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This expert-led training course will provide you with a comprehensive understanding of the role of the designated governor for mental health and wellbeing.

This expert-led training course is created and designed to help you gain the skills and confidence needed to help your governing body ensure there is a consistent and effective whole-school approach to safeguarding in place in your school / college.

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Our one day Emergency First Aid at Work (EFAW) course covers all the subjects required by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) to make this an approved course. However, if you have particular risks in your workplace please let us know in advance of the course so that we can tailor your time with us to include training in those area.  This course provides basic life saving first aid skills and knowledge of workplace health and safety regulations, covering: Adult resuscitation (CPR) Burns and scalds Choking adult Communication and casualty care Defibrillator (AED) prompts and pad placement Minor and severe bleeding Role of the first aider (including knowledge of health and safety regulations) Seizures Shock Unresponsive adult Catastrophic bleeding can be added as an optional module for workplaces that require it following your first aid needs assessment.

The Professional Driver 7-Hour Course for One Day Course Introduction: This one-day course is designed to provide professional drivers with the essential knowledge and skills required to operate their vehicles safely and efficiently. The course covers a wide range of topics, including: Licence requirements Personal protective equipment (PPE) Vehicle pre-trip inspections Safe and economic driving Bridge strike avoidance and route planning Vehicle security Overnight parking The course is delivered in a classroom/remote location setting and includes a mix of lectures, interactive discussions, and practical exercises. Participants will also have the opportunity to network with other professional drivers and share their experiences. Who should attend? This course is suitable for all professional drivers, regardless of experience level. It is particularly beneficial for drivers who are new to the profession, as well as drivers who are looking to refresh their skills and knowledge. What will you learn? Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to: Understand and comply with all applicable licence requirements for professional drivers Identify and use the correct PPE for different driving tasks Conduct pre-trip vehicle inspections to identify any potential problems Drive safely and economically, taking into account road conditions, traffic, and fuel efficiency Avoid low bridges and plan routes effectively Secure vehicles to prevent theft and hijacking Park vehicles safely overnight We look forward to seeing you there! 😃

If you advise, treat or counsel disturbed or distressed people, this could be the most important course you ever take… Accredited CPD: 6 hours Counselling is on offer everywhere, yet its effectiveness varies enormously. Some counsellors are brilliant, others useless – some even harm clients (albeit unwittingly). The best online counselling course I've ever doneCHILD PROTECTION OFFICER Why take this course Despite the wealth of research findings available to us today, the field of counselling and talking therapies still lacks a shared, cohesive evidence-based approach as to the best ways to help people – as a result, and despite the hardworking army of counsellors and psychotherapists (operating from a wide range of models), the rates of depression, anxiety disorders, addictive behaviour etc continue to climb. This online counselling course cuts through the ideology and concentrates on what we know from research findings works – and why – important information if you want to ensure you’re helping your patients as quickly and effectively as possible. Tutor Joe Griffin is an acknowledged expert on psychological interventions for depression, anxiety, anger disorders, trauma and addiction. He has transformed the outcomes of thousands of counsellors by showing them how to work with the givens of human nature – the result is a truly holistic, evidence-based and powerfully effective approach that empowers clients and helps them build resilience against future setbacks. If you work with, or support, distressed adults or children, you will gain essential new information that will make your work easier and more effective. The training course also provides an excellent foundation for anyone interested in becoming a counsellor or psychotherapist – it will help you see the wood for the trees – and could even save you years of wasted effort! Discover for yourself what can be done to make counselling much more reliably effective – and why this powerful approach is inspiring so many in the caring and teaching professions. Take the online course now. I've learnt more about effective counselling today than on my 2-year university course!COUNSELLOR What will you learn New insights from skills-based research and neuroscience which are proving hugely beneficial and improving outcomes Information (that no one else has given you) to make you more effective in your work – straight away Knowledge of the major myths that still continue in the field and make much counselling ineffective – taking this course could save you years of wasted effort! The core counselling skills of brief therapy that really make a difference fast – even with ‘stuck’ clients A scientifically sound knowledge of why these techniques are so valuable Moving and instructive case histories, including films of different brief therapy sessions for depression and anxiety which show effective counselling in action Demonstration of an essential skill for treating a wide range of problems A greater understanding of the mind/body connection and unconscious processes How to avoid harming people in counselling and psychotherapy (as can sometimes happen unwittingly, however well meaning the therapist) A new understanding of the revolutionary human givens approach to counselling and psychotherapy and how it can make you more effective if you work in these fields The importance of working in this truly holistic, integrated and evidence-based way Knowledge of what we all need to maintain our emotional health and new insights into what goes wrong for people A flexible framework for defining and generating mental health and wellbeing The link between effective psychotherapy/counselling and learning A solid grounding in what it takes to be an effective counsellor or psychotherapist and the skills required Includes course notes Accredited CPD certificate and much more… Counts towards a Diploma By taking this course, you could be on your way to completing Part 1 of the Human Givens Diploma – a flexible, part-time psychotherapy course which will deepen your psychological knowledge and increase your ability to help people effectively and quickly. Who is this course suitable for? Anyone whose work involves advising, treating or counselling disturbed or distressed people All health and welfare professionals, including: psychotherapists, counsellors, psychologists, occupational therapists, doctors, nurses, health visitors, physiotherapists, pastoral workers, social workers, support workers, youth workers, trainee counsellors, university welfare officers and school counsellors Planners with responsibility for managing care resources Anyone considering a career in counselling or psychotherapy – or who would like to know more about the most effective strategies for alleviating emotional distress (for personal or professional reasons) Advisors and managers responsible for staff welfare Course Programme Part 1What is counselling? When does it work? When does it not? Part 2Working in tune with how the brain works Part 3Mind/body connections: internal processes Part 4The seven core skills of brief counselling

