• Professional Development
  • Medicine & Nursing
  • Arts & Crafts
  • Health & Wellbeing
  • Personal Development

292 Educators providing Courses

Charmaine Pollard

charmaine pollard

London

In my own life I have had to face many challenges, find my own strength and rely on my inner resources. This is why I became a counsellor, I qualified in 1998 and later achieved my registered/accredited status with British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). Personal counselling helped me accept myself and gain a better understanding. It has also made me much more resilient in dealing with whatever issues life threw at me. Now, I help others to find their own strength and sense of self through counselling and more recently, poetry therapy. We are all unique and follow our own paths towards change. I know you can change, if that’s what you desire. Having a confidential space, where someone listens to you attentively, and in a non -judgemental manner is the first step. Together, we can explore the sensitive issues which you would prefer to put to the back of your mind, but which keeping nagging at you. I have been on this journey myself, and for over twenty years I have worked in various capacities with people from all walks of life and have seen great results. Contact me for an initial conversation. Additional experience In addition to managing a counselling service working with trauma and abuse. I have extensive experience as a supervisor of other therapists. I also teach personal development courses at City Lit, adult education college in Central London. I have also facilitated personal development groups for counselling diploma students. Poetry therapy Over the past decade, I have come to experience the transformative power of words. I have facilitated poetry therapy groups and therapeutic writing workshops in a wide variety of settings, including clinical settings, schools, churches, libraries, museums, prisons and The National Archives. I am one of a handful of Certified Poetry Therapists in the U.K, who have completed their training with the International Federation for Biblio/Poetry Therapy in U.S.A.I trained under the mentor ship and supervision of Victoria Field. Currently I only offer poetry therapy in groups. Do visit my workshop page to find out about current workshops / groups or sign up to my email list below. My Book: Writing for Resilience After implementing therapeutic writing programmes in a wide range of settings. I have used this expertise to produce a workbook. The book began its life during a poetry therapy group that I facilitated for women survivors of trauma in Central London. Together the group decided that they wanted to offer hope to those who had been through similar circumstances and introduce other people to the fantastic resource that is, writing as therapy.

Able Hands Together

able hands together

Stoford

Having worked in social care since college, Able Hands Together Founder Laura Tween focussed her work on adults with learning disabilities. After completing her law degree it soon became apparent that the average office environment wasn’t the space for her. She became a social care consultant, and it was through this work that she found her creative energy and passion for community projects was highly suited to being a social entrepreneur. Whilst delivering social care, Laura found that most therapeutic activities for people, like cinema or bowling, were entirely non-skills building. Laura wanted to create an offering where they could learn new skills, build their independence and work on emotional well-being simultaneously. A therapeutic farm service ticked all these boxes. Able Hands Together was established in 2015. The role of the Co-Farmer was soon born, to assist with day to day farm work, building employability, interpersonal skills, independence, and self esteem. Both staff and Co-Farmers work together to care for the animals, & plan and maintain the smallholding to make the most of the growing season. We have just had the exciting news that Able Hands Together has been approved as an Alternative Education Centre by Wiltshire County Council for Co-Farmers aged 18 and over. Laura is immensely proud of Able Hands Together and welcomes you to get in touch. Jason Rhodes Jason Rhodes Director Jason is the Managing Director of Commercial Business at Nottingham Trent University. Jason brings a wealth of business knowledge and advice to Able Hands Together. Jake Tween Jake Tween Director Jake interprets Government Policies on Education to ensure that the advice given by Able Hands Together is of a high standard. He also serves as a great consultant when it comes to the boring paperworky stuff. Nicolette Ann Shears-White Team Member Nic has worked at Able Hands Together for a number of years now and is proud to have a close working relationship with all the Co-Farmers. Having previously been a social worker, Nic is well connected with Hampshire based learning disability professionals and is very knowledgeable about safeguarding and rights. She promotes our Co-Farmers’ independence and works with a skills based approach with our clients. Carl Anderson Carl Anderson Team Member Carl is an ex-member of Her Majesty’s Armed Forces. He brings a wealth of skills-based services to the farm. If something needs to be built, Carl’s the man to do it! Our Co-Farmers love helping him to construct and build everything, from goat gates to raised vegetable beds. All staff that support our Co Farmers have DBS checks, are employed with their employment history and references checked. They are trained in safeguarding, Health and Safety and Equality and Diversity. Staff receive ongoing supervision and have access to further training.

