regional and local levels to inform and implement policies on the welfare of children.
This conference will attract over 130 child protection practitioners from private, statutory and voluntary sector organisations to explore key safeguarding issues affecting African children in the UK. It will also provide a platform for the public launching of our community education publication: What is Child Abuse?

£100 per delegate (+£5 admin fee for invoice payments)

For further information and a booking form please contact May Ikeora, National Advocacy Officer at AFRUCA, email: may@afruca.org
AFRUCA - Africans Unite Against Child Abuse, 0207 704 2261, Fax:0207 704 2266, Email: info@afruca.org. www.afruca.org

14/01/09 - CAF Cards for Practitioners
3 February 2009, 9.30–5
Stratford, East London

12 March 2009
Notting Hill Gate

The Common Assessment Framework has created an opportunity to introduce a unique set of resources to help young people move from their present state to a desired state based around well-formed outcomes. CAF Cards and Road Sign

CAF Cards have proved a great way to engage young clients. They help workers see “through young people’s eyes”, and enable young people to generate choices that are realistic and possible. Many users are vulnerable and have multiple needs; the cards focus on strengths and the potential for change. The cards are having a real impact on the way in which workers and clients can explore the possibilities. Young people and families are more fully engaged and empowered, communication has become more fluent and the whole process more rewarding for all involved.(ICG 2008)
The cards will help young people to look at their lives differently, before exploring what to do and build a desire to change and set new goals.

Please note that this training day is NOT about how the Common Assessment Framework will work generally, but is about providing practitioners with a tool which will enhance their young person centred work.

CAF Cards have been specifically developed to fully engage and empower young people in the Common Assessment process. The cards focus is on the individual and they act like doors to a room that a young person may enter and explore. The CAF Cards can enable them to learn to shape and design a more rewarding future and start to enjoy the freedom that brings.

To complement the training, all delegates will receive a presentation box containing:
• a set of CAF Cards
• a set of Road Sign Cards
• a Training Manual with details of additional ways of using the Cards plus other useful reference materials

Further details of CAF Cards can be obtained from: http://www.cafcards.co.uk

£105 per person (includes certification and course manual)
Payment is required in full at least 14 days prior to course commencement.
Early Bird Discounts: A 10% early bird discount is available for all bookings received at least 60 days prior to the course start date.Payment must be received at least 14 days prior to the course in order for the discount to apply.

Those working with young people in the borough of Tower Hamlets may be entitled to a training bursary for this event, subject to available funding, please e-mail flora.dele-ojo@towerhamlets.gov.uk for further details.

Please email us directly for an application form.
training@londoneastconnexions.co.uk
Tel: 020-8536-3630, Fax: 020-8534-2830

14/01/09 - New Food and Mood website goes live
There is a growing interest in how food and nutrition can affect emotional and mental health. We hope this will be a useful resource for anyone who is interested in how diet may affect mental and emotional health. The aim of this work is to encourage service users, mental health professionals and related organisations to apply a safe and low-cost complementary approach for improving and maintaining mental and emotional health.

Free downloads are available from the site:
Guide for Workshop Leaders (DIY Food and Mood workshop)
Food and Mood Action Plan Dialler
Food and Mood self-help Report
'Try this' quiz sheet
Newsletter back issues

http://www.mind.org.uk/foodandmood

07/01/09 - Working with young refugees and supporting their integration in school and the wider community
Friday 23 January 2009, 9.30 – 12.30
(Refreshments and lunch provided)

Dost, Trinity Centre, East Avenue, London, E12 6SG

FREE workshop for teachers, youth and community workers, social workers, and other practitioners working with children and young people to:
* introduce the SHARED Futures DVD and training resources
* provide an opportunity to learn more about Dost
* enable participants to hear the perspectives of young refugees
* provide opportunities to discuss practice issues.

SHARED Futures is a new DVD and resource pack for teachers, youth and community workers that supports the welcome and inclusion of refugees and other international new arrivals. The DVD showcases effective practice from schools and youth settings across the UK. The resource pack provides guidance and training workshop activities linked to the DVD.

