Equality and Diversity

Equality and Diversity

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Equality and Diversity 

One day course focusing on values, attitudes, beliefs and how these impact on everyday workplace practices. Some legislation input

Managing Diversity

Specific for Managers - Raising awareness of the importance of diversity within the organisational context.  Helping participants consider the integration of diversity and its value into everyday management practice, with staff, clients, colleagues and other professionals

Equality Legislation Update

Overview of recent legislative changes within the six Equality strands – Race, Gender, Age, Disability, Religion and Sexual orientation – and the impact of changes on practice

Equality Impact Assessment

Promoting an understanding of:

• the equality and diversity framework within a public sector setting
• Equality Impact Assessment Guidance and Template.
• the purpose, benefits and process of carrying out Assessments.

Equality Monitoring

Enabling participants to conduct equality monitoring in an effective manner

Increase  the confidence of participants in accurately collecting data from patients and other service users by providing relevant information

Challenging Discrimination

One-day workshop, exploring methods and practices and how to challenge discrimination effectively.  Also examines the implications of not challenging from an individual perspective and from an organisational governance view

Good practice in use of Interpreters

One day programme specific to a mental health setting

Cultural Competence

Supporting Professionals in understanding and respecting cultural diversity; ensuring an appropriate, sensitive approach. Bite Size Training Sessions lasting 1.5 hours each (can be tailored to individual requirements.

• Race, Religion and Faith
• Sex and Sexuality
• Bullying and Harassment

Dignity at Work

One-day interactive workshop exploring the benefits of valuing individuals and maintaining respect and dignity. The session will consider: 

• what is bullying and harassment in the work place?
• the concept of “intention of behaviour” versus impact
• appropriate behaviour, attitude and language

Team based training on diversity issues (can be tailored to individual requirements)

Conducted over 6 sessions, lasting 2 hours each, every two weeks, so enabling staff members to consider any issues they wish to raise between sessions and offering the opportunity to embed lessons into practice

Personal and Professional Development

Team or One to One Coaching

In each meeting, the staff members choose the focus of discussion, whilst the coach listens, contributes and challenges by asking questions and sharing observations.  This interaction via the coaching process provides greater focus and awareness of choices, enabling the client to move best practice into workplace action. 

Group Work Skills

Two day programme An opportunity to explore in detail how groups work and how to make them more effective.  Within this frame, to understand the concepts of team dynamics, theories and processes and how to use them when managing groups.  Learning how to manage task, relationship and context within a group work setting.

Assertiveness

One, two or three-day programme – themes include:

• Defining Assertive and non assertive behaviour
• Giving Feedback effectively
• How to say no
• Dealing with negativity and criticism effectively
• Making Requests

Conflict Resolution

Effective communication is about respectful ways of relating to others and to ourselves.  This one-day programme provides concrete, practical skills to deal with conflict effectively as and when it arises.

Women of Worth (WOW) Personal Effectiveness Training for Women

This unique three-day programme is designed to give women a head start on the personal effectiveness process, developing the skills to:

• take an pro-active, creative approach to career / personal development
• develop a vision and plan for the future
• overcome personal barriers and capitalise on opportunities for success
• receive job satisfaction
• review progress towards goals creatively

Introduction to NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming)

A two day programme – Explores in detail what NLP means in practice. Focuses on the concept of:

• Building rapport with others quickly and easily
• Use  language effectively in your conversations
• Use metaphors as a communication tool
• Ask questions effectively
• View the situation from the ‘other perspective’