PA Bulletin 19th October 2009

The Connexions Surrey bulletin is produced every two weeks and we aim to keep you up to date with current issues and aware of news that is relevant to your day to day jobs. The bulletin sits alongside the PA Resource section of the website.

 

 

 

1. NEET: Update, Job Opportunities, and Activities Calendar
2. Connexions Training Programmes
3. Surrey County Council Courses
4. Job Centre Plus Programms
5. Children, Schools & Families News Bulletin - September 2009
6. National Connexions Network
7. Surrey Alliance E - update
8. Midwey House - new opening hours

 

1.  NEET  

 

UPDATE: How well are we doing in 2009? Click Here for the latest graphs on NEET & Unknowns.

 

Job Opportunities for Young People: Our Centres produce regular listings of local opportunities. Vacancy Bulletins are now listed on the Connexions website Job search page and you can also pick up copies from your local Centre to share with the young people you are currently working with. Please also direct your young people to our website and encourage them to spend a few minutes completing a few questions which will open up the database of jobs relevant and available to them.

 

NEET Activities CALENDAR: You will see to the top left of this screen there is now a Not in Education Employment or Training (NEET) Activities Calendar.  To publicise an event please contact: Jemma Campbell-Scott at Connexions Surrey jemma.campbell@surreycc.gov.uk  - Tel: 01483 519350

 

  

3. Connexions Training Programmes - To register for any of the following courses:  Please complete the attached application form and email it to Corinne Ford at mailto:corinne.ford@surreycc.gov.uk and cc your line manager.

 

NCFE Award in Safeguarding Children and Young People Level 2

 

All Voluntary Sector  Personal Advisors who have not been able to complete Surrey County Council Safeguarding Children Training Modules 1-3 must enrol onto this new course.

 

VT PAs will be able to attend a new in house Safeguarding Children course or refresher in the new year so need not apply to do this course.

 

Please also bear in mind that Safeguarding Children must also be updated every 3 years.

 

This course takes the form of up to 9 weeks’ distance learning after enrolment. Course material is divided into 3 sections:

 

Section 1 – Explore and understand roles in safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people - Learning outcomes include:

Identification of the ways in which children and young people can be harmed.

Investigation of the different types of abuse and the importance of a healthy environment.

Introduction of skills required for effective communication with a range of different professional agencies.

 

Section 2 – Understand legislation and policies which safeguard children and young people - Learning outcomes include:

Identification of different legislation and policies which safeguard children and young people.

Identification of the role of the Local Safeguarding Children Board and the Common Assessment Framework for children and young people and knowledge of how to use them.

 

Section 3 – Develop personal skills to contribute to the safeguarding of children and young people - Learning outcomes include:

Understanding of the role and value parents and carers can have in supporting their children and young people to achieve positive outcomes.

Development of skills required for promoting personal safety for children and young people and methods for protecting yourself from allegations of abuse.

 

Enrolment Dates	Times	Venue
22-Oct-09	10:00-11:30	QC Woking

 

Alternatively there are enrolment sessions held at NESCOT (Ewell) which are held on:

Wednesdays at either 10.30 or 1pm

If you would like to attend a Wednesday session please send a nomination form specifying which Wednesday you would like to go to and Corinne Ford will arrange for your inclusion.

ADAPT Workshop

 

Aim: To provide training on the use of Adapt and obtain a better understanding of the system and to:

 

Manipulate data in a record card

Manipulate data in the daily planner

Run both formal searches and a magic search

Manipulate search result

Print search results

Run a report to obtain statistical data

 

	Times	Venue
12-Jan-10	09:45-15:30	Redhill Connexions Centre

 

 

 

Student Finance England Information, Advice and Guidance Regional Seminar

 

The Student Loans Company is holding their annual Student Finance England Information, Advice and Guidance seminar in London.

The half-day seminar will cover a range of topics aimed at giving you an overview of the Student Finance England service. There will be updates on developments and changes that are taking place within the service, including:

 

Student Resources:

An on-line demonstration of the student finance calculator and an introduction to the on-line application process for students entering into Higher Education for the 2010/2011 academic session.

 

Information, Advice and Guidance Launch 2010/2011:

The opportunity to preview the new practitioner resources, local services and ongoing partnership engagement.

 

Partnership Working:

A presentation from a partner on their experiences of working in partnership with Student Finance England to deliver student finance.

 

Information Advice and Guidance Clinic:

An opportunity to drop in and meet with the Student Finance Consultants to provide one to one advice and guidance for any questions or queries you may have, and access our online resources.

 

 

AGENDA: London AM session

08:30 Registration & refreshments

09:00 Conference welcome

09:10 Guest Speaker -Working in Partnership

09:20 The Student Finance Future Customer Experience (short film)

09:35 The Student Finance Service in 09/10 and 10/1110:05On-line Demonstration

10:25 Refreshments

11:00 Practitioners Resources

11:30 Partnership engagement –the story so far

11:40 Questions and answers 12:20 Closing remarks 12:30 Close of conference

 

Wednesday 11 November London –AM Park Plaza Victoria London

 

 

To register for this seminar please complete the attached application form and email it to Corinne Ford at mailto:corinne.ford@surreycc.gov.uk and cc your line manager.

 

 

4. Surrey County Council Courses The following courses can be booked directly using links below. Please ensure a copy of your application form is sent to mailto:corinne.ford@surreycc.gov.uk

 

Preventing Teenage Pregnancy and promoting young peoples’ sexual health well - being.

 

Aim

• To be equipped with the knowledge, understanding, skills and confidence to support the needs of young people in relation to their sexual health and relationships.
• Professionals are appropriately skilled and confident to support teenage parents to improve their own life chances and those of their children.

