Harpenden

<p>The aim of this course is to expose the commercial context within which technical work is carried out. It is to allow technical staff to understand how they fit into a larger picture, why they may be asked to undertake tasks that may not appear to be technical and the impact their interactions have within the commercial context.</p><p>The scope of the programme includes:</p><p>The course emphasises the collaborative nature of delivery and the need to offer value to customers.</p>The principal training objectives for this programme are to help participants:<ul><li>Understand why technical roles are broader than we might assume</li><li>Appreciate the importance of, and the need to support, sales</li><li>Value the idea of <em>'Good Enough'</em></li><li>Recognise what can affect profitability</li><li>Realise the future needs protecting</li></ul><section>
                    <br /><h3>1 Introduction</h3><br /><br /><ul><li><em>(Course sponsor)</em></li><li>Why this programme has been developed</li><li>Review of participants' needs and objectives</li></ul><br /><br /><br /><h3>2 That's not my job!</h3><br /><br /><ul><li>How we see our own role in work</li><li>How other people see our role</li><li>Stakeholders: who are they and why do they matter?</li><li>The organisational backdrop</li><li>What is my role really?</li></ul><br /><br /><br /><br /><h3>3 Sales and marketing</h3><br /><br /><ul><li>Where does the money come from?</li><li>Where do we find customers?</li><li>The sales process</li><li>One-off sales versus repeat business</li><li>Customer/supplier relationships</li><li>What something costs versus what the customer will pay</li><li>The value chain</li></ul><br /><br /><br /><br /><h3>4 Estimating</h3><br /><br /><ul><li>Purpose of estimates</li><li>The problem with precision</li><li>Five estimating techniques</li></ul><br /><br /><br /><br /><h3>5 Change control</h3><br /><br /><ul><li>Can you just do this for me?</li><li>When being helpful leads to bankruptcy</li><li>How to deal with change requests</li></ul><br /><br /><br /><br /><h3>6 Risk management</h3><br /><br /><ul><li>Risk in projects</li><li>Risk in operations</li><li>Categories of risk</li></ul><br /><br /><br /><br /><h3>7 The value of intellectual property</h3><br /><br /><ul><li>Issues with sharing information</li><li>Commercial in confidence</li><li>Non-disclosure agreements</li></ul><br /><br /><br /><br /><h3>8 Course review and action planning</h3><br /><br /><ul><li><em>(Course sponsor present)</em></li><li>Identify actions to be implemented individually</li><li>What actions should be implemented to improve working with non-technical people?</li><li>Conclusion</li></ul><br />


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The In House Training Company

Online Course Marketing

Design & Technology Courses (DT)

Business Communication Skills

Professional Skills Course (PSC)

Trainers Course

Teaching & Training

Commercial awareness for technical people (In-House)

<p>This one-day workshop is designed to build upon skills already acquired using Microsoft Word, whether participants are self-taught or have previously attended a course. It gives participants a good understanding of managing different types of paragraph indents, and managing automated numbered paragraph lists.</p>This course will help participants:<ul><li>Create and manage the layout of paragraphs</li><li>Create and manage multi-level numbered paragraphs</li><li>Effectively insert, use and manage section breaks</li><li>Create and manage columns</li><li>Find, create and apply styles</li><li>Create and update a table of contents from styles</li><li>Work with styles to manage formatting</li><li>Work with sums in tables and use table headings</li><li>Input and edit text using AutoText</li><li>Work with SmartArt graphics</li><li>Link to other files using paste special</li></ul><section>
                    <h3>1 Managing paragraph layout</h3><ul><li>Controlling paragraph layouts with indents</li><li>Creating and managing paragraph hanging indents</li></ul> <h3>2 Numbering paragraphs</h3><ul><li>Creating a new multi-level numbered paragraph</li><li>Managing existing multi-level numbered paragraphs</li></ul> <h3>3 Inserting columns</h3><ul><li>Creating columns from existing paragraphs</li><li>Setting up columns</li><li>Managing columns</li></ul> <h3>4 Document section breaks</h3><ul><li>Controlling document layout using section breaks</li><li>Managing page orientation using section breaks</li><li>Managing page numbering using section breaks</li></ul> <h3>5 Using styles</h3><ul><li>Applying quick styles</li><li>Finding existing styles</li><li>Creating and saving styles</li><li>Modifying styles</li><li>Creating a table of contents from styles</li><li>Updating a table of contents</li></ul> <h3>6 Using quick parts</h3><ul><li>Saving content to quick parts</li><li>Modifying saved quick parts</li><li>Inserting content using AutoText</li><li>Editing AutoText entries</li><li>Inputting text using AutoCorrect</li></ul> <h3>7 Advanced table features</h3><ul><li>Sorting table columns</li><li>Running sums in tables</li><li>Repeating table headings at top of page</li><li>Importing Excel content in tables</li><li>Using table properties</li></ul> <h3>8 Creating a mail merge</h3><ul><li>Creating letters, labels and emails</li><li>Merging addresses from external files</li><li>Using Outlook's address book to merge</li><li>Merging to email</li></ul> <h3>9 SmartArt graphic</h3><ul><li>Visually communicate content with SmartArt</li><li>Choosing a SmartArt graphic</li><li>Inputting into SmartArt</li><li>Modifying and formatting SmartArt graphics</li></ul> <h3>10 Linking to other files</h3><ul><li>Linking to files using paste special</li><li>Linking an Excel chart to a document</li><li>Managing linked content from Word</li></ul> 


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Office Skills & Productivity

Office Skills

Office Productivity

Computer Skills

Microsoft Office

Microsoft Word

Word - intermediate (In-House)

<p>Maximising the relationship and sales potential of each active account is key to the sustainability of any business relying on repeatable custom.</p><p>In this workshop we start by looking at key techniques for analysing the profitability and development opportunities for different clients before deciding upon the strategy and skills needed for moving the relationship to that of trusted adviser and partner.</p><p>By understanding and creating the need we can use our influencing skills to harness any sales development potential. By creating the habit of explaining our ideas in a way that also meets the need of the other party we help everybody make the right decisions for them.</p>This course will help participants:<ul><li>Assess the sales profitability and potential of existing key accounts</li><li>Prioritise where time and energy is directed for maximum profitability</li><li>Understand the key players in the decision making unit</li><li>Create a strategic plan for the development of each client target</li><li>Develop proactive sales consultancy skills</li><li>Learn advanced communication and influencing techniques</li></ul><section>
                    <h3>1 What makes an effective account manager?</h3><ul><li>The difference between order taking and account management</li><li>How do you define a key account in your business?</li><li>Why should existing customers remain with your company?</li><li>How do you compare to the competition?</li></ul> <h3>2 How do I prioritise my account management activity?</h3><ul><li>Use practical tools to help you assess revenue potential</li><li>Analyse the investment required versus the return on your time</li><li>Create a SWOT analysis on your clients - Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities &amp; Threats</li><li>Appreciate how this knowledge will improve your sales development</li></ul> <h3>3 Planning strategies for each account</h3><ul><li>Create a list of priority accounts and activities</li><li>Learn how to develop a long-term and sustainable relationship</li><li>Discover how they make their purchasing decisions</li><li>Research the make-up of the Decision Making Unit for each client</li></ul> <h3>4 Learning and utilising the six principles of influence</h3><ul><li>Learn the secrets these principles offer sales people</li><li>Discover how these principles will work for you</li><li>Create an influencing strategy for influencers within the client</li><li>Learn new habits of influence</li></ul> <h3>5 Proactive sales skills</h3><ul><li>Plan proactive sales meetings for key accounts</li><li>Set primary and secondary objectives for every touch point with the customer</li><li>Structure sales meetings for maximum effectiveness</li><li>Help the customer commit and achieve their objectives</li></ul> <h3>6 Putting it into practice</h3><ul><li>Discuss real scenarios to plan for putting these skills into practice</li><li>Share common issues with fellow sales people</li><li>Create a personal development plan</li></ul> 


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Account Manager

Account Management

Counselling Skills

Sales Management

Influencing Skills

Management Skills

Account management essentials (In-House)

