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Learning Disability offers training events, courses and consultancy services to anyone involved in the care or support of people with learning disabilities. Our courses are designed to bring competence to the practice setting and to benefit the service user.
We have a range of courses to meet the needs of those with little if any previous knowledge to those who are more advanced. In this section are examples of some of the courses offered. If the course you require is not listed then please email us your requirements. We can provide testimonials from a number of services about the quality of our courses.
Well this what they say about our training.
MCA, MHA & DoLS
I am pleased to provide this testimonial for the trainer from www.learningdisability.co.uk who is an outstanding practitioner and advocate for those with mental health problems and learning disability. The impact of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 and the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards 2009 is been felt across all fields of Health and Social Care. Every Health & Social Services professional will find that the Act and Regulations made under it will affect their work and the decisions they make. Practitioners will need assistance and training to understand the Act and how it applies to their professional responsibilities.
The trainer on our course has extensive knowledge and experience of front line practice, Mental Health & Learning disability legislation and case law and of contributing his significant expertise through training and writing in this area. It is hoped that he will continue to maintain this contribution for many years to come.
Anne McGarry, Lead Nurse for Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults & MCA
Birmingham Community Health Care Trust
Course: Introduction to Learning Disability
Very professional delivery, extremely informative, analogical - many courses cover the flowers coming off the stem - this course takes you from the roots to the blossom, giving you confidence in your ability to support the service user.
Marie Adamson 2009
Courses: Introduction to Learning Disability, Learning Disability & Mental Illness and Ageing & Learning Disability Courses The Training Manager for Housing & Social Services – Isle of Anglesey
Total satisfaction .....feedback from public, private and voluntary sectors have been extremely positive and has resulted in evidence based improvements in work practices.
The training is innovative in delivery methods and engagement with learners and is always willing to customise courses to meet our specific needs. The trainer is both approachable and knowledgable with current information and examples of best practice always available to share with course participants.
The courses are always oversubscribed which clearly demonstates the value placed by employers on the trainers activities. We will certainly continue our relationship with these training services and work to develop further courses to reflect our local needs reflecting the Welsh Assembly Government vision of services for people with learning disabilities.
Barbara Hughes-Jones, Training Manager, Isle of Anglesey
Course: Social Supervisor's Course 2010
The course on social supervisors was a 'breath of fresh air'. For the first time in my social work career someone was giving me clear direction as to my legal responsibilities as a social supervisor and the practicalities of how to best implement this. The trainers focus was practitioner based and suddenly, all that had been unclear to me made sense! The very next day I was able to attend an inpatient review on a patient who is subject to Section 37/41 and confidently assert my roles and responsibilities as the potential social supervisor following his discharge from hospital.
Cathie Long 2010
Introduction to Learning Disability
'"I recently attended a training course entitled ' An Introduction to learning disability'. As a first year Social Work student with no experience in the field of learning disabilities I found this course to be eye-opening, informative and most enjoyable! The trainer was a fountain of knowledge and their passion around the subject made the course inspiring not just at a professional level but also on a personal level. I hope to be able to attend more worthwhile days like this in the future as it really has made a difference Thank you! Rebecca Jones, Studying Social Work at Bangor University".
Feb 2011
