Essentials

The following courses and seminars are a must for managers and leaders involved in policy making or project management; or those working with young people.

The dates have been confirmed for Introduction to Youth Work course.
Please see below.

This 3 hour certificated course is a must for all people who work with young people. Dealing with an emergency & unconscious casualties; recovery position; resuscitation; bleeding; and burns.

Dates to be confirmed.

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Aims & Objectives
Risk Assessment is now the main tool of health and safety implementation. This course aims to introduce workers to the concept of risk assessment and to give them the necessary understanding to write and conduct a risk assessment or understand a risk assessment written by someone else. We will be looking principally at activity not buildings.

The course covers
• The basic principles of a safe working environment
• The essential steps to running safe programmes
• The framework for putting risk assessments in place
• Explaining the risk assessment to staff who have to operate the control measures

Who the course is for: Managers, supervisors and youth workers in charge who have been given the responsibility and authority to devise safe working methods in their clubs or units and to carry out risk assessments.

Cost: This is costed the same as a one day course

Dates to be confirmed.

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Two day course

Tuesday 13 and Tuesday 20 November 2007
10-5pm
Venue: Friend's House, Euston

With the support of the Jack Petchey Foundation, this course is accredited by the national awarding body, ABC.

The aim of the course is to provide participants with the basic information, skills and knowledge that everyone working with young people should know.

Subject areas to be covered
• What is Youth Work?
• The Role of the Youth Worker
• Building relationships with young people
• Health and Safety
• Child Protection
• Equal Opportunities and Youth Work

The course is for anyone who is:
• considering doing a youth work qualification
• starting out in youth work
• or considering youth work and want to find out what it involves.

Completion of this course (or evidence of something similar) is one of the criteria for London Youth’s nationally accredited VRQ Level 2 Certificate in Youth Work.

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