<p>It is important for Officers to understand the roles and responsibilities, processes and procedures involved when working with Elected Members. They also need to appreciate the significance of Elected Members as the decision-makers in local government.</p><p>Officers have a responsibility to work and communicate with Elected Members effectively. This very successful course is designed to help Officers with this.</p><p>Note: this is very much an indicative outline. The programme is tailored to the needs of each particular organisation.</p>To provide managers with the knowledge and understanding they need to have productive working relationships with Elected Members and provide appropriate support.<p>By the end of the course participants will:</p><ul><li>Understand the roles, responsibilities, processes and procedures in place for working with Elected Members</li><li>Be able to identify the best way to approach potentially sensitive issues</li><li>Understand the skills and behaviours required for working effectively with Members</li><li>Be able to deploy their influencing skills more successfully</li><li>Review their learning and have an action plan to take back and implement at work</li></ul><section>
                    					<p><em>Note: this is very much an indicative outline. The programme is tailored to the needs of each particular organisation.</em></p>			  <h3>1 Introduction</h3><ul><li>Welcome and introductions</li><li>Objectives and programme overview</li></ul> <h3>2 Working in a political environment</h3><ul><li>What is political awareness?</li><li>Contact and experience with Members</li><li>Importance of the role of Members</li></ul> <h3>3 Why be an Elected Member?</h3><ul><li>Perceptions of what Elected Members are and do</li><li>Values of Members and their motivations for doing what they do</li></ul> <h3>4 Political decision-making in local government</h3><ul><li>Current challenges and drivers affecting the organisation / the council</li><li>Roles and responsibilities of Officers and Members</li><li>Centrality of Members' strategic role</li></ul> <h3>5 (Option) A day in the life of an Elected Member</h3><ul><li><em>An Elected Member gives a talk about what they do</em></li><li></li></ul> <h3>6 Having a beneficial relationship between Officers and Members</h3> <h3>7 Member / Officer communication</h3><ul><li>Discussion of the formal processes, service procedures, etc (whether enshrined in a protocol, Memorandum of Understanding, etc)</li><li>Response times and requirements</li><li>Procedures required by Heads of Service [if appropriate]</li></ul> <h3>8 Influencing styles and strategies</h3><ul><li>Different forms of power and how they impact</li><li>Developing an appropriate 'influencing style'</li><li>Exploring strategies for improving communication and influencing at work</li></ul> <h3>9 Review and evaluation</h3><ul><li>Review and evaluation of learning</li><li>Personal action plans</li></ul> 


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Meeting Skills

Organisational Skills

Working with Elected Members (In-House)

<p>This one-day introduction workshop is intended for users who need to get to grips with the essentials of Microsoft Outlook.  It will provide you with the basic skills you need to effectively start using Outlook to manage your emails, calendar, contacts, tasks and notes.</p>This course will help participants:<ul><li>Send messages with added email options applied</li><li>Quickly file messages away for safe keeping</li><li>Manage messages and attachments</li><li>Organise calendar meetings and check other people's schedules</li><li>Respond to a meeting request</li><li>Create a contacts list</li><li>Manage daily tasks</li><li>Use reading and folder panes</li><li>Create and manage folders</li><li>Use auto reply</li><li>Use notes</li><li>Utilise Outlook's printing functionality</li></ul><section>
                    <h3>1 Getting started</h3><ul><li>Using the reading pane</li><li>Using the folder pane</li><li>Changing inbox views</li><li>Managing the to-do bar</li></ul> <h3>2 Emailing messages</h3><ul><li>Replying to and forwarding messages</li><li>Adding message options</li><li>Attaching files to an email message</li><li>Opening and saving attachments</li></ul> <h3>3 Outlook folders</h3><ul><li>Creating and managing folders</li><li>Moving messages into folders</li><li>Adding folders to favourites</li><li>Using search folder</li><li>Always moving messages in conversation</li><li>Automatically move messages with rules</li></ul> <h3>4 Managing messages</h3><ul><li>Using instant search</li><li>Finding messages by criteria</li><li>Grouping and sorting messages</li><li>Categorising messages</li><li>Adding message follow up flags</li><li>Filtering messages with the people pane</li></ul> <h3>5 Using auto reply</h3><ul><li>Replying to messages whilst you are away</li><li>Managing auto reply settings</li><li>Applying rules to auto reply</li></ul> <h3>6 Outlook calendars</h3><ul><li>Adding and editing appointments</li><li>Adding calendar reminders</li><li>Moving and copying appointments</li><li>Creating all day events</li><li>Recurring appointments</li><li>Sharing your calendar</li><li>Opening another user's calendar</li></ul> <h3>7 Planning a meeting</h3><ul><li>Arranging meetings</li><li>Inviting attendees to meetings</li><li>Responding to meeting invites</li></ul> <h3>8 Outlook contacts</h3><ul><li>Creating and editing a contact</li><li>Saving emails as contacts</li><li>Finding contacts</li><li>Sending messages to contacts</li><li>Creating contact groups</li></ul> <h3>9 Adding tasks</h3><ul><li>Creating and editing tasks</li><li>Completing tasks</li><li>Assigning a task to another user</li><li>Responding to a task request</li></ul> <h3>10 Notes</h3><ul><li>Creating and editing tasks</li><li>Emailing notes</li><li>Sticking notes on your desktop</li></ul> <h3>11 Printing</h3><ul><li>Printing messages</li><li>Printing calendars</li><li>Printing contacts</li></ul> 


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Office Management

Outlook

Microsoft Outlook

Outlook - introduction (In-House)

<p>This one-day workshop is designed to help users work with advanced features within Word. It includes hands-on exercises to help make complex documents more manageable. Participants will learn how to share and collaborate on documents and track document changes.</p>This course will help participants:<ul><li>Add document links to files, websites, bookmarks and headings</li><li>Create and revise footnotes and endnotes</li><li>Use cross-referencing</li><li>Insert and mark a document index</li><li>Use comments within a document</li><li>Create and edit document templates</li><li>Set up picture and table captioning</li><li>Work with tracked changes, including viewing, accepting and rejecting changes</li><li>Use tables of contents</li><li>Transfer styles across files using styles organiser</li><li>Protect and restrict the opening and editing of documents</li><li>Work with document themes</li><li>Work with subdocuments</li><li>Use ribbon buttons and groups</li></ul><section>
                    <h3>1 Adding document links</h3><ul><li>Adding links to a document</li><li>Linking to files, websites and email</li><li>Adding and linking to bookmarks</li><li>Linking to document headings</li></ul> <h3>2 Captioning and cross-referencing</h3><ul><li>Inserting picture and table captions</li><li>Creating and updating a table of figures</li><li>Adding and revising endnotes and footnotes</li><li>Understanding cross-reference types</li><li>Creating a cross-reference</li><li>Marking and inserting a document index</li></ul> <h3>3 Collaborating on documents</h3><ul><li>Inserting and viewing documents</li><li>Navigating through comments</li><li>Replying to a comment</li><li>Printing comments</li></ul> <h3>4 Tracking changes</h3><ul><li>Using tracking changes within a document</li><li>Choosing how to view document revisions</li><li>Accepting and rejecting changes</li></ul> <h3>5 Comparing documents</h3><ul><li>Comparing two documents</li><li>Combining changes into a single document</li><li>Accepting and rejecting changes</li></ul> <h3>6 Protecting a document</h3><ul><li>Restricting opening or editing of documents</li><li>Defining regions for editing</li><li>Restricting document formatting</li></ul> <h3>7 Outline view</h3><ul><li>Collapsing paragraphs with heading styles</li><li>Managing files with subdocuments</li><li>Editing and locking subdocuments</li><li>Sharing subdocuments</li></ul> <h3>8 Document themes</h3><ul><li>Standardise document formatting with themes</li><li>Using a theme to match corporate branding</li><li>Transferring themes across files</li></ul> <h3>9 Creating templates</h3><ul><li>Creating and editing document templates</li><li>Adding font and heading styles to templates</li><li>Defining file locations for shared templates</li><li>Copying styles across templates and files</li></ul> <h3>10 Customising the ribbon</h3><ul><li>Customising ribbon buttons</li><li>Adding new ribbons</li><li>Adding buttons to ribbon groups</li></ul> 


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Document Control

Word - advanced (In-House)

