The Children in Wales training will explore youth homelessness. The course will outline reasons for youth homelessness, current trends and the impact of current Housing and Homelessness legislation in Wales. Ways of support young homeless people and the issues such as substance misuse, Child Sexual Exploitation and how to safeguard them. This will be conducted...
86% of children with additional needs have some issues with sleep. (Cafamily; 2017) Is this your child? This informal but informative workshop run by Scope aims to help parents explore a range of evidence based interventions around good sleep hygiene. Friday 5th May 10am - 2.30pm at Booking essential. Free of charge. Lunch provided.Info@adhdcardiff.co.uk
This Cardiff Council training is ideally suited to staff who are new to social care although it is open to all social care staff who haven’t previously attended training to the standard of the All Wales Manual Handling Passport. The following modules will be covered over the three days of training. Module A - Introduction...
Child sexual exploitation (CSE) involves under-18s in exploitative situations, contexts and relationships. Every year in Wales hundreds of children are being sexually exploited and in the wake of learning from Rotherham and other cities, Children in Wales is offering a one day course to raise awareness of Child Sexual Exploitation. This Children in Wales course...
Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) are traumatic experiences that occur before the age of 18 and are remembered throughout adulthood. Evidence shows people who experience stressful and poor quality childhoods are more likely to develop health-harming and anti-social behaviours, more likely to perform poorly in school, more likely to be involved in crime and ultimately less...
Community development involves the active participation of individuals in their own community. This course will help you to consider the barriers to participation that people may face, and look at ways to overcome these. You will also examine skills needed for effective facilitation of participation. By the end of the session, you will: Consider power...
Learning Aim – to develop staff skills in the effective management, presentation and sharing of records and reports appropriate to the service intervention. By the end of the programme participants will be able to: Recognise the importance of recording for the agency and the service user. Maintain accurate, complete, accessible and up to date records...
We regret that this course has been cancelled. Apologies for any inconvenience. This course is delivered by people with personal experience of addiction, treatment and recovery. It is intended to benefit any staff or volunteers who may come into contact with individuals who have the potential to misuse substances, are misusing substances or have misused...
You are warmly invited to join WCVA in celebrating Europe Day on the evening of 10th May 2017 in Yr Hen Lyfrgell (The Old Library), Cardiff. The event will be the culmination of activities hosted by WCVA in order to celebrate the success of Europe in Wales, in particular the impact and benefit of the...
Understand and comply with Data Protection regulations, legislation and best practice The aim of this WCVA half-day training course is to provide knowledge and understanding of data protection requirements, to ensure that organisations comply with the law and good practice The Data Protection Act 1998 sets out a number of requirements that most organisations have...
Living Well, Leaving a LegacyWhat can you do? What can we do together? This is a free event, to support ‘planning and preparing for end of life’. The programme will include: Practical ideas on starting conversations Collaboration through ‘Compassionate Communities’ Workshops Keynote speakers, including: - Vaughan Gething, Cabinet Secretary for Health, Wellbeing and Sport will...
