Borders Carers Centre – Big Hiccup Training

We are delighted to offer the return of our highly successful ‘Big Hiccup’ training.
An opportunity for Professionals to ‘walk in a carer’s shoes’ with this powerful, interactive and immersive training. Suitable for social workers, CCA’s, health or education workers. Covering your requirements and duties under the Carers Act, this training will ensure you are able to confidently support carers in your role.
This session will be run 3 times in 2024. You only need to attend one session
All dates here:
https://www.borderscarerscentre.co.uk/professionals-training.htm
Please note the Carers Centre will be closed from 2pm on Friday 22nd December, and will re-open at 9am on Friday 5th January
If you require support during this time, please call Social Work 0300 100 1800 (option 1) or ‘out of hours’ on 01896 752111

Multiply: Training Opportunity for Practitioners

I’d like to alert you to an exciting training offer delivered by Workers’ Education Association (WEA), aimed at practitioners entitled Supporting Learners’ Numeracy. I have attached details of the learning topics which will be covered in this 10-week programme.

The programme covers some fantastic and relevant topics which you may find of huge benefit to yourself and your practice, such as Maths Anxiety and Growth Mindset to name a few.

The Supporting Learners’ Numeracy workshops each last about 2 hours and are delivered with a tutor via Teams or Zoom, starting in February 2024. These will be delivered over a 10-week period. It is not a requirement to attend all sessions, but instead you can ‘drop in’ to the sessions you prefer. All course teaching and learning materials and resources will be shared via Canvas.

Please complete this form to register your interest in the training and to highlight the date which would be most suitable for you to attend. Training is free of charge, as all costs are covered by Multiply.

For more info please contact multiply@scotborders.gov.uk

Call Scotland – Resources and Professional Learning offers

Call Scotland would like to highlight their website with free resources and some specialist course options.

They are funded by Scottish government so we should all be trying to get value from their support.

https://www.callscotland.org.uk/

They have multiple courses on offer and their programme has been updated for Jan – June, now including some bite size 30 min options including:

Assistive Technologies to help autistic learners to access the curriculum

https://www.callscotland.org.uk/training/our-courses/CALL25/ at a cost of £30, designed specifically for supporting Autistic learners. It is a recorded version so it can be accessed flexibly.

They run #FreeWebinarWed and would like to remind you that PEF can be used to fund Professional learning.

Emma Sowerby

Headteacher, Inclusion and Wellbeing Service.

Health and Wellbeing Professional Learning Network – ELC and Primary – February 2024

This national network is for practitioners in early years and primary with a remit or interest in Health and Wellbeing. The network will meet virtually, with dates agreed and allocated in advance. Members will have opportunities to co-create agendas for each session based on current themes / challenges.

The network will:

  • provide opportunities to network / discuss current themes and challenges
  • share interesting and relevant practice
  • build a community of practice
  • hear about up-to-date policy and guidance
  • provide information on the work from other HWB networks (PSE, HE, PE)

Target audience

Please be aware that the target audience for this event is professionals within the education sector in Scotland. To register, please enter either a school, establishment, local authority or Glow email address. If you work in Scottish education and would like to attend but do not have a Glow or work email address, please email esevents@educationscotland.gov.scot with the name of your setting or service, to request a place.

Please follow this link to book a place:

https://education.gov.scot/events/health-and-wellbeing-professional-learning-network-elc-and-primary-february-2024/

 

Yvonne Wilson

ASN and Wellbeing Support Officer (Schools) | Mental Health First Aider

Yvonne.Wilson@scotborders.gov.uk

For schools with nurseries – Play on Pedals practitioner training

Thanks to ongoing support from Cycling Scotland, we will be offering two free Play on Pedals training courses before Christmas, with an opportunity to then either be loaned a fleet of PoP bikes, or to set up a loan share agreement with another nearby early years setting for a fleet of PoP bikes. https://www.cycling.scot/what-we-do/training/play-on-pedals

Courses will be ran on the following dates;

  • Tuesday 12th December, Melrose PS, 0900-1700, 8x spaces
  • Thursday 14th December, Duns PS, 0900-1700, 8x spaces

Please can you let me know the name and email of any interested practitioners you have, and what date/s they are able to attend (only 1x day required, but flexibility on what date is helpful). Places will initially be issued to those settings who do not currently have trained PoP practitioners, then opened up to settings who already have PoP capability.

PLEASE NOTE – due to issues previously with candidates not turning up for training courses, there will be a £50 charge for any setting which books a training place and subsequently does not send a practitioner on the day. Demand is always high for these courses, with waiting lists in place, so it’s simply not acceptable to book a space and then not turn up to the training course without reasonable cause.

Any questions, please get in touch.

Gordon Smith (Outdoor Education Officer)

Gordon.Smith@scotborders.gov.uk