The Bridges to Learning partnership is offering a series of Professional Development Workshops aimed at anyone working in the health, social care, or education sectors in the Northern Region.

This series of workshops aims to:

  • Deliver learning opportunities to people working in health, social care and education.
  • Provide an opportunity for continuing professional development.
  • Improve practice by increasing knowledge and understanding of topical issues facing the three sectors.

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June - July 2019 Workshops

Choose from the following Professional Development Workshops:

Workshop will be held at UNISON Northern, 140-150 Pilgrim St, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 6TH. 10.00am – 3.30pm unless otherwise stated (coffee/tea and lunch provided). FREE to UNISON members. Non UNISON members welcome: Cost £10

Professional development workshops

  • Book Now Introduction to Creative Writing
    20 June 2019
    Led by Amanda Quinn This workshop will introduce you to creative writing. Learn how to generate and develop story ideas, with exercises designed to give you confidence and get you writing. You’ll also be encouraged and supported to share your work and receive feedback. This workshop is suitable for beginners as well as those with previous creative writing experience.
  • Book Now Introduction to British Sign Language
    25 June 2019
    Led by Robin Herdman This course is designed to enable students to communicate with Deaf people in BSL about familiar, day to day topics and activities.
    • Be able to communicate in BSL using a simple range of vocabulary and signing structure
    • Be prepared to take part in a basic conversation in BSL
    • Who wish to acquire basic language skills to allow communication with Deaf people
    • Who are already in employment.
    • Who wants to continue language learning in addition to their regular studies.
    • Who wish to progress to more advanced at a later date.
    • Show a basic understanding of BSL
    • Show understanding of at least one Deaf person using BSL
    • Demonstrate understanding of a range of vocabulary within the topics taught
    • Use the correct BSL structure
    • Use appropriate and clear handshapes
    • Use suitable non-manual features
    • Be able to conduct a basic conversation with a Deaf person
  • Book Now Approaches to effective leadership, management and supervision
    2 July 2019
    Led by Moyra Riseborough Are you new to leading, managing or supervising others, or do you want to know more about what is involved so you can refresh your learning or take a first step and learn more in future? This workshop provides an introduction to theory and practice about effective leaders, management and supervision. Teaching and learning methods include some formal teaching as well as informal participative approaches such as, a quiz to test what you know already, video clips and case studies of real situations. Please note that the workshop uses the term ‘supervision’ in a generalist way.
  • Book Now Mindfulness
    9 July 2019
    Led by Lesley Carter The session will include a background to the development of mindfulness, the use of everyday mindfulness, how can mindfulness improve mental well-being, introductory mindfulness activities, and a summary of introductory information sources on mindfulness. The session will be of interest to individuals who wish to think about how mindfulness may help to improve mental well-being.

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