Dost is a Trinity Centre project featured in SHARED Futures. Dost supports vulnerable children, including young separated refugees to develop positive minds, rebuild their lives and become active participants in their communities.

A FREE copy of the SHARED Futures resource pack and DVD will be available for each setting represented. For more information see:
www.sharedfutures.org.uk www.thetrinitycentre.org/dost

To reserve a place please request and complete a booking form by Fri 16 Jan 2009. reception@thetrinitycentre.org 020 8472 8947

07/01/09 - Introduction to managing volunteers
26 January 2009, 9.30 – 5
Stratford E15

Also:
2 April 2009 – Kensington Unitarian Church (Notting Hill Gate)
9 June 2009 – Stratford, E15

This course aims to provide participants with an understanding of what is required to manage volunteers, covering:

• What is volunteering?
• Developing policies and procedures
• Good Practice in managing volunteers

Suitable for anyone new to managing volunteers, seeking to develop or enhance skill set when working with volunteers. All participants will be given course materials on the day

£90 (book the course 60 days before and get an early bird discount of 10%– i.e. pay only £80)

People working with those in the borough of Tower Hamlets may be entitled to a training bursary for this event, subject to available funding – please e-mail flora.dele-ojo@towerhamlets.gov.uk for further details:

To join, please contact us (training@londoneastconnexions.co.uk) for an application form (our website is currently being updated) and return it to: Training & Development, London East Connexions Partnership, 4th Floor Solar House, 1-9 Romford Road, Stratford, London E15 4LJ training@londoneastconnexions.co.uk Tel: 020-8536-3630, Fax: 020-8534-2830

06/01/09 - Brief solution-focused practice for those working with young people
4 day course, 27-28 January & 4-5 March 2009
Stratford, E15

This is a practical tool which can be used in a wide range of settings. The ideas are remarkably simple, straightforward and supremely pragmatic, yet they have repeatedly demonstrated their powerful capacity to resolve difficulties and to build potential. Solution-focused practice assumes that change and development is always achieved by people drawing on their resources. The approach is therefore radically competency-based, talking and thinking in a way that invites people to be noticing of and naming of their resources and strengths.
The four day courses cover all the main elements of solution-focused brief therapy including:
• Meeting the person
• Identifying resources
• Defining a preferred future
• Eliciting what is already working
• Evaluating progress with scales
• Giving constructive feedback
• Offering suggestions
• Highlighting change

These will normally have been covered in lectures, discussions, videotapes and exercises by the second day. The following days will allow participants to practice these skills in relation to their own clients through well-structured exercises.
By the end of the course each member should have a sufficient grounding to try out any of the techniques in their everyday work and with further reading and support to become, should they wish, a reasonably competent solution focused brief therapist. There will be a complete set of course notes provided for each participant.

This course is suitable for practitioners, and their managers, who work with young people in a one to one situation in a wide range of agencies and contexts.

£360 per delegate. Payment is required in full at least 14 days prior to course commencement.

Please contact us (training@londoneastconnexions.co.uk): for an application form (our website is currently being updated) and return it to: Training & Development, London East Connexions Partnership, 4th Floor Solar House, 1-9 Romford Road, Stratford, London E15 4LJ
training@londoneastconnexions.co.uk Tel: 020-8536-3630, Fax: 020-8534-2830

16/12/08 - Working with young refugees and supporting their integration in school and the wider community
Friday 23 January 2009, 9.30–12.30
(Refreshments and lunch provided)
Dost, Trinity Centre, East Avenue, London, E12 6SG

FREE workshop for teachers, youth and community workers, social workers, and other practitioners working with children and young people.
Details

05/12/08 - Harmful traditional practices and the impact on African children
Wednesday 11 February 2009, 9.30–4.30
Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Rooms, County Hall, Westminster, London

