Scottish Mental Health First Aider Training

***NEW TRAINING COURSE – SCOTLAND’S MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AIDER TRAINING***

Places are now available on this training course for mental health first aiders.

This training is being delivered by Borders Care Voice and will take place over two days on Thursday 6th June and Monday 10th June from 9.30am-5pm at Council HQ in Newtown. You will need to attend both days.

Please book your place through the course catalogue on Business World.

Why take the course?

This course is designed for everyone. It is interesting and varied and most participants tell us that they enjoyed it very much.

Five good reasons to attend SMHFA:

  1. Most people don’t know what to do in a mental health crisis. Take the course and you will be one of the few who knows what to do and is confident about putting that knowledge into action.
  2. You will learn how to recognise when a person might need help and the best way to approach them.
  3. You could save a life by learning basic suicide intervention skills.
  4. You will learn what protects your own and other people’s mental health.
  5. You will learn new skills that are useful in every part of your life

Mental Health problems are not as frightening as most people think. When a person has a mental health problem what they need most is someone who can:

• listen calmly to their feelings and fears

• give some simple information

• tell them where to get appropriate help

It doesn’t sound too difficult does it?

This course is for everyone and participants use the skills they learn in all settings.

What will I learn on the course?

• How to apply the 5 steps of SMHFA

• How to respond if you believe someone is at risk of suicide.

• How to give immediate help until professional help is available.

• What to say and do in a crisis

• The importance of good listening skills

• Practice listening and responding

• Understanding recovery from mental health problems

• Understanding the connection between mental health problems and alcohol and drugs

• Understanding the connection between mental health problems and discrimination

• Some basic information about common mental health problems

• Self help information

What happens on a SMHFA course?

The course takes 12 hours and is run on two separate days. It is an interesting course that includes different activities, films, discussions and even some fun and laughter.

You will get a certificate of attendance and a colourful and interesting manual to take away with you at the end so that you can remind yourself of what you’ve learned.

The aims of SMHFA are:

• to preserve life

• to provide initial help

• to prevent the problem getting worse

• to promote recovery of good mental health

• to provide comfort

The course will give you the knowledge to apply these aims in a real life situation. corporate

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Educating Borders Podcast – Episode 14

Welcome to episode 14 of the Educating Borders podcast, where we bring you the latest updates and exciting developments in Scottish Borders education. Coming up on today’s March edition, we have a wee blether with Christopher Such on all things reading, there’s an update from the Inspire Learning team and our brand new school showcase is with the team at Berwickshire High School on Pedagogical Coaching. This is Educating Borders!

Subscribe to the podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Google Podcasts using the links below.

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3U6DvVp6k4Y6CjT4ikdnWl 

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/educating-borders/id1679773660

Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy9kZGM4YTE5NC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw

 

If you wish to contact the podcast, please email educating.borders@glowmail.org.uk or tweet us @SBCProfLearning using the hashtag #EducatingBorders with comments or content ideas. The Professional Learning blog can be viewed here: https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/sb/professionallearning/

 

All content is accurate at the time of recording but some CPD dates may change – see Business World for up-to-date information.

Child Protection Induction

Child Protection Induction – for all new starts

Thursday 9th May, 4.00-5.30pm, MS Teams

Aims 

Content

Book on Business World

Coaching for the PRD

Wednesday 1st May, 4-6pm, MS Teams

The PL team are hosting a session focusing on coaching skills for the PRD meeting.

The aims of the session are:

-To understand the use of non-directive coaching in relation to PRD/PU process

-To develop coaching skills to identify professional learning needs and the PRD process

-To understand the role of coaching within the PRD process

Book via Business World or contact clpl@scotbordrs.gov.uk 

Fully funded places available on Open University Microcredentials

The OU in Scotland is currently offering some fully funded places on our Microcredential courses starting in June/July 2024. These courses run from 10 – 12 weeks and are designed for people looking to gain new skills to help advance their careers. The courses are delivered online via distance learning which allows you to fit in time for learning alongside work and life commitments. They can give you and your staff practical skills that can be immediately utilised in the workplace. Offered at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels, the courses will also give you the chance to learn alongside people in a wide range of sectors and roles and share knowledge and experience.

The courses on offer are:

  • Agile Leadership and Management
  • Business Management: Marketing Principles and Practice
  • Business Management: Improving Organisational Practice
  • Business Management: People Management and Leadership
  • Business Management: Project Management
  • Business Management: Fundamentals of Management Accounting
  • Business Management: Financial Accounting for Non-Financial Roles
  • Climate Change: Transforming Your Organisation for Sustainability
  • Cyber Security Operations
  • Mental Health: Working with Children and Young People
  • Mentoring and Coaching in Professional Learning
  • Python Programming
  • Teacher Development: Embedding Mental Health in the Curriculum

More information about the courses and the application form can be found at https://www.open.ac.uk/courses/choose/scotland-micro. The deadline for applications is 19th May 2024.