New for 2023!!
Online Harms and Grooming: Supporting Adults with Learning Disabilities and Autism to Stay Safe on Social Media: A Workshop for Support Staff
This half day workshop is designed to raise awareness of online harms (especially grooming) for those with a learning disability and autistic people. It is aimed at social care support staff.
People with learning disabilities and autistic people are at disproportionate risk from online harms. ARC England’s experience of user-led projects on mate crime, sexual exploitation, and social media grooming turned up a host of alarming stories. Get SMART found that nearly all the young people involved in the project preferred their life online to the ‘real’ world and that the staff supporting them were not equipped to respond to this profound cultural shift.
Often individuals who get into trouble online are simply banned from the use of the internet and social media. This training argues that this approach is ineffective, against human rights legislation and actually counter-productive. A more mature response is needed. This new ARC England workshop encourages positive engagement with the people most at risk, utilising harm mitigation and risk enablement approaches.
It looks at how to intervene and support those at risk. The workshop draws on learning from:
- ARC projects about mate crime, sexual exploitation, and social media grooming for radicalisation and extremism.
- Court of Protection case law.
- Bond & Phippen: ‘Safeguarding Adults Online’ [book]
Workshop content
- Background: what are we afraid of?
- Radicalisation, learning disability and autism
- ‘Get SMART’ project findings
- Online harms: what are the risks?
- Grooming: risk factors, process and indicators
- What does and doesn’t work?
- Key tools: MCA and Risk Enablement
- What next?
The workshop is highly interactive and comprise tutor input, discussions, case studies, polls, small group work and reflections on assignments.
Who is the workshop for?
Anyone working in social care and supporting people with a learning disability, autism or both.
To find out more about course content please contact the course tutor Rod Landman rod.landman@arcuk.org.uk.
Cost : £65 ARC Members £85 Non-members
Half-Day Workshops
Developing Emotional Resilience in Social Care for Managers
Introduction to Active Support: Transforming the Live of Supported People with a Learning Disability, Autism or both
Mental Health in Learning Disability
Domestic Abuse and People with Learning Disabilities: How to Spot It and Stop It (for Social Care Staff)
**Cost: £65 (ARC Members) ** £85 (Non-ARC Members)
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*Full Day or Two Half-Day Workshops
Positive Risk Management for Frontline Staff supporting Adults with a Learning Disability, Autism or both
- 23 & 24 February 2023 - (10.00am - 12.30pm) (attendance on both days required)
The Mental Capacity Act & Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (MCA & DoLS) for Managers
- 11 & 12 January 2023 - (10.00am - 12.30pm) (attendance on both days is required)
The Mental Capacity Act & Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (MCA & DoLS) for Frontline Social Care Staff
- 2 & 3 March 2023 - (10.00am - 12.30pm) (attendance on both days is required)
Supporting Medication in Social Care for Managers
- 19 & 20 April 2023 - (10.00am - 12.30pm) (attendance on both days is required)
Friend or Fake? Mate Crime and Vulnerable People: How to Spot It and Stop It for Social Care Staff
- 25 & 26 April 2023 - (10.00am-12.30pm) (attendance on both days is required)
Places cost: £90 (ARC) Members £120 (Non-ARC Members)
Who Assesses the Assessors?
Medication Competence in Community and Residential Settings
A new ARC England live online workshop which will ensure a high quality and consistent approach to the handling of medication across your organisation.
**NICE say that ‘**Care workers completing [Medication] training should be observed and supervised by a competent person in advance of administering medication for the first time. This should be an occupationally-competent person working for the provider, not an external trainer.
Managers, supervisors and assessors are responsible for judging the competence of their care workers’ ability to safely administer medication for people who use the service.’
Managing medicines for adults receiving social care in the community, March 2017
But what is an ‘occupationally-competent’ person? And what assessment skills do they need?
This new ARC England workshop is aimed at managers, supervisors and assessors, equipping them with the skills, knowledge and confidence to assess the competence of others.
Places cost: **£90 (ARC Members) ** £120 (Non-ARC Members)
To find out more please contact one of our experienced trainers:
Angie DeLiddiard angela.deliddiard@arcuk.org.uk
Rod Landman rod.landman@arcuk.org.uk
Workshops for Trainers
Supporting Medication in Social Care Settings for Trainers**
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- 6 & 7 March 2023 - (10.00am - 12.30pm) (attendance on both days required)
You will receive:
- a trainers’ pack, including a USB with all handouts and PowerPoint presentation
- a sample workbook
- an additional 30 minutes of personal support from your tutor, with the opportunity to ask questions and discuss your organisation’s specific requirements.
- a certificate of attendance
Costs for each of the above Trainer courses (including resources):
- £200 (ARC Members) I £250 (Non-ARC members)
Please note, these trainers’ workshops are only suitable for employees of social care providers.
Find out further details on the workshops we offer or contact us at bookings@arcuk.org.uk
In-house workshops - a cost-effective way to up-skill your workforce
We can offer any of our workshops on an in-house basis exclusively for your organisation. One of our expert trainers can deliver any of our training courses online for up to 16 people per session.
Please contact us for more details at bookings@arcuk.org.uk