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This course covers laws, guidance, and procedures to protect and safeguard children both nationally and locally. It provides essential information to ensure the safety and wellbeing of children in their care, equipping Fosters Carers with the knowledge needed to fulfil their responsibilities effectively.

This course focuses on creating safe, secure environments for children, covering risk assessment, safeguarding practices, and strategies to prevent harm. Carers will be equipped to protect children, promote their wellbeing, and handle safety concerns effectively. There will be space for questions.

This foster care training course aims to improve the recording practices of Foster Carers. It is linked to the Induction Standards for Foster Carers, enhancing documentation skills and ensuring accurate, comprehensive records to support the care and development of foster children.

This course focuses on the health of children and young people from birth to becoming a care leaver. We consider not only physical health but also emotional and social well-being. It includes discussions on puberty and sexual health, encouraging open and sometimes-embarrassing conversations.

When children enter care or are adopted, they often experience loss and bereavement from being separated from their birth family. This course helps you understand and manage their emotions, offering strategies for effective communication with your child or young person.

This course, for foster carers and adopters, enhances your knowledge and understanding of attachment, focusing on the emotional health of children in your care. This introduction to therapeutic parenting, provides insights and strategies to support the well-being of looked-after young people.

Claire Greenham from WAYPOINT will lead this course, equipping carers with strategies to manage challenging behaviours without aggression. The training focuses on de-escalation techniques, building positive relationships, and fostering a calm, supportive environment to promote cooperation and reduce conflict.

This course covers the definition and forms of domestic abuse, including coercive control. It examines its prevalence, especially among young people, and identifies controlling behaviours. The course explores the impacts on children, trauma triggers, recovery strategies, and support for foster carers and children.

Therapeutic Parenting Training is a psychoeducational group for adults caring for children who have experienced trauma and loss. Carers will learn strategies to support emotional healing, manage challenging behaviours, and create a nurturing environment, fostering resilience and stability for children in their care.

This session covers child exploitation, including sexual, criminal, trafficking, county lines, and online grooming. Participants will identify risks, understand vulnerabilities, and recognise manipulative behaviours. It emphasises safeguarding strategies, positive language, and contextual awareness to support and protect vulnerable young people effectively.

This course empowers foster carers with coaching techniques and Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) strategies to support and nurture children. Participants will learn methods to enhance communication, build resilience, and foster positive relationships, ultimately creating a supportive and healing environment for children.

This course equips carers with essential knowledge to prevent and respond to fires. It covers fire prevention strategies, emergency procedures, and use of safety equipment. This training enhances carers’ ability to create a safe environment, protect, and care for foster children effectively.

This session provides a relaxed, informal setting for foster parents to connect, share experiences, and offer mutual support. Over coffee, participants discuss challenges, celebrate successes, and build a sense of community, fostering a supportive network for those involved in foster care.

This session provides specialised resources and training for carers. It focuses on understanding and addressing unique challenges, ensuring children receive tailored care. This support enhances carers' skills, promotes children's development, and fosters a nurturing, inclusive environment for their growth and well-being.

This group, exclusively for male carers, provides an opportunity to connect with other foster carers. It helps build fostering knowledge through peer interactions, sharing experiences, and offering mutual support, encouraging a sense of community and enhancing the overall fostering experience.

This session helps participants learn and develop resilience strategies and tools for themselves and the children and young people they work with. It includes defining resilience, methods to build it, resilience strategies, and helpful tools, along with signposting to further support. There will be space for questions and answers.

This course equips foster carers with the skills to handle accusations appropriately, covering procedures, legal aspects, and support systems. It ensures carers can respond effectively, protect all parties involved, maintain trust, safeguard children, and uphold the integrity of the fostering system.

This networking event, attended by a variety of professionals, provides information on housing, mental health, education, and benefits for young people. It aims to help carers understand these options and assess the needs of their young person effectively. Your questions will be welcomed.

A reflective, psychologist-led space created for foster carers. These confidential sessions offer support, insight, and connection—drawing on clinical supervision to explore challenges, celebrate strengths, and build resilience. Whether you're seeking reflection or peer connection, your voice matters. Connect, reflect, and grow together.

We understand that fostering can be incredibly rewarding, but also challenging at times. That’s why we’re creating a space for you to meet, share, and support one another. These informal sessions are designed to help you connect with others who understand the unique highs and lows of fostering.

