Social Work Training - Adults

Let Swim help you make a difference by offering training solutions towards the renewal of your General Social Care Council (GSCC) post registration and learning (PRTL) and career development. Swim understand the importance for continuing professional development (CPD) and have facilitated a comprehensive training programme to benefit and influence the social care sector professionals.

We have designed the training courses to assist you with your job, to gain relevant knowledge and refresh your skills and practice for everyday work; covering  areas for both children, vulnerable adults and generic training; working together with ‘Skills for Care’ and Children Workforce Development Council (CWDC) to work towards best practice. All courses are led by experienced, senior level social care professionals and you will be awarded a certificate at the end of the course.

Our qualified (MREC) Consultants are available to assist you and help you book onto courses.

‘Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults’

Saturday 2nd October 2010
09:30 – 16:30 (Break for lunch)
Targeted for Social Worker engaged in all aspects and areas of Adult Social Care and those considering a role in this area.

Social Workers in Adult Social Care are likely to discover adults who are being harmed or exploited. The course aims to introduce the procedures and responses and consider the skills needed to perform the role of conducting a SVA investigation.

Synopsis

• What is a vulnerable adult
• The impact of emotional, physical and sexual harm upon adults
• Exploitation in its various forms
• Working with other agencies and people
• The importance of following SVA procedures and guidelines
• Applying good and consistent social work skills to SVA work
• Coping with the personal impact of working in the SVA arena
• The role of the law in SVA and hw it assists in managing SVA issues

Time Management & Work  / Life Balance

Saturday 11th September 2010
09:30 – 16:30 (Break for lunch)
Practitioners in ‘front line’ health and social care roles such as Children Services, Adults Social Care and Community Mental Health Teams. Course participants may be working in either the statutory or voluntary sectors.

To enable participants, often working in pressured practice environments, to maximize the effectiveness of their time in work. As part of this, to ensure that stress levels do not become too high and avoid the risks of ‘burn-out’ to both the individual and the organization.

The second major aim is to enable participants to create an effective balance between the demands of their work role and their home life relationships. The approach and specific techniques will also be useful as a tool in work with clients who are experiencing these difficulties.

Synopsis

• Problem solving techniques
• Using delegation
• Urgent vs. Important Activities
• Effective use of your diary
• Thinking styles which improve performance
• Awareness of mind and body
• Using imagery to challenge negative thoughts

All courses are designed as a workshop, with maximum opportunities for interaction between trainer & course participants. Powerpoint presentation and hand out material is provided, combined with individual & small group practice.

‘Communication, Negotiation & Assertion Skills’

Look out for this course in 2011
Health & social care professionals in ‘front line’ occupants such as Children Services, Adults Social Care & Community Mental Health Teams. Participants may be working in either the statutory or voluntary sectors.

Synopsis

• Effective Communication
• Managing Conflict
• Cognitive & behavioural techniques
• Interpersonal Skills
• A ‘three step’ model for assertion
• Awareness & reading of ‘body language’
• ‘Bolt-on’ techniques to deal with specific difficult situations

Coffee, tea and cold refreshments complimentary.

Location: The Holiday Inn, Bloomsbury Hotel, ‘Nobel Suite’, Coram Street, London, WC1N 1HT    click for map

Costs:

• Swim locums £25.00* (Non attendance will be charged @£75)
• Swim registrants £100.00* (£75 rebate once you start working via Swim)

Payments:

• Swim working locums – we will deduct monies from your pay two weeks prior to any course
• Swim registrants – make cheque payable to: Maxxima Ltd 2 (First come first served) Swim will rebate you £75.00 with your first weeks salary*

Useful Links:

Safeguarding Adults
Mental Health Act 1983
Mental Health (Patients in the Community) Act 1995
Community Standards Act 2003
NHS and Community Care Act 1990
Community Care (Direct Payments) Act 1996
Community Care (Delayed Discharges etc) Act 2003