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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Sept - Oct 2018 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

Conferences

  • Book Now Good mental health and wellbeing at work – Please note event venue is Radisson Blu Hotel Durham
    26 March 2019 9:30am at Radisson Blu Hotel Durham
    Tuesday 26th March 2019, 09.30–15.30 (including lunch and refreshments) Radisson Blu Hotel Durham, Frankland Lane, Durham DH1 5TA Ensuring good mental health is important for people to be happy, healthy and productive at work. 15% of people in work have symptoms of an existing mental health condition. Poor workplace mental health is costing the UK economy a huge amount, calculated at between £74 and £94 billion per year. The UNISON Bridges to Learning Partnership is holding a professional development conference for staff in the health, social care and education sectors in the Northern Region to explore issues around mental health in the workplace, to outline how important good mental health is and hopefully offer some strategies to manage mental health matters. There will be keynote presentations: Good mental health at work – more than just a nice to have, delivered by Faye McGuinness, Head of Workplace Wellbeing Programmes, Mind and Mental health matters – staff and services under pressure, delivered by Bea Adi, National Officer, UNISON The conference will be opened by Clare Williams, UNISON Regional Secretary   Planned workshops include: Mindfulness • Managing anxiety • Spirituality • Laughter therapy and meditation The conference is sponsored by Bridges to Learning: a partnership between UNISON, the Workers Educational Association (WEA) and The Open University which aims to develop and deliver learning and progression pathways for UNISON members and potential members in education health and social care. The conference is FREE to UNISON members Non-members are welcome | Cost £10 payable on the day

Professional development workshops

  • Book Now Emotional Intelligence
    14 March 2019
    Led by Lesley Carter What is and how do we use, and why? You may have some or little knowledge of this topic, and so this highly interactive workshop aims to look at how you use or don't use EI and its links to mindfulness, as well as how it can be used within working relationships.
  • Book Now Introduction to Autism and ADHD
    19 March 2019
    Led by Jan Mather This workshop aims to provide an understanding of autism and ADHD, exploring the history of these conditions, their symptoms and diagnoses as well as exploring the behavioural characteristics of each, in particular any similarities and differences between the two conditions. This greater understanding will be used to investigate strategies and techniques to help us support people with autism and/or ADHD in school, at home, at work and in the wider community, through activities and discussion.

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