<p>This one-day course focuses on issues such as writing formulas and accessing help while writing them, and taking formulas to the next level by nesting one inside another for a powerful formula result.  It also looks at ways of analysing data with reports, summarised by varying criteria. A range of time-saving tips and tricks are shared.</p>This course will help participants:<ul><li>Calculate with absolute reference</li><li>Group worksheets</li><li>Link to tables</li><li>Use the function library effectively</li><li>Get to grips with the logical IF function</li><li>Use conditional formatting</li><li>Create pivot table reports</li><li>Use data validation</li><li>Master the VLOOKUP function</li></ul><section>
                    <h3>1 Calculating with absolute reference</h3><ul><li>The difference between a relative and absolute formula</li><li>Changing a relative formula to an absolute</li><li>Using $ signs to lock cells when copying formulas</li></ul> <h3>2 Grouping worksheets</h3><ul><li>Grouping sheets together</li><li>Inputting data into multiple sheets</li><li>Writing a 3D formula to sum tables across sheets</li></ul> <h3>3 Linking to tables</h3><ul><li>Linking to a source table</li><li>Using paste link to link a table to another file</li><li>Using edit links to manage linked tables</li></ul> <h3>4 The function library</h3><ul><li>Benefits of writing formulas in the function library</li><li>Finding the right formula using insert function</li><li>Outputting statistics with COUNTA and COUNTBLANK</li><li>Counting criteria in a list with COUNTIFS</li></ul> <h3>5 Logical IF Function</h3><ul><li>Outputting results from tests</li><li>Running multiple tests for multiple results</li><li>The concept of outputting results from numbers</li></ul> <h3>6 Conditional formatting</h3><ul><li>Enabling text and numbers to standout</li><li>Applying colour to data using rules</li><li>Managing rules</li><li>Copying rules with the format painter</li></ul> <h3>7 View side by side</h3><ul><li>Comparing two Excel tables together</li><li>Comparing two sheets together in the same file</li></ul> <h3>8 Pivot table reports</h3><ul><li>Analysing data with pivot tables</li><li>Managing a pivot table's layout</li><li>Outputting statistical reports</li><li>Controlling number formats</li><li>Visualising reports with pivot charts</li><li>Inserting slicers for filtering data</li></ul> <h3>9 Data validation</h3><ul><li>Restricting data input with data validation</li><li>Speeding up data entry with data validation</li></ul> <h3>10 VLOOKUP function</h3><ul><li>Best practices for writing a VLOOKUP</li><li>A false type lookup</li><li>A true type lookup</li><li>Enhance formula results with IFNA</li></ul> <h3>11 Print options</h3><ul><li>Getting the most from print</li><li>Printing page titles across pages</li><li>Scaling content for print</li></ul> 


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Excel Analytics

Access VBA

Microsoft Excel

Spreadsheet

Excel - intermediate (In-House)

Bardsey

Leeds

Nottingham

Reading

<section style="color: rgb(125, 125, 125); box-sizing: border-box;" id="isPasted" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(125, 125, 125);"><p align="justify" fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">Most organisations and businesses are trying to navigate the best way back to a functional working framework. But two things need to happen -</p><p align="justify" fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">1. The working practices need to be efficient, sustainable and compatible for meeting the demands and needs of the organisation; it&rsquo;s clients, it&rsquo;s workforce and it&rsquo;s Leaders</p><p align="justify" fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">2. The culture needs to be welcoming, authentic and supportive otherwise there will be disenfranchisement and potentially a churn of staff and loss of talent</p><p align="justify" fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">What has been proven to be a very successful approach to mitigate the dangers of demotivated team members and poor efficiency levels is a bespoke &lsquo;Ushering the Team Back to the Workplace&rsquo; workshop.</p><p align="justify" fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></p><hr fr-original-style="" style="border-color: var(--border-muted); border-style: solid; clear: both; break-after: page; user-select: none; box-sizing: border-box;"><div style="color: rgb(125, 125, 125); box-sizing: border-box;" id="isPasted" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(125, 125, 125);"><h3 style="color: rgb(17, 86, 166); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(17, 86, 166);">Programme Outline</h3></div><section style="color: rgb(125, 125, 125); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(125, 125, 125);"><img src="https://www.dicksontraining.com/images/team-hands-lightbulb-concept.png" alt="Hands forming a lightbulb shape signifying teamwork and idea generation" width="332" height="187" fr-original-style="" style="cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; user-select: none; max-width: 100%; position: relative; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable"><p align="justify" fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">Below is a template of an actual Programme that has been delivered very successfully for clients such as the&nbsp;<strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">NHS; Claranet; Jotun Paints &amp; Workspace</strong>.</p><p align="justify" fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">This, however, can be modified to suit any group or size.</p><p align="justify" fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">It will be designed to reflect the Organisation&rsquo;s preferred Hybrid working framework and communication systems.</p><p align="justify" fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">The options of having the innovative Real Play technique to help handle delicate conversations is especially effective.</p><p align="justify" fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">The biggest gain is to reconnect the relationships via the activities and exercises, which would be selected carefully.</p><p align="justify" fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">Key commitments and buy-in is always the priority outcomes - which this programme will help deliver in just 1 day.</p><p align="justify" fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">The objectives include:</p><ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Making the transition back to working as a collaborative team</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Enhancing the Leadership skills of the team</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Reviewing/establishing the Hybrid working protocols</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Galvanising the Team spirit</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Maintain inclusivity among full-time; part-time and Region based team members</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Energising and motivational</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Fun!</li></ul><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><h5 style="color: rgb(17, 86, 166); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(17, 86, 166);">Exercise &ndash; Round the Bend</h5><img src="https://www.dicksontraining.com/images/round-the-bend.png" alt="Group meeting concept" width="332" height="232" fr-original-style="" style="cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; user-select: none; max-width: 100%; position: relative; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable"><p align="justify" fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">The team are to follow the instructions delivered as they walk (and jump) through the route &ndash; always keeping a safe distance apart.</p><p align="justify" fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">The instructions become more complicated as they progress.</p><h6 style="color: rgb(17, 86, 166); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(17, 86, 166);">Debriefing points:</h6><ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Dealing with Change</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Attention to Detail</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Adapting approach</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Optimising results</li></ul><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><h5 style="color: rgb(17, 86, 166); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(17, 86, 166);">Exercise - Number Crunch</h5><p align="justify" fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">(3 x Cohorts of 12/13)</p><img src="https://www.dicksontraining.com/images/number-crunch-cartoon.png" alt="Number crunch cartoon image" width="332" height="232" fr-original-style="" style="cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; user-select: none; max-width: 100%; position: relative; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable"><p align="justify" fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">The team must be effectively led and motivated to work as one unified group to reach their objective of visiting each numbered location within a very tight deadline.</p><h6 style="color: rgb(17, 86, 166); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(17, 86, 166);">Debriefing points:</h6><ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Support and co-ordination</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Strategy and planning</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Adapting approach</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Optimising results</li></ul><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><h6 style="color: rgb(17, 86, 166); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(17, 86, 166);">Tutorial &ndash; Team Dynamics</h6><ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Tuckman model</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Phases of Development towards Maturity</li></ul><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><h5 style="color: rgb(17, 86, 166); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(17, 86, 166);">Exercise - Juggling</h5><img src="https://www.dicksontraining.com/images/juggling-two.png" alt="A woman juggling Earth globes" width="332" height="232" fr-original-style="" style="cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; user-select: none; max-width: 100%; position: relative; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable"><p align="justify" fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">(3 x Cohorts of 12/13)</p><p align="justify" fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">The group(s) will be invited to optimise the number of &lsquo;clients&rsquo; (juggling balls) they can manage at one time. This involves devising a sequence between the group to achieve maximum results without making any mistakes. We introduce different balls which represent different degrees of complexity, challenging the group&rsquo;s preparation and approach to a variety &lsquo;customers&rsquo; needs.</p><h6 style="color: rgb(17, 86, 166); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(17, 86, 166);">Debriefing points:</h6><ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Ensuring effective communication</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Clarifying the approach for dealing with the unexpected</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Setting expectations and reviewing delivery</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Treating every colleague with care and respect</li></ul><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><h6 style="color: rgb(17, 86, 166); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(17, 86, 166);">Tutorial - Email Etiquette</h6><ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">The primary standards &ndash; best practices</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">ABSURD model</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Preparation and planning</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Top Tips</li></ul><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><h5 style="color: rgb(17, 86, 166); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(17, 86, 166);">World Cafe</h5><img src="https://www.dicksontraining.com/images/world-cafe.png" alt="World cafe drawing" width="332" height="232" fr-original-style="" style="cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; user-select: none; max-width: 100%; position: relative; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable"><p align="justify" fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">The team are split into 5-6 sub-groups &ndash; each with a specific review focus:-</p><ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">What recommendations do you have to engage the team back into the Workplace?</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">How do we ensure the framework is efficient?</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">What are the best ways to optimise team working strategically when most/all team members are in the office?</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">What potential barriers are there?</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">How do we accommodate for the Regional team members?</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">What are the benefits to bringing the team back to the workplace?</li></ul><p align="justify" fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">Each session has 2 &ndash; 3 rounds with each table&rsquo;s &lsquo;host&rsquo; sharing feedback for applying to the Team Action Plan &ndash; or Charter.</p><h6 style="color: rgb(17, 86, 166); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(17, 86, 166);">Debriefing points:</h6><ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Each Syndicate&rsquo;s recommendations and capture the key actions they generate</li></ul><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><h5 style="color: rgb(17, 86, 166); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(17, 86, 166);">&#39;Real Play&#39;</h5><img src="https://www.dicksontraining.com/images/real-play-two.png" alt="A Real Play session" width="332" height="170" fr-original-style="" style="cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; user-select: none; max-width: 100%; position: relative; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable"><p align="justify" fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">We offer an innovative solution to bring real Leadership/team scenarios to life. We use actors who improvise scenarios which have been specified by the group.</p><ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">The group is split the group into 2 sub-groups, one with the Actor, the other with the Trainer.</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Each group has a brief and has to instruct their Trainer/Actor on how to approach the scenario supplied.</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">The Actor and Trainer perform the role play(s) as instructed by their respective teams; however, during the action they can be paused for further recommendations or direction.</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">The outcome is the responsibility of the team(s) &ndash;&nbsp;<u fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">not</u>&nbsp;the performers</li></ul><p align="justify" fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">Assign 24 x &lsquo;Directors&rsquo; (4 for each Player &ndash; Phil &amp; Julia &ndash; for each Real Play.</p><h6 style="color: rgb(17, 86, 166); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(17, 86, 166);">Potential Real Play Scenarios:</h6><ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Engaging with a team member as to how the new working plans will be applied.</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Overcoming concerns to the new working practices/framework</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Addressing issues where a team member feels excluded from the teamworking practices/culture</li></ul><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><img src="https://www.dicksontraining.com/images/the-debrief.png" alt="The debrief" width="332" height="200" fr-original-style="" style="cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; user-select: none; max-width: 100%; position: relative; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable"><p align="justify" fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Debrief the Programme</strong></p><p align="justify" fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Individual Action Plans</strong></p><p align="justify" fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Team Priorities for application into the workplace</strong></p></section></section><main style="color: rgb(125, 125, 125); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(125, 125, 125);"><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"></div><section fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><article fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></article></section></main>

