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Events and Training E-Bulletin, April 2007
Skills for the job training programme
Skills for the job training | Training bargains, exclusive to members | Training questionnaire | Events | Subscribe/Unsubscribe | Contact us
Homeless Link is the national network for the homelessness sector. Our goal is to bring about an end to homelessness. Our Training and Events Programme is designed to promote effective work and good practice with homeless people, provide you and your staff with the necessary skills for the job, keep you abreast of key policy developments, and increase communication across the homelessness sector. For quick subscription, simply email your full details (including address) to training@homelesslink.org.uk.
Information about joining Homeless Link
Training questionnaire
Have your say!
Homeless Link would like your views on the way Skills for the job is run, and a clearer picture of your training needs. We have developed a training questionnaire to help us do this. We would be grateful to hear from you if you coordinate training for your agency or are a past delegate. However, even if you have no direct experience of Homeless Link training we would still very much appreciate your input. The deadline for responses is 31 May 2007.
Complete training questionnaire.
Skills for the job training
Why should I use Homeless Link? | More skills at a saving: three courses for £300 | Get ahead of the game: early bird price of £99 per course | May and June training courses, London and Leeds
- Homeless Link is pleased to launch two great special offers, which offer ‘more skills at a saving’, and special early bird prices, exclusive to members. Please see below for full details.
- May courses include Managing conflict, violence and aggressive situations and Difficult, disturbing and dangerous behaviour, which look respectively at how to diffuse a dangerous situation, and how to manage when things reach the point of no return.
- You should have recently received your free copy of Homeless Link’s Skills for the job training brochure. If you are yet to receive yours, or would like to receive additional copies, please call 020 7960 3030 or email training@homelesslink.org.uk.
Why should I use Homeless Link?
- high quality training at the lowest commercial rates around, with special prices for Homeless Link members and statutory providers
- specialised frontline courses in essential training areas and pioneering management training to meet key sector needs
- cutting edge courses in new training topics – developed in response to changing needs and emerging frontline issues, fed through our dedicated policy, research and innovation teams
- most courses in our current programme below, plus many more, are available in-house and as tailored regional training. Watch this space for details of a new regional training scheme. More information on in-house training
Training bargains, exclusive to members
Please see below. Please call 020 7960 3030 if you require any further clarification.
More skills at a saving: three courses for £300
It’s up to you how you use this offer: train a group of three new on one course, choose three specialist training courses that would benefit you, or pick and mix. Offer available on all one-day courses taking place between now and 31 March 2008. Offer open to members only. See full conditions
Get ahead of the game: early bird price of £99 per course
This flexible offer allows you to plan the use of your training budget effectively without having to commit particular staff members to particular courses – book now and confirm delegate details later. Offer open to members only, on courses taking place between 1 January and 31 March 2008. See full conditions
May 2007
2 May 2007, London Managing conflict, violence and aggressive situations
16 May 2007, London Effective keyworking
18 May 2007, London How to manage and prevent evictions
30 May 2007, London Managing twenty-first century hostels for homeless people
31 May 2007, London Difficult, disturbing and dangerous behaviour
June 2007
7 June 2007, London, Half day briefing: Mental Capacity Act
21 June 2007, Leeds, Difficult, disturbing and dangerous behaviour
Course outlines, September onwards: Download April 2007 to March 2008 training brochure
Difficult, disturbing and dangerous behaviour
31 May 2007, London
21 June 2007, Leeds
Trainer: Iain Bourne
Fee: Homeless Link members £120, Statutory providers £170, Non-members £170 (no VAT to add)
Homeless Link is one of the few providers to offers this renowned course as part of an open programme, at reasonable rates. The training is unique and features shocking dramatisations of real life situations, and is aimed at workers in any field who may encounter threatening behaviour in the work place. It is different from other managing conflict courses, as it looks at how best to deal with cases where difficult behaviour has already reached crisis point.
Previous delegates have found the training invaluable, with comments including: Quite the best training I have ever had and was sadly put into use not long after. His advice rang in my ears at the time and was hugely helpful. Stunningly good."- Anne O'Marah, Chester Aid to the Homeless.
Further information, Difficult, disturbing and dangerous behaviour
Mental capacity act: half day briefing
7 June 2007, London
Fee: Homeless Link members £70, Statutory providers £80, Non-members £90 (no VAT to add)
Trainer: Colin Dyson
The Mental Capacity Act has been introduced to ensure that, as far as possible, all adults can take decisions about their lives. It changes fundamentally how a range of decisions that are made, including how capacity and consent is assessed and how Powers of Attorney are arranged and administered, and other measures to tighten up the legal safeguards protecting vulnerable people.
The decision that someone lacks capacity can be taken by anyone who cares for an individual. Thus as a homelessness worker or manager this responsibility could come within your role, or you could be joint working with professionals who are impacted by the Mental Capacity Act. The briefing is for managers and staff involved in the assessment and planning of support, particularly those involved in drugs and mental health work.
Events
For more information on Homeless Link’s events programme see http://www.homeless.org.uk/events
Housing and drugs - places going fast!
Resource Centre, London, 24 May 2007
Homeless Link and Shelter, with support from the Housing Corporation and DrugScope, are presenting this one-day national conference which will offer a way through the strategic and practical issues related to housing drug users.
Paul Hayes, Chief Executive of the National Treatment Agency, has confirmed that he will be one of the key speakers
Event flyer with booking form (PDF) (If you have problems printing go to Print dialogue box: Page Handling: Page Scaling: Reduce to Printer Margins)
This event will be essential for:
- commissioners from housing and drugs sectors
- managers of DAT teams
- Supporting People commissioners and teams
- CEOs and service directors from housing associations and other voluntary
- sector providers
- policy makers at all levels concerned with drugs or housing policy.
Delegates will have the opportunity to:
- hear Government and National Treatment Agency perspectives on joint working and commissioning
- attend practical and strategic workshops on delivering the spectrum of services needed for homeless drug users to progress towards stability
- take part in a discussion about the best ways to resolve tensions between anti-social behaviour and providing housing and support to drug users
- network and share ideas, gaining practical ideas from colleagues who can help them tackle the challenge of housing those using drugs.
For information about promotional opportunities at this event please call 020 7960 3032 or email events@homelesslink.org.uk
Homeless Link Annual Conference
Aston University, Birmingham, 11 & 12 July 2007
Please call 020 7960 3032 or email events@homeless.org.uk for opportunities to promote your organisation at this event.
Contact us
Events queries
Email events@homelesslink.org.uk or call 020 7960 3032. See http://www.homeless.org.uk/events
Training queries
Email training@homelesslink.org.uk or call 020 7960 3030. See http://www.homeless.org.uk/training
Membership queries
Email membership@homelesslink.org.uk or call 020 7960 3040. See http://www.homeless.org.uk/join