Leaderwithin

leaderwithin

We are coaches, facilitators, consultants and adult development practitioners, committed to enabling leaders, teams and organisations to grow through learning. We create and hold spaces filled with warmth, dialogue, challenge, knowledge and insight - the perfect conditions for growth. We combine art with science, and we engage minds, bodies and souls. Our work is built on a foundation of applied psychology, years of lived leadership experience, creativity and robust commercial practice, and a lifelong passion for making people’s lives and work purposeful and meaningful. We work best with thoughtful people who are smart enough to know they don’t have all the answers, and who are curious enough to want to find them. Coaching for transition, performance and personal consciousness 360° Feedback that creates awareness of impact and leads to personal change Team Development that creates healthy, productive teams at all levels Facilitation for effective group connection, learning and decision-making Organisational Consulting that creates rewarding, high-performing culture Development Programmes for the creation of leadership skills that last Our overlapping service areas Coaching We are experienced executive coaches; we believe that the key to performance is through awareness of self, others and the system in which we function. Our coaching work typically focuses on transition, performance and personal consciousness at all levels of an organisation. Our coaching has a psychological basis, and we aim to go deeper to effect lasting change. Alongside individual and team coaching, we often establish coaching programmes to support wider change programmes in organisations, using our strong, diverse partner network. We take coaching seriously and ensure that our coaches are accredited through recognised bodies like ICF, EMCC and APECs, and that they undergo regular supervision and continuing professional development. Recent examples of our coaching work include: Coaching a recently appointed COO of a large global Telco to help with the transition into role Strengthening leadership capacity by working with leaders in understanding what is helping or hindering them either within themselves, how they are engaging and working through others or how they are considering all the factors in the system. Developing personal growth for Leaders. This has included helping leaders develop their voice as they move into different roles with more complexity; learning how to engage with others better and not just focused on the 'to do' list and trying to do it all through to achieving better work-life balance by understanding our drives to either try to do more, or do better or by being perfect. Delivering growth in a business by coaching and working with individuals and coaching teams to meet the challenges within the business and also within themselves Improving partner gender balance by working with internal sponsors and coaching females identified for partnership in a global law firm

Jfk Educational Consultants

jfk educational consultants

Heathfield

At JFK Institute of Technology and Management (JFK-ITM), we strive to help under graduates, graduates & industry professionals to realize their potential and up-grade their skills through in-house customized training and management development programs taking advantage of state of the art technologies. Everything we do reflects this mission and the values that make it possible. Vision JFK-ITM is strategizing its operations to be a leader in the educational sector by focusing on students' innovation and efficiency to transform them into Human Intellectual Capital (HIC), through our management development programs and to provide career development opportunities to JFK-ITM staff. All of these elements will drive bottom line success and show that JFK-ITM is the only educational Institution which can fill the gap between university graduates' skills level and real life corporate world’s requirements. Our vision also includes collaboration with leading universities of the world for split degree programs and certifications. Values As an institution and individuals we value: To learn and develop new skills. Honesty, objectivity and dedication. Respect for our customers. Respect for time. Passion for technology. Openness to new ideas. Taking big challenges and seeing them through. Self improvement and personal excellence. Passion for quality. Passion for participating in the Nation Building Process. Passion for transforming our youth into HIC. Aim To provide affordable education, training, mentoring and supervision for students and professionals to upgrade their skills. To help fresh graduates to develop themselves into corporate fit executives. To assist fresh graduates to seek admission in foreign universities for higher education. To help research students to upgrade their research skills through our training programs. To mentor and guide under graduates, post graduates & doctorate candidates in successful completion of their thesis. Operational Objectives To help fill the skill gap between fresh university graduates and ever changing requirements of the corporate world through training and development programs. To provide management consultancy services to the corporate sector for process development and process re-engineering. To mentor and guide students to prepare them for various entry tests required for local and foreign universities and professional colleges including GRE, GMAT, IELTS, TOEFL, SAT-I, SAT-II etc. To help and mentor research students in developing their hypothesis, select research methodologies, develop survey formats, design questionnaires, structure interviews, conduct need assessment, collect data for specific need, develop data entry formats, process data, analyze data, interpret data, draw conclusions, develop research reports. To create common platform between corporate sector and universities for brainstorming regarding academic curriculum development to reduce the gap between what is being taught at universities and what is required by Pakistan Corporate sector. To organize training on various packages including SPSS, Content Anylasis, Statistical Analysis, SQL, ORACLE, SAP, DBMS. To conduct feasibility studies for automization of organizational operations. To conduct Operational Research for big companies to re-engineer their process.

