{"id":3408,"date":"2018-02-06T12:00:57","date_gmt":"2018-02-06T12:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/anguschildrenandlearning\/?p=3408"},"modified":"2018-02-06T12:00:57","modified_gmt":"2018-02-06T12:00:57","slug":"nhs-tayside-p-o-s-t-paediatric-overweight-service-tayside","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/anguschildrenandlearning\/2018\/02\/06\/nhs-tayside-p-o-s-t-paediatric-overweight-service-tayside\/","title":{"rendered":"NHS TAYSIDE P.O.S.T (Paediatric Overweight Service Tayside)"},"content":{"rendered":"

posted by Andy Garnett, Active Schools Lead Coordinator, Schools & Learning<\/span><\/p>\n

NHS TAYSIDE P.O.S.T (Paediatric Overweight Service Tayside)
\n<\/u><\/strong>Childhood Obesity and the Role of the Professional
\n<\/strong>Training Courses Levels 1 & 2<\/strong><\/p>\n

These 2 half day courses are for professionals from any sector \u2013 NHS, Council, Leisure, Education and Voluntary Bodies who work with children and are interested in gaining practical skills and up-to date knowledge on childhood obesity.<\/p>\n

There is no cost for attending these courses. The courses are delivered by members of the NHS Tayside, Paediatric Overweight Service Tayside team and are available across Tayside in 2018.<\/p>\n

Level 1
\n<\/strong>\uf0b7 what is obesity and how do we recognise it in childhood
\n\uf0b7 simple positive family lifestyle advice
\n\uf0b7 role of P.O.S.T. and referral pathways<\/p>\n

Tuesday 17th April: 1.30pm \u2013 4.30pm – Arbroath Infirmary – Board Room
\nFriday 20th April: 9.30am-12.30pm \u00a0– PRI, Perth, Fothergill Room (in maternity building)
\nTuesday 1st May: 1.30pm-4.30pm \u00a0– King\u2019s Cross, Dundee – Board Room<\/p>\n

Level 2 <\/strong>(previously level 3)
\n<\/strong>\uf0b7 basic behavioural change tools utilised in childhood obesity
\n\uf0b7 how to deliver a short healthy weight intervention with children and young people<\/p>\n

Tuesday 15th May: 1.30pm-4.30pm – Arbroath Infirmary – Board Room
\nFriday 8th June: 1.30pm-4.30pm \u00a0– King\u2019s Cross, Dundee – Board Room
\nWednesday 13th June: 9.30am-12.30pm – PRI, Perth – Board Room<\/p>\n

Level 1 is a stand alone course and does not require any previous knowledge of the subject. However please note that for those wishing to undertake level 2 we consider it essential that the courses are undertaken in order – 1 through to 2.<\/p>\n

We now also recommend that in your own time you undertake the web based \u2018raising the issue\u2019 training from NHS Health Scotland. www.healthscotland.com<\/a>. and would highly recommend that this is undertaken before taking POST level 2 training.<\/p>\n

Places are limited on all courses – to apply for a place please contact Andy Garnett, Active Schools\u00a0 at GarnettA@angus.gov.uk<\/a>. You will be sent an application form which you will email back to the NHS Post Team to secure your place.<\/p>\n

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posted by Andy Garnett, Active Schools Lead Coordinator, Schools & Learning NHS TAYSIDE P.O.S.T (Paediatric Overweight Service Tayside) Childhood Obesity and the Role of the Professional Training Courses Levels 1 & 2 These 2 half day courses are for professionals from any sector \u2013 NHS, Council, Leisure, Education and Voluntary Bodies who work with children […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3752,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21318],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-people-directorate"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/anguschildrenandlearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/anguschildrenandlearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/anguschildrenandlearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/anguschildrenandlearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3752"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/anguschildrenandlearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3408"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/anguschildrenandlearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3408\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3409,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/anguschildrenandlearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3408\/revisions\/3409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/anguschildrenandlearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/anguschildrenandlearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/anguschildrenandlearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}