THIS ACADEMIC YEAR
We have continued to deliver direct support to Children and Young People who are experiencing challenges that impact on their behaviour, attendance and performance we have worked alongside Leadership Teams, Mentors, Attendance Specialists and Data Managers
A NEW DEVELOPMENT TO MEET OUR PARTNERS' NEEDS
We now have access to a highly experienced and qualified Children's Support Worker/Children's Bereavement Counsellor who brings an extensive background of first-hand experience in supporting Children and Young People traumatic and challenging periods in their lives including:
- Bereavement
- Loss through separation/divorce
- Working with terminally ill Children & Young People
It is intended that our new Associate Consultant will be available to work in existing partner schools and to extend our work to others from January 2010-more information will be available early in the new term.
We anticipate that the major benefit to Children, Young People and their Families will be option to access a skilled professional in partnership with their school.
For schools, colleges, academies and training organisations we feel confident that access to this development will enable them to enhance their existing support to young people in distressing circumstances.
Motivating Trainees.
The following write-up of our work was received after a Workforce Development Programme with Trinity Training, Wolverhampton. Excellent communications with Trinity Training resulted in our delivering an event that matched trainee and instructor needs.
http://www.trinity-training.com/“We approached Coady Consultants in May 2010 seeking assistance in the development of an improvement plan relating to behaviour and classroom management. Since that time, John Dooner has worked with us, providing advice and resources to enable the views of all parties – staff and learners – to be obtained and analysed, and delivering staff training relating to the concerns that had come to light. We have been very impressed by John’s willingness to adapt his materials to suit our particular needs- he seemed to have an instinctive understanding of our requirements - , his attention to detail and his enthusiasm. The staff training day resulted in an on-going action plan and we may well seek John’s assistance with the implementation of this in the future.”
Janette Clough
Staff Development Manager
SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN YOUNG PEOPLE AND VULNERABLE ADULTS
A West Midlands University:
December 2010: Safeguarding Children and Vulnerable Adults
As part of our on-going working relationship with a local university, we have worked with H.R professionals to develop Safeguarding Policies. Faculties and activity area have each nominated a Designated Representatives as a “first point of contact” for their particular area. Comments received from participants are heartening; most of who were looking to improve their understanding of Safeguarding issues, particularly with regard to policy and procedures.
Most felt that the objective of the event had “achieved stated aims,” the event being informative with “effective contextualisation and group discussion.” We have taken on board the small number of constructive comments
Participants felt that the course did much to improve their understanding of Safeguarding issues. They all responded positively, including one individual who was heavily involved in the drafting of the University’s current policy.
For many, the course reinforced knowledge that they already had, while at the same time increasing their confidence in dealing with such matters. One person who is relatively new to teaching commented that they found the event “Enjoyable, informative, thought provoking – left me reflecting on my practice.” Most of the participants agreed that attendance on the course would help them to achieve their work objectives. One of the participants who deals with these issues on a regular basis commented that while our course doesn’t answer all of the questions, it was “very useful indeed.”
All of the participants gave positive feedback regarding the delivery of the event, describing the tutor John Dooner as “knowledgeable, engaging [and] interesting,” with a “very friendly but clear delivery.” We have a significant pride in delivery quality of our presentations, and we were pleased to see that this occasion was no exception.
All in all we were very encouraged by the responses from the university. We have improved the understanding of these very serious issues with a substantial number of people who will now feed this information back to their relevant departments. We found such criticism as there was to be fair and constructive, and we’re looking forward to implementing the development points that they implicitly provide for us.
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