Dickson Training Ltd

Ushering The Team Back To The Workplace

<p>This very practical one-day programme provides participants with the skills and knowledge required to be an effective member of the procurement team and to enable them to procure a wide range of resources for the organisation, in a compliant and cost-effective manner. It also empowers them to be able to collaborate with all key stakeholders.</p>By the end of the programme participants will be able to:<ul><li>Understand the basic concepts of good procurement practice</li><li>Apply a range of tools and techniques for developing scopes of work and specifications</li><li>Apply various methods to select and evaluate suppliers</li><li>Develop robust contract award strategies</li><li>Appreciate the commercial importance of effective procurement and opportunities to reduce cost and add value</li><li>Develop appropriate procurement strategies depending on risk and value</li><li>Appreciate the legal aspects of procurement</li></ul><section>
                    <h3>1 Welcome</h3><ul><li>Introductions</li><li>Aims and objectives</li><li>Plan for the day</li></ul> <h3>2 The basics of procurement</h3><ul><li>The concept of total cost of ownership <em>v</em> price</li><li>The procurement cycle</li><li>The roles of the customer and the contractor</li><li>Impact upon profit</li></ul> <h3>3 Specification process</h3><ul><li>Importance of effective specifications</li><li>Specification development process</li><li>Types of specification</li><li>Team approach</li><li>Use of performance specifications</li><li>Early supplier involvement (ESI) / early contractor involvement (ECI)</li></ul> <h3>4 Quality</h3><ul><li>Concepts and practices</li><li>Defining 'fit for purpose'</li><li>Conformance to requirements</li><li>Compliance to standards</li><li>Role of the supplier</li><li>Quality assurance tools and techniques</li></ul> <h3>5 Procurement methods</h3><ul><li>RFP</li><li>RFQ</li><li>ITT</li><li>Negotiated procurement</li><li>Strategic partnerships</li><li>Outsourcing</li></ul> <h3>6 Tendering</h3><ul><li>How to undertake a formal tendering process</li><li>Business case to award</li><li>Critical stages in the process</li><li>Risks and benefits</li></ul> <h3>7 Tender evaluation</h3><ul><li>How to undertake a quotation analysis</li><li>Tools of analysis</li><li>Use of VFM models</li><li>Role of the customer</li><li>Comparisons around cost, quality, and delivery</li></ul> <h3>8 Supplier selection and evaluation</h3><ul><li>Developing critical selection criteria</li><li>Using the 10Cs model</li><li>Importance of effective selection process</li><li>Weighting systems</li><li>Importance of validity and evidence</li></ul> <h3>9 Capital equipment procurement</h3><ul><li>Life cycle cost issues</li><li>Payback calculations</li><li>Compatibility issues</li><li>Maintenance and training issues</li><li>After-sales support</li></ul> <h3>10 Supplier relationships</h3><ul><li>Corporate social responsibility issues</li><li>Communication</li><li>360 feed-back</li><li>Open and ethical</li><li>Initial understanding</li><li>Clear and fair terms and conditions</li></ul> <h3>11 Close</h3><ul><li>Review of key learning points</li><li>Personal action planning</li></ul> 


                </section>

Purchasing

Procurement & Supply

Procurement

Introduction to procurement (In-House)

<p>This workshop is designed to build participants' knowledge, skills and confidence in mental health and resilience in the workplace. The workshop will benefit all those looking to increase their knowledge around the subject enabling them to support someone exhibiting sigs of mental ill health, as well as increasing their own resilience and being aware of their own mental wellbeing.</p><ul><li>AN IN DEPTH UNDERSTANDING OF MENTAL HEALTH AND THE FACTORS THAT CAN AFFECT WELLBEING</li><li>PRACTICAL SKILLS TO SPOT THE TRIGGERS AND SIGNS OF MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES</li><li>CONFIDENCE TO STEP IN, REASSURE AND SUPPORT A PERSON IN DISTRESS</li><li>KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND CONFIDENCE THROUGH PRACTICAL EXERCISES TO INCREASE LEVELS OF PERSONAL RESILIENCE</li></ul><section>
                    <h3>1. Introduction</h3><ul><li>Workshop objectives and benefits from attending</li><li>Participants' experience and confidence in this area</li><li>Personal objectives</li></ul><h3>2. Understanding mental health</h3><ul><li>What is mental health?</li><li>Mental health and stigma</li><li>Types of mental ill health disorders</li></ul><h3>3. Supporting others</h3><ul><li>Warning signs of mental ill health</li><li>How to support someone exhibiting signs of mental ill health</li></ul><h3>4. Supporting yourself</h3><ul><li>Stess: coping mechanisms and self-care</li><li>What is resilience, why is it important and how can you increase your levels?</li><li>Building your support network</li></ul><h3>5. Next steps</h3><ul><li>Individual learning and action planning</li><li>Group review and close</li></ul>


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Maximum Performance

Mental Health Awareness in the Workplace

Edinburgh

Leicester

<p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" id="isPasted" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">P600 provides delegates with the necessary skills and knowledge to improve their understanding of Performance Measurements in LEV.</p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">For many this will act as a starting point in their progression towards a career in LEV. &nbsp;P600 can be taken by newcomers to the field of LEV or by less experienced LEV personnel as part of their progression towards a Level 4 qualification, eg&nbsp;<a href="https://www.oxyl8.com/product/p601-thorough-examination-and-testing-of-local-exhaust-ventilation-lev-systems/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="color: rgb(10, 78, 112); user-select: auto; font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: inherit;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(10, 78, 112);">P601</a>&nbsp;&ndash;&nbsp;<a href="https://www.oxyl8.com/product/p604-performance-evaluation-and-management-of-local-exhaust-ventilation-systems/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="color: rgb(10, 78, 112); user-select: auto; font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: inherit;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(10, 78, 112);">P604</a>&nbsp;series). P600 is a Level 3 course.</p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">It does not confer &lsquo;competency&rsquo; on the delegate to allow them to undertake stutory examinations and tests under CoSHH Reg 9.</p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">In general terms &ndash; by attending this P600 delegates will gain knowledge and understanding of the:-</p><ul style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Basic components of local exhaust ventilation systems.</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Methodologies for undertaking the performance testing of LEV equipment</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Qualitative visualisation techniques (smoke release/&rsquo;dust lamp&rsquo; etc).</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Quantitative measurement techniques (anemometers, Pitot tubes etc).</li></ul>

OXYL8 Ltd

Energy Performance Certificate

Local Exhaust Ventilation (LEV)

