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  • Learning from People with Lived Experience: Empowering Connections - Gypsy, Roma, and Traveller Communities Training
    Learning from People with Lived Experience: Empowering Connections - Gypsy, Roma, and Traveller Communities Training
    10 Dec 2024, 10:30 – 13:30
    Microsoft Teams
    Join us for an engaging and informative training session, designed to deepen your understanding of Gypsy, Roma, and Traveller communities. This comprehensive training will cover the historical context of these often-marginalized groups, as well as key topics such as health, education and housing.
  • Learning from People with Lived Experience Seminar: 'Exploring the Experience of Imprisonment and the justice system'
    Learning from People with Lived Experience Seminar: 'Exploring the Experience of Imprisonment and the justice system'
    16 Jan 2025, 09:30 – 11:30
    Microsoft Teams
    Join us as we explore the far-reaching consequences that imprisonment can have on individuals and their families and learn how collective understanding and empathy can shape a brighter future for those affected by their experience.
  • Learning from People with Lived Experience Seminar: Attachment in action, the perspective from a foster parent.
    Learning from People with Lived Experience Seminar: Attachment in action, the perspective from a foster parent.
    30 Jan 2025, 09:30 – 11:00
    Microsoft Teams
    Jonathan Clayton shares his lived experience as a foster parent caring for children who have suffered trauma. Discover how trauma affects children's attachment styles, behaviour, and communication, and learn strategies to support foster carers and children in care.
  • Domestic Abuse and Coercive Control
    Domestic Abuse and Coercive Control
    Wed, 05 Feb
    Microsoft Teams
    05 Feb 2025, 09:30 – 13:30
    Microsoft Teams
    05 Feb 2025, 09:30 – 13:30
    Microsoft Teams
    Gain a greater understanding of coercive control within domestic abuse cases. Become confident in understanding current legislation, recognising and assessing coercive control, its impact on victims and survivors, and how it can impact social workers.
  • Learning from PWLE seminar: Inclusive supervision - Supporting Black and Global Majority Social Workers and students
    Learning from PWLE seminar: Inclusive supervision - Supporting Black and Global Majority Social Workers and students
    11 Feb 2025, 09:30 – 11:30
    Microsoft Teams
    In this training, designed for Practice Educator and Practice Supervisors, you will learn how to effectively address the racism that many students and social workers encounter and better support Black and Global Majority social workers and students.
  • Introduction to Attachment-informed Practice in Social Work: Understanding Strategies and Promoting Positive Change 2
    Introduction to Attachment-informed Practice in Social Work: Understanding Strategies and Promoting Positive Change 2
    03 Oct 2024, 10:00 – 12:00
    Microsoft Teams
    This session is primarily for managers, but is open to anyone who attended the first session (19/9/24).
  • Research Seminar - Expressions of Self: Race, Religion and Representation of care-experienced children and young people.
    Research Seminar - Expressions of Self: Race, Religion and Representation of care-experienced children and young people.
    26 Sept 2024, 09:30 – 11:00
    Microsoft Teams
    Professor Sariya Cheruvallil-Contractor and Dr Kusha Anand guide us through their model "Identities in-flux" which considers the interplay of changing socio-ethnic-religious factors, biological heritage, being in care and one’s agency in determining identity and how they wish to be perceived.
  • Introduction to Attachment-informed Practice in Social Work: Understanding Strategies and Promoting Positive Change 
    Introduction to Attachment-informed Practice in Social Work: Understanding Strategies and Promoting Positive Change 
    19 Sept 2024, 10:00 – 13:00
    Microsoft Teams
    This 5 hour online course - spread across two days - will introduce you to Dynamic-Maturational attachment theory and its relevance to social work. Attendance at the first session (19/9/24) is necessary to complete the second session (3/10/24).
  • Learning from People with Lived Experience, Mental Health Training: Difficult Conversations Within Supervision
    Learning from People with Lived Experience, Mental Health Training: Difficult Conversations Within Supervision
    11 Sept 2024, 09:30 – 12:30
    Microsoft Teams
    Join us as Stewart Hendry guides us through supporting students and social workers with difficult conversations around mental health.
