training for professionals

This course will provide an introduction into autism and the differences experiences by autistic people, and why inclusion and accessibility are so important. This course is delivered on zoom and includes interactive activities and question/answer sessions, so you can get the support you need and maximise your learning.

Have you ever intervened after witnessing something? What happened? Ever felt like you wanted to, or should, intervene, but didn’t? What stopped you? Bystander Intervention means recognising a negative situation and responding in a way that can stop or de-escalate it. We believe that everyone should feel safe and that we all have a role to play in making that happen.

This session will explore what misogyny is and how it contributes to rape culture. It will explore the impact it has on those with lived experience and  how we can play our part by challenging misogyny, sexism and attitudes that contribute to a rape culture.

This training session will update your knowledge on Welfare Reform and the impacts on the housing situation of vulnerable and low-income households in Northern Ireland. It will also highlight the types of accommodation and groups of people who will remain on Housing Benefit in the short/medium term.

This online Workshop will introduce you to some of the basic requirements and planning you can put in place for more succesful meetings/sessions/workshops with others. If you have a key role in organising, facilitatiing and following up on meetings then this Workshop will focus on some of those steps you should take to ensure that those involved participate and engage fully during the meeting/session/workshop. This will be relevant whether there are only 2 people participating or for much larger gatherings.

Would you like to increase your confidence on how to respond to someone who discloses that they have lived experience of abuse? This session aims to increase your awareness and prevalence of domestic and sexual abuse and explores the dynamics and impact of grooming and coercive control and how it can impact someone.  

The KEYHOLE® Early Intervention Programme is a 2-day interactive training course specifically designed for early years professionals. This training programme aims to help professionals develop their skills and confidence in supporting young autistic children or those that may be awaiting an assessment. Topics include play, communication, social interaction, behaviour, and the Early Years role. The aim of the course is to enable you with the skills and confidence to support the child and family in a person-centred and neuroinclusive way.

The KEYHOLE® Early Intervention Programme is a 2-day interactive training course specifically designed for early years professionals. This training programme aims to help professionals develop their skills and confidence in supporting young autistic children or those that may be awaiting an assessment. Topics include play, communication, social interaction, behaviour, and the Early Years role. The aim of the course is to enable you with the skills and confidence to support the child and family in a person-centred and neuroinclusive way.

The workshop will be packed with practical strategies that will help you make your training sessions more effective and engaging.

Become a qualified Mental Health First Aider in the workplace!

This Sexual Abuse & Sexual Violence Awareness Week Nexus will be hosting a series of online lunchtime webinars exploring the realities of sexual abuse in a digital world under the theme of 'Online Harms'.

This training will take place on Monday evenings 6:30pm from Monday 9th May 2022. The QA Level 3 Award in Education and Training (RQF) is a regulated and nationally recognised qualification, specifically designed to be an introduction to teaching for those who work or would like to work in the further education and skills sector. Over a 10 Weeks, candidates will build an understanding of the specific roles and responsibilities related to planning, delivering and reviewing inclusive training sessions. Topics covered include: maintaining a safe and supportive learning environment, ways to create an inclusive teaching and learning environment, assessing learners and providing constructive and developmental feedback. Successful candidates will leave with the knowledge, understanding and skills required to prepare them for teaching in a wide range of contexts, in environments such as Further Education (FE) Colleges, Local Authorities or independent training. What's Covered? - Roles and responsibilities in education and training - Ways to maintain a safe and supportive learning environment - Relationships between teachers and other professionals - Boundaries between the teaching role and other professionals - Points of referral to meet the individual needs of learners - Inclusive teaching, including: • Ways to create an inclusive teaching and learning environment • Creating an inclusive teaching and learning plan • Justifying own selection of teaching and learning approaches, resources and assessment methods in relation to individual learner needs • Delivering inclusive teaching and learning to meet individual needs • Evaluating the delivery of inclusive teaching and learning including areas for improvement • Using teaching and learning approaches to meet learner needs • Communicating with learners in a way that meets their needs Understanding assessment in education and training • Different methods of assessment and how they can be adapted to meet individual learner needs • How to involve learners and others in the assessment process • The role and use of constructive feedback • Record keeping of assessments

NIACRO is inviting expressions of interest for places on our accredited training course Supporting Women Through and Beyond the Criminal Justice System which we will be running from 24th January 2024 at Holywell Trust in Derry/Londonderry. We are offering 10 subsidised places for Derry and Strabane-based CVS organisations that support women involved in the CJS.

This informal training course will run over 2 full-day sessions, 15th and 22nd August, 10am-4pm. It will help develop the skills and knowledge of anyone involved in the design and delivery of training events and/or presentations. Participants at this hands on session will have the opportunity to apply what they have learnt by preparing and delivering a short presentation.

This informal training course running over 3 half day sessions will develop the skills and knowledge of anyone involved in the design and delivery of training events and / or presentations.