Training for staff in East Sussex

Introduction to Counselling Skills

This one day training workshop will provide an outline of counselling skills and theory to facilitate learner engagement, foster supportive relationships and a collaborative approach to teaching and learning.

This training aims to:
Develop your approach to Attending, Observing, and Active Listening.
Refine the art of paraphrasing, reflecting feelings, clarifying & summarising.
Identify types of questioning and appropriate use and timing of questioning.
Encourage the use of counselling skills and approach with self awareness. 
Introduce Carl Rogers' core conditions; Empathy, Congruence & Positive Regard
Improve rapport building skills and fostering supportive relationships by communicating empathic understanding, acceptance and genuineness.
Identify blocks to listening and exploring ways to approach these. 

Method:
This training is an interactive one and will include handouts, demonstration, role play, experiential exercises, break out groups, discussion with question and answer opportunities.

Introduction to Brief Solution Focused Approaches

This one day training programme is designed for an education setting but can be adapted for any other environment.
10 - 20 participants required

This training programme will provide a framework for the practical application of solution focused skills and theories for effective helping and coaching.

This training aims to:
Provide a framework for the practical application of solution focused approaches to helping learners achieve.
Introduce models of coaching (Egan Skilled Helper, GROW) and reflective practice (Kolb)
Integrate working with SMART objectives
Identify what motivates and what inhibits - overcoming barriers
Identify 'blame framing' (limited thinking patterns) and moving towards 'outcome framing'

Method:
This training is an interactive one and will include handouts, demonstration, role play, experiential exercises, break out groups, discussion with question and answer opportunities.

Managing People and Performance

This one day training programme is designed for an educational setting but can be adapted for any other professional environment.
10 - 20 participants required

This training programme is designed to provide managers with the knowledge and skills to effectively manage their teams.

Participants will develop management skills and awareness, leading to increased effectiveness, confidence, control and an overall feeling of being 'on top of things'.
They will have the opportunity to bring real life work issues in confidence to the session to explore, share and develop effective solutions to improve their management skills and their team's performance.
Participants will be asked to obtain feedback from team members and line mangers to help evaluate their effectiveness and performance as a manager pre and post programme.

For information on our more intensive 6 module programme please inquire within.

Facilitator
These one day training programmes are delivered by John McCormack, a qualified FE teacher (Member IFL), Advanced Teaching Practitioner, an Accredited Member of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy and a Curriculum Manager for Business and Professions at a College of Further Education in London.

Fee:
£400 per day

Times
10 - 4pm with an hour for lunch

Contact
Please go to our contact us page to book your chosen training programme of make further enquiries.