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Essentials and Tools for Working with Young
People
The following courses are all designed to help increase the skills, ability and knowledge base of all practitioners working with young people in a variety of settings.
In addition, our new
Essentials
courses are designed to support those who have responsibility for running a
youth club and cover key areas that you need to know in order to run a
successful group.
For further details of any course below or if you would like to join our
mailing list please contact Beverley Stephney on 020 7549 8806 or email
beverley.stephney@londonyouth.org.uk
Please click on the course title that
interests you
*
Involving Young People in the Running of a Youth Project
* Safeguarding and Child Protection:
are you ready?
* Staff and Volunteer
Management
* An Introduction to Health
and Safety (including Risk Assessments)
* Level 2 Basic Expedition Leadership
* Working with Challenging
Behaviour and Anger in a Youth Work Setting
* Working with Boys and Young Men from Black and Minority Ethnic Communities
* Girls and Young Women's Work
* Activenture Induction Day
* Emergency First Aid
* Governance and Management:
Are Your Boundaries Set?
* Careers Guidance in Youth
Work
* How We Teach and Learn About Nature: Environmental Activities for
Youth Leaders
Involving Young People
in the Running of a Youth Project - 3 hour course
Aims and Objectives
This short course explores how young people can be involved in the running
of a youth project and why this can be important. if you need inspiration or
want to develop your practice in this area, then this course is for you.
This course is aimed at adult youth workers.
This course examines:
• How you can empower and encourage young people to find their voice within
a youth project.
• How you can then support young people to deliver their
ideas within a youth work programme
•what issues and challenges might
arise from these new innovations.
Please note that demonstrating the
involvement of young people is an essential part for the London Youth
Quality Mark (AQYP).
Date
Wed 12 May '10 (2-5pm)
Please note this course is
costed the same as a one day
course.
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Safeguarding and Child Protection:
are you ready? - one day course
Aims and Objectives
This training day offers a comprehensive introduction to safeguarding and
the issues that surround child protection. It is for people who are
responsible for ensuring that their organisations child protection and
safeguarding policies and procedures are appropriate and in line with the
most recent legislation.
Topics covered
will include:
• What it means in practice to work safely with young people
•
Preparing for the changes ahead with the advent of the Independent
Safeguarding Authority and the Vetting and Barring Scheme.
• Gaining an insight into the issues of abuse and how to deal with those
issues.
This course will cover the criteria for participants aiming to achieve
Bronze Level on the London Youth Quality Mark (AQYP).
Dates
we are running this course twice in 0910:
Thu 22 Oct 09
(10am-4pm)
Tue 29 Jun '10 (10am-4pm)
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Staff and Volunteer
Management - 3 hour course
Aims and Objectives
As one of the most valuable assets of your organisation, your staff and
volunteers should be valued and supported.
This course explores:
• How to manage staff and volunteers effectively, including what your
responsibilities are towards them and theirs towards you.
•
The broad scope of training opportunities that are available for staff and
volunteer development.
•how to ensure that the aims and objectives of your
organisation are understood by all
This course will cover the
criteria for participants aiming to achieve Bronze Level on the London Youth
Quality Mark (AQYP)
Dates
we are running this course twice in
0910:
Thu 21 Jan '10 (6-9pm)
Thu 22 July '10 (2-5pm)
Please note this course is
costed the same as a one day
course.
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An
Introduction to Health and Safety (including Risk Assessments) - 3 hour course
Aims and Objectives
An introduction to the basic principles of health and safety legislation and
what this means in practical terms for working in a safe environment with
young people. This
course is for those who have been given the responsibility and authority to
implement safe working methods into their youth club or project and to carry out
risk assessments.
This course will look at:
• Health and Safety legislation and what it means.
• The concept of risk
assessments and their use.
• How to understand and write risk assessments
(the focus will be on activities and not necessarily on buildings).
Course Date
Wednesday 10th February 2010. Please note this course is
costed the same as a one day
course.
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Level 2 Basic
Expedition Leadership
The Level 2 Basic Expedition Leadership ("BEL") is a nationally recognized award that trains and qualifies teachers, youth workers and other members of the community to:
• Lead groups in lowland areas
• Have responsibility for the care of others when outdoors including day journeys
• Organise base and standing camps
"BEL" is the minimum qualification required by many local authorities and operating authorities of the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Scheme to train and lead groups in the expedition section of the Bronze and Silver Awards.
"BEL" also counts towards the service section of all three Awards in the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Scheme. The award does not qualify people to lead groups in remote or mountainous areas. If candidates are 17 years of age when they start the course, they cannot gain certification until they are 18.
Course Content
"BEL" has ten units, which a candidate must complete.
These are:
1. Leadership and party management
2. Instructional and organisational method
3. Planning and preparation
4. Conservation and access
5. Navigation
6. Equipment
7. Living out of doors
8. First Aid and emergencies
9. Fitness and weather
10. Thirty hours voluntary leadership experience
Dates
All dates must be attended.