This support group provides a relaxed, informal setting for SGO carers to connect, share experiences, and offer mutual support. Over coffee, participants discuss challenges, celebrate successes, and build a sense of community, fostering a supportive network for special guardians.

Supporting adult relationships is crucial, as unresolved conflicts between adults or carers can negatively impact children, causing emotional distress and behavioural issues. This course emphasises the importance of fostering healthy communication among adults to ensure a stable and supportive environment for children.

In this interactive workshop, we will explore mental health, its impacting factors, and how to support children and young people. The session aims to provide practical strategies and insights for fostering well-being. There will be opportunity for discussions and questions.

This course covers the unique needs of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children. It includes understanding their backgrounds, trauma, and cultural differences. Learn practical strategies for their support, integration, and wellbeing in a new environment. Engage in discussions and get your questions answered.

In this course we will explore blocked trust and blocked care and their impact on relationships with children. The Dan Hughes model of PACE (Playfulness, Acceptance, Curiosity, Empathy) will be introduced to build positive relationships with children in your care.

The Virtual School session serves as an opportunity for you to access the Virtual School. It's a platform to raise any questions or concerns you may have, ensuring you receive the support and information needed for you on your educational journey.

Mental health encompasses emotional, psychological, and social well-being. Children and young people face unique challenges and inequalities. Mental health differs from mental ill health. Various models explain mental health, influenced by biological, psychological, and social factors. The session includes support information and a Q&A segment.

We have produced a range of induction e-modules, face to face events and mandatory e-modules for staff. This information page will set out what is expected of you as a new starter or new manager.

This interactive workshop explores the principles and practical application of the Council’s Employee Appeals Process. Members will gain insight and develop the confidence to engage effectively in active appeal cases. The session provides a supportive space for discussion, enhancing understanding and readiness for participation in the appeals framework.

This upcoming briefing by senior officers from Avon and Somerset Police will outline both national and local policing priorities. It will spotlight the 'Police and Crime Plan 2024–2029', with a strong emphasis on engaging harder-to-reach communities and aligning efforts with the strategic vision set by the Police and Crime Commissioner.

Councillors are invited to Avon and Somerset Police HQ for a guided tour of the Control Room. In small groups, they’ll observe daily operations, gaining insight into how incidents are managed and calls handled. This visit offers a behind-the-scenes look at the vital work of the police communications team.

This upcoming briefing, presented by Chief Fire Officer Simon Shilton of Avon Fire and Rescue Service, will focus on the latest operational priorities and safety initiatives across South Gloucestershire. It aims to provide key updates on fire prevention efforts, community risk management, and strategic plans to enhance public safety and emergency response.

Get to Know Your Council at Bailey's Court Activity Centre is a key event for South Gloucestershire Councillors, featuring interactive presentations from Planning Enforcement, Community Safety and Public Health teams. This important day will equip members with essential knowledge, contacts and skills to support their role effectively.

Join this practical session exploring South Gloucestershire’s JSNA—a key resource for health and wellbeing data. Expect live demos, hands-on activities, and guidance to help professionals confidently navigate and use JSNA tools for evidence-informed planning. Interactive discussion and support will enhance understanding and application across public service sectors.

Senior officers from Bromford will present this briefing, focusing on local priorities and initiatives tailored to community needs. Emphasis will be placed on the power of community conversations to inspire real change through shared responsibility, inclusive decision-making, and collaborative partnerships aimed at building stronger, more resilient neighbourhoods across the region.

Decisions must be carefully made to minimise risk of successful challenge. This session offers a brief overview of current planning enforcement topics, with no specific cases discussed. For suggested discussion points, please email Dawn Russell by 11th September 2025. Participants are encouraged to contribute topics in advance. This briefing is also open to Town and Parish Clerks and Councillors.

This briefing introduces the role and challenges of young carers, highlighting their responsibilities, support needs and the impact on education and wellbeing. It aims to raise awareness and promote understanding among Councillors working with children and families.

This e-module provides an outline of why Rest Centres are needed, how they operate, and the essential roles volunteers play to make sure they run smoothly. The course also covers administrative tasks involved and meeting welfare needs of evacuees.