FA Level 1

P600 is an introductory one-day LEV course

P600 LEV Methods for Testing Performance

P600 LEV 1 Day Course

<p style="color: rgb(62, 62, 62); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" id="isPasted" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(62, 62, 62);">Brightcore Consultancy delivers Senior Mental Health Lead training in schools and colleges which meets the Department for Education&rsquo;s quality criteria, and our course is in fact the highest rated of all the nationally DfE approved Senior Mental Health Lead training courses, scoring a perfect 5/5 in each of the 9 DfE quality assurance standards during the quality assurance process. It also has an incredible average delegate rating of 4.97 out of 5 for overall quality, with 100% of former delegates recommending the course (please see our many fantastic testimonials<strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">&nbsp;</strong><a href="https://www.brightcoreconsultancy.com/brightcore-testimonials" target="_self" style="color: inherit; user-select: auto; font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: inherit;" fr-original-style=" color: inherit;"><span style="color: rgb(36, 173, 120); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(36, 173, 120);"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">here</strong></span></a>).</p><p style="color: rgb(36, 35, 35); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(36, 35, 35);">The highly acclaimed Senior Mental Health Lead Training and Certificate is an extensive and authoritative training course that ensures schools/colleges have the most comprehensive, effective and financially viable whole-school/college approach to mental health and wellbeing in place. Since September 2021, this course has been <span style="color: rgb(36, 173, 120); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(36, 173, 120);"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">fully funded by the DfE for eligible schools</strong></span><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">&nbsp;</strong><span style="color: rgb(36, 173, 120); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(36, 173, 120);"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">and colleges</strong></span>. Schools and Colleges that are ineligible for the grant are, of course, more than welcome to enrol on the course but will need to self-fund their place.</p><p style="color: rgb(36, 35, 35); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" id="isPasted" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(36, 35, 35);">Working with an&nbsp;<span style="color: rgb(36, 173, 120); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(36, 173, 120);"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">expert trainer and a highly experienced Senior Mental Health Lead</strong></span>, who has&nbsp;<span style="color: rgb(36, 173, 120); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(36, 173, 120);"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">trained Senior Mental Health Leads in over 1000 schools and colleges nationwide</strong></span>, you will be introduced to the DfE&rsquo;s requirements for the role of the DSMHL, and learn proven, long-term, evidence-based strategies to create, lead and promote a dynamic, bespoke mental health and wellbeing approach for your setting.</p><ul style="color: rgb(62, 62, 62); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(62, 62, 62);"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p style="color: rgb(62, 62, 62); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(62, 62, 62);">Our course consists of three days of live instructor-led training as well as an additional 1-2-1 review and coaching session, and costs&nbsp;<span style="color: rgb(36, 173, 120); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(36, 173, 120);"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">&pound;520+VAT per delegate.</strong>&nbsp;</span>(For schools and colleges who have already completed the training with us and now wish to train further colleagues, we offer a&nbsp;<span style="color: rgb(36, 173, 120); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(36, 173, 120);"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">subsidised rate for additional delegates of &pound;390+VAT</strong></span>&nbsp;- please just email us if this is an offer you would like to take up.)</p></li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p style="color: rgb(62, 62, 62); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(62, 62, 62);">Places are limited to a maximum of 15 delegates per course to ensure high quality, bespoke training.</p></li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p style="color: rgb(62, 62, 62); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(62, 62, 62);">An overview of the course structure can be found&nbsp;<a href="https://www.brightcoreconsultancy.com/_files/ugd/5bc70a_c7b3efd99188442fa7d20449bb8fd0ec.pdf" target="_blank" style="color: inherit; user-select: auto; font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: inherit;" fr-original-style=" color: inherit;"><span style="color: rgb(36, 173, 120); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(36, 173, 120);"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">here.</strong></span></a></p></li></ul><p style="color: rgb(62, 62, 62); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(62, 62, 62);"><span style="color: rgb(36, 35, 35); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(36, 35, 35);">Our Course is suitable for those who are new to the role of Senior Mental Health Lead or those who are looking to take on this role in the near future, and is designed to meet the DfE&rsquo;s</span><span style="color: rgb(36, 173, 120); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(36, 173, 120);"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">&nbsp;</strong><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/995681/Learning_outcomes_for_senior_mental_health_leads_in_schools_and_colleges.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="color: inherit; user-select: auto; font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: inherit;" fr-original-style=" color: inherit;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Learning Outcomes for Senior Mental Health Leads</strong></a></span><span style="color: rgb(36, 35, 35); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(36, 35, 35);">&nbsp;by developing and supporting their knowledge and understanding of how to design, implement and sustain an effective whole school/college approach in accordance with the eight key principles as set out by Public Health England.</span></p><p style="text-align: center; font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.brightcoreconsultancy.com/brightcore-testimonials" target="_blank" style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 5px; background-color: rgb(61, 86, 224); border-width: 12px 18px; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(61, 86, 224); display: inline-block; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer;" rel="noopener noreferrer" fr-original-style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: #ffffff; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 5px; background-color: #3D56E0; border-top: 12px solid #3D56E0; border-bottom: 12px solid #3D56E0; border-right: 18px solid #3D56E0; border-left: 18px solid #3D56E0; display: inline-block;" fr-original-class="wysiwyg_bold_link_cls">View all testimonials </a></p><p style="text-align: center; font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="text-align: center;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></p>

Brightcore Consultancy delivers Senior Mental Health Lead training in schools and colleges which meets the Department for Education’s quality criteria, and our course is in fact the highest rated of all the nationally DfE approved Senior Mental Health Lead training courses, scoring a perfect 5/5 in each of the 9 DfE quality assurance standards during the quality assurance process. It also has an incredible average delegate rating of 4.97 out of 5 for overall quality, with 100% of former delegates recommending the course (please see our many fantastic testimonials here).
The highly acclaimed Senior Mental Health Lead Training and Certificate is an extensive and authoritative training course that ensures schools/colleges have the most comprehensive, effective and financially viable whole-school/college approach to mental health and wellbeing in place. Since September 2021, this course has been fully funded by the DfE for eligible schools and colleges. Schools and Colleges that are ineligible for the grant are, of course, more than welcome to enrol on the course but will need to self-fund their place.
Working with an expert trainer and a highly experienced Senior Mental Health Lead, who has trained Senior Mental Health Leads in over 1000 schools and colleges nationwide, you will be introduced to the DfE’s requirements for the role of the DSMHL, and learn proven, long-term, evidence-based strategies to create, lead and promote a dynamic, bespoke mental health and wellbeing approach for your setting.
Our course consists of three days of live instructor-led training as well as an additional 1-2-1 review and coaching session, and costs £520+VAT per delegate. (For schools and colleges who have already completed the training with us and now wish to train further colleagues, we offer a subsidised rate for additional delegates of £390+VAT - please just email us if this is an offer you would like to take up.)
Places are limited to a maximum of 15 delegates per course to ensure high quality, bespoke training.
An overview of the course structure can be found here.
Our Course is suitable for those who are new to the role of Senior Mental Health Lead or those who are looking to take on this role in the near future, and is designed to meet the DfE’s Learning Outcomes for Senior Mental Health Leads by developing and supporting their knowledge and understanding of how to design, implement and sustain an effective whole school/college approach in accordance with the eight key principles as set out by Public Health England.
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Brightcore Consultancy

Mental Health

Brightcore Consultancy delivers Senior Mental Health Lead training in schools and colleges which meets the Department for Education’s quality criteria, and our course is in fact the highest rated of all the nationally DfE approved Senior Mental Health Lead training courses, scoring a perfect 5/5 in each of the 9 DfE quality assurance standards during the quality assurance process.

