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Mental Health First Aid (Croydon)
Venue: Croydon
Cost: £300 (£270 BASE members)
Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) is an internationally recognised training course which teaches people how to spot the signs and symptoms of mental ill health and provide help on a first aid basis.
MHFA won't teach you to be a therapist, but just like physical first aid, it will teach you to listen, reassure and respond, even when in a crisis.
Adult MHFA courses are for everyone aged 16 upwards. Every MHFA course is delivered by a quality assured instructor who has attended the Instructor Training programme accredited by the Royal Society for Public Health, and is trained to keep people safe and supported while they learn.
What will I learn?
Learning takes place through a mix of group activities, presentations and discussions.
- A deeper understanding of mental health and the factors that can affect people's wellbeing, including your own
- Practical skills to spot the triggers and signs of mental health issues
- Confidence to step in, reassure and support a person in distress
- Enhanced interpersonal skills such as non-judgemental listening
- Knowledge to help someone recover their health by guiding them to appropriate support
Research and evaluation shows that taking part in an MHFA course:
- Raises awareness and mental ill health literacy
- Reduces stigma around mental ill health
- Boosts knowledge and confidence in dealing with mental health issues
- Promotes early intervention which enables recovery
The MHFA 2 day course is delivered by Belinda Wigmore and Emma Shepherd and is delivered in Croydon. There will be a maximum of 16 participants on the course. All course materials, tea, coffee and refreshments will be provided as part of the course. The cost is £300 per person with a 10% discoiunt for BASE members.
You can book your place HERE
If you have any questions or queries, then please do not hesitate to contact the trainer at either emma@letstalkdisability.co.uk or on 07789 345326
Certificate for Supported Employment Practitioners
Venue: Voluntary Action Islington, 200a Pentonville Road London N1 9JP
Dates: 5-6 September; 25-26 November 2019; 20-21 January 2020
Cost: £1500+vat
* 15 places available *
This Level 3 Certificate course is accredited by Gateway Qualifications and we are inviting applications to join the course which is delivered by BASE. You will find general information about the course, including a pdf of the evidence requirements, at http://base-uk.org/cert but please contact us if you have specific queries. To book a place, please email us at admin@base-uk.org quoting the delegate name, invoicing details and a purchase order number.
The certificate is suitable for job coaches, managers of employment support services, work experience coordinators, college staff supporting internships and covers the core values and 5 stages of supported employment.
Learners will have 12 months to complete a portfolio demonstrating how they meet the course evidence requirements. You must be able to have opportunities to meet the evidence requirements to successfully complete the course. We deliver 6 days of training to give the underpinning knowledge and offer extensive support through our assessors. A workplace assesssment and professional discussion will form a part of the assessment process.
Certificate for Supported Employment Practitioners
Venue: Shropshire Wildlife Trust, 193 Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury SY2 6AH
Dates: 9-10 September; 18-19 November 2019; 15-16 January 2020
Cost: £1500+vat
* 5 places available *
This Level 3 Certificate course is accredited by Gateway Qualifications and we are inviting applications to join the course which is delivered by BASE. You will find general information about the course, including a pdf of the evidence requirements, at http://base-uk.org/cert but please contact us if you have specific queries. To book a place, please email us at admin@base-uk.org quoting the delegate name, invoicing details and a purchase order number.
The certificate is suitable for job coaches, managers of employment support services, work experience coordinators, college staff supporting internships and covers the core values and 5 stages of supported employment.
Learners will have 12 months to complete a portfolio demonstrating how they meet the course evidence requirements. You must be able to have opportunities to meet the evidence requirements to successfully complete the course. We deliver 6 days of training to give the underpinning knowledge and offer extensive support through our assessors. A workplace assesssment and professional discussion will form a part of the assessment process.
TSI (Lewisham)
Venue: Leisham/Southwark College, London
Cost: £600+vat (BASE members: £550+vat)
* 7 places available *
This 3.5 day Training in Systematic Instruction course is delivered in Lewisham on 29 October to 1 November by Mark Kilsby and Julie Allan. Please contact the trainers directly to apply for a place. This course is suitable for staff working in schools, colleges and supported employment services and is essential for anyone offering in-work support.
Aims:
1. To provide the background, context and values of TSI and how it relates to supported employment;
2. To demonstrate that people with disabilities have a history of failure. and how this can lead to ‘learned helplessness’;
3. To introduce the concept of ‘task analysis’ (TA) as an essential method for preparing to train employment skills for disabled people;
4. Participants will conduct a TA;
5. To present a set of rules for assisting people with learning disabilities to overcome learned helplessness and learn employment tasks quickly and independently;
6. To provide a practical demonstration of the method through a live CCTV training demonstration by one of the presenters with a person with a learning disability on a practical task;
7. Participants will work one-on-one with a person with a learning disability on the model task, which is filmed to provide practical experience of the training techniques;
8. To record the trainee’s learning curves during the practical session and to provide feedback on the participant’s training;
9. To understand a range of alternative methods of presentation available to the trainer according to the trainee’s needs and safety concerns in work;
10. To discuss how TSI fits into the real world and ways for participants to take the approach forward in supported employment.
Commissioned courses
We are available for services to commission courses for their staff teams. It may be possible to arrange for additional delegate places to be made openly available if you don't have sufficient numbers for a dedicated course. Courses are available in:
- Training in Systematic Instruction (TSI)
- Job Coach training
- Recruiting and retaining a Diverse Workforce
- Marketing your Service for Individual Budgets
- Working with Employers
Click here for further details of our training services.
For further details, contact Huw Davies on 01204 880733 or at admin@base-uk.org
Associate Trainers
BASE also works with a range of freelance trainers who deliver training on a variety of topics including TSI, Job retention case management. Click here to view details of their training programmes. Please contact us if you are interested in becoming an associate of BASE.