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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.

Register here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/introduction-to-the-money-guiders-ni-net…

Let us take you on journey through the medical history of 18th and 19th Century Belfast through the lives of pioneering surgeons and philanthropists who now lie in rest in Clifton Street Cemetery.

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;

Thinking about returning to work? Our Reignite your Career Programme is back!

Information session on financial support available to working parents including the NICSS extension to school age children.

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.

Come and learn about the origins and of the United Irishmen and the 1798 Irish rebellion, told from the perspectives of their leaders and opponents who lie in peace in Clifton Street Cemetery.

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 :

Come and learn about Belfast’s heroines, Mary Ann McCracken and Martha McTier, in our brand-new walking tour.

To commemorate 20 years of Belfast Hills Partnership, Jane Cassidy and Maurice Leyden will be hosting an evening of folk songs celebrating the Belfast Hills.

This course will provide a detailed overview of the benefits which can be claimed by nationals from the European Economic Area.

This 90 minute nutshell course will refresh, inform and update learners on the different transitional protection elements available to legacy claimants moving over to Universal Credit including:

Maritime Belfast Trust Presents Hothouse Flowers with special guests Ríoghnach Connolly and Honeyfeet, live at the Belfast Maritime Festival.

***This course was formerly the Level 3 Diploma in Exercise Referral. By completing this qualification, learners will meet industry requirements to plan, adapt and deliver exercise and physical activity sessions and programmes (within scope of practice) to meet the needs of adults with long-term health conditions.

Can you identify potential risks in your volunteering roles and projects? Do you know how assess these risks and manage them? During this session, we will explore these issues and more, including why we need to assess risk and how volunteer managers can implement this process within their volunteer programme.

This talk by Prof Moyra Haslett looks at the ‘legion of Wollstonecrafts’ who wrote and campaigned in this period, including Martha McTier and Mary Ann McCracken.

Understand what is meant by the ‘PDA Profile’ within autism, and how this may present. Explore a range of key strategies you can use in your professional role to support an individual within the PDA profile of autism.