This training introduces South Gloucestershire Council staff to COMAH legislation and local site responses. It covers emergency plans, council responsibilities, and key sites in South Gloucestershire and Avonmouth, ending with a short quiz to check understanding.

This e-module can be used to refresh staff knowledge of the Council Incident Room (CIR). It provides and overview of the function and operation of the CIR, the roles within the CIR and reviews the use of forms and the action/information boards.

The e-module explains the context in which a decision loggist operates. It describes the decision loggist role in an emergency response and their specific responsibilities, how to record the data, and understanding the difference between a decision loggist and a minute taker.

This e-module is an introduction for South Gloucestershire Council staff and other Humanitarian Assistance staff to humanitarian assistance centres (HAC). It explains the types of council run centres, basic HAC requirements, and familiarises staff with public welfare needs.

This e-module explains how South Gloucestershire Council manages the strategic response to major incidents. It covers the National Occupational Standards (NOS) that ensures  officers tasked to carry out specific tasks are suitably qualified and skilled to carry out their roles.

This training aligns with the National Occupational Standards (NOS), ensuring officers possess the necessary skills and behaviours for their roles. The NOS framework has been used to create a detailed training needs analysis and tailored training packages for each emergency response role.

This course covers nuclear emergency planning under REPPIR, including onsite and offsite plans, ionising radiation, and Emergency Planning Zones. Learners explore response strategies, review case studies, and complete a quiz to assess their understanding of REPPIR requirements.

This e-module provides essential training for rest centre staff on gender identity and the trans community. It equips participants with the knowledge and confidence to ask about gender appropriately during registration, fostering respectful, inclusive, and supportive interactions.

This course is for all staff and managers provides information on menopause symptoms, strategies for dealing with them and resources available. It provides information for managers on how to support staff. Thanks to Bristol City Council for their valuable input, content and advice.

An ally is someone who uses their position to empower, support and defend marginalised groups. This e-module will help you learn more about the five ways to be an effective ally - confidant, champion, amplifier, sponsor, or upstander and learn how to provide a safe and supportive space.

The training includes two presentations on the Autism Spectrum. Part 1 covers Autism traits, social challenges, coping mechanisms, and employment barriers. Part 2 explores Autism types, skills, mental health, disability models, support strategies, and notable autistic individuals.

This e-module explores how we can create an inclusive workplace by minimising bias in the workplace. It will provide you with information, tips and tools, as well as further links to research or information you can share with others.

We want everyone at the council to feel welcome and understanding cultural differences can improve how we work with people with different religions, cultures and beliefs. In this e-module, we'll look at some of those differences and how to interact with people with different lifestyles, approaches and expectations to you.

This three-hour workshop is appropriate for all council staff. It will help you to explore and learn about different types of disability and neurodiversity, including ADHD and autism, their strengths. You will gain in-depth insights into understanding and supporting others, navigating the language, and reasonable adjustments.

This e-module will give you a broader understanding of policy, legislation and the practical application of equality, diversity and inclusion in the council. Council employees have legal rights and responsibilities and regardless of what your role is it is vital you understand these basic principles.

This micro learning talks about the importance of language and how to avoid ableist language. It provides an explanation of what ableist language is and why it matters. Practical examples are given to help you avoid using it in your communication.

This e-module is aimed at managers and staff and partners who are considering supporting someone on a work placement and would like to have more awareness around learning disabilities and or autism. It will take around 90 minutes to complete and includes a range of video and resources.

This e-module explores how language, culture, history, discrimination, and health inequality affect LGBTQ+ service access. Thanks to The Diversity Trust, University of Bristol, Brigstowe Project, and South Gloucestershire Council’s Public Health team for their valuable contributions.

This e-module is for parents, carers, and professionals who work with individuals who have Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND). It promotes understanding and encouragement of positive risk-taking towards independence and employment.

This e-module provides a summary of how to meet the needs of disabled customers to make sure that excellent customer service is provided to everyone we work with. This course will take approximately 20 minutes to complete.

This course will help you to identify unacceptable behaviour in the workplace. We cover why it needs to be challenged, how to address it and engage in meaningful conversations, and our responsibility as council employees to escalate issues when necessary. 

Equality, diversity and inclusion are a council priority and this e-module focuses on identifying and challenging unacceptable workplace behaviour. It emphasises the responsibility of council employees to address issues. A one-hour webinar and in-person session is also available.

