Training
Below you will find a few items on training that may be of interest. Other opportunities are listed under 'Events'.
NEW: Workforce Development page - Workforce Development
ACEVO Commissioning Training for organisations who are already involved in procurement processes or are in the process of getting ready for contracts. All courses are £50 and being held in Taunton over the autumn. Courses are How to Successfully Approach Commissioning Procurement Processes; Setting Targets and Measuring Benefits; Influencing Commissioning Processes; and How to negotiate during the Commissioning Processes. www.acevo.org.uk/Page.aspx?pid=1492
Are they Safe? Community Safeguarding Champions training - This FREE training is appropriate for community development workers, infrastructure support workers, volunteer co-ordinators and volunteers. The 'Are they Safe?' pack is a toolkit full of easy to use materials for community and voluntary groups and includes a step by step guide, a DVD and other information to help people who provide activities to children and young people feel confident about what they need to do to safeguard children effectively. The aim of the workshops is to familiarise participants with the resource and to explore how they can use it to improve safeguarding practice in their own group or organisation. The training is free to infrastructure organisations in a local area if they can bring together 15-20 participants from a range of organisations. The participants will be trained and resourced as local community safeguarding champions, their role will be to share information about the 'Are they Safe' resource and Safe Network to other voluntary and community sector workers and volunteers in their local area. They will receive ongoing national helpline support and local mentoring as requested. Contact Hayley Lazarus on 01823 365435 or haley_lazarus@learning-southwest.org.uk for details.
AXS Training – for details see http://www.devonchildrenstrust.org.uk/wfd/axstraining.html
Child Protection Training - VYS is again running this one day Level 2 Training. There will be a charge of £10 per candidate. For details ring 01392 250976 or email admin@vysdevon.org.uk
Cascade Voluntary sector training – For details ring 01278 455830/07866 943578 or see: http://www.cascadetrainingplus.co.uk/?Autumn_Programme
Charities Evaluation Services (CES) runs a range of courses around evaluation and quality systems for the voluntary and community sector. New titles include ‘Running effective focus groups’ and ‘Designing effective questionnaires’. For details of all that CES offers see www.ces-vol.org.uk
Devon Children's Trust Learning and Development Opportunities - Course information for the children and young people's workforce is now available online. The new site will provide you with the most up-to-date course information. http://cpdonline.devonchildrenstrust.org.uk/cpd/.
Distance Learning Courses and Qualifications for the voluntary, charity & not-for-profit sectors. All courses and qualifications are fully accredited by the University of Wales, Lampeter. For details see http://www.volstudy.ac.uk or ring Matthew Scott on 01570 424785. The 'Certificate in Interpersonal Skills for Volunteers' is a part-time distance learning course with no exams. Also by quoting the code LAMP99 when applying online there is no charge for UK and EU residents who do not hold a degree or higher qualification.
Exeter CVS has released its 2010-2011 learning programme. With over forty courses to choose from the programme is a diverse and inclusive syllabus that offers something for everyone – managing volunteers, governance, fundraising, first aid, IT, personal development, train the trainer and more. See www.exetercvs.org.uk
First Aid Training – DCC is running a number of first aid training courses over the autumn. For more information please contact Toni Bourne on 01392 382574 or email toni.bourne@devon.gov.uk
Health & Safety in a Youth Work Setting Training – This Level 2 course from UK Youth will provide delegates with a clear understanding of the legal requirements upon them to ensure a safe environment for themselves, volunteers and young people. It is being run in London, Birmingham and Manchester in October - for details see http://www.ukyouth.org/whatwedo/Training+Calendar/healthandsafety
Introduction to Peer Qualifications Training Day - UK Youth is offering training for organisations wishing to register to run the Edexcel BTEC Level 2 Peer Education and Peer Mentoring qualifications. This one day training uses activities and group discussion to provide participants with a practical working knowledge of accrediting your peer education or peer mentoring project using these exciting new qualifications. http://www.ukyouth.org/whatwedo/Training+Calendar/peertraining
Introductory Youth Work Training – a course will be running at The Junction in Newton Abbot on Monday evenings and two Sundays in the autumn. Contact Bruce Freeman for details – 01647 440526 / 07980 792298 or email bruce.freeman@devon.gov.uk
NCVYS' Training Directory is now online and active. Funded by the Children’s Workforce Development Council (CWDC), the directory brings together the training provided by NCVYS members that is accessible and open to others. It provides signposts to a broad spectrum of courses delivered by a range of training providers. See www.ncvys.org.uk/index.php?page=630
NCVYS Workforce ‘Snippets’ is a monthly bulletin of information on workforce development issues – see www.ncvys.org.uk/index.php?page=279
National Training Resources Limited runs a number of training events at venues across the country around funding and other issues. See www.national-training.com/events or ring 0845 130 6152 for details.