AFRUCA – Africans Unite Against Child Abuse is the premier charity promoting the welfare of African children in the UK. We are holding a one-day training course for practitioners working in the education sector across London. This is a one-day course designed to highlight key harmful traditional practices in many African communities. It will provide child protection practitioners with working knowledge of these practices and assist them to develop strategies to protect African children at risk in the UK. Participants will benefit from a variety of training methods and materials to help stimulate learning and enrich their knowledge of key issues
At the end of the course, participants will have:
• A better understanding of key harmful traditional practices in African communities
• Developed a stronger working knowledge of families from African backgrounds
• Examined the roles that culture plays and its influence on child upbringing in many African communities
• Applied knowledge gained to work proactively with African families to safeguard children at risk
• Discussed strategies on working across sectors to safeguard children at risk

This course will be of special interest to frontline practitioners working in different capacities to safeguard African children at risk of abuse.

FACILITATOR
Mary Kanu is the Executive Director of Development Support Agency, and the Chair of AFRUCA. She has extensive experience of working with African women and children at risk of abuse by some cultural practices within the African community. AFRUCA has vast experience advising agencies across the UK on child safeguarding issues. We have worked with many practitioners dealing with African children and have facilitated many training courses for local authorities and other children’s charities and their staff on a variety of issues confronting African children and families. AFRUCA is a highly rated organisation with specialist knowledge of issues in working with African children and their families in the UK.

£100. To book a place or for further inquiries, please contact Elsie Till at AFRUCA on 0207 704 2261 or email training@afruca.org. For further information about AFRUCA please visit our website at www.afruca.org.

05/12/08 - Harmony Family Centre, October newsletter
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02/12/08 - Four day introduction to working in the Children & Young People’s Workforce (Level 1/2)
FREE TRAINING
(Children’s Workforce Development Council (CWDC) Generic Level 1&2 Induction for Practitioners)

LECP is piloting the Children’s Workforce Development Council (CWDC) Generic Level 1&2 Induction for Practitioners in four boroughs, Newham, Redbridge Barking & Dagenham and Tower Hamlets. The training is aimed at providing new workers (or those new to their role) with a comprehensive introduction into the key themes of integrated working with Children and Young People. Taking part in this pilot will give you the opportunity to meet colleagues from across the four boroughs and from a wide range of backgrounds and services.

This training is aimed at Level 1/2 Children’s Workforce Practitioners:
• Paid or voluntary practitioners, or in a role supporting practitioners working within the broad Children’s workforce (includes the statutory, private, voluntary, community and independent sector)?
• Working at Level 1/2 (this refers to your the “job role” not the level of your qualifications)? This would generally means a job where you are closely directed or supervised in their work.
• The course may be particularly relevant to those newly starting in the role or those who have not yet had the opportunity for initial training.

The following are examples of work roles for which the training might be relevant:
• Young People just entering into the Children’s Workforce (through part time or volunteer work in youth clubs, schools and holiday programmes)
• Voluntary youth workers, including those working in faith groups
• Those aspiring to work in the LDSS workforce (mentoring to support learning, supporting young people and supporting attendance)
• Hostel workers and residential support staff
• Volunteer mentors from community and private schemes
• Paid and volunteer workers supporting parents and families
• School support staff who are involved in work with partner agencies
• Early years workers
• Childcare volunteers in schools
• Frontline administrative staff (i.e. reception)
• Sports Coaches/ volunteers with youth sports clubs
• Nursery Assistants
• Other relevant roles (if your role is not listed please contact us anyway)

The course is made up of seven modules:
• Module 1: Understand the principles and values essential for working with children and young people
Module 2: Understanding your role as a worker
• Module 3; Understanding Health and Safety
• Module 4: Know how to communicate effectively
• Module 5:Understand the development of children and young people
• Module 6:Safeguard children (keep them safe from harm)
• Module 7:Develop yourself

Participants will be expected to complete an Induction Plan workbook which will record learning. This will involve input from their Line Managers.

Managers Briefing: There will be a briefing event for all line managers of participants on the course on the 8th of January 2009, 10-12am at our venue (Solar House, 1-9 Romford Road, London E15 4LJ ). Please ensure that you tick the relevant box on the course application form.

We will expect all participants to complete a Training Needs Analysis as part of the process. Successful participants will receive a CWDC Certificate on completion.