In this e-module we will explain the Armed Forces Covenant, the Covenant Duty and the principles of ‘due regard’. You will gain a better understanding of how you can improve services and support to the armed forces community.

In this e-module we will explain the Armed Forces Covenant, the Covenant Duty and the principles of ‘due regard’. You will gain a better understanding of how you can improve services and support to the armed forces community.

This e-learning module explores the Armed Forces Covenant and Covenant Duty, offering insight into Service life and the unique challenges faced by the Armed Forces Community, while equipping public sector staff to provide informed, effective support across key service areas.

In this e-module you will discover what the Armed Forces Covenant and the Covenant Duty are, find out which groups make up the Armed Forces Community, and learn why it’s important that we all support this community.

This inspiring three-day programme is for women at all stages of their careers. The programme helps to build confidence and informal networks and provides support for participants to achieve their personal and professional goals. The workshops are engaging, fun and interactive, as well as impactful and thought provoking.

This e-module is an introduction to VAT. If you deal with any aspect of finance in your day-to-day role, you are likely to encounter VAT. You will learn what it is, and how it should be administered so that the local authority complies with HMRC Regulations.

Welcome to the Asbestos Awareness e-module. This training is designed to provide you with the essential knowledge and skills necessary to understand the risks associated with exposure to asbestos and what is included in the management of those risks.

This e-module outlines the duties of fire wardens and building emergency control officers (BECOs). It is important to understand both roles, regardless of which one you do, so you will need to complete both lessons.

This interactive course equips council employees with the knowledge and skills to identify, evaluate, and manage risks in various organisational contexts. It covers fundamental principles to handle challenges proactively, requiring an 80% score to pass the course.

Resilience can help you overcome challenges and bounce back after setbacks. According to the World Health Organisation learning to be resilient is one of the most important skills for improving health and wellbeing. This e-module is full of tips and suggestions you can apply at work or home.

This e-module covers various journaling methods, including paper, online, creative, and factual techniques. It highlights the benefits of positive emotion recording, offers exercises and wellbeing tools, and includes the NHS-endorsed five ways of wellbeing and the PERMA model.

This e-module includes simple and quick things you can do to enhance your wellbeing and health. With small ideas that can make a big difference, it offers inspiration, science, local  information, and activities to consider or do over seven weeks. Webinar recordings are included.

This e-module, exclusive to South Gloucestershire Council staff, offers insights from an award-winning psychologist on harnessing our inner voice to combat anxiety, improve health, and enhance relationships. It provides practical, evidence-based tips and tools for managing wellbeing.

This in-person 1.5 hour session is an opportunity for childminders and early years settings in South Gloucestershire to share practice and engage in discussion around what is happening nationally and locally within the cluster area.

This half day course is commissioned by the children’s partnership and practitioners will consider how to recognise and respond to child sexual abuse.

This course is for anyone who works with children, young people, and families in South Gloucestershire and is the second level of inter-agency child protection training. It builds on the knowledge and skills learned in the Introduction to Child Protection course.

This course is for anyone who works with children, young people, and families in South Gloucestershire and is the second level of inter-agency child protection training. It builds on the knowledge and skills learned in the Introduction to Child Protection course.

This session educates practitioners on private fostering and their obligations. Recommended for all who work with young people across agencies, to ensure they understand their responsibilities and who to contact for support and guidance regarding safeguarding children.

This half day course will help to enhance your knowledge, skills and confidence to work together well, to ensure that the provision of help, support and protection of children is effective. You must have already completed the Advanced Child Protection update.

This half day course will  enhance your knowledge, skills and confidence to  ensure that the  help, support and protection is effective. You must have already completed the Advanced Child Protection update.

This course covers the seven golden rules for information sharing, relevant legislation, how to have confidence when sharing, case examples, and guidelines on consent and when not to share information.

This course is for anyone who would like an overview of the MARAC process. Topics covered include building an understanding of MARAC, how to refer, and the roles of each person attending the MARAC.

In this session you will gain an understanding of the term extra-familial harm plus an awareness of different types of exploitation. You will learn about South Gloucestershire’s agreed response to child exploitation and the importance of language in relation to child exploitation.