Sarah Bolton-Locke

sarah bolton-locke

0.0(2)

Flaxley

Hello, welcome to my page, you will find more information about me personally and professionally here. I am very passionate about inspiring others, reaching out and supporting people in a therapeutic way that suits them, their lifestyle and their individual needs. I am a very warm and friendly person, I work relationally, therefor the therapeutic relationship is important to me and I like to ensure that whom I am supporting has the space needed to explore and unwind what is troubling them. I have my own therapy space at Essential Space, this is a Communtiy Interest Company that I co-direct offering pay-what-you-can counselling and creative mentoring. You can find out more about the therapy services on the website www.essentialspace.co.uk. I am also happy to see or meet clients for 1-1 and group sessions in GP surgeries, community centres and in schools if required, and hold an enhanced DBS clearance certificate and have up-to-date Safeguarding policies and certificates. I became the founder of A space 2 Be in October 2018, over the last 28 years I have been extending my qualifications and experience to offer both adult and children's Counselling. I began Reflective & Clinical Supervision for staff working with adults in the community and in private practice, and counsellors supporting children, young people, families, and or GSRD clients. I have had counselling myself, this was a time of self-development that set me on a path, I left school and became a health practitioner, working in an institution and completing a college course in Health and Social Care. I specialised in early years and had a placement in a school, this is where I discovered a connection with young people and adults with learning differences. My career went on to working and supporting adults with rehabilitation. After becoming a mum of three children I took on the challenge of managing a well-being centre called the Isbourne in Cheltenham town centre, it was there that I realised how beneficial therapies are for supporting both physical health and mental health. I completed the mental health first aid certificates and began my counselling training. I have supported hidden victims of crime with a charity, Infobuzz. This role introduced me to working in a crisis support team, supporting families in the community and working within the criminal justice system and running creative art workshops in prison. I volunteered with Young Gloucestershire supporting their counselling service and this allowed me to extend my experience to working with young adults who were struggling with life's challenges. My adventures have continued into gaining certificates in 'Stress Less Mindfulness' and running adult sound retreats. I have naturally entwined mindfulness into my personal and professional life and have found the benefits have been endless. I have been able to share these skills with all of my clients as a mindful mindset works for anyone, anywhere and at any age! When I am not with someone in a 1-1 Counselling session, you will find me delivering training to professionals or facilitating sound baths and retreats. Most of my events are therapeutic and developed for deepening awareness with a chance to focus and recharge.

Mark Taylor Support

mark taylor support

Telford

Taylor Support is a provider of specialist support for children, young people and adults with a disability in Telford and the surrounding areas. We are dedicated to working closely with service users and their families to provide highly personalised, flexible, safe, outcome-based support. We will support service users to access new experiences, learn new skills, access social interaction opportunities and increase confidence, all while promoting free choice and independence. We aim to provide services such as but not restricted to; 1:1 Support & 2:1 Support – support to access social activities, education settings and more…. Flexible service user led Small Group Support i.e. 4 services users: 2 support workers – promoting social interactions while exploring new experiences in the community. Jumpin’ Wednesdays @ Airea51 – Group sessions to a maximum of 8 service users with supervision, 1:1 and 2:1 support options. Local Activity Based Overnight Residential Opportunities – minimum 16hrs personalised, activity-based support programmes including an overnight stay within the Telford Area. Weekend Residential Opportunities – 48hrs weekend residential trips with venues to include Pioneer Centre @ Cleobury Mortimer, Alton Towers Resort and Chester City Break (including Chester Zoo visit and more). Life Skills Project – Small group Life Skills Project to focus on individual needs whilst developing independence through lifelong learning and community integration. Alternative Education based support programmes. We are also keen to work with services users and families to offer new, bespoke support packages, individually designed using a person-centred approach. These packages will aim to challenge the status quo and offer new exciting options to meet service user needs and respond to identified gaps in service. Taylor Support is led by Mark Taylor and Holly Taylor. Mark Taylor has over 17 years of experience working within this speciality. Previous roles involved successfully managing a highly regarded service for children and young people with a disability aged 3-25yrs within Telford as part of Telford and Wrekin Council’s Ican2 short breaks provision. Holly Taylor has over 14 years of experience working within the education and social care sector. 7 years specifically managing social care provisions for Children and Adults with additional needs. Qualified with a BA hons degree and Early Years Professional Status (level 6), Previous roles include working in Early years provisions, mainstream school support, family support worker, case worker and now as proud Co-Owner and Director of Service Delivery of Taylor Support. Holly is the registered CQC manager and Safeguarding trainer. Holly feels that through the varied roles she has carried out, in particular supporting families to best meet needs, leading on reviews, EHCP meetings, liaising with professionals, to being the service lead locally for the short breaks activity offer for children and young adults with additional and complex needs provides her with a holistic view and experience to best support the business. Holly loves her role now managing a company focused on providing bespoke and personalized support for vulnerable children, young people, adults and families as well as maintaining direct face to face work to ensure the service meets the needs of the people they provide a service for.