Designated Senior Mental Health Lead Course (Three full days plus 1-2-1 session)

General Admission

Bristol

Exeter

London

Newcastle

Manchester

Liverpool

Birmingham

<h1 id="isPasted" style="color: rgb(62, 62, 62); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(62, 62, 62);">Online MHFA England Adult Mental Health First Aid Course.&nbsp;</h1><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://www.mindmapswellbeing.com/brochure-request/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" fr-original-style="" style="user-select: auto; font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: inherit;">Download brochure for course details here.</a><a href="https://www.mindmapswellbeing.com/_webedit/uploaded-files/All%20Files/Online%20Mental%20Health%20First%20Aid.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" fr-original-style="" style="user-select: auto; font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: inherit;">&nbsp;</a>&nbsp;</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div style="color: rgb(62, 62, 62); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(62, 62, 62);">This online version of the mental health first aid course will offer the same learning outcomes as the face to face training, and every person who completes the course will be certified as a Mental Health First Aider. &nbsp;The Online Mental Health First Aid course is a blended approach of individual learning and four instructor-led live sessions, hosted on a new Online Learning Hub. &nbsp;As a training course, Mental Health First Aid teaches people how to identify, understand and help someone who may be experiencing a mental health issue. The organisation&#39;s courses and resources also promote self-care as a vital way for people to help protect their mental health and prevent issues from getting worse. &nbsp;As with all our courses at Mindmaps Wellbeing, your course will be delivered by a Registered Mental Health Nurse, MHFA England Instructor and Open University Associate Lecturer and Practice Tutor experienced in remote teaching. Our live online learning will also include an assistant who is a MHFAider. &nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(62, 62, 62); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(62, 62, 62);"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div style="color: rgb(62, 62, 62); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(62, 62, 62);">Our fee is &pound;300pp Groups of 5+ contact <a href="mailto:info@mindmapswellbeing.com" fr-original-style="" style="user-select: auto; font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: inherit;">info@mindmapswellbeing.com</a>&nbsp;for reduced group fees.&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(62, 62, 62); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(62, 62, 62);"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div style="color: rgb(62, 62, 62); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(62, 62, 62);"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Live instructor led sessions;&nbsp;</strong></div><div style="color: rgb(62, 62, 62); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(62, 62, 62);">10:00 &ndash; 12:30 &amp; 14:30 &ndash; 17:00 both days&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(62, 62, 62); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(62, 62, 62);">Individual learning modules around these times. You will gain access to this on the Friday before your course start date.</div><p id="isPasted" fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;"><u fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Why choosing Mindmaps Wellbeing is a good choice for your training.</u></strong></p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">The MHFA England RRP is &pound;325pp, our rate is &pound;300pp and our fee includes:</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">✅ Instructor led training sessions over two days</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">✅ Course Manual</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">✅ Workbook</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">✅ Handy Cue Card</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">✅ MHFAider Certificate upon completion</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">Plus, exclusively when you choose Mindmaps Wellbeing, it also includes:</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">✅ Your instructors are <strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Registered Mental Health Nurses and Healthcare Educators</strong> (They of course have their own lived experiences too, which they bring to the course, ensuring the content is brought to life).</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">✅ Access to our online MHFAider peer support groups moderated by the instructor team.</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">✅ Access to MINDWELL companion for resources, self-care, and ongoing guidance to support you in the role as a MHFAider.</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">✅ Advanced Delegate Plan &ndash; This allows delegates to book onto our open courses on dates that suit, with the best value on course fees available.</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">&nbsp;</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">For a little extra:&nbsp;</strong></p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">✅ Quarterly Facilitated MHFAider Forum &ndash; to provide ongoing expert support and guidance.&nbsp;</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">✅ Organisational MINDWELL Companion tailored for your workplace / organisation.</p>

Online MHFA England Adult Mental Health First Aid Course. 
Download brochure for course details here.  This online version of the mental health first aid course will offer the same learning outcomes as the face to face training, and every person who completes the course will be certified as a Mental Health First Aider. The Online Mental Health First Aid course is a blended approach of individual learning and four instructor-led live sessions, hosted on a new Online Learning Hub. As a training course, Mental Health First Aid teaches people how to identify, understand and help someone who may be experiencing a mental health issue. The organisation's courses and resources also promote self-care as a vital way for people to help protect their mental health and prevent issues from getting worse. As with all our courses at Mindmaps Wellbeing, your course will be delivered by a Registered Mental Health Nurse, MHFA England Instructor and Open University Associate Lecturer and Practice Tutor experienced in remote teaching. Our live online learning will also include an assistant who is a MHFAider. Our fee is £300pp Groups of 5+ contact info@mindmapswellbeing.com for reduced group fees. Live instructor led sessions; 10:00 – 12:30 & 14:30 – 17:00 both days Individual learning modules around these times. You will gain access to this on the Friday before your course start date.
Why choosing Mindmaps Wellbeing is a good choice for your training.
The MHFA England RRP is £325pp, our rate is £300pp and our fee includes:
✅ Instructor led training sessions over two days
✅ Course Manual
✅ Workbook
✅ Handy Cue Card
✅ MHFAider Certificate upon completion
Plus, exclusively when you choose Mindmaps Wellbeing, it also includes:
✅ Your instructors are Registered Mental Health Nurses and Healthcare Educators (They of course have their own lived experiences too, which they bring to the course, ensuring the content is brought to life).
✅ Access to our online MHFAider peer support groups moderated by the instructor team.
✅ Access to MINDWELL companion for resources, self-care, and ongoing guidance to support you in the role as a MHFAider.
✅ Advanced Delegate Plan – This allows delegates to book onto our open courses on dates that suit, with the best value on course fees available.
 
For a little extra: 
✅ Quarterly Facilitated MHFAider Forum – to provide ongoing expert support and guidance. 
✅ Organisational MINDWELL Companion tailored for your workplace / organisation.

Mindmaps Wellbeing

Health & Wellbeing

Occupational Health & Wellbeing

Accredited Mental Health First Aid

Mental Health At Work

Mental Health Nurse

Online MHFA England mental health first aid course delivered by Registered Mental Health Nurses from Mindmaps Wellbeing. 

Why choosing Mindmaps Wellbeing is a good choice for your mental health training.
The MHFA England RRP is £325pp, our rate is £300pp and our fee includes:
✅ Instructor led training sessions over two days 
✅ Course Manual
✅ Workbook
✅ Handy Cue Card
✅ MHFAider Certificate upon completion
Plus, exclusively when you choose Mindmaps Wellbeing, it also includes:

✅ Your instructors are Registered Mental Health Nurses and Healthcare Educators (They of course have their own lived experiences too, which they bring to the course, ensuring the content is brought to life).

✅ Access to our online MHFAider peer support groups moderated by the instructor team.

✅ Access to MINDWELL companion for resources, self-care, and ongoing guidance to support you in the role as a MHFAider.

✅ Advanced Delegate Plan – This allows delegates to book onto our open courses on dates that suit, with the best value on course fees available.

For a little extra: 

✅ Quarterly Facilitated MHFAider Forum – to provide ongoing expert support and guidance. 

✅ Organisational MINDWELL Companion tailored for your workplace / organisation.


MHFA England Mental Health First Aid

<p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">Safer recruitment training became mandatory for the recruitment of school staff from 1 January 2010. This means a recruitment panel must have at least one member who has completed the training, or where an individual is in charge of recruitment, that individual must have completed the training. It is the responsibility of schools to comply. It is recommended that anyone recruiting into the wider children&rsquo;s workforce be trained.<span style="color: rgb(62, 62, 62); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(62, 62, 62);"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></span></p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: rgb(62, 62, 62); box-sizing: border-box;" id="isPasted" fr-original-style="color: rgb(62, 62, 62);">This training is for Headteachers, Senior Leaders, Governors, Business Managers, HR professionals and for those who recruit workers and volunteers to work with children and young people. As a minimum at least one member of the interview panel should have had Safer Recruitment Training. All organisations in England that work with or provide services for children and families have a duty to protect their welfare.</span></p><p style="text-align: center; color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.brightcoreconsultancy.com/brightcore-testimonials" target="_blank" style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 5px; background-color: rgb(61, 86, 224); border-width: 12px 18px; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(61, 86, 224); display: inline-block; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer;" rel="noopener noreferrer" fr-original-style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: #ffffff; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 5px; background-color: #3D56E0; border-top: 12px solid #3D56E0; border-bottom: 12px solid #3D56E0; border-right: 18px solid #3D56E0; border-left: 18px solid #3D56E0; display: inline-block;">View all testimonials </a></p>

Safer recruitment training became mandatory for the recruitment of school staff from 1 January 2010. This means a recruitment panel must have at least one member who has completed the training, or where an individual is in charge of recruitment, that individual must have completed the training. It is the responsibility of schools to comply. It is recommended that anyone recruiting into the wider children’s workforce be trained.

This training is for Headteachers, Senior Leaders, Governors, Business Managers, HR professionals and for those who recruit workers and volunteers to work with children and young people. As a minimum at least one member of the interview panel should have had Safer Recruitment Training. All organisations in England that work with or provide services for children and families have a duty to protect their welfare.
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Recruitment

Safer Recruitment

Safer recruitment training became mandatory for the recruitment of school staff from 1 January 2010. This means a recruitment panel must have at least one member who has completed the training, or where an individual is in charge of recruitment, that individual must have completed the training. It is the responsibility of schools to comply. It is recommended that anyone recruiting into the wider children’s workforce be trained.