This one-hour multi-agency session provides valuable information about local services and guidance on how and when to refer. It’s based on the threshold guidance ‘The right help in the right way at the right time’.

This 45-minute workshop from the South Gloucestershire Safeguarding Adults Board is for practitioners from all agencies working with adults in South Gloucestershire. Based on learning from local safeguarding adult reviews and local practice guidance this is a practical learning session.

This one-day interactive course provides delegates with information and guidance on capacity and the legal frameworks relevant to self-neglect, including hoarding. It is targeted at all health and social care professionals who work with people who self-neglect.

This 1.75-day course is for practitioners from all organisations across South Gloucestershire. It promotes effective multi-agency working and a key focus is on person/child-centred practice to promote positive outcomes for people who are affected by domestic abuse.

This course focuses on the importance of effective multi-agency working and best practice in adult safeguarding. We recommend that you complete the Raising Safeguarding Concerns course before you attend this course.

This course explores various Risks Outside the Home (ROTH) for children, covering legislation, case studies, and practical tools. It replaces three previous exploitation courses and includes insights from local and national safeguarding practices.

This one-day course explores adult exploitation and how to identify the different forms it may take. Exploitation can affect different people in various ways. The course will highlight signs  of exploitation and what you can do to help, or minimise the risk, or experience of abuse.

Would you know how to spot the signs of human trafficking and modern slavery? It exists in our communities. This training will help you to identify the signs, understand your duties, learn how to respond and support the people you work with.

This course is the first level of inter-agency child protection training. Together, delegates will explore safeguarding themes. It aims to make sure delegates are confident in understanding what child abuse is and when and how to act on concerns. 

This course is the first level of inter-agency child protection training. Together, delegates will explore safeguarding themes. It aims to make sure delegates are confident in understanding what child abuse is and when and how to act on concerns. 

This course introduces the Mental Capacity Act 2005 (MCA) for front-line care staff. You will learn to apply MCA principles at work, understand when the MCA applies, and know when to seek advice and support. Enhance your skills to support individuals effectively and ethically.

Attendees will  explore the ‘What, Why and How’ of professional curiosity., with discussion of the barriers to being curious, challenging and courageous, identify ways to overcome them, and consider how to embed this approach into practice.

This half day course is essential training for front-line practitioners who work with and provide services to adults at risk. It will equip participants with an understanding of what safeguarding adults is, recognising an adult at risk, and how to take relevant action.

This course is for anyone who leads and/or reviews partner organisations and has attended the Raising Safeguarding Concerns course. It will help you understand and be accountable for managing and preventing organisational abuse in services.

This one-day course uses a variety of activities including case study work and insights from Safeguarding Practice Reviews. It provides practitioners with the time and space needed to explore the many safeguarding needs of this particular group of children.

In South Gloucestershire, Signs of Safety is our Practice model. This three-hour session is for those not directly using the approach with children or families but needing an understanding of the practice and our relationship and strengths-based work with families.

This two-day course helps practitioners from health and social care carrying out Mental Capacity Act assessments to confidently apply the principles of Best Interest Decision making and identify where there is a deprivation of liberty.

As schools we are inundated with information around statutory assessment, so why not come and join the team who will give the key messages and actions that you need to take each term.

This is a full-day mandatory course for Adult Social Care Occupational Therapists. It needs to be completed annually to meet the expectations of your role as an Occupational Therapist and to adhere to registration requirements.

This course is designed for professionals to experience and better understand the experiences of people with a dementia diagnosis. It explores how they perceive and interpret information when overstimulated which can trigger hallucinations, affect cognitive function, and increase confusion.

This workshop explores applying a human rights approach in adult social care, focusing on dignity, participation, and anti-discriminatory practice. It covers legislation, post-pandemic impacts, case law, lived experiences, and practical strategies for embedding rights-based practice.

This three-hour course will help you to gain knowledge of terminology and legal aspects surrounding medicine administration. The workshop will cover principles, complications and risks associated with administering medications, responsibilities and reporting.

This course is for practitioners who assess the needs of autistic adults. You must complete the Oliver McGowan Autism and Learning Disability e-learning before attending.

This workshop is for people working in domiciliary, residential and day care services (statutory, voluntary, independent and private sectors) in South Gloucestershire. It includes a trainer presentation, discussion, and a multiple-choice assessment to confirm knowledge.

