If you are interested in buying one of our courses for your organisation, or commissioning a bespoke training day, we can organise this for you. We can tailor the training to your specific requirements, develop a programme for the day, provide you with an expert trainer and all the relevant materials. If you can provide the venue this can be a cost effective way of ensuring that the training needs of a whole staff group are met at a time and place which fits your organisation.

In addition to our advertised courses, Children in Wales’ staff are able to offer a range of half-day awareness-raising workshops on the following topics:

This workshop looks at how reasonable adjustments can be made to support this group of children to access your services, and be included in the activities you provide. The workshop focuses on making the venue accessible to wheelchair users, at making your activities more inclusive, and also assisting staff to develop positive attitudes towards disabled people. It will include an introduction to the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 and 2005 and other relevant legislation.

Children in Wales is also able to offer an general tailored introductory course on good practice issues for working with disabled children.

Sector-specific Participation Training

Children in Wales can provide bespoke Participation training, designed specifically for organisations who wish to ensure that young service users are involved in the planning and design of their services. This workshop looks at the specific barriers and opportunities for enabling children and young people to participate in your setting. Sessions will be based on the needs of each group and based on participation policy in your field of work.

Participatory Methods for Working with Young People

Children in Wales can provide training sessions on participatory methods with young people. Sessions can either be generic or specific, based on your particular needs.

Recording and Record Keeping

This workshop will look at the legal framework for recording information, and consider the importance of effective record keeping in any organisation working with children and young people. We will explore what systems your organisation has in place for recording information, looking at issues of good practice and consistency across the staff group.

How to Engage Fathers

Working with fathers is now becoming increasingly mainstream – both at policy and service level. The workshop will consider the importance of involving fathers to achieve better outcomes for children, and how this can have far reaching implications for the whole family. This workshop will look at the many barriers which deter men from engagement in services. Participants will gain a greater understanding of how and why they need to include men more fully in their service design.

Child Protection

This workshop is designed to address your organisation’s specific requirements of safeguarding children and young people. It will raise awareness of the ways in which children can be abused and the signs to be aware of, and will consider the legal and moral requirements for keeping children safe (with reference to your setting and the roles of other professionals who contribute to this).

Monitoring Policy and Legislation

Children in Wales can provide training on monitoring policy and legislation relating to children and young people in Wales. The training can be tailored to the particular policy areas affecting your organisation. It will cover policy development and the legislative processes in the National Assembly for Wales and the UK Parliament, and look at which areas are devolved and non-devolved. An overview of policy affecting children and young people in the European Union can also be provided.

For more information about our in-house training or to discuss your requirements, please contact: Claire Sharp, Training Officer at Children in Wales on Tel: 029 2034 2434 or E-mail: claire.sharp@childreninwales.org.uk