Boundaries in the VCSE Workplace
Professional and personal boundaries are key to keeping service users, staff, and organisations, safe, effective, and professional. They help us to utilise our skills in the most appropriate way within our professional roles, and to ensure consistency of service and management of the expectation of service users. This workshop is designed to support staff and organisations in voluntary, community, and social enterprises (VCSEs) to consider, plan, and implement personal and professional boundaries in the workplace.
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Recognising and Responding to Challenging Behaviour
Working with people with complex lives can be difficult, especially when service users might display defensive, aggressive, or disengaging behaviours that can interrupt constructive and meaningful engagement. This workshop explores challenging behaviour, how to recognise it, and techniques to work out when and how to intervene to try and de-escalate these situations.
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Group Dynamics and Facilitation
Group support can be a valuable and effective intervention for people living with complex or difficult circumstances. The ability to share your knowledge and experiences with others while also learning from the knowledge and experience of others can lead to new ways of thinking and approaching situations, as well as supporting a reduction in feelings of isolation. Groups can be organic and unpredictable, with each instance bringing new personalities and new complications. This workshop is designed to support staff and organisations in voluntary, community, and social enterprises (VCSEs) to understand group dynamics within a support setting, and to manage and coordinate groups or supervise volunteers to do so.
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How to Run a Focus Group
When preparing and designing a new service holding a focus group is an essential way to gain important insight into the needs of who the service is aimed at. Gathering a group of potential service providers and users together for the planning stages of a project will provide important knowledge and information about the needs and expectations of those you are hoping to support. This workshop is designed to support staff and organisations in the voluntary, community, and social enterprises (VCSEs) to understand group dynamics within a support setting, and to manage and coordinate groups, or supervise volunteers to do so.
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Goal Setting and Action Planning
Supporting others to set goals and plan actions can have many benefits. Setting goals helps trigger new behaviours, guide focus, and helps people sustain momentum when addressing future challenges. Goals also help align your focus and promote self-reliance. This workshop teaches goal setting and action planning skills to support workers to help service users explore options for overcoming barriers, identifying goals, and working out a plan for how to achieve them.
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