  • Honour Based Abuse Training Taster Workshop (Honour in a Crime? project)
    Honour Based Abuse Training Taster Workshop (Honour in a Crime? project)
    Wed, 10 Jul
    Microsoft Teams
    10 Jul 2024, 13:00 – 14:30
    Microsoft Teams
    10 Jul 2024, 13:00 – 14:30
    Microsoft Teams
  • The role of Team Managers & Senior Practitioners in supporting student placements.
    The role of Team Managers & Senior Practitioners in supporting student placements.
    Tue, 02 Jul
    Microsoft Teams
    02 Jul 2024, 12:30 – 13:15
    Microsoft Teams
    02 Jul 2024, 12:30 – 13:15
    Microsoft Teams
    Part of our Team around the student 2024 Webinar series. This webinar is aimed at any Team Manager or Senior Practitioner who has responsibility for supervising a staff member who is acting as a Practice Educators, an On-Site Supervisor, or who has staff who might like to undertake these roles.
  • Team around the student 2024
    Team around the student 2024
    Tue, 02 Jul
    Microsoft Teams
    02 Jul 2024, 09:30 – 11:00
    Microsoft Teams
    02 Jul 2024, 09:30 – 11:00
    Microsoft Teams
    A webinar for Practice Educators, On Site Supervisors or anyone interested in undertaking either of these roles in the future.
  • An Introduction to Parental Alienation
    An Introduction to Parental Alienation
    Wed, 12 Jun
    Microsoft Teams
    12 Jun 2024, 09:30 – 12:00
    Microsoft Teams
    12 Jun 2024, 09:30 – 12:00
    Microsoft Teams
    Join us as we learn the definition of parental alienation, consider research and theory that can inform practitioners, and explore the impact parental alienation can have on social workers.
  • Learning from People with Lived Experience Seminar: "You must have enjoyed it".
    Learning from People with Lived Experience Seminar: "You must have enjoyed it".
    Thu, 06 Jun
    Microsoft Teams
    06 Jun 2024, 10:00 – 11:30
    Microsoft Teams
    06 Jun 2024, 10:00 – 11:30
    Microsoft Teams
    David Gowar M.A. guides us through a personal account of domestic abuse and coercive control.
  • Training to support male victims of domestic abuse (2 half-days)
    Training to support male victims of domestic abuse (2 half-days)
    Tue, 21 May
    Microsoft Teams
    21 May 2024, 09:30 – 22 May 2024, 12:30
    Microsoft Teams
    21 May 2024, 09:30 – 22 May 2024, 12:30
    Microsoft Teams
    1 in 6 men suffer domestic abuse in their lifetime and 1 in every 3 victims are male. How can we ensure men and their children receive the support they need in their local community? Training will be delivered over 2 mornings, participants must be able to attend both dates (21st & 22nd May).
  • Let's Talk About Race.
    Let's Talk About Race.
    Wed, 15 May
    Microsoft Teams
    15 May 2024, 09:30 – 11:30
    Microsoft Teams
    15 May 2024, 09:30 – 11:30
    Microsoft Teams
    A safe space for participants to have discussions on the themes of bias and race, and to explore and reflect on their own experiences.
  • 2024 Practice Educators Conference - “The Future of Practice Education”
    2024 Practice Educators Conference - “The Future of Practice Education”
    Wed, 24 Apr
    Birmingham
    24 Apr 2024, 10:00 – 16:00
    Birmingham, Council House, Victoria Square, Birmingham B1 1BB, UK
    24 Apr 2024, 10:00 – 16:00
    Birmingham, Council House, Victoria Square, Birmingham B1 1BB, UK
    Inviting all Practice Educators to enjoy a day of inspiring presentations, interactive workshops, and the chance to network and share ideas with other Practice Educators from across the region in an iconic setting. Hosted in collaboration with Birmingham City Council.
  • Hoarding and Self-Neglect Training.
    Hoarding and Self-Neglect Training.
    Thu, 18 Apr
    Microsoft Teams
    18 Apr 2024, 09:30 – 12:30
    Microsoft Teams
    18 Apr 2024, 09:30 – 12:30
    Microsoft Teams
    Providing practitioners with solutions to facilitate engagement in healing relationships with a person who self-neglects and/or hoards.
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