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April 2008

by Kaite Welsh — last modified 2008-04-25 04:33 PM

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"Superb training…very useful and very relevant." - in-house training participant, Centrepoint

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 informed of key policy developments, and increase communication across the homelessness sector. Homeless Link's Skills for the job courses take place at our training hubs in London, Manchester and Leeds, and are designed to offer essential frontline skills to those working with homeless people, as well as specialist courses for managers in the field. These prices start at £128 (member rate) for a one-day course. Most courses listed below, plus many more, are available as in-house and as tailored regional training.

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Short courses until April 2009 in London, Leeds and Manchester
Course spotlights
New in-house courses

Short courses until April 2009 in London, Leeds and Manchester

Most courses in our current programme - plus many more – are available in-house and as tailored regional training.

Our April 2008 to March 2009 training brochure is now available. New courses listed include Developing & sustaining partnerships, How to build a great team, and Working with suicidal and self-harming clients. Please contact Kaite Welsh on 020 7960 3030 to request your free copy.

Download our April 2008 to March 2009 training brochures for:

competitively-priced course fees, 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
fees, terms and conditions

Course spotlights

Working with the homelessness law (coming soon)

6 May 2008, London

This course provides practical, realistic advice and techniques for frontline workers who face verbal abuse, threats and aggression from service users. It uses realistic role play scenarios and deals both with pre-emptive strategies and positive action that can be taken when an incident is taking place, using the unique CLEAR way.Anyone involved in providing advice or advocating on behalf of homeless people. This course will look at the implications of the Housing Act 1996 and the Homeless Act 2002 so workers can get the best possible deal for single homeless people. It will identify the responsibilities of the local authority, consider relevant case law, and the significance of changes to the code of guidance.

Further details on Working with the homelessness law

Working with clients from the new EU member states (coming soon)

8 May 2008, London

Citizens from the so-called A8 member states are a growing client group for many services and present services with unique problems. This course provides an overview of the law regarding this group and considers the practical challenges for services in meeting the needs of these clients. This course is aimed at any workers encountering clients from the accession countries in their work; frontline workers and those responsible for developing services including support workers, advice workers, day centre workers and probation officers.

Further details on Working with clients from the new EU member states

Effective keyworking (coming soon)

20 May 2008, London

Keyworking is essentially a tool for enabling a person to gain a better quality of life. This involves helping a person to understand what gets in their way and to change. Some of the changes are practical while others are about gaining confidence, or coping with difficult situations. This can be very demanding of key workers. They have to respond to a very wide range of needs and tailor their style to the individual in the context of the work of the organisation they work for. This training is aimed at helping the keyworker have skills and models for helping them to do that work. This day will enable participants to explore and understand the skills involved in helping someone to change within the framework and boundaries of keyworking.

Further details on Effective keyworking

New in-house courses

As well as Introduction to Cognitive Behavioural Therapy: principles & practice and Engage & empower: raising clients' confidence, motivation and communication skills, Homeless Link now offers a new course running solely in-house. In partnership with Streetwise Opera, Running arts programmes with measurable outcomes investigates the practicalities of setting up an arts project, including demystifying the arts in homeless centres, how to get clients and artists on board, fundraising, project goals and how to formalis existing art projects. Described by Gordon Brown as "one of the most innovative charities of the decade", Streetwise Opera draw on years of experience running arts programmes in homeless centres, and hope to teach you how to do the same.

Further information on Streetwise Opera may be found at http://www.streetwiseopera.org/.

Consortia

Consortium training is a new regional training model designed by Homeless Link with you specifically in mind. Through this model we can support you to get together with a group of agencies in your region and hold high quality, locally relevant Homeless Link training course(s) at just £80 per place (members only). Let's work together!

The next upcoming consortium will be ‘Engage and empower: raising clients’ confidence, motivation and communication skills’ and will be lead by Telford & Wrekin Council. Further details will be added as they become available.

For details of any consortium, or to enquire about arranging one yourself, please contact Kaite Welsh on 020 7960 3030 or at kaite.welsh@homelesslink.org.uk.

further information on consortia