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**DIRECT WORK WITH CHILDREN**
(Working with Children to improve their lives)
Note for Osiris College
customers: this two day course on Direct Work is available as an Osiris
College buy a place course. It is intended for anyone who works with children
or young people. The course will prove invaluable to social care staff, foster
carers, nursery workers, child-minders, school-teachers and other professionals
in similar areas of work. No special previous knowledge is assumed. The course
is serious but also fun. Do not wear posh clothes as we do paint (amongst many
other things)!
This course therefore covers working both with
younger children (below aged 11) and older children / young people. The course
is primarily practical "hands on" skills-based but not ignoring theory.
Reference
will be made to the following knowledge / theoretical aspects:
Attachment
Theory and Relationships
Psychodynamic Theory
Cognitive Behavioural Theory
Identity Development
Social
Development and Culture
Language
Development
Intellectual
Development & Education
Physical
Development & Health
Resilience
and Protective Factors
The background theory of this course will draw on elements of Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy including NLP and Brief
Therapy. However, the art section especially will include reference to
Attachment Theory and Psychodynamic theory and Jungian Archetypes with
alternative Freudian interpretations available (handouts
will accompany all sections of the training). Materials (art and play) will be
provided.
This course does
not presume extensive background knowledge and we have run the course many
times in the past with unqualified as well as qualified staff within the
participant audience.
Learning Objectives:
By the
end of this training, participants will be able to:
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Demonstrate improved knowledge and skills in establishing rapport
with children and young people.
·
Demonstrate improved
knowledge and skills in developing an effective participative relationship with
children
and young people.
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Demonstrate improved
knowledge and skills in effective communication with children and young people.
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Demonstrate awareness in
using participatory methods with children and young people such as Art Work,
Play
Therapy and
Metaphor (story telling).
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Demonstrate improved
knowledge and skills in terms of using scaling methodology of setting baselines
for
effective intervention and outcome evaluation.
·
Demonstrate improved
knowledge and skills in specific techniques of “active engagement” of
children and
young people.
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Demonstrate enhanced
knowledge of the rights of children and young people and work effectively to
enable
children to exercise these rights.
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Feel empowered in terms of
working effectively with children and young people.
We cover models of direct work,
preparation and planning for direct work, the importance of child observation,
some aspects of background psychological theory, and various techniques for
undertaking direct work. Specific techniques taught on this course include:
art-work (includes section on Jungian Archetypes - not taught in terms of art
interpretation but more in terms of showing that deeper meaning can be present), life map, making and using
puppets, using metaphor and story as an intervention and building and
maintaining rapport with children and young people. This two-day course
comprises an introduction to what is identified in recent research as an
essential treatment strategy (Life Story Work) for all children who have been
abused, no matter what the care plan might be. We end with an exercise on
designing a programme of direct work intervention.
Course Key Texts:
Children Act 1989 (HMSO)
Guidance to Children Act 1989 Volumes 1 – 9
and Index volume 10. (HMSO)
Local SSD C&F Procedures volumes 1 and 2.
Course Handout
Selected Supplementary Reading:
Holmes J (2001) The Search for
the Secure Base (Brunner-Routledge)
Bandler R & Grinder J (1979) Frogs
into Princes.
This course is, without any shadow of doubt,
best taught as a two-trainer course and we have run it mostly as a two trainer
course. Participants get the benefit of Judith’s knowledge and expertise as
well as Alan’s. We have very different styles and knowledge bases and the
course works best when we both train it. However, it can be offered as a one
trainer course.
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to Osiris College main page.
Osiris College customers - book this course
now: Booking Page.
We recommend that participants for Direct Work
consider undertaking Osiris Attachment training.
 
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