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Training e-bulletin, August 2007

by Kaite Welsh — last modified 2007-09-12 03:21 PM

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"Quite the best training I have ever had...stunningly good." - Anne O'Marah, Chester Aid to the Homeless

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. Most courses listed below, plus many more, are available as in-house and as tailored regional training.

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Features

Short courses until March 2008 in London, Leeds and Manchester
Motivational interviewing
CBT: principles and practice
Regional consortium training

Short courses until March 2008 in London, Leeds and Manchester

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

Download April 2007 to March 2008 training brochure 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

UPDATE: Due to circumstances beyond our control the following courses, previously scheduled to run on 18th September, will NOT be running:

Day centres: places of acceptance, empowerment and change, Manchester AND Welfare benefits overview, London

Course spotlights

Motivational interviewing

27/28 September 2007, London

“The course made me become more aware of my role as an interviewer and provided me with some tools for developing my role and increasing the positive effects of the service” – – Sebnem Oz, Ashiana Project

Motivational Interviewing was originally developed for the dependency field, and this course illustrates how the techniques can be used in a housing context. The course will equip you with the underlying principles, techniques and practices of MI, as well as showing how it can be applied in the workplace and how it functions alongside other therapies.

CBT: principles and practice

9/10 & 16/17 October 2007, London

"A good introduction to CBT. I now feel more confident about using CBT tools and techniques in my work with clients." - Gail Hall, Carr-Gomm

This course will examine the principles, formulation and basic skills involved in cognitive behavioural therapy, and the style in which it may be delivered. Upon completion, frontline workers should be able to use the principles and practice in their work, and management staff will be able to make decisions about how their service delivery can be adapted.

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 £70 per place (members only). Let's work together!

Consortium training is currently scheduled to run in the following areas:

Southampton (the H2O Project)
Liverpool
West Yorkshire (Key House)

For further details on the Southampton consortium, please contact Dan Milner on 023 8022 4632 or at theh2oproject@btconnect.com. For details of any other 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