NCC Resources (National Consortium of Colleges) offer a wide range of distance learning packages.

WQP & NCC are working together and in January and February 2011 we will be delivering a pilot covering the following subjects;

Safety Compliance - This aims to provide the candidate with  an understanding of key health and safety issues including; first aid, fire safety and risk assessment.

To book places on the Safety Compliance Workshops please click here.

Moving & Handling Clients Safely – This focuses primarily with the movement and handling of people however the health and safety principles should be applied to all loads. The final module is specifically concerned with assisting clients, to prevent and minimise the adverse effects of pressure. The importance of recognising the individual’s needs and wishes, and involving them in the decision making process is emphasised. The assessment of health and safety risks to clients and care workers is also explored.

To book places on the Moving & Handling Clients Safely workshops click here.

Healthy Eating & Food Hygiene – This aims to provide candidates with the essential knowledge required to offer the very best professional approach to healthy eating and food hygiene. Modules are healthy eating, vitamins and minerals, specific healthy eating issues and food hygiene.

 To book places on Healthy Eating & Food Hygiene workshops click here.

Workshops have been booked across Warwickshire to give candidates the learning pack and an opportunity to attend a focussed workshop to get them started on the pack. The candidates will be expected to take these back into the workplace and complete the learning with support from their manager.

Timescales for completion is a maximum of six months – WQP will ask all candidates at this stage to complete an evaluation form.

PLEASE NOTE – Although these programmes are available FREE of charge WQP will charge £20 plus VAT per booked place for non-attendance.

Following the Training Needs Analysis (TNA) process we realised that there is a large demand for learning and development around Mandatory training. Working with Warwickshire County Council (WCC) Health and Safety Team we have designed a day which will support managers / individuals responsible for training to support the organisation through the tangled web of ‘Mandatory Training.’

The DRAFT programme for the day includes presentations on Nutrition, COSHH and workshops on Manual Handling, Food safety, Infection Control, Fire Safety, First Aid etc.

The aim of the day is to signpost and help you find your way around the myths of mandatory training and provide you with factsheets and signposting documents to support you back in your organisation.

Target Group: Managers or individuals responsible for learning and development within the organisation.

To book your place click here for an application form.

PLEASE NOTE – Although these programmes are available FREE of charge WQP will charge £20 plus VAT per booked place for non-attendance.

Delivering Effective learning in the Workplace

In the current climate budgets aren’t growing, funds are limited yet business must continue. Staff must still be trained and equipped with the skills to undertake their role.

Delivering effective learning in the workplace will enable your organisation to;

• - Respond to the Personalisation agenda
• - Improve and enhance your services and competitive edge
• - Retain and motivate staff and
• - Extend your training budget.

This interactive workshop will focus on how to

• Identify learning needs, using tools such as appraisals, supervisions and skills matrices
• Understand the different ways in which people learn
• Develop your skills as leader of a ‘learning organisation’
• Improve your skills in coaching and mentoring staff
• Set objectives for learning activities and evaluate their effectiveness

Target Group: Managers or individuals responsible for learning and development within the organisation.

To book your place click here to download an application form.

PLEASE NOTE – Although these programmes are available FREE of charge WQP will charge £20 plus VAT per booked place for non-attendance.

These sessions aim to offer;

• Information on the New structure of the Safeguarding Adults Team (WCC)
• Update on the Vetting & Barring Scheme
• Refresher on DOLS & MCA
• ‘Professional Boundaries’ – a session on the professional boundaries between social care workers and their clients

These sessions will also provide an opportunity for providers and Safeguarding adult Lead Practitioners to meet and network.

To book your place please click here to downlaod an application form.

Funding for the DDP has been provided by the Skills Funding Agency (SFA) and is managed locally by Business Link West Midlands.

Eligibility

To be eligible companies must:

• Have betweeen 5-249 employees (including unpaid volunteers)
• Be less than 25% owned by a large organisation
• Be based within the west Midlands area
• Have not received the DDP grant since April 2007

To be eligible individuals must:

• Hold the principle decision maker position
• Have a development need at a key decision maker level
• Be based within the West Midlands area
• Have not received the DDP grant previously
• Must make a claim for the funding within 90 days of the date on the Persoanl Development Plan
• Employees; full time equivalent working 35 hours per week.

Grant funding of up to £1000 is available.

First £500 grant is not required to be matched by the client, additional £500 grant is available but must be cash matched.

If you would like to find out more or see if you are eligible for funding please call the Director Development Hotline 0845 609 9010

This is the final year of the programme, therefore clients have until December 2010 to complete a Personal Development Plan, then 90 days to commence training and submit a claim to Business Link (West Midlands Brokerage Service).

The final cut off date for Director Development applications is December 2010.

There are three workshops being delivered across Warwickshire between 9.00am and 12 noon throughout September and October.

Each workshop will include Basic Infection Prevention, Audit Compliance, Common Infections and Management & Prevention.

To book your place or to find out more information please click here

There is no charge to attend these workshops so please book a place as soon as possible.

Following on from last years successful conference, Coventry & Warwickshire Partnership for Care are delighted to invite you to join us at:

The Royal Court Hotel, Tamworth Road,
Keresley, Coventry, CV6 2EJ

For further information and to register for this event please click here.

Scils was set up in April 2001 with the aim of providing learning materials and information via the internet to health and social care organisations. It offers individual learning sessions, group learning sessions, a news desk and a discussion board.
All you need to do is go to:
                www.scils.co.uk

click on register and input the registration number 233WRCC. It will then ask you for the username and password (you can choose what you want these to be).

These can be used alongside training to give staff an understanding of the definitions and different types of adult abuse and neglect, signs that indicate different forms of abuse, legislation, whistle blowing procedures etc.

If you would like to offer this to your staff please complete the attached order form.

If you would like more information on the workbooks please read the guidance notes.

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