Sylvia Barrett courses

...to understand the impact environment and communication style may have on an older adult with dementia, to have strategies for coping with challenging behaviour... Learn about: Help available, Environmental Impact...

...and tailored to the employers needs. Training course costs can be agreed per head or per event. Main training course locations include Edinburgh and Glasgow...

...To understand what will be most successful and consider the clients needs and abilities. Suitable for: Staff working with older people. Staff working with older people...

...working with older people "Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful it's the transition that's troublesome." Isaac Asimou (1920 - 1992) Objectives...

...which may tend to its increase." Epicietus (55AD- 135AD) Objectives: To consider aggression and challenging behaviour in the housing and care setting...

...To ensure that supervisors and supervisees get the most from the process of supervision. To help staff to understand the purpose of supervision and...

...recruitment and selection procedures, distinguish between fair and unfair discrimination, understand the process of constructing a person specification... Learn about: Recruitment and Selection...

...Leadership functions in performing set tasks and exercises, increase awareness of leadership styles, examine ways of increasing motivation and developing individuals...

...Suitable for: Appraisers and those who are being appraised. Appraisers and those who are being appraised. Objectives: To describe the advantages of appraisal...

...practice active listening and assertiveness skills, identify methods for developing an innovative and creative working team. Content: Input...

...Objectives: To understand the purpose of the disciplinary procedure, to identify reasonable standards of performance, to know how to communicate standards of performance...

...To understand how to make changes in the way you manage staff in order to reduce absence, to have knowledge of the disability discrimination act and its interpretation...

...To provide a basic understanding of employment law, specifically covering the law on equal treatment, disability, discipline and grievance. Suitable...

...To raise the confidence and knowledge of staff representatives. To improve employment law and procedural knowledge. To prepare representatives for dealing with emotional situations...

...To help managers provide support to staff, to know how to begin to manage poor performance and explore the reasons for it, to understand when sufficient...

...have received individual coaching and an opportunity for self appraisal have helped to overcome individual problems, improve technique and develop self confidence...

...The presentations will be filmed on video and participants can study the video after the course... Learn about: Confidence building, Listening Skills, Communication Skills...

...manage feelings How to take the initiative How to build self-esteem...

...Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy" Norman Vincent Peale (1898 - 1993) Objectives...

...from other tricky situations) Do you ever feel that you have all the best ideas and no one listens to you? Are you a middle manager trying to have influence...