Accredited Safer Recruitment Training

<p style="color: rgb(var(--color_25)); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" id="isPasted" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(var(--color_25));">This CPD accredited Threat Management TACCP course is typically completed as a bolt-on to the BRCGS Vulnerability Assessment for Food Fraud (VAFF) course, though it can be attended as a stand alone course. It looks at the various methodologies for risk assessing and managing threats which could be malicious or fraudulent in nature.</p><p style="color: rgb(var(--color_25)); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(var(--color_25));">While the BRCGS VAFF course specifically covers fraud, TACCP is not included and so this course is complimentary and gives attendees of both courses a comprehensive qualification.&nbsp;</p><p style="color: rgb(var(--color_25)); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(var(--color_25));">Attendees will receive an STC certificate of achievement for TACCP on successful completion of the course assignment (which is typically combined with the BRCGS VAFF assignment if attended as a bolt-on course, but can also be completed alone).</p><p style="color: rgb(var(--color_25)); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(var(--color_25));">A number of tools, tips and templates are provided so that attendees can confidently produce meaningful risk assessments and implement sensible and effective control measures.</p><p style="color: rgb(var(--color_25)); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(var(--color_25));">This course has been accredited by the CPD Accreditation Office for delivery, structure and content.</p><p style="color: rgb(var(--color_25)); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(var(--color_25));">By the end of this course you will:</p><ul style="color: rgb(var(--color_25)); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(var(--color_25));"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p style="color: rgb(var(--color_25)); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(var(--color_25));">Understand TACCP &ndash; threat assessment and threat management</p></li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p style="color: rgb(var(--color_25)); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(var(--color_25));">Know and be able to apply the risk assessment methodologies</p></li></ul>

Ask Sonia Limited

Food Safety

HACCP

CPD accredited Threat Management TACCP course. 
Delivered online (Zoom) by a live tutor.
Exam and Certificate fee included in the price.

CPD Accredited Threat Management TACCP (2-3 hours)

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Nexus Human

Powerbi

Tableau Desktop Specialist

Business Analytics & Intelligence

Microsoft Power BI

Microsoft Power Platform

Microsoft BI

Power BI: Dashboard in a Day

<p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">Life is hectic. Finding time out feels almost impossible. We want to pray, we want to reflect, but when we do find a snatched moment to ourselves, we remain distracted.</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">I&#39;ve designed this space to help you reconnect with your breath, to gently stretch your body, and to listen... to the voice of your inner wisdom, and to the voice of your Beloved.&nbsp;</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">We will meditate with scripture, we will journal, we will use creative means to listen to the Spirit.</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">We will sit with Love.</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">I hope you will come away feeling centred, refreshed and assured of your belovedness.</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">&nbsp;Two hours, on Zoom.</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">"Come away with me to a quiet place"</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">Past Participants are Saying:</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">"<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" id="isPasted" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">A really well led session allowing time for reflection and prayer." - Ellie</span></p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;"><em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Mini-Retreats are hosted by Lissy Clarke, Spiritual Director, Yoga Teacher and the voice behind the meditations at Contemplative at Home.&nbsp;</em></p>

Life is hectic. Finding time out feels almost impossible. We want to pray, we want to reflect, but when we do find a snatched moment to ourselves, we remain distracted.
I've designed this space to help you reconnect with your breath, to gently stretch your body, and to listen... to the voice of your inner wisdom, and to the voice of your Beloved. 
We will meditate with scripture, we will journal, we will use creative means to listen to the Spirit.
We will sit with Love.
I hope you will come away feeling centred, refreshed and assured of your belovedness.
 Two hours, on Zoom.
"Come away with me to a quiet place"

The sessions will be shaped around the following themes this year:
October: Teresa of Avila
November: Letting Go
December: Advent / Expectant Hope
January: The Gifts of Winter Darkness
February: Love
March: Lent
April: No Session
May: Resurrection / Spring
June: TBC

July: The Gifts of Summer

August: No Session


You are invited to participate from the comfort of your own home. Ideally you'll be able to find a little space where you won't be interrupted. You might wish to ask those you share space with to help you protect this time by respecting your privacy.
All who sign up will be sent a link to the recording of the retreat which will remain live until the following session. If you would like to participate via recording, simply register for the event. It would be great if you could let me know that you won't be with us in real time.

Past Participants are Saying:


"A really well led session allowing time for reflection and prayer." - Ellie


Virtual Mini-Retreats are hosted by Lissy Clarke, Spiritual Director, Yoga Teacher and the voice behind the meditations at Contemplative at Home. 

NB: Virtual Mini-Retreats are FREE for members who support the show at £15/ month and above (thank you!! ✨) - but you must still register to secure a place on a particular date, as places are limited. Memberships can be started or stopped at any time. More information here.

Contemplative at Home

Virtual Mini-Retreats

Suggested Donation

Bournemouth

London Waterloo Academy

Dental Nurse

Dental Assistant

VIRTUAL DENTAL NURSING DIPLOMA

Registration Fee

Tuition Fee

Exam Fee

One Day Introduction Course

Swansea

ONLINE STUDY + ONE DAY ZOOM SESSION
NO CLASSROOM ATTENDANCE REQUIRED


Awarding Body: Dual Accreditation - Open College Network (OCN Credit4Learning) & The CPD Certification Service (21 CPD Points)
 
Award Level: UK - Level Three (Advanced) + 21 CPD Points
Ireland Level Five (Advanced) + 21 CPD Points
 
Minimum Age: 18 (16 with parental consent)
 
Entry requirements: None. English Level 2 desirable
 
Training Locations: Study online + virtual classroom.
 
Practical Training: Includes FREE Practise@Home Phlebotomy Training Kit worth £79.99
This comprehensive 76 piece practical training kit includes mini-arm trainer, sharps container and all medical grade supplies needed as well as a step-by-step 30 minute training video.



PART 1 (THEORY) - STUDY AT HOME ONLINE :
Complete your theory training online in the comfort of your own home or at work. Stop/start when it suits you and complete the online modules at your own pace. Can be completed on multiple devices such as laptop, smart-phone, desktop computer, kindle, tablet etc.
 
PART 2 (PRACTICAL SESSIONS) - JOIN US FOR A COMPREHENSIVE ONE DAY ZOOM SESSION:
Full instructions will be provided. We will send you a completely free Practise@Home Phlebotomy Training Kit, including a mini-arm trainer, for you to keep. You will follow your tutor's on-screen instructions during your Zoom virtual classroom sessions as you learn and develop your phlebotomy skills. The procedures and practices taught online are exactly the same as you would learn in the classroom. At any time before or after your course you can watch our 30 minute step-by-step video to refresh your knowledge and continue to use your training kit to practice your skills.
 
(THIS COURSE AWARDS THE SAME NATIONALLY RECOGNISED AND DUALLY ACCREDITED QUALIFICATION AS OUR CLASSROOM AND HYBRID COURSE VERSIONS)


Please make sure you verify the precise dates and timings of your course when you receive your booking confirmation, as it may vary from the information provided above.


COURSE ITINERARY

 
A dually-accredited hybrid modular venepuncture course awarding an
OCN Accredited Level Three Certificate (3 credits) & 21 CPD Points


Nationally Recognised Qualification


Part 1 - online (eLearning) Part 2 - Virtual Classroom (1 Day Zoom)


PRE-COURSE
Home study pack - download and complete before the virtual classroom sessions

PART 1 - ONLINE
M01: Course Overview
M02: History, Definitions and Roles
M03: Work-flow cycles
M04: Professionalism
M05: Health & Safety
M06: Blood Collection Systems
M07: Anatomy & Physiology
M08: Blood Composition
M09: Using the equipment
M10: Performing the venepuncture - see Classroom Part 2
M11: Lab Tests and Bottle Types
M12: Analytical Errors
M13: Informal Quiz – answers
M14: Award – accredited certificates, value, application and overview. Job Opportunities.


PART 2 - VIRTUAL CLASSROOM (ONE DAY ZOOM SESSION)
M01: Introduction: Welcome, Introductions and Overview.
M10: Performing the venepuncture (theory overview)
P01: Practical Session 1 – Equipment familiarisation - "Tools of the Trade"
P02A: Practical Session 2A – Unpacking your training kit
P02B: Practical Session 2B - A look at the mini-arm trainer and associated equipment
P03: Practical Session 3 – Using the tourniquet and identifying a vein
P04: Practical Session 4 – Handling and assembling the equipment. Familiarisation and procedures including initial skill-set development
P05: Practical Session 5 - Further skill-set development and consolidation. Discussing needle types including winged infusion sets (butterfly needles)
P06A: Practical Session 6A – Performing the venepuncture on the mini-arm trainer. Palpating the vein, performing the venepuncture. Sample handling and labelling.
P06B: Practical Session 6B – Consolidating pre- and post-venepuncture procedures.
 