– the essential information you need to know Discover why we are all vulnerable to addictions, what causes and drives addictive and compulsive behaviours – and the best ways to overcome them Accredited CPD: 6 hours The good news about addiction is that with the right knowledge and treatment, many addicts can, and do, recover quite quickly. This popular online addiction course explains the key information you need to know to tackle and treat addictions successfully. The most useful online addiction course I've done in over 10 years of working with people with addictionsYOUTH & COMMUNITY WORKER Why take this course Joe Griffin’s science-based insights into what is happening in our brains when we become addicted have proved a major leap forward in not only our understanding of the addictive process but the successful treatment of a wide range of addictions, including: • alcohol and drug addictions • eating disorders • gambling addiction • shopping addictions • substance abuse • computer gaming and TV addictions • sexual obsessions • and other compulsive behaviours… As a result, thousands of addicts have already been helped to overcome their particular addiction. As well as exploring these profoundly helpful insights and their relevance to successful treatment, this online addiction course gives you an essential overview of a wide variety of addictive behaviours, including what they have in common, why we are all vulnerable to addiction, and what the genuine causes and drivers of addictive behaviours are. It also explains the most successful ways to rapidly break addictive patterns and how to prevent, or at least minimise, relapses, using psychotherapy informed by these latest neuroscientific findings. So — whether it’s for professional or personal reasons — taking this online addiction course could prove invaluable to you. I can't thank you enough for the life-changing information you have shared on this excellent online addiction courseBUSINESSMAN & FATHER What will you learn How to be more effective when working with all sorts of addictions, including alcoholism, drug abuse, eating disorders, gambling, shopping, computer games, TV, sexual obsessions and other compulsions A greater understanding of the addictive process and what drives it including: Key, little known insights into the process of addiction and the destructive dissociative elements that fuel it New insights into why withdrawal symptoms are the key to understanding why people become addicted New research-based information on the facts about which forms of treatment work and which don’t A whole new understanding of the effective strategies you need for dealing with the full range of addictive behaviours – and how to put them into practice Why many addicts can and do recover relatively quickly Why withdrawal symptoms are so painful and how to deal with them Specific information about how to break addictive patterns and prevent relapses Ten warning signs that children are abusing drugs Increased understanding of why young people take drugs and succumb to substance abuse Knowledge of the discoveries about how to disengage the brain from addictive behaviour which are proving highly beneficial for helping addicts recover (sometimes even quite quickly) The fascinating connection between addiction and learning – new insights which are transforming treatment The social factors that are increasing the likelihood of addictive behaviour Course notes Accredited CPD certificate, that also counts towards the Human Givens Diploma and much more… Excellent online addiction course – I’d recommend it to anyone that wants to really understand how addiction worksDAVID CHARD Counts towards a Diploma By taking this course, you could be on your way to completing Part 1 of the Human Givens Diploma – a flexible, part-time psychotherapy course which will deepen your psychological knowledge and increase your ability to help people effectively and quickly. Learn more > Who is this course suitable for? Anyone wishing to better understand the process of addiction ‒ and why we are so prone to addictive behaviour and substance abuse ‒ no jargon is used Anyone wanting to find out why withdrawal can be so painful, how to minimise its symptoms ‒ and how to prevent relapses All members of the caring and welfare professions including: drug workers, youth workers, doctors, nurses, psychotherapists, counsellors, clinical psychologists, occupational therapists, psychiatrists, cognitive behavioural therapists, teachers, social workers, support workers If you want to know about more effective ways to treat addictive behaviour ‒ whether for professional or personal reasons ‒ this course is for you. What's included? 24 Videos 40 Quizzes PDF Course notes Life-long access CPD Certificate ‘Treating Addictions’ is based on our one-day seminar ‘Tackling Addiction’. This online version is split into 4 modules, each of which are broken down further into different sections containing filmed lectures given in English by the tutor, Joe Griffin. Each film clip is followed by a short series of multiple choice questions. These are designed to help you think about and absorb the course content and to check that you have understood the main points of that section before proceeding to the next. There are also course notes for you to download, plus additional reading information and helpful links. You can take as long as you like to work your way through the course and can view it as many times as you like. Once you have completed the course, you will receive an accredited CPD certificate, which counts towards the Human Givens Diploma. This course has been independently assessed by the internationally recognised CPD Standards Office for 6 hours of CPD training. Meet your tutor Joe Griffin Joe Griffin is a psychologist with many years’ experience both in psychotherapeutic practice and in training psychotherapists. Read more