Fri 26 March - Sun 28 March '10
Fri 23
April - Sun 25 April '10
Fri 21 May - Sun 23 May '10
Fri 25 Jun - Sun
27 Jun '10
How to book
you can book on to a course by either contacting Hindleap Warren on
01342822625 or you can email your details to graham@hindleap.com
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Working with Challenging Behaviour and Anger in a Youth Work
Setting
- one day course
Do you find yourself in situations where the young people
you work with are in conflict with one another? or with you? Would you
like to find ways of dealing with challenging behaviour amongst the
young people you work with? if the answer is yes, then this course is
for you.
Who the course is for:
If you know a young person that often gets into arguments and conflicts with
others at your project, or of you need more confidence when faced with an
angry young person, then this course can help you understand more fully how
to 'defuse' situations of conflict. on this course you will use your own
experience of anger and conflict to increase your understanding.
Details
Weds 28 April 2010
10-4pm
@
Friends House, Euston
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Working with Boys and Young Men from Black
and Minority Ethnic Communities - One Day Course
Aims & Objectives
This
training day is for youth workers who work with or intend to work with
boys and young men from black and minority ethnic communities. the
session will explore some of the influential factors in the lives of the
young men from this group.
Topics covered during the workshop will include:
• Cultural understanding and background
• Racism
and discrimination
• Issues facing workers when working with young men from ethnic minorities.
Details
Thurs 27 May 2010
10-4pm
@
Dragon Hall, Holborn
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Girls and Young Women's Work - one day course
Aims & Objectives
The aim of this
course is to enable participants to develop and promote girls and young
women’s work within their youth projects.
Participants will have the
opportunity to:
• explore some of the issues facing workers when setting
up girls and young women’s work and solutions to those issues.
•look at
the funding and resources available for working with girls and young
women
• explore the importance of girls and young women’s work, placing
it in a political and historical context
• discover how to develop a
curriculum for girls and young women.
Details
Sat 17 July 2010
10-4pm
@
Friends House, Euston
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Activenture Induction Day - one day course
What is Activenture?
Activenture
provides residential adventure weeks for special needs young people aged 8 -
18 years, based at Woodrow High House and Hindleap Warren during the school
holidays. This training day is designed to prepare anyone considering
volunteering for Activenture in any role. Attendance does not commit anyone
to volunteering on the project.
The day will include
• How does Activenture work?
• Disability awareness
• Moving and handling
• Care and hygiene
• Wheelchair handling and safety
• Child protection / safeguarding
• Communication and sign language
• Role of the volunteer
Participant criteria
This
training is open to all adults. To volunteer on a week at Activenture, you
are asked to complete this training beforehand. A
certificate of attendance will be issued to all participants.
Regular dates are published throughout the year. Details can be downloaded
from our website: www.activenture.org
Please call Les Pond on 01342 828218 for further details or email
les@hindleap.com
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Emergency First Aid - 3 hour course
Aims and Objectives
This three hour certificated course is essential for all people who work with young
people.
It deals with:
• Emergency and unconscious casualties
• Recovery position
•
Resuscitation.
• Bleeding
• Burns
Course Date
Thursday 6th May 2010 (2-5pm)
Please note this course is
costed the same as a one day
course.
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Governance
and Management: Are Your Boundaries Set? - 3 hour course
Aims and Objectives
This training course will explore the management structure of your youth
project and look at what could be developed or improved in the future. This
is also a chance for participants to reflect and share examples of good
practice.
By the end of this course
participants will:
• have explored how to clarify the roles, leadership and management of their
project and so develop and build the framework of the organisation.
•
have an understanding of the terms 'Diversity', 'equality' and 'inclusion'
and develop strategies for involving staff, volunteers and young people in
promoting this work in their organisation.
• be aware of current
legislation and the importance of keeping abreast of any changes.
This course will cover the
criteria for participants aiming to achieve Bronze Level on the London Youth
Quality Mark (AQYP)
Dates
Mon 14 Dec '09 (6-9pm)
Please note this course is
costed the same as a one day
course.
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Careers
Guidance in Youth Work- 3 Hour Course
Aims and Objectives
When we build trusting relationships with young people in our youth
projects, we are often ideally placed to help them find their potential in
terms of their career paths.
This course looks at:
• Structuring an interactive and engaging careers advice session for young
people
• the different careers paths available for young people
•
how you can build young peoples confidence and help them nurture a passion
•how you can help motivate young people in terms of careers
Course Date
Monday 15th February 2010. Please note this course is
costed the same as a one day
course.
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How We
Teach and Learn About Nature: Environmental Activities for Youth Leaders
Aims and Objectives
A residential weekend of environmental activities and experiences in
unspoilt Ashdown Forest. You will leave Hindleap with practical ideas that
can be used anywhere, by anyone, to make nature fun for young people. The
weekend will include environmental activities, sensory explorations of the
forest and an opportunity to relax in peaceful surroundings - finding your
own 'special place' in our beautiful woodland.
Participant Criteria
Minimum age 18 years. All
participants must have current CRB clearance.
How to
book
For further information or to book please contact Hindleap Warren on
01342822625 or admin@hindleap.com
Dates
Residential weekend
Fri 19 Mar - Sun 21 Mar '10
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