Additional support material can be downloaded as you progress through the course online.





ZOOM SESSION

VIRTUAL CLASSROOM (ZOOM) SESSIONS 
Our Virtual Classroom training course consists of online study (Part 1 - theory) and Virtual Classroom Zoom sessions (Part 2 - practical skill-set development)
You must complete your Part 1 online study before joining us for your Zoom session(s).
Once you have enrolled on this course you will be sent a free Practise@Home Training Kit, This is yours to keep and can be reused any many time as you wish after you have completed the course.
Your Booking Confirmation will include your Zoom log-in details.



Geopace Training

Allied Health

Allied Health Professions (AHP)

Blood Taking

Healthcare Workers

Venepuncture

Phlebotomist

Phlebotomy

Accredited Phlebotomy

Healthcare

Learn how to take blood ... train as a Phlebotomist

    Nationally Recognised Qualification

    No previous experience or qualifications needed

    OCN Accredited - Level 3 (advanced)

    CPD Accredited (The CPD Certification Service)

    Covers all steps up to live blood draw

    Practise on artificial arm and fake blood!

    Basic understanding of English language required

    OPEN TO ALL APPLICANTS


Introduction to Phlebotomy Course (GPT003VC) - 1 DAY Virtual Classroom

Southend on Sea

Rotherham

Slough

Portsmouth

Bingley

Paisley

Luton

Northampton

Bedford

Liverpool 

BASIC to ADVANCED COURSE PACKAGE

Complete 3 courses over 2 full days and receive three qualifications:

Introduction to Phlebotomy Certificate (Nationally Recognised Level 3, Ireland Level 5)
Days 1 and 2: 9.30am – 5.00pm

Advanced Phlebotomy Certificate (Nationally Recognised Level 4, Ireland Level 6)
Day 1: 5.30pm - 8.30pm

Geopace Certificate of Competency (Nationally Recognised Accredited, CPD Practical Skills)
Day 2: 5.30pm - 8.30pm

Please make sure you verify the precise dates and timings of your course when you receive your booking confirmation, as it may vary from the information provided above.






Key Facts & Summary:


COURSE 1: INTRODUCTION TO PHLEBOTOMY COURSE - NATIONALLY RECOGNISED AND ACCREDITED VENEPUCTURE COURSE
UK Level Three (Ireland Level Five)
DUALLY ACCREDITED - Open College Network (OCN) and The CPD Certification Service (21 CPD Points)

PART 1 (DAY 1) - 9.30am to 5.00pm
PART 2 (DAY 2) - 9.30am to 5.00pm

Adheres to World Health Organisation guidelines (meets or exceeds all guidelines) and Skills for Health Directive HSC376

A TWO DAY venepuncture course at Level 3. Trains up to the point of live blood draws.

On completion awards a Nationally Recognised and Accredited Certificate in Phlebotomy.

DAY ONE (PART 1) - THEORY
Attend the course location of your choice – starts at 9.30am and finishes approx. 5.00pm

DAY TWO (PART 2) - CLASSROOM
Your classroom tutor will recap on the theory element (above) after which you will begin your practical sessions learning and developing the skills required up to the point of Live Blood Draws.

DOWNLOAD A COURSE ITINERARY HERE



COURSE 2: ADVANCED PHLEBOTOMY COURSE - NATIONALLY RECOGNISED AND ACCREDITED VENEPUCTURE COURSE
UK Level Four (Ireland Level 6)
DUALLY ACCREDITED - Open College Network (OCN) and The CPD Certification Service (14 CPD Points)

PART 1 - THEORY
Complete your theory training online in the comfort of your own home or at work.

PART 2 - CLASSROOM
Follow on from your Day One Theory training, in the evening, from 5.30pm - 8.30pm

Adheres to World Health Organisation guidelines (meets or exceeds all guidelines) and Skills for Health Directive HSC376

Skills and Practical Development:
Covers advanced specialised phlebotomy techniques to give you the leading edge as a phlebotomist. Learn to use a wide range of non-routine equipment.

On completion awards a Nationally Recognised and Accredited Certificate in Advanced Phlebotomy.

DOWNLOAD A COURSE ITINERARY HERE



COURSE 3: ROUTE TO COMPETENCY MASTERCLASS
CPD ACCREDITED - The CPD Certification Service

CLASSROOM
Follow on from your Day Two practical training, in the evening, from 5.30pm - 8.30pm

Adheres to World Health Organisation guidelines (meets or exceeds all guidelines) and Skills for Health Directive HSC376

GEOPACE LIVE BLOOD SESSIONS enabling you to draw human blood under 1-to-1 supervision of your tutor. You will follow a Competency Checklist, signed off by your tutor on completion.

On completion awards a Geopace Certificate of Competency - Nationally Recognised and Accredited Route to Competency - Live Blood Draws Certificate

DOWNLOAD A COURSE ITINERARY HERE




How do I attend?

EITHER -
CLASSROOM OPTION - Attend one of our scheduled classroom locations, completing your Introduction to Phlebotomy Course over 2 days. You will also complete your Advanced Training at the end of the first day and your Competency Training at the end of the second day.

Our Introduction to Phlebotomy and Advanced Phlebotomy Training Kits are supplied at no charge when booking our virtual classroom training option.
If you would like to add one or both of these kits to your classroom training option then these are available to add at time of booking. Our comprehensive training kits each mirror the same equipment and supplies used in the classroom and both include detailed video tutorials, allowing you to continue to practice and "hone" your skills after you have completed your practical training.

OR -

VIRTUAL CLASSROOM OPTION- Complete your theory training online at home or work, then join us for a one day Zoom session to complete your Introduction to Phlebotomy virtual classroom training, followed by your Advanced Training in the evening of the same day. You have the option to add a classroom-based competency session, awarding a CPD Accredited Geopace Certificate of Competency, at time of booking.

Our Virtual Classroom option includes two very comprehensive training kits - one for your introductory course and one for your advanced course. Kits are included at no charge (normally £79.95 each) and are yours to keep and to continue to practice with after you have finished your courses. The equipment and supplies included in your kits are the same as those used if you choose the classroom option.

How do I book?

Choose whether you would like to attend in a classroom or if you would like to complete your training by virtual classroom.
Click on the Classroom - Booking Options or Virtual Classroom - Booking Options buttons below to see all upcoming dates and locations.

Please note - Competency Training
Our Route to Competency Masterclass - Live Blood Sessions can only be completed in a classroom environment. This is included when you book a classroom option. When booking the virtual classroom option you can choose to add this at time of booking. You will receive a voucher code to enable you to book onto any upcoming dates or locations. For most of our two day course we run our competency training at the end of the second day and therefore you should be able to complete your full training programme with us over two days.

If you are completing your training by virtual classroom please see our list of competency training locations here.

If you would like to "mix and match" your training dates and/or locations then please call our admin team on 01525 713377 who will be more than happy to put a training package together for you on dates and / or locations that suit you.

All courses are accredited and are Skills for Health & WHO compliant.

THIS COURSE PACKAGE INCLUDES:
1: INTRODUCTION TO PHLEBOTOMY COURSE (GPT003) - Level 3 (Ireland Level 5)
2: ADVANCED PHLEBOTOMY COURSE (GPT005) - Level 4 (Ireland Level 6)
3: GEOPACE COMPETENCY CERTIFICATE - CPD Certified (optional with Virtual Classroom)

Learn how to take blood ... train as a Phlebotomist

FAST-TRACK YOUR PHLEBOTOMY TRAINING

WITH OUR

COMPLETE TRAINING PACKAGE

20% off -  Multi-Course Discount

    Cover all stages from beginner through to Level 4

    Available as Classroom or Virtual Classroom

    Complete your beginner to advanced training in 2 days

    Awards 2 accredited qualifications - Introduction to Phlebotomy and Advanced Phlebotomy qualifications

    Both courses are dually accredited (OCN & CPD)

    Geopace Certificate of Competency included with classroom attendance or available as an option when booking virtual classroom

    Covers all steps up to live blood draw

    Learn advanced skills and techniques

    Virtual Classroom options include comprehensive Practise@Home Training Kits (yours to keep)

    Basic understanding of English language required

    OPEN TO ALL APPLICANTS


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