NOTE: This programme is not intended to replace any workplace inductions undertaken by your line manager. It is intended to induct practitioners into an integrated way of working within the wider Children and Young People’s workforce.

There are three different modes of attendance, choose the one which suits you best:
Cohort 1:
9.30–5 (Tuesdays)13 January, 20 January, 27 January and 3 February 2009 (Stratford E15)
Cohort 2:
9.30–5 (Four day half term block) 16-19 February 2009 (Stratford E15)
Cohort 3:
Residential option: 6-9pm (Wednesdays) 14 Jan and 4 Feb 2009, plus residential; Friday evening to Sunday afternoon, 23-25 January 2009. This option will include outdoor activities as part of the programme and will be at an outdoor centre venue (tbc)

This event is FREE to participants, however we reserve the right to charge organisations a fee of £75 for non-attendance or last minute cancellations, for Option 3 (residential) this fee will be £150.

Please complete the attached application form and return it to: Training & Development, London East Connexions Partnership, 4th Floor Solar House, 1-9 Romford Road., Stratford, London E15 4LJ training@londoneastconnexions.co.uk Tel: 020-8536-3630, Fax: 020-8534-2830

01/12/08 - Quarterly Forum Newsletter (Sep)
Newham CAMHS Forum

On the 18 Sept the topic discussed was:
After the trauma: recovery and resilience in young people

Information was presented by Charlotte Seymour (Family Therapist) and Dr Ruth Armstrong (Head of Child and Adolescent Clinical Psychology).

Forum notes

01/12/08 - SPEAK UP! SPEAK OUT! An introduction to speaking in public for practitioners
8 December 2008, 9.30–5
Stratford E15

This training aimed at giving these practitioners, working with young people, the ability to overcome that fear, and speak confidently to a public audience. It includes:
• Overcoming nerves
• Impromptu speaking
• Planning and preparing a talk
• Enhancing your performance
• How to write a speech in five minutes
• Speaking in public

Target Audience: Any professionals or managers working with young people, such as Connexions workers, youth workers, social workers, volunteers or members of management committees.

£135 per person
Those working with young people in the borough of Tower Hamlets may be entitled to a training bursary for this event, subject to available funding – please e-mail flora.dele-ojo@towerhamlets.gov.uk for further details.

Please contact us (training@londoneastconnexions.co.uk) for an application form (our website is currently being updated) and return it to: Training & Development, London East Connexions Partnership, 4th Floor Solar House, 1-9 Romford Road., Stratford, London E15 4LJ training@londoneastconnexions.co.uk
Tel: 020-8536-3630, Fax: 020-8534-2830

27/11/08 - Introduction to Managing Volunteers
26 January 2009, 9.30–5
Stratford E15

The course aims to provide participants with an understanding of what is required to manage volunteers, including:

• What is volunteering?
• Developing policies and procedures
• Good Practice in managing volunteers

Target group: Anyone new to managing volunteers, seeking to develop or enhance skill set when working with volunteers.

All participants will be given course materials on the day.

£90 (book the course before the 2.12.08 and get an early bird discount of 10%– i.e. pay only £80). People working with young people in the boroughs of Tower Hamlets may be entitled to a training bursary for this event, subject to available funding – please e-mail flora.dele-ojo@towerhamlets.gov.uk for further details:

Please contact us (training@londoneastconnexions.co.uk): for an application form (our website is currently being updated)
and return it to: Training & Development, London East Connexions Partnership, 4th Floor Solar House, 1-9 Romford Road., Stratford, London E15 4LJ training@londoneastconnexions.co.uk Tel: 020-8536-3630, Fax: 020-8534-2830

27/11/08 - Introduction to facilitating group work with young people
2 February 2009, 9.30–5
Stratford, London E15

The course aims to provide participants with an understanding of facilitating group work with young people, including:

• Facilitation Skills
• Group Work Theory
• Educational Resources

Target audience: Anyone new to facilitating group work with young people. In particular, youth workers or other professionals working with young people seeking to develop or enhance skill set within facilitating group work with young people.