Connecting Care is a South Gloucestershire, North Somerset and Bristol City Council system that supports better information sharing; joining up information; better, safer decisions; and increased efficiency. This e-module covers what Connecting Care is and how to access it.

This course, delivered by Beacon, will increase organisational understanding and capability in key aspects of the National Framework for NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC) to make sure that people we support receive healthcare they are entitled to.

This one-day course is for adult practitioners/managers who have a role in effective practice with carers in South Gloucestershire. It covers knowledge, understanding and skills required to work with carers as key partners of Adult Social Care.

This course will help you to increase skills and confidence in writing court documents. The course includes an overview of courtroom etiquette and processes, essential evidence recording techniques, key court forms, and completing Court of Protection forms.

This half-day course will increase knowledge and understanding about Direct Payments (DP). It will build your confidence to promote DPs to people who have care and/or support needs to enhance their wellbeing and independence.

This course is for staff in the council and the statutory, voluntary and independent sectors and work with people with epilepsy. If you do not administer rescue treatment for Statis Epilepticus you need only attend the morning session.

This course will equip you with the skills to effectively manage posture and prevent secondary complications.  You will help find solutions so that people can live more comfortably, with increased and participation.

This course is ideal for Social Care and Occupational Therapy Practitioners who work directly with people in need of care and support. Delivered over two half-days, this course gives an understanding of the Care Act 2014, its principles, and duties.

The underpinning theme is the importance of legal literacy and defensible decision-making in effective practice. Drawing on practical experience and theoretical perspectives you will explore factors that can both support and undermine your defensible decision-making.

This is a half-day mandatory course for Adult Social Care Occupational Therapist Assistants who have responsibility for moving people. It needs to be completed annually to meet the expectations of your role as a Social Care Practitioner (Occupational Therapy).

This community-based course is for anyone who works with adults, children and families to raise awareness about mental health and wellbeing at all ages. It covers responding to a person who needs support, the views of people with lived experience, and information on approaches and services.

This course is for professionals who work in mental health, substance misuse, offending, social work, domestic violence, supported housing, young people's services, family work etc. It provides a deeper understanding of skills and knowledge in motivational interviewing.

This is a full-day mandatory course for Adult Social Care Occupational Therapists. It needs to be completed annually to meet the expectations of your role as an Occupational Therapist and to adhere to registration requirements.

This two-tier training for professionals who provide direct support will enhance awareness and understanding of autism and learning disabilities. Tier 1 is an e-learning module; Tier 2 is a face-to-face session co-delivered with people who have lived experience.

This course explores the PIP application process, completing self-assessments, understanding benefit interactions, assessment scoring, appeals, and key roles involved. Delivered by James Hennefeld, an experienced social worker and AMHP with expertise in hidden disabilities and PIP access.

This e-module highlights the importance of technology in social care, helping you become more tech-aware. It explains how technology impacts our lives and work, emphasising the need to integrate tech into both professional and personal spheres.

This one-day course is for adult social care practitioners and managers. You will explore how strength-based approaches reflect your professional values, are required by the legal framework, and fit with the role of Adult Social Care in the 2020s.

This half-day course provides a refresher to develop your understanding of how reablement fits within the wider context  as a key intervention within adult social care. It involves practical tools and discussions to build on existing knowledge.

This e-module introduces Reablement, explaining its purpose and function. It highlights how Reablement can benefit the people we work with by promoting independence, improving quality of life, and supporting individuals in regaining skills and confidence.

Inter-parental conflict between a child’s parents/carers will have a considerable impact on child outcomes. This 1.5-hour bitesize training course will explore the impact of frequent arguing on children and the resources you can use to support healthy relationships.

Evidence-based writing supports reflective learning and enhances analytical thinking, and makes analysis easy. As Adult Social Care professionals we need to write with structure and clarity. We need clear, concise, relevant, and meaningful writing that captures the service user's voice. 

This e-module introduces Occupational Therapy and Social Work staff to the three conversations (3Cs) approach, covering its principles, rules, types of conversation, and their application, as well as how the 3Cs approach relates to the Care Act.

This course will help you develop an understanding of the diagnostic category of personality disorder. It provides an introduction to the issues and can be an update for staff who are already trained or experienced in working with people with a personality disorder.

