Graduated Pathway Awareness Sessions
GRADUATED PATHWAY AWARENESS – TRAINING DATESDates / Location / Time / Book Now
Wednesday 18 October / Oakwood School, Cheltenham / 10.00 – 12.00
Monday 30th October / Gloucester South Fire Station, Quedgeley / 2.00 – 4.00
Wednesday 15 November / Partridge Room, GLIC, Gloucester / 2.00 – 4.00
Monday 11th December / Gloucester South Fire Station, Quedgeley / 10.00 – 12.00
Outcomes Focussed Planning Workshop
This training will enable practitioners to support families and work with partner agencies around completing child and family plans.
This workshop is designed to give practitioners the opportunity to explore why plans are so important in supporting work with children, young people and their families as well as partnership working with other agencies and professionals. The workshop will focus on giving practitioners the skills and confidence needed to identify the most pressing needs, together with the actions required to improve outcomes for families.
OUTCOMES FOCUSSED PLANNING WORKSHOP – TRAINING DATESDates / Location / Time / Book Now
Thursday 16 November / Oakwood School, Cheltenham / 1.30 – 4.30
Tuesday 28 November / Gloucester South Fire Station, Quedgeley / 1.30 – 4.30
Tuesday 5 December / Gloucester South Fire Station, Quedgeley / 9.30 – 12.30
Chronologies and GenogramsWorkshop
This training will help practitioners to understand what chronologies and genograms are, and look at the role they play in helping us to explore and understand the child, young person and their family’s story.
This workshop will enable practitioners to explore the benefits of using both traditional and creative tools to gain a deeper understanding of a child and family’s history and the events which may have impacted their lives. Sharing the learning from Serious Case Reviews, we explore the importance of using these tools to gain aholistic understanding of the wider picture, and how gathering ‘every bit of information helps’. This interactive training package will provide practitioners with practical guidance to formulate chronologies and genograms and explore how these tools can improve and enhance your practice.
CHRONOLOGIES & GENOGRAMS WORKSHOP – TRAINING DATESDates / Location / Time / Book Now
Tuesday 14 November / Gloucester South Fire Station, Quedgeley / 1.30 – 4.30
Tuesday 28November / Gloucester South Fire Station, Quedgeley / 9.30 – 12.30
Thursday 14 December / Oakwood School, Cheltenham / 1.30 – 4.30
Listening to Children Workshop
To explore the importance of listening to children and young people and how we can gain their views in order to inform and shape assessments, plans and team around the family meetings.
This workshop is designed to gain a deeper understanding of the key legislation and guidance around supporting children and young people to have a voice. The training explores the use of a range of practical tools and methods that can be used by practitioners to support their work and enhance good practice.
LISTENING TO CHILDREN WORKSHOP – TRAINING DATESDates / Location / Time / Book Now
Tuesday 7 November / Gloucester South Fire Station, Quedgeley / 9.30 – 12.30
Thursday 23 November / Oakwood School, Cheltenham / 1.30 – 4.30
Tuesday 12 December / Gloucester South Fire Station, Quedgeley / 1.30 – 4.30
Assessment and Analysis Workshop
Thinking creatively about how to gather, interpret and analyse information to produce accurate and family friendly assessments to support children, young people and their families.
This training workshop encourages professionals to reflect on the way information is gathered, analysed and interpreted in order to produce meaningful assessments for the children and families they work with. This module demonstrates how using the Graduated Pathway of Early Help can support families with additional needs. This training workshop is aimed at all practitioners and encourages group discussion and collaborative working as a key element of the learning process.
ASSESSMENT AND ANALYSIS WORKSHOP – TRAINING DATESDates / Location / Time / Book Now
Tuesday 31October / Gloucester South Fire Station, Quedgeley / 1.30 – 4.30
Tuesday 14 November / Gloucester South Fire Station, Quedgeley / 9.30 – 12.30
Thursday 30 November / Oakwood School, Cheltenham / 1.30 – 4.30
Team around the Child/Family Workshop
Enabling practitioners to feel confident participating in and chairing Team Around the Child/Family meetings as a means to support a proactive and multi agency Early Help response. The workshop will help practitioners to understand the crucial role they play at these meetings and how to lead and manage them effectively.
This workshop will identify when a Team Around the Child/Family meeting can be used to meet the needs of a child and family, supported by a multi-agency group of professionals. The training will provide knowledge of the roles and responsibilities of the lead practitioner in convening and structuring the meetings and the importance of regular reviewing, as well as tools that can be used to ensure that families remain at the heart of the process.
TEAM AROUND THE CHILD/FAMILY WORKSHOP – TRAINING DATESDates / Location / Time / Book Now
Tuesday 31 October / Gloucester South Fire Station, Quedgeley / 9.30– 12.30
Thursday 9 November / Oakwood School, Cheltenham / 1.30 – 4.30
Tuesday 21 November / Gloucester South Fire Station, Quedgeley / 1.30 – 4.30
Creative Ways of Meeting Needs Workshop
Identifying creative and collaborative ways of meeting
Needs
This workshop will examine the different ways of meeting the needs of children, young people and their families using a range of resources available in the community, in addition to those within the family. Through the use of interactive case studies and practical examples, we will explore how needs can be met in a creative way and consider when it may be appropriate to use specific sources of funding to further compliment a package of support in place and provide additional resource. Reference is made to the Early Help Partnership, Information for Practitioners available through Glosfamilies Directory and the Graduated Pathway of Early Help throughout.
CREATIVE WAYS OF MEETING NEEDS WORKSHOP – TRAINING DATESDates / Location / Time / Book Now
Tuesday 7 November / Gloucester South Fire Station, Quedgeley / 1.30 – 4.30
Tuesday 21 November / Gloucester South Fire Station, Quedgeley / 9.30– 12.30
Thursday 7 December / Oakwood School, Cheltenham / 1.30 – 4.30
Neglect Training Workshop
Identifying creative and collaborative ways of meeting
Needs
This workshop will examine the different ways of meeting the needs of children, young people and their families using a range of resources available in the community, in addition to those within the family. Through the use of interactive case studies and practical examples, we will explore how needs can be met in a creative way and consider when it may be appropriate to use specific sources of funding to further compliment a package of ….
NEGLECT TRAINING WORKSHOP – TRAINING DATESDates / Location / Time / Book Now
Thursday 2 November / Oakwood School, Cheltenham / 1.30 – 4.30
Wednesday 15 November / Oakwood School, Cheltenham / 9.30 – 12.30
Tuesday 5 December / Gloucester South Fire Station, Quedgeley / 1.30 – 4.30
Tuesday 12 December / Gloucester South Fire Station, Quedgeley / 9.30– 12.30