All participants will be given course materials on the day

£90 per person (book the course before the 2.12.08 and get an early bird discount of 10%– i.e. pay only £80). Payment is required in full at least 14 days prior to course commencement. People working with young people in the borough of Tower Hamlets may be entitled to a training bursary for this event, subject to available funding – please e-mail- flora.dele-ojo@towerhamlets.gov.uk for further details:

Please contact us (training@londoneastconnexions.co.uk) for an application form (our website is currently being updated) and return it to: Training & Development, London East Connexions Partnership, 4th Floor Solar House, 1-9 Romford Road., Stratford, London E15 4LJ
Email: training@londoneastconnexions.co.uk Tel: 020-8536-3630, Fax: 020-8534-2830

27/11/08 - Brief solution-focused practice for people working with Young People
27-28 January 2009 & 4-5 March 2009 (four day course)
Stratford – E15

Brief Solution-Focused Practice is a practical tool which can be used in a wide range of setting. and assumes that change and development is always achieved by people drawing on their resources. The approach is therefore radically competency-based, talking and thinking in a way that invites people to be noticing of and naming of their resources and strengths. Solution Focused Practice concentrates on everything that is already being done that is moving, or has the potential, to move in the direction of the preferred future. The focus is on doing what works, which motivates more than dwelling on what does not. Solution Focused Practice is progress sensitive and develops constructs which allow progress to be highlighted and the lessons of progress to be learnt.

This course is suitable for practitioners, and their managers, who work with young people in a one to one situation in a wide range of agencies and contexts.
The four day courses cover all the main elements of solution focused brief therapy including:
• Meeting the person
• Identifying resources
• Defining a preferred future
• Eliciting what is already working
• Evaluating progress with scales
• Giving constructive feedback
• Offering suggestions
• Highlighting change

These will normally have been covered in lectures, discussions, videotapes and exercises by the second day. The second two days will allow participants to practice these skills in relation to their own clients through well-structured exercises. By the end of the course each member should have a sufficient grounding to try out any of the techniques in their everyday work and with further reading and support to become, should they wish, a reasonably competent solution focused brief therapist. There will be a complete set of course notes provided for each participant.

£360 per delegate (book the course before the 2.12.08 and get an early bird discount of 10%– i.e. pay only £324) Payment is required in full at least 14 days prior to course commencement.

Please contact us (training@londoneastconnexions.co.uk): for an application form (our website is currently being updated) and return it to: Training & Development, London East Connexions Partnership, 4th Floor Solar House, 1-9 Romford Road., Stratford, London E15 4LJ training@londoneastconnexions.co.uk Tel: 020-8536-3630, Fax: 020-8534-2830

02/10/08 - Working with families
20 November 2008
Stratford, E15

For participants to have the opportunity to explore their own perceptions, values and approach in relation to working with families. For participants to consider a range of approaches to undertaking effective work with families. By the end of the session, learners will have:
• Explored their own relationship with and perception and expectation of ‘family’ and the dynamics that contribute to it
• Considered some of the challenges experienced by parents and carers – as people, in addition to within their parental role
• Identified a range of approaches to working with families and evaluate their effectiveness within the professional arena

£90 per person – Payment: Payment is required in full at least 14 days prior to course commencement. Early Bird Discounts: A 10% early bird discount is available for all bookings received at least 60 days prior to the course start date.

Those working with young people in the boroughs of Tower Hamlets may be entitled to a training bursary for this event, subject to available funding – please e-mail- flora.dele-ojo@towerhamlets.gov.uk for further details:
To join, please complete the attached course application form which can be downloaded from: http://yourroutes.atticmedia.com/uploads/documents/LECP%20Course%20Application%20Form_321.doc
and return to Training & Development, London East Connexions Partnership, 4th Floor Solar House, 1-9 Romford Road., Stratford, London E15 4LJ training@londoneastconnexions.co.uk
Tel: 020-8536-3630, Fax: 020-8534-2830

23/09/08 - Culture, Religion and the Mental Health of African Children
9.30 – 4.30, Friday 17 October 2008
Central London

AFRUCA – Africans Unite Against Child Abuse is the premier charity promoting the welfare of African children in the UK. This course will focus on the history of African traditional beliefs in spirit possession and how these manifest in some of the communities present here in the UK. It will examine the growth in the traditional belief in demonic possession among newly arrived Africans and the link with a number of African Christian organisations in the country. It will explore the practice of exorcism and the mental health impact on children and young people. It will examine proposals for practitioners to combine clinical solutions with “spiritual” solutions in order to achieve better outcomes for affected children. It will also examine the implications of the above on the child protection intervention and assessment processes.

