Duration: 6.5 hours ; Accreditation: 6 CPD
Costs for in-house courses: Online; maximum 12 - £700 plus vat . Face to face maximum 16 - £900 plus vat

• Two-day Training
• Duration: 13 hours, delivered over 2 days
• Accreditation: 12 CPD
• Meets the Level 4 educational requirements for Specialist Roles - Named Professionals.

• Two-day face to face training
• Duration: 13 hours, delivered over 2 days
• Accreditation: 12 CPD
• Covers the main core educational requirements at Level 5 from the Intercollegiate documents Roles and Competencies for Health Care Staff

Situational awareness in prisons and healthcare is paramount to the safety of staff and prisoners. Having an understanding of workplace surroundings and the working environment allows staff to be healthy and safe within their roles.

Under the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 is the duty of all employees to take reasonable care for the health and safety of themselves and others at work. By undertaking environmental awareness training and working with key departments such as Health and Safety, Estates and Facilities and Human Resources, staff are able to actively contribute to the health, safety and wellbeing in the workplace.

This course is for delegated staff who require environmental awareness training in prisons including healthcare settings. These people will be trained to understand key environmental issues within their workplace.

Who should attend: All staff requiring environmental awareness training in a secure /  prison setting

The course aims to raise awareness around mental health and wellbeing in order to:

• Know how to implement a positive mental health culture in the workplace,
• Develop an understanding of what types of mental health conditions there are, 
• Suicide prevention strategies     
• Recognise how to develop own emotional resilience for good mental health.

The session will include a set of presentation slides to emphasise key points but will also provide the opportunity for discussion

Learning Objectives

1. Develop an understanding of Dissociative Identity Disorder, including its symptoms, causes, and treatment options.
2. Identify the challenges faced by individuals with DID and strategies for providing effective support.
3. Foster empathy and reduce stigma surrounding DID.

Duration : 6.5 Hours
Accreditation : 6 CPD
Availability: In house only

Communicating with people who maybe be experiencing some form of personal difficulties and who may be in a situation which is causing them distress has a unique set of challenges which need to be managed to provide a first-rate healthcare service

Management of people who may be in crisis, including those who have suffered recent loss and who are receiving bad news requires a particular skill set to ensure that safety and security are paramount.

This programme enables participants to understand what makes for a good professional relationship, how to deal with potentially difficult situations and diffuse them, and how to take care of themselves.

This is a 7 day programme which can be broken down into separate days if required 

Duration :  6.5 hours per day  

Accreditation : 6 CPD per day 

Who should attend?

All Health Care professionals who want to enhance their skills, extend their role or embark on a new career path. In particular; Practice nurses; District nurses; Nurses running hospital outreach services and any practitioners running profession-led clinics

Course Aims

• To understand the definition and recognition of long term, chronic conditions.
• To have an awareness of the NICE Guidelines and the  Quality and Outcomes Framework

• To understand the impact of long-term conditions on patients, carers and health services.
•  To understand the links between long term conditions and mental health.
• To be aware of current treatment and management of chronic conditions

With an ageing population, the number of people in the UK living with, or at risk of dementia is

continuing to rise.  Dementia awareness is therefore a key priority for the entire health and care workforce.

In addition to those providing clinical care or support for people living with dementia, care may

be provided by support staff and other individuals who interact with those affected by dementia

and who therefore need to have an awareness and understanding of the specific needs of

people living with dementia and those of their carers.

Tier 2 covers knowledge, skills and attitudes for roles that have regular contact with people living with dementia

Target audience: The entire health and social care workforce (tiers 1, 2 and 3).

 The course is  aligned to the Dementia Core Skills Education and Training Framework’ the National Dementia Strategy and the NHS mandatory Dementia training