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By completing this qualification, learners will meet industry requirements to support exercise and physical activity for healthy and non-complicated antenatal and postnatal clients, as set out within the CIMSPA professional standard. The purpose of this qualification is to enable learners to develop the knowledge to support exercise, physical activity, health and wellbeing during the perinatal period (pregnancy and postnatal). This includes when and how to signpost to other services, where necessary.

This course focuses on leadership skills required by a registered Manager in team managements, standards for establishing good practice and conflict resolution.

We warmly invite community groups, local authorities, businesses, third sector organisations and academics to join these virtual sandpits as an opportunity to find out more about the MACC Flexible Fund, connect with potential partners and explore ideas for collaborative projects.

This course explores the key issues from a human rights perspective and highlights key concepts, practice, standards and research relating to use of restrictive practices.

This overview level session will equip advisers with a more detailed knowledge and appreciation of key issues faced by survivors as they navigate social security, housing, and employment issues either for the first time or indeed help advisers understand how changes of circumstance/relationship have an impact on these areas.

Keeping Adults Safe: Adult Safeguarding Champion and Appointed Person Training. The Adult Safeguarding Champion role combines responsibility for strategy, operations and oversight for an organisation in relation to adults at risk of harm under “Adult Safeguarding: Prevention and Protection in Partnership” (2015) and the “Adult Safeguarding Operational Procedures” (2016). Some organisations will also have Appointed Persons, with delegated responsibility for day to day adult safeguarding operations.

What do you need to include in a volunteer induction? How do you make it visually appealing? How do you value your volunteers, recognise they have other commitments, give them a voice? Have you considered moving volunteer induction online, or providing a combination of online and face to face? We will look at good practice and how we ensure we are being proactive and not reactive to our volunteers.

This 90-minute course has been designed to inform and update learners on the redundancy process. It will cover the following:

Changes to rules relating to the recovery of benefit overpayments mean that recovery will now be sought in the vast majority of cases. This has shifted the spotlight to the Department’s discretionary power to waive recovery. A recent legal challenge in Great Britain has resulted in important changes to the Department for Work & Pensions’ Benefit Overpayment Recovery Guide, which appears to open up access to discretionary waivers.

Keeping Adults Safe: Adult Safeguarding Champion and Appointed Person Refresher Training: The Adult Safeguarding Champion role combines responsibility for strategy, operations and oversight for an organisation in relation to adults at risk of harm under “Adult Safeguarding: Prevention and Protection in Partnership” (2015) and the “Adult Safeguarding Operational Procedures” (2016). Some organisations will also have Appointed Persons, with delegated responsibility for day to day adult safeguarding operations.

This half day course will enable participants to understand the value of Independent Advocacy to individuals and our wider society and equip learners with key concepts such as

The Adult Safeguarding Champion role combines responsibility for strategy, operations and oversight for an organisation in relation to adults at risk of harm under “Adult Safeguarding: Prevention and Protection in Partnership” (2015) and the “Adult Safeguarding Operational Procedures” (2016). Some organisations will also have Appointed Persons, with delegated responsibility for day to day adult safeguarding operations. This is a full day’s training for Adult Safeguarding Champions and Appointed Persons to support them in their role.

This course has been designed for anyone who would like to gain a better understanding of law governing Data Protection in UK, particularly in Advice work setting.

Leading & managing volunteers can be very fulfilling, but it also comes with some notable challenges. Even the best planned volunteering projects can struggle to attract and retain volunteers for the long term, leading to the need for repeated rounds of recruitment and the potential for burn-out in those volunteers who do remain.

This full day intensive course will build on existing or recently trained Advisers' knowledge and understanding of Universal Credit at a higher level or serve to refresh those who have been working with UC on some of the more complex aspects of the benefit.

Keeping Adults Safe: Adult Safeguarding Champion and Appointed Person Refresher Training: The Adult Safeguarding Champion role combines responsibility for strategy, operations and oversight for an organisation in relation to adults at risk of harm under “Adult Safeguarding: Prevention and Protection in Partnership” (2015) and the “Adult Safeguarding Operational Procedures” (2016). Some organisations will also have Appointed Persons, with delegated responsibility for day to day adult safeguarding operations.

This is a half day’s refresher training for Designated Officers who have already attended a full day’s training. It covers: The role and responsibilities of the Designated Officer Health and Social Care Trusts structures and processes Issues and experiences around referrals and sharing information Recent developments in safeguarding children and young people.

This 90-minute nutshell course will refresh, inform and update learners on Universal Credit’s treatment of overpayments and debt collection with a focus on the following:

Do you know the legal difference between a volunteer and an employee, or the difference between a volunteer agreement and a contract of employment? Are you aware of the legal obligations to protect your volunteers’ health & Safety or the laws that govern how and when you need to request enhanced Access NI for volunteers? In this session, we will explore the differences between volunteers and employees, the laws that can impact volunteering work, and much more, including legal boundaries, and we will clarify best practice when involving volunteers.

This session will show Advisers how to locate and utilise key Regulations, Decision Making Guidance and Case law to better assert client rights, challenge decisions and navigate problems with the Social Security System.

This 90-minute nutshell course will refresh, inform and update learners on Universal Credit’s treatment of Full Time Students including;

This half day, online course will build your understanding and confidence to support autistic adults who have a co-occuring learning disability.

Understand the main features associated with autism and explore various strategies to support autistic people. The course will explore the key characteristics including communication, social interaction, repetitive behaviours and sensory differences. The course is delivered on Zoom, and includes group discussion, interactive activities and question/answer sessions, so you can get the support you need and maximise your learning.

Recruiting students as volunteers: join Volunteer Now, QUBSU and UUSU as we discuss tactics, learning, challenges and successes for the positive and meaningful recruitment of students as volunteers.

This practical and interactive course will explore common challenges that arise when working with clients in the provision of advice services. It will identify and share helpful methods for dealing with such challenging circumstances and focus on how to respond in a safe and positive way to such challenges and will focus on :