This e-module will help you understand the purpose of advocacy and the advocacy role. It will help you identify the different types of advocacy, understand more about the VoiceAbility service and consider how both services can work better together.

This e-module is for partners of South Gloucestershire Council who complete the Early Help Assessment and Plan (EHAP). It introduces Early Help, explains the EHAP process, and provides advice on completing an EHAP.

This workshop explores attachment and trauma theories, their applications, and how to assess and develop attachment-based interventions. It will help social work, education, and care professionals to enhance skills and confidence in trauma recovery practice.

This e-module give you access to a 40-minute video which covers the processes for children in care that launched on the 1st April 2023. The video walkthrough includes the child and young person’s care plan and explains the processes associated with it.

This workshop focuses on planning interventions for challenging cases, and explores live cases. It includes theory, child development, assessment approaches, and case discussions, aimed at practitioners working with children and young people in community services.

Local Authorities have responsibility for looked after children -  corporate parenting. Members and senior officers have a role to play. This e-module will help councillors understand their role and responsibilities in improving outcomes for looked after children.

This two-day course covers understanding the legal system, including family, criminal, and youth courts, and the Public Law Outline. The course will help you to become well-equipped for court proceedings.

This workshop is an opportunity for education settings and external partners to develop their awareness of Early Help and to understand the crucial role that they play in supporting children and families at an Early Help level.

This e-module provides access to a video overview of the long-term fostering matching process. It will give you an understanding of the steps involved in matching foster children with suitable long-term placements.

This introductory e-module is the first of three e-modules in the reducing parental conflict programme and provides practitioners with the knowledge to underpin practice. It explores the evidence base and the impact of parental conflict on outcomes for children.

Module two explores applying knowledge, skills and techniques to discuss parental conflict with parents focusing on the causes of parental conflict. This e-module equips practitioners with the skills to work with parents to identify and explore relationship conflict.

Module three explores working with parents in conflict. This e-module provides a series of tools that can be used to work with parents, encouraging behaviour change and promoting positive communication.

This one-day course is for practitioners from Integrated Children’s Services who work with children, young people, and families with safety or wellbeing concerns. You will learn how to use the Signs of Safety Planning process to develop and record safety/wellbeing plans in Mosaic.

This two-day training is for professionals who work with children, young people, and families with safety, health, or development concerns. Learn the theory behind the Signs of Safety approach and practice using conversations and tools to explore worries, strengths, and goals.

This e-module is designed for staff working with children and families in South Gloucestershire. It aims to help you understand the chosen practice framework, ensuring you are well-equipped with the necessary knowledge and skills to support your work.

Access the comprehensive video walkthrough that details the Signs of Success Mapping and the Signs of Success Pathway Planning Mapping. This video covers the processes for children in care that were introduced in April 2023.

This one-day accredited course equips professionals working with young people and care leavers with vital suicide prevention skills. It builds confidence to identify warning signs, initiate life-saving conversations, and connect individuals to support through practical guidance, theory, and real-world application.

This three day workshop introduces systemic practice ideas and skills for working with children, young adults, and families. It combines theory with practical examples, encourages collaboration, and supports all staff, regardless of prior experience, in enhancing their practice.

Children’s services writing often lacks structure and clarity. We need clear, concise, and relevant writing that captures the child’s voice. Evidence-based writing supports reflective learning and enhances analytical thinking. In this course we make analysis easy and effective.

Led by Barnardo’s Lived Experience Consultancy, it will empower Children’s Social Care staff to deepen trauma awareness through real-life insights. Participants gain practical strategies, reflective space, and inspiration to enhance trauma-informed practice, guided by people with lived experience.

Total Respect is a national training course co-delivered by care-experienced young people. It helps adults understand and respond to the needs of children in care, promoting effective listening, acting on their wishes, and enhancing children's rights and participation.

This session raises awareness of young carers, their roles, challenges, and rights. It covers the Young Carers Protocol, support strategies, and identification, led by experienced professionals and a young carer ambassador.

This one-day course will support you to develop skills and strategies to confidently engage with others and manage challenging situations and conversations whilst working in the safeguarding and protection arena.

This session introduces new managers to the Complaints Team, key responsibilities, and procedures for Children’s, Adults, and Corporate complaints. It covers statutory timescales, eligibility, frameworks, and practical tools like the Complaints Toolkit to support effective responses.

