Training Catalogue
Part 1: Training for Professionals
Part 2: Training and Workshops for People with Learning Disabilities
Part 1: Training for Professionals
- Disability Hate Crime
- Achieving Best Evidence
- Introduction to Adult Protection
- Adult Protection for Managers
- Special Measures
- Communicating with Callers who have Communication Difficulties
- Communicating with People who have Learning Disabilities
All training can be adapted to suit the needs of your staff and organisation.
For further details or to discuss your training requirements, please contact Jon Penn.
Call: 01332 291042
Email:
Disability Hate Crime
A workshop designed for all staff working with adults or children with learning disabilities. This session will give you the skills to improve identification of disability hate crimes and understand what you can do to tackle it.
- Benefits and outcomes
- Awareness amongst staff will be raised about disability hate crime
- Staff will be aware of how disability hate crime can be identified
- Staff will be aware of the difficulties and barriers to proving disability hate crime and how these can be overcome
'I attended a national hate crime conference in Birmingham. Speaking at that conference was Kathryn Stone and a young man with learning disability called Daniel Hardy. What an impact they made on every single person in the audience. They both talked passionately about the devastation of this sadly under reported occurrence. So compelling was their presentation that they received a standing ovation and the audience dynamic was to enlightened that there was an excited buzz in the room. '
Sergeant Trudy Runham, West Midlands Police, Public Protection Unit,
July 2009
'I am writing to express my appreciation of VOICE UK's input at last week's hate crime summit. The delegates were clearly not expecting the sort of input which you delivered – this made it all the more impactive and several people subsequently told me how much they had taken from it. In particular it made them reflect on the invisibility of harassment and abuse of disabled people and people with learning disabilities, and how remote and inaccessible the police service may appear to them at times'
Superintendent Gavin Buist, Chair Association of Scottish Police Superintendents, December 2009
Achieving Best Evidence
This course offers both an historical and legislative background to the treatment of vulnerable witnesses as well as looking at the practical requirements of the Victims Code and the role of intermediaries.
Benefits and outcomes:
- An understanding of historical attitudes and its importance in current practice
- An understanding of the rights of vulnerable victims
- An understanding of the definitions of learning disability and people with mental health needs and how these impact on interviewing
- Be able to identify a vulnerable witness
- An understanding of the use of language and communications systems and how these impact on interviewing
'The group found the training informative and the trainer interacted with the group well which fostered a good learning environment in the room'
Metropolitan Police April 2010
'I have a better and clearer understanding of identifying vulnerable people'
'I can look at the bigger picture and assess individuals and their circumstances'
'Very good presentation and useful to me'
Northants Police 2010
An Introduction to Adult Protection
A practical introduction for all staff working with vulnerable adults.
This course will give participants the skills to create and maintain a safe organisation:
Benefits and outcomes:
- Participants will have an understanding of the basic principles of Adult Protection
- Participants will be aware of the possible indicators of abuse
- Participants will have an understanding of the law, policy and procedures relating to adult protection and the importance of these for the individual staff member and the organisation as a whole.
'Well organised, very informative and thought provoking'
'The trainer was very clear and passionate about adults with learning disabilities.'
'Excellent presentation and jargon free'
Safeguarding Adults Conference, Manchester, 2008
Adult Protection for Managers
This is a practical course for Senior Staff and Managers which will give you the skills to manage Adult Protection issues effectively.
Benefits and outcomes:
- Participants will gain an understanding of the importance of recruitment and selection
- Participants will understand the implications of the Protection of Vulnerable Adults List (POVA) List.
- Participants will understand the importance of organisational policy and procedure.
Special Measures
A presentation designed delivered by our Equal Access to Justice Project Workers.
This training will give you the knowledge about how special measures work, what they are and who they are available to.
Benefits and outcomes:
Workers will have an understanding of the process of how special measures are applied for and subsequently put in place.
Workers will be aware of the special measures that are available for vulnerable witnesses and when they are applicable.
Communicating with Callers who have communication difficulties
This workshop is designed for staff handling calls from people who have learning disabilities. This training will enable staff to effectively handle calls from people with communicative difficulties.
Benefits and outcomes:
- Staff will be aware of how to identify different types of learning disabilities and identify the individual needs of a caller.
- Staff will have an understanding of the different ways to make sense of mental distress
- Staff will be aware of the different, identifying, listening and responding techniques for challenging callers who may have specific communication difficulties.
- Staff will be aware of the different strategies and responses to manage challenging calls
- Communicating with people who have learning disabilities
This training is designed for staff working with people who have learning disabilities. This workshop will enable staff to effectively communicate with people who have communicative difficulties.
Benefits and outcomes:
- Participants will have an understanding of learning disabilities
- Participants will be aware of the effective ways in which to communicate with people who have learning disabilities
- Participants will be aware of what to do when meeting someone who has a learning disability.
Part 2: Training and Presentations for people with learning disabilities
- Personal Safety and the Law – Open College network (OCN) accredited
- Staying Safe
- Abuse Awareness
- Bullying Awareness
- Disability Hate Crime Awareness
- Assertiveness
All workshops can be adapted to suit the specific needs of each group.
For more information or an informal discussion about the OCN course or any of the presentations, please contact Amy Richardson.
Call: 01332 291042
Email:
Personal Safety and the Law
Open College Network (OCN) Accredited
This course has been designed specifically for people with learning disabilities to help them keep safe.
Upon successful completion of the course, learners will achieve recognised accreditation at Entry Level.
The course covers:
- An individual's rights
- What to do when these rights are infringed
- How to recognise bullying and abuse
- Action to take if bullying or abuse occurs
- Crimes under English Law
- Key people in the Criminal Justice System
- Special Measures
Special Measures
What are special measures, who can ask for special measures and how they work, including the intermediary scheme.
Staying Safe
Designed to inform people about how to stay safe around the home and out and about in public places.
Abuse
Recognising abuse, the different types of abuse and what to do if you have been or are a victim of abuse.
Bullying
How to recognise bullying, different types of bullying and what to do if you are being bullied.
Disability Hate Crime
How to recognise disability hate crime and what to do if you think this has happened.
Assertiveness
Learning how to be assertive and stand up for your rights.
