New dates for Introduction to the SEND Local Offer webinars
The Local Offer website lets parents, young people and professionals know what special educational needs and disabilities services are available in Hertfordshire, and who can access them. There is so much more than that, too.
A friendly face from the Local Offer team will take you through what’s on the website and how you can use it to find the right services and support.
www.hertfordshire.gov.uk/localoffer
(For professionals AND parent carers) Tuesday 18 April at 8pm - Click here to join the meeting
(For professionals) Thursday 20 April at 11am - Click here to join the meeting
(For professionals) Friday 21 April at 1pm - Click here to join the meeting
HSCP Learning & Development Programme
HSCP provide a wide variety of learning programmes and workshops across Hertfordshire to develop skills for safeguarding children, young people and adults.
We use this page to give you some quick links through to the HSCP learning programmes:-
Free Suicide prevention training
Our Public Health team have commissioned Samaritans to deliver suicide prevention training. The course is aimed at frontline professionals and volunteers whose role may bring them into direct contact with people experiencing suicidal thoughts. The three-hour session is delivered via Zoom and will equip participants with practical skills to have a supportive, controlled, and effective conversations, assess and respond to risk and signpost to relevant support services. Please book a place using the links below or email SuicidePreventionHerts@hertfordshire.gov.uk for more information:
Next available dates:-
- Wednesday 1st March, 2pm
- Tuesday 7th March, 9.30am
- Friday 17th March, 9.30am
Book your place and view more dates here: Hertfordshire County Council | Eventbrite
News from Step2Skills
The sixth edition of Step2Skills News magazine is out now
The 6th edition of our Step2Skills News magazine has been published both in hard copy and online and is available to read!
Covering February to May, the edition is packed with news and information across our service, including;
✔️ Details from our new Multiply numbers programme
✔️ A tribute to the Hertfordshire community by Ukrainian learner, Yuliia
✔️ Upcoming courses from the Step2Skills network
✔️ How work experience can lead to paid work opportunities
✔️Building Better Opportunities: A lasting legacy
Read it here: http://www.hertfordshire.gov.uk/Step2Skillsmagazine
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Count yourself in! Multiply project launches in Hertfordshire to help improve your relationship with numbers in everyday life
If you find dealing with numbers in everyday life a chore, Step2Skills is teaming up with organisations across Hertfordshire to offer a range of workshops and courses to help improve your maths skills.
If you would prefer to chat to someone first to understand the different ways in which the Multiply team at Step2Skills can help you, ‘Number Ninjas’ are stationed at four places across the county, contact details as follows;
Bedwell Community Centre, in Stevenage - Telephone: 01438 314839 - Email: admin@bedwellcc.co.uk - W: www.bedwellcommunitycentre.co.uk
Create Community Network, in Letchworth - Telephone: 01462 558802 - Email: admin@createnetwork.community - Web: www.createnetwork.community
Communities 1st, locations across Hertsmere - Telephone: 01727 649950 - Email: training@communities1st.org.uk - Website: www.communities1st.org.uk
South Hill Centre, in Hemel Hempstead - Telephone: 01442 234728 - Email: enquiries@southhillcentre.co.uk - Web: www.southhillcentre.co.uk
In the wider Multiply network, there’s courses, workshops and even this inter-district maths tournament with SPS to enter, so count yourself in and let Step2Skills help you make sense of numbers!
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Move up the career ladder with the help of Step2Skills’ Level 3 Diploma in Leadership & Management
In March, Step2Skills will be starting the next Level 3 Diploma in Leadership & Management course.
Are you a new or aspiring manager?
Do you have management responsibilities but no formal training?
Do you want to develop your leadership and management abilities, cement your experience and gain a recognised qualification?
If yes, this 21-week Level 3 Diploma in Leadership and Management qualification course accredited by the Institute of Leadership & Management (ILM) is for you.
Suited to practising team leaders seeking to move up to the next level of management, and managers who need to lead people through organisational change, this course will help you gain a range of key management skills and build your leadership capabilities.
The units in this qualification fall into six broad areas.
- Core management skills – understanding how to organise and delegate
- Ability to perform management tasks –manage projects, lead meetings
- Team leadership – for example, how to motivate people to improve performance
- Change and innovation – plan and manage change, create a culture of innovation a full range of communications skills
- Managing people and relationships – negotiation, networking, building relationships
- Leadership – understand leadership, use action learning to develop your leadership capabilities
If you want to take the next step in your career, this is a great qualification to have. Take a look at our website for more detail on eligibility > Level 3 Diploma in Leadership & Management (hertfordshire.gov.uk)
Workforce Shadowing
The vision for Families First training and development is to create a skilled, confident and resilient multi-agency workforce that supports whole family working.
Workforce shadowing provides a great opportunity to find out more about other services, what they do and how they might be able to support you in your work. It also enhances communication across agencies and helps strengthen and develop professional relationships, building local networks.
If you would like to organise a workforce shadowing placement for either yourself or a team member please complete the form below stating the service you would like to shadow and the preferred district and we will match you to a shadowing opportunity.
The following services have offered to host shadowing opportunities in either in person or virtually:-
- Citizens Advice (Brox/St Albans/North Herts)
- Childcare provision
- CGL
- Domestic Abuse Support
- Families First Panels Team
- Family Support Service, Family Centre
- Herts Mind Network
- Herts Sports Partnership
- MIND in Mid Herts
- ASB Team, District Council, Three Rivers
- Housing Support, District Council
- Intensive Family Support Team (IFST)
- Local School Partnerships
- Police
- Public Health Nursing
- Schools Early Years Provsion
- Specialist Adolescent Services Hertfordshire (SASH)
- Services for Young People
- Supporting Families Practice Team
Additionally, if you would like to add your service to the above list, again please email us with your contact details, service and district.
Familesfirst.support@hertfordshire.gov.uk
Please take a look at the page, bookmark and share with teams, where appropriate.
Workforce development (hertfordshire.gov.uk)
WithYOUth - Young People's Digital Wellbeing Services
Please see email below forwarded from WithYOUth, Hertfordshire Mind Network’s service for children and young people.
In relation to feel good week, starting from next week (27th Feb) we will be running a series of online workshops for children and young people on how to use the internet safely while being kind online. During the workshops, we will be covering topics like cyberbullying and its effects on young people, how to connect with peers/family members/professionals online safely, and self-care. Please share them with children, young people and parents.
We will be running two workshops:
- Be Kind Online & Connecting Online
- Self-Kindness
For each workshop, we will be delivering three session: one for children aged 5-10 and parents, one for children and young people aged 11-14, and one for young people aged 15-18.
Leaflets are attached with details of some of the workshops and how to access them. It would be great if you could share these with young people. If someone is interested but they are unable to attend then the recordings will be available on our website at a later date. www.withyouth.org
Also, here is a link to details of the workshops and to directly book onto them (which is also on the leaflets) : https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/hertfordshire-mind-network-26443271185