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Working positively with parents and carers and maximising on opportunities to communicate even the smallest of victories can aid in enhancing parental engagement. When we get parents and carers on side, we are more likely to see improvements in student attendance. This webinar will enable you to delve more deeply into how we can achieve this in a way that doesn’t add significantly to our workloads.

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Supporting CYP in school with sight loss incl subject-specific advice

This is the first of two courses on reading in further education. In this course we will be exploring many of the issues as to why students struggle with reading and/or comprehension and what we can do to support learners with a wide range of strengths and weaknesses. As well as numerous practical ideas the course provides an opportunity to reflect on current practise and share effective approaches with other practitioners.

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This is an introductory course for all staff and volunteers working directly with children in schools. This course will explain what child sexual exploitation is and some of the ways in which children may be exploited. We will think about why some children may be more vulnerable to child sexual exploitation and consider the signs and symptoms you may notice if a child is being sexually exploited. We will learn about the responsibilities of school and college staff in relation to child sexual exploitation and talk about what you should do if you think a child is suffering, or is at risk of suffering, this type of abuse.

This is an introductory course for all staff and volunteers working directly with children in schools. This course will explain what child criminal exploitation is and some of the ways in which children may be exploited. We will think about why some children may be more vulnerable to child criminal exploitation and consider the signs and symptoms you may notice if a child is being exploited in this way. We will learn about the responsibilities of school and college staff in relation to child criminal exploitation and talk about what you should do if you think a child is suffering, or is at risk of suffering, this type of abuse.

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In this course, Gemma Fieldsend, Mental Health Trainer will guide you through the essential elements of auditing your college’s mental health provision. We will consider the purpose of auditing and how it can support with decision making processes as well as for the purpose of continuous improvement. Gemma maps each are to the 8 learning outcomes set out by the Department for Education for Senior Mental Health Leads but this course will also support those working in other aspects of mental health provision.

Gemma provides a comprehensive explanation of ‘who, why, when and how’ when it comes to making referrals in Further Education so that individuals can receive mental health support. We will explore what to include in referrals forms to increase the likelihood of a successful referral, where we can refer to and also the very essence of collaborative working.

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