 

 

Learning Objectives

 

By the end of the course participants will have had the opportunity to:

• Learn about the concept and model of delay and how it differs from ‘abstinence’ work.
• Explore a range of practical ways of working with young people to help them make positive and healthy decisions for themselves.
•  Gain an understanding of the different types of contraception available including emergency contraception and long acting reversible contraception and how they work.
• Be able to appropriately support young people to access sexual health services.
• Gain knowledge of the different types of sexually transmitted infections (STI’s)
• Develop a further understanding of key legal and policy issues relating to young peoples sexual health.
• Ensure that young people are aware of the range of locally provided sexual health resources and services and how to signpost to them.

 

 

 

Date	Times	Venue
1-12-09	09:30-16:30	Runneymede Centre, Chertsey.

 

 

 

 

This course is free and available to all Connexions Personal Advisers but there are limited places available

 

 

Please book on by completing a SCC nomination form SCC training form.doc and send to corinne.ford@surreycc.gov.uk

 

 

 

Young people and mental health

 

Aim:

To understand the emerging signs of mental health problems in young people.

 

Content:

This course focuses on current thinking and practice in the expanding field of young people and mental health. When is an apparent mental health problem ‘just part of growing up’? What are the emerging signs of mental illness in younger people? How, as professionals, can we assess and intervene effectively whilst being aware of the dangers of stigmatisation?

 

Target audience:

This 1-day course will benefit all those who work directly with children and young people and their families

 

Objectives:

By the end of the training participants should be able to:

Identify the developmental tasks of adolescence,

Identify severe emotional/behavioural disturbances in young people,

Understand current development in the law and service development,

Develop risk management skills and ways of effective working,

Develop skills in working with the young person within the family context. 

 

Dates	Times	Venues
Tuesday 9th February 2010	9.30am – 4.30pm	Quadrant Court, Woking

 

 

This course is free and available to all Connexions Personal Advisers but there are limited places available. Please book on by completing a SCC nomination form SCC training form.doc and send to corinne.ford@surreycc.gov.uk

 

CAF One Day Multi-Agency training for Users- now a Half Day training course

 

Course aim

To enable participants to gain a good understanding of the purpose and process of the Common Assessment Framework (CAF). To enable participants to use the Common Assessment Framework in practice to improve outcomes for children, young people and families.

 

Conditions of acceptance of a place on this course

All participants must have agreed with their manager to attend the course.

Please note: As these courses are now half a day, lunch we will no longer be provided. However, feel free to take your pack lunch. 

CAF Half Day Lead Professional Training

This course remains a half-day course, starting at 1.30pm to finish at 4.30pm

To book a place, please select CAF Half Day Lead Professional Training from the CAF Training page. Most dates are now combined with the Half Day Multi-Agency Training as explained above.

If you want to book onto either of the courses mentioned above please select CAF Half Day Multi-Agency training for Users from the CAF training page and complete the e-booking form.

Prior to attending either the CAF Half Day Multi-Agency training and the CAF Half Day Lead Professional Training, it is mandatory to complete the CAF Basic Awareness e-learning course and the CAF Lead Professional e-learning course. If not completed, this will affect your learning on the day.

It is also advisable to complete the Information Sharing e-learning course and the Integrated Working e-learning course.

These courses are intended to give all staff and partner agencies a good understanding of the CAF assessment, the role of a Lead Professional and Integrated working and are open to all Connexions Personal Advisers.

Bookings can be made on both the internal and external SCC websites.

How to book a place on the Multi-Agency Training for Users Course?

1. Click on the e-booking form links as above
2. Select a suitable date and venue, click on 2009 at the top. This will put the dates in order from January 2009. The form will display by clicking on the selected date.
3. Complete and submit the form. Please allow a few minutes for your form to go through the system.
4. Make sure you print a copy to keep a record of your booking with the reference number and details of the venue.
5. If you experience any difficulties with the system, please contact Françoise Noël, CAF Project Assistant for help on 020 8541 7108.

 

Please ensure a copy of your application form is sent to corinne.ford@surreycc.gov.uk

 

CAF training -Half day refresher course for users

This course has been designed for professionals who have received training eight to twelve months ago and for professionals who are already familiar with the ECM Agenda and the Assessment Framework

It is vital at this time for the CAF implementation across the County, which is gathering pace that all professionals are up to date and secure in their understanding of the CAF 5-Step process.

Attendance will give an opportunity to professionals to update their knowledge on current CAF processes and new arrangements to query if a CAF Assessment has already been undertaken on a child.

To book a place, complete the attached e-booking form online and keep a copy for your records once you have submitted it. Please ensure a copy of your application form is sent to   corinne.ford@surreycc.gov.uk

 

5. Job Centre Plus Programms

 

"We have various programs that run and can be accessed by those in the NEET group. Such as Backing Young Britain, Future Jobs Fund & The Young Person Guarantee. (all can be found on the internet) Jobcentre Plus will normally get involved at a more local level by supporting local programmes to help our customers, working in partnership with organisations and supporting, promoting and offering promotion of opportunities to our customers, matching customers to these opportunities etc. Simon Dann JCP"

 

Backing Young Britain

 

Future Jobs Fund

 

Young Persons Guarentee

 

6. Children, Schools & Families News Bulletin

Click Here for Bulletin

 

7. National Connexions Network 

News

8. Surrey Alliance

E-Update

9. Midwey House - new opening hours

The Connexions centre in Guildford will now be open to young people and other members of the public from 13.00 - 17.00 Monday - Thursday and 13.00 - 16.45 Friday

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