Learning and development opportunities
Free learning and development for the private, independent and voluntary sector providing social care to vulnerable adults in Southwark.
If you are employed or volunteer in a social care organisation in Southwark, free or subsidised learning and development opportunities may be available to you. You should be eligible if you provide a social care service to vulnerable adults in need of social care.
Courses range from leadership and management skills, to multi-agency training around safeguarding and help developing your volunteer base. Because of the wide range of specialist training available, please check your eligibility. We recommend everyone attends Southwark Safeguarding adults training.
These learning and development opportunities are free for all groups based in Southwark working in social care: their management committees, workers and volunteers.
The links below will open Southwark website pages, or brochures and application forms.
Health and social care learning and development
Contact kusam.bedi@southwark.gov.uk for more information
Courses for administration roles
Contact Comfort.adesile@southwark.gov.uk for more information
Southwark Safeguarding Adults
Multi-agency safeguarding adults training courses aim to prevent vulnerable adult abuse. They should be attended by anyone who is in contact with, or who works with, vulnerable adults in Southwark, including care workers and day centre staff, both paid and voluntary.
Visit the Adult safeguarding training webpage for more details
Mental Health learning and development opportunities
These opportunities are free to the voluntary sector and are multiagency. There is a range of training, for workers who support adults with mental health issues.
Contact yvette.evans@southwark.gov.uk
Tel: 020 7525 3562
Drug and alcohol and crime and disorder
Southwark Partnership is Southwark’s combined statutory crime and disorder reduction partnership (CDRP) and drug and alcohol action team (DAAT). They bring together a range of statutory and voluntary sector services to work together to reduce crime, fear of crime, anti social behaviour and substance misuse in the borough.
Contact them through the Safer Southwark Partnership website
Lambeth and Southwark Health Promotion Training Team
Aims to improve health and reduce health inequalities by working in close partnership with NHS, statutory and voluntary sectors to provide health promotion professional development expertise and support.
Email your application from to: lorraine.baker@southwarkpct.nhs.uk
Tel: 020 7525 1696
Additional sources of information
More information is available using the links below, including the skills councils that support Continuing Professional Development and workforce development.
Training Strategy Implementation funding (TSI)
This funding is from Skills for Care. For those groups who have already applied to the South East London Training Partnership (SELPT) to access this funding, the documents to complete your funding are as below. Contact kusam.bedi@southwark.gov.uk for additional support.
Additional opportunities for voluntary sector organisations
- Learning opportunities for volunteers: Volunteers Southwark
- If you are voluntary organisation, you can get support in fundraising, capacity building and more from Southwark’s local council for voluntary service Community Action Southwark
Further information is available from the contacts and links listed above in the first instance
Contact us
Kusam Bedi
Tel: 020 7525 0373
Fax: 0203 014 8822
kusam.bedi@southwark.gov.uk
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