This is a 2.5-day training course with the other days being 6th and 18th February. Please note that there is NO CHARGE for this training. Participants must attend all 3 days.

Aims of the course:

– Support participants to understand the national context for key working and for the delivery of services for disabled children and children with additional needs and their families
– Help participants to explore the Early Support principles and approaches and apply them to their practice
– Enable participants to embrace the family’s experience, understanding how to use the family’s strengths to solve problems and work in partnership with the family
– Explore the effective use of the Early Support materials
– Promote an integrated approach to working with other services and agencies, keeping the family at the centre
– Explore the key worker’s role, responsibilities and best practice in key working
– Help participants to develop their practical key working skills 
– Encourage and enable participants to reflect on their practice and make use of those reflections

Times:  Day 1 & 2: 9:30am-4:00pm    Day 3: 9:30am-1:00pm