Training & Development

Mary Tuck,
FCT's Training Co-ordinator.

What we do

Provide a wide variety of essential training to our staff and outside agencies.

Social work student placements. Student support and short term placements.
Student supervision.

We are partners in training with many of the local universities. Liaison with education bodies.

Courses on the effects of Mental Ill Health, particularly the functioning of young adults and older people.

Working with vulnerable users and their management.

Training courses for carers, lifting and handling, and food hygiene.

Awareness of relevant legal frameworks and welfare rights.

Learn and develop

"The Family Care Trust has its own training team which is able to provide many courses that are mandatory, both in care and within industry and other work situations.

The training team is able to provide courses that can be "off the peg" or tailored to particular needs. It has a reputation for providing excellent courses which matches mantatory demands with on-the-job needs.

Chris Fanos, the Learning, Development and Student Unit manager, said: "We take great care to ensure that all our training programmes not only meet statutory requirements, but also that they are relevant to staff, service users and carers alike. Learning is so much easier when people are able to relate their training to their practice."

"We are also closely involved with the professional training of social workers and are partners in training with many of the local universities.

"Our on-the-job training (placements) for students studying for degrees in Social Work are highly regarded and much sought after."

Training courses
Hoist.

The Family Care Trust has more than 30 training courses which are available to staff and outside parties, including patient lifting and the use of a hoist (pictured right).

Its courses are recognised throughout the health care sector.

These include Health & Safety as well as Risk, Fire, COSHH and infection control.

Courses cover the full range of care issues from moving and handling, minibus driving, First Aid, dementia coping strategies, mental health awareness, disability awaresness, violence and aggression, personal skills (hands on care); medication training and care of the terminally ill.

If you would like to know more about our courses or if we can help you to enhance or update skills and knowledge in this changing environment of ours, please contact us.