This course will be of special interest to front-line practitioners working in different capacities to support children and their families. Participants will benefit from a variety of training methods and materials to help stimulate learning and enrich their knowledge of key issues. Participants will receive a training certificate as proof of attendance.

£80 (covers lunch, refreshments and training materials)

To book your place at the above training, please complete a booking form and return to Elsie Till at AFRUCA, email training@afruca.org or fax to 0207 704 2266. Download this training information and the booking from our website at www.afruca.org

19/09/08 - Welfare benefits for young people
9.30 – 5, 14 November 2008
The Venue E15, 4th Floor Solar House, 1-9 Romford Road., Stratford, E15 4LJ

This course is aimed at Personal Advisers and other practitioners working with young people who need to be aware of the benefits young people may be able to access, and their criteria.
Programme: overview of the benefits system; key benefits when making a benefit check; income support; income-based jobseekers allowance; Housing Benefit; Council Tax; Working Tax Credit; The Social Fund; Disability Living Allowance; Attendance Allowance; passports and ways of maximising income.

Workshop participants will:
• understand the structure of the benefits system
• identify possible entitlement to key benefits
• appreciate the use of specialist benefit maximisation advice

£90 per person (we have extended our EarlyBird discount period to 26 September – book early and receive 10% discount, ie pay only £81). Payment is required in full at least 14 days prior to course commencement.
Those working with young people in the borough of Tower Hamlets may be entitled to a training bursary for this event, subject to available funding – please email flora.dele-ojo@towerhamlets.gov.uk for further details.

To join, complete the course application form which can be downloaded from: http://yourroutes.atticmedia.com/uploads/documents/LECP%20Course%20Application%20Form_321.doc
and return to Training & Development, London East Connexions Partnership, 4th Floor Solar House, 1-9 Romford Road, Stratford, London E15 4LJ training@londoneastconnexions.co.uk Tel: 020-8536-3630, Fax: 020-8534-2830

18/09/08 - CAF Cards for Practitioners
3 November 2008 or 9 December 2008
9.30 – 5, Stratford, East London

The Common Assessment Framework has created an opportunity to introduce a unique set of resources to help young people move to a desired state based around well-formed outcomes. The sets of CAF Cards and Road Sign Cards have been developed with young people by Positive Steps Oldham, and London East Connexions has the opportunity to roll out CAF Card training across London and the South East. The cards allow the exploration of imagery to plan brighter futures and identify how to support and resource the change process. The cards are underpinned by Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) principles. They create an environment that encourages young people to explore new possibilities.
Please note that this training day is NOT about how the Common Assessment Framework will work generally, but is about providing practitioners with a tool which will enhance their young person centred work.

Further details of CAF Cards can be obtained from: http://www.cafcards.co.uk
£105 per person (includes certification and course manual). There is an Early bird discount of 10% (pay only £94.50 if booked by the 20 September, for course on 3 Nov. Or 11 October, for course on 9 December. Payment is required in full at least 14 days prior to course commencement. Early Bird Discounts: A 10% early bird discount is available for all bookings received at least 60 days prior to the course start date. Payment must be received at least 14 days prior to the course in order for the discount to apply.

People working with young people in the boroughs of Tower Hamlets may be entitled to a training bursary for this event, subject to available funding – please email flora.dele-ojo@towerhamlets.gov.uk for further details.

To join, please complete the course application form which can be downloaded from: http://yourroutes.atticmedia.com/uploads/documents/LECP%20Course%20A