This course provides a foundational understanding of racism in a simple and non-judgemental way. It explores different forms of racism, how they manifest and affect our black and brown colleagues and actions you can take to support race equity.

This course is for managers and seniors who have taken the Race Awareness course. You will gain knowledge and skills to identify, challenge and manage racism, and support victims of racism.

Join SARI's session to enhance your understanding of equality, inclusion, and cultural awareness, focusing on disability. Engage in discussions, gain insights from people with lived experiences, and tackle systemic inequalities to improve outcomes for our service and those we support.

This reflective session supports those who attended the Disabilities Learning Session. Through group discussion and tools, participants will explore their practice, share insights, and strengthen allyship, in cases involving disabilities, across adult and children’s services teams.

Join our reflective practice conversation to share knowledge and improve outcomes for vulnerable groups. We focus on Gypsy, Roma, and traveller communities, with insights from professionals and lived experiences. The session includes knowledge sharing, Q&A, and scenario discussions.

Join SARI's session to enhance understanding of LGBTQ+ equality. Engage in discussions, gain insights from lived experiences, and tackle systemic inequalities to improve our service for those we support. Enhance your awareness and confidence to address LGBTQ+ needs.

This reflective session supports those who attended the LGBTQ+ Learning Session. Through group discussion and tools, participants will explore their practice, share insights, and strengthen allyship, in cases involving LGBTQ+, across adult and children’s services teams.

This workshop is for NQSWs, new starters in social care, and social workers. In this practical session you will learn what assertiveness is and explore how to use it to build your confidence and communication skills to support you in your life and social work career.

This workshop for newly qualified social workers (NQSWs) looks at reflective tools that can be used in practice, for writing reflective pieces, and for reflective supervision. There will be a PowerPoint presentation (copy provided after the session) and group discussion.

This session for newly qualified social workers (NQSWs) covers Chronologies, Genograms, and Ecomaps. You will consider the purpose of a good chronology and explore how to use genograms and ecomaps for effective assessments and planning.

This course explores how perceptions of fathers affect family relationships and our work with them. It covers research-based approaches to engaging fathers in family support or child protection, with attention to domestic abuse risks and infant head trauma.

This workshop designed for newly qualified social workers (NQSWs) covers both Child Safeguarding Practice Reviews (CSPRs), Safeguarding Adults Reviews (SARs) and includes the local process and management of reviews.

This workshop designed for newly qualified social workers (NQSWs)  provides a comprehensive overview of mental capacity, and uses case studies and practical examples to look at how you can implement this in your practice.

This workshop for newly qualified social workers  It explores how personalities impact interactions and people's approach to communication, information, decision making and planning. It includes group discussions and activities.

This workshop is for newly qualified social workers. It covers how to manage your time effectively and includes toolkits that you can take away and use. The session includes a PowerPoint presentation, videos and interactive discussion.

This course for children's newly qualified social workers includes two half-day sessions. The first session covers using a kit bag for direct work. The second session focuses on reflecting on kit bag use and revisiting fundamentals.

This one-day course for newly qualified social workers (NQSWs) focuses on wellbeing, resilience, and self-care to prevent burnout. In this practical session you will meet your ASYE Lead and fellow NQSWs, share experiences, and discuss the ASYE for a supportive start.

Please read this information page before booking onto Practice Education training events.

This page provides information about the practice education training programme, links to further information about practice education and an explanation of which training events need to be attended.

To attend this course you must have approval to provide a placement and confirmation you are working to Experienced level PCF (Professional Capabilities Framework). You must be post-qualified for at least two years from when the placement starts.

To attend this course you must have approval to provide a placement and confirmation you are working to Experienced level PCF (Professional Capabilities Framework). You must be post-qualified for at least two years from when the placement starts.

To attend this course you must have approval to provide a placement and confirmation you are working to Experienced level PCF (Professional Capabilities Framework). You must be post-qualified for at least two years from when the placement starts.

To attend this course you must have approval to provide a placement and confirmation you are working to Experienced level PCF (Professional Capabilities Framework). You must be post-qualified for at least two years from when the placement starts.

To attend this course you must have completed Practice Educator Professional Standards One (PEPS Stage One) and have agreement from your manager. You must have been qualified for at least two years.