Majestic Academy

majestic academy

London

Are you passionate about nails? Do you dream of becoming a skilled nail technician? Look no further! Our Nail Academy is here to turn your passion into a rewarding career. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced nail artist, we offer comprehensive courses that cater to all skill levels. Why Choose Majestic Academy? Expert Instruction: Our academy boasts a team of highly skilled and experienced nail technicians who are dedicated to providing top-notch education. They will guide you through every step of the learning process, ensuring you acquire the knowledge and techniques needed to excel in the industry. Comprehensive Curriculum: Our curriculum is thoughtfully designed to cover a wide range of nail artistry aspects. From basic nail care and hygiene to advanced nail extensions, sculpting, nail art designs, and more, we provide a well-rounded education that equips you with the skills to meet client demands and stand out in the industry. Hands-On Training: We believe in learning by doing. Our courses emphasize practical training, allowing you to practice your skills on real clients, under the supervision of our experienced instructors. This hands-on approach ensures you gain the confidence and expertise required to excel in the professional nail industry. State-of-the-Art Facilities: At Majestic Academy, we provide a modern and well-equipped learning environment. Our spacious classrooms and dedicated nail stations are furnished with the latest tools, equipment, and quality nail products. You'll have access to industry-standard materials, enabling you to work with the best resources available.  Industry Connections: We understand the importance of networking and building connections in the nail industry. Through our academy, you'll have opportunities to connect with renowned professionals, attend industry events, and even gain exposure to potential job placements or freelance opportunities. Flexible Course Options: We offer flexible course schedules to accommodate different lifestyles. Whether you prefer full-time, part-time, or weekend classes, we have options to suit your needs. This flexibility allows you to pursue your nail education while managing other commitments. Ongoing Support: Our commitment to your success doesn't end when you graduate. We provide ongoing support to our alumni, including job placement assistance, business guidance, and access to continued education opportunities. We're invested in your long-term growth as a nail artist. Don't miss out on the opportunity to kickstart your nail career with Majestic Academy. Join us today and unlock your creative potential in the exciting world of nail artistry!

Decolonise The Curriculum

decolonise the curriculum

London

Decolonizing the Curriculum Project (DCP) at UoK (funded by Teaching Enhancement Award and led by Dr Suhraiya Jivraj, Senior Lecturer in Law) Students are increasingly demanding a ‘liberated curriculum’ that represents their diversity as we see from #liberatemydegree, ‘Why is My Curriculum White?’ and other movements mentioned above as well as Kent Student Union campaign ‘Diversify My Curriculum’. Also at UoK law and politics students on the Race, Religion and Law module (convened by Dr Suhraiya Jivraj) have relished the opportunity both in workshops and through their assessment to explore both historical and contemporary issues that enable them to acquire ‘consciousness of their own position and struggle’ in society and education. The UoK EDI Project phase II strategy acknowledges this need in affirming that the ‘white curriculum acts as a barrier to inclusivity’ including because ‘it fails to legitimise contributions to knowledge from people of colour’. Phase II therefore seeks to ensure that ‘our curriculum reflects and addresses a range of perspectives’ and asks how this can be operationalised specifically at UoK. Modules like RRL and others in KLS are already operationalising a more inclusive curriculum requiring students to engage with key works from critical race/religion and decolonial studies which offer alternative perspectives to those heteronormative and euro-centric perspectives of white, able-bodied men dominating the western canon. This project will go one significant step further by placing students of colour as well as knowledge produced by people of colour at the centre. Being a student led project is crucial as it empowers them to become change actors and co-producers of knowledge, shaping the agenda and curriculum that seeks to include them. Moreover, it enables them to be ‘assets’ rather than see themselves represented as quantitative data in University diversity reports which does not capture the nuance and complexity of their lived realities. Empowerment for self-determination at the grassroots level is key as is apparent from student led movements that have already effected change in the curriculum. The desire for self and culturally intelligible knowledge is now well documented including in the University of Kent, Student Success (EDI) Project, Phase I:Report 2 ‘Theory and research on race and attainment in UK higher education’ by Hensby and Mitton (2017). This project seeks to operationalise this further and more broadly through the following three interlinked activities: 1) Focus groups: · Up to five stage 3 students will lead focus groups of five to ten BAME students from across the KLS UG programme. · The focus group leaders will form a research team and design the format and questions collaboratively, under the supervision of Dr Jivraj, using naturalistic methods and going through the KLS ethics approval process. 2) Publication of findings: · The data from the focus groups will be collated by the research team and will produce an accessible output such as a ‘manifesto of suggestions’ on making the curriculum more inclusive and a co-authored e-book. · The research team will also be supported in publishing findings via a blog and social media. 3) Student led conference · The workshop committee will organise a half day student led conference to discuss the findings and invite speakers from campaigns such as the NUS #liberatemydegree campaign; Why is My Curriculum White? (based at UCL); Decolonising our Minds SOAS; and the #Rhodesmustfall student movements and at least one academic speaker. Watch this space for further details.