Vital information about depression for everyone – includes new insights and research findings which dramatically improve recovery rates and reduce relapses Accredited CPD: 6 hours Despite being on the increase, depression is actually one of the easiest disorders to treat successfully and quickly – once you know how. The best online depression training I've ever hadMENTAL HEALTH WORKER Why take this course This popular online depression course with psychologist Joe Griffin, a leading expert in the field (and co-founder of the human givens approach), shatters the many myths that still surround this distressing condition and how it should be treated. It gives you the new insights, information and research findings that have been quietly revolutionising the effective treatment of depression for well over a decade. Literally thousands of people in the UK and Ireland have already been helped to recover from depression – often remarkably quickly – as a result of the new information taught on this course. Among other things, you will discover: what really causes depression; why depressed people wake up tired and unmotivated; the link between worrying, dreaming and depression; why some forms of psychotherapy can actually be harmful when treating depression; why the appropriate type of psychotherapy has a dramatically lower rate of relapse than antidepressants and is also the most effective treatment – even with severe cases and postnatal depression. For the sake of the millions of people affected by depression around the world (including rising numbers of children, young people and the elderly), this information needs to be much more widely known. It doesn’t just transform lives – it saves them… So much valuable information about depression – makes total senseGENERAL PRACTITIONER What will you learn Essential new information about why people become depressed A better understanding of what depression really is, why it’s on the increase and how to diagnose it Clear explanations of symptoms such as waking up tired and unmotivated Practical help to quickly break patterns of depression, move people on and prevent relapse New insights into the dissociative elements of depressive lifestyles An important understanding of why some forms of psychotherapy can make depression worse Techniques for tackling rigid thinking and negative expectancy Why some people are more vulnerable to depression than others How to make a positive difference straight away Ways to talk to suicidal people – this training saves lives The myths that have grown up around depression How to manage bi-polar depression psychologically The links between emotional arousal, REM sleep, dreaming and depression How this discovery dramatically improves our ability to help people get out of depression quickly The most effective strategies for successfully treating depression The causes of postnatal depression and how best to treat it How to help with excessive grief Lots of case history examples which illustrate how these new insights combined with the most effective brief therapy techniques can help people recover as quickly as possible Ways to ‘inoculate’ yourself against depression Includes Course Notes Accredited CPD certificate Counts towards a Diploma By taking this course, you could be on your way to completing Part 1 of the Human Givens Diploma – a flexible, part-time psychotherapy course which will deepen your psychological knowledge and increase your ability to help people effectively and quickly. Who is this course suitable for? Anyone wishing to gain a better understanding of the causes and symptoms of depression, and why some people are more vulnerable than others All health and welfare professionals ‒ if you have to deal with, treat or care for depressed people, the new insights on this course will make your work easier and more effective Anyone concerned about the side effects of drug treatments who would like to know about the recent discoveries and easy-to-learn psychotherapeutic techniques that combined can lift depression quickly What's included? 19 Videos 28 Quizzes PDF Course notes Life-long access CPD Certificate Course format ‘How to break the cycle of depression’ is based on our previous one-day seminar of the same name. This online course is split into 4 modules, each of which are broken down further into different sections containing filmed lectures given in English by the tutor, Joe Griffin. Each film clip is followed by a short series of multiple choice questions. These are designed to help you think about and absorb the course content and to check that you have understood the main points of that section before proceeding to the next. There are also course notes for you to download, plus additional reading information and helpful links. You can take as long as you like to work your way through the course and can view it as many times as you like. Once you have completed the online training course, you will receive an accredited CPD certificate, which counts towards Part 1 of the Human Givens Diploma. This course has been independently assessed by the internationally recognised CPD Standards Office for 6 hours of CPD training. Meet your tutor Joe Griffin Joe Griffin is a psychologist with many years’ experience both in psychotherapeutic practice and in training psychotherapists. Read more