Open University runs a number of qualifications in the area of working with young people. There is the Certificate in Working with Young People (two modules and recognised as a Youth Support Worker qualification), the Foundation Degree in Working with Young People which comprises 5 modules and leads on to the new BA (Hons) Youth Work degree which is now a recognised professional qualification. Help is available to find work placements and qualified supervisors which may be of help to voluntary organisations who may not be able to provide these things themselves. For more information see – http://www.vysdevon.org.uk/uploads/documents/ou_offer.pdf or contact Paul Allan who is the SW Regional Award Tutor 01395 270861 elwynroad@hotmail.com jpa86@tutor.open.ac.uk.
Participation Works training – details of its training programme is available by ringing 0845 603 6725 or see www.participationworks.org.uk
Train To Gain - There is presently up to £1000 Train to Gain funding available to help develop leadership and management skills. This could be accessed to help pay for appropriate training courses. If you haven’t accessed this fund before, and your organisation has between 5 and 249 members of staff/volunteers, you could be eligible. For more details on how to access this funding, please contact the South West Region’s Third Sector Skills Broker, Marisa McClelland on 01202 847607 email marisa@learningcurve.org.uk
UCP Marjon - BA (Hons) Youth and Community Work Work-based Route - As from September 2010, all new professional qualifications in Youth Work will be at honours degree level, or higher. This work-based route to qualifying as a Youth & Community Worker offers a part-time route in Youth and Community Work. See http://www.marjon.ac.uk/courses/
UK Youth run a number of one day training courses for youth workers at a range of venues across the country. See http://www.ukyouth.org/whatwedo/Training+Calendar/index.htm
Volunteer Management: Lantra Level 3 This course is for paid staff or volunteers who supervise at least one volunteer in a voluntary organisation. This course enables participants to become much more able and confident in this area of work and will enable participants to develop an awareness of the skills needed to manage volunteers and to apply these skills across a wide range of volunteer environments. The course consists of 60 hours of learning which will be 6 days of taught sessions and a written case study based on your current practice and experience. It is being run in Bodmin with an introductory session on 20th September -see http://www.southwestforum.org.uk/index.php?content=ev_fevent_details&event_id=1556 and also in Exeter – contact Exeter CVS on 01392.202055 or email jo.armstrong@exetercvs.org.uk
Working with Parents - this is a four day foundation programme facilitated by Devon Working with Parents trainers to develop and build on knowledge and skills essential for positive working relationships with families. The course is recommended for all staff working with families. The programme is fully aligned with the National Occupational Standards and the recommendations of the National Academy of Parenting Practitioners, and is part of Devon’s Parenting Strategy. For information on the next available course contact Suzanne McNamara on 01803 298777 or email nvqhelp5@btconnect.com and for information on the course content contact Helen Reed on 07837 164008 or email helen.x.reed@devon.gov.uk
Youth Access has launched its new Masters level youth counselling training programme. For details see http://www.youthaccess.org.uk/news/YA-Launches-New-Accredited-Training-Programme-for-Counsellors.cfm. Youth Access also have a number of training courses for advice practitioners – details on their website.
Youth Work Training Advice - The National Youth Agency has published a revised set of FAQs on youth work training on its website. Questions covered include how to gain experience in youth work in a local area and how to become qualified. http://www.nya.org.uk/workforce-and-training/youth-work-training-faqs