Training and Team Development

“An excellent course. I feel I can really
adopt what I have learned and feel confident
to use it in practice”

Course feedback 2007

Training to suit you

We have ten years experience in providing high quality mental health and social care training to a wide range of public, private and third sector organisations.

All our training is custom designed to your exact specifications and delivered in times and places to fit in with your staff needs and requirements.

Although we are always willing to undertake new training commissions some of our most popular themes are:

Courses for Practitioners

Active Listening Skills
Assertiveness for Practitioners
Coaching Skills for Practitioners
Key Working and Care Planning
Mental Health Awareness
Mental Health First Aid in the Workplace
Mental Health and Older People
Parenting and Mental Health
Positive Stress Management

Courses for Managers

Assertiveness for Managers
Coaching Skills for Managers
Effective Communication
First Time Management
Groupwork Skills
Managing with the Power of NLP

Recovery Model in Mental Health
Risk Management in Mental Health
Risk Management in Care Planning
Volunteering in Mental Health
Working with Dementia
Working with Depression
Working with Self-Injury
Women and Mental Health
Working with Loss and Bereavement

Managing Stress in Teams
Managing Time and Pressure
Managing Meetings
Planning and Managing Change
Mentoring Skills
Supervision Skills

Learning that counts

We know that people learn best when they are fully engaged in the process. For this reason all our courses are run in an interactive manner and we use a variety of training methods to suit all learning styles.

We encourage all course participants to make links between course contents, day-to-day practice and their own broader development via personal portfolios and other relevant areas of learning.

All course materials are up to date, reflect best practice, and are fully backed up with attractive handout materials.

We carefully monitor course evaluations to ensure that we are meeting our quality standards and customer requirements.

Experienced Trainers

Our training consultants are carefully selected for their specialist knowledge, ability to stimulate and engage learning groups, and experience in the relevant subject areas. Wherever possible we involve trainers who are engaged in active practice and management in order to ensure the topicality of their training.

Positive feedback

Here is a selection of testimonials received from our course participants during 2006/7:

“Excellent trainer who knew her stuff – I would recommend the course to anyone”

“I have really enjoyed this course which was challenging and thought provoking. More of these courses please!!!”

“I found this course to be very enjoyable and informative giving me a greater insight into the problems people with mental health conditions experience”

“This has been a very useful training and will enhance any meetings I have to chair in the future…I feel that everything needed to be included was included”

“The discussion was fruitful and inspiring and the course notes were comprehensive and informative”

“The course was very informative and interesting and gave me lots of ideas about how to cope with the problems I wanted to know more about”

Team Development

We have considerable experience in design and facilitation of team events and have worked with operational and management teams at all levels of seniority. Contact us for further details about this service which includes:

Induction workshops for new teams
Workshops promoting multi-team working and communication
Team coaching
Management strategy and planning events
Problem solving groups and team events

	Training and Team Development
		“An excellent course. I feel I can really adopt what I have learned and feel confident to use it in practice” Course feedback 2007
	Training to suit you We have ten years experience in providing high quality mental health and social care training to a wide range of public, private and third sector organisations. All our training is custom designed to your exact specifications and delivered in times and places to fit in with your staff needs and requirements. Although we are always willing to undertake new training commissions some of our most popular themes are:
	Courses for Practitioners Active Listening Skills Assertiveness for Practitioners Coaching Skills for Practitioners Key Working and Care Planning Mental Health Awareness Mental Health First Aid in the Workplace Mental Health and Older People Parenting and Mental Health Positive Stress Management Courses for Managers Assertiveness for Managers Coaching Skills for Managers Effective Communication First Time Management Groupwork Skills Managing with the Power of NLP	Recovery Model in Mental Health Risk Management in Mental Health Risk Management in Care Planning Volunteering in Mental Health Working with Dementia Working with Depression Working with Self-Injury Women and Mental Health Working with Loss and Bereavement Managing Stress in Teams Managing Time and Pressure Managing Meetings Planning and Managing Change Mentoring Skills Supervision Skills
	Learning that counts We know that people learn best when they are fully engaged in the process. For this reason all our courses are run in an interactive manner and we use a variety of training methods to suit all learning styles. We encourage all course participants to make links between course contents, day-to-day practice and their own broader development via personal portfolios and other relevant areas of learning. All course materials are up to date, reflect best practice, and are fully backed up with attractive handout materials. We carefully monitor course evaluations to ensure that we are meeting our quality standards and customer requirements. Experienced Trainers Our training consultants are carefully selected for their specialist knowledge, ability to stimulate and engage learning groups, and experience in the relevant subject areas. Wherever possible we involve trainers who are engaged in active practice and management in order to ensure the topicality of their training. Positive feedback Here is a selection of testimonials received from our course participants during 2006/7: “Excellent trainer who knew her stuff – I would recommend the course to anyone” “I have really enjoyed this course which was challenging and thought provoking. More of these courses please!!!” “I found this course to be very enjoyable and informative giving me a greater insight into the problems people with mental health conditions experience” “This has been a very useful training and will enhance any meetings I have to chair in the future…I feel that everything needed to be included was included” “The discussion was fruitful and inspiring and the course notes were comprehensive and informative” “The course was very informative and interesting and gave me lots of ideas about how to cope with the problems I wanted to know more about” Team Development We have considerable experience in design and facilitation of team events and have worked with operational and management teams at all levels of seniority. Contact us for further details about this service which includes: Induction workshops for new teams Workshops promoting multi-team working and communication Team coaching Management strategy and planning events Problem solving groups and team events