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Care Excellence Programme

This course will be a 5 – day programme for all those who are providing care for a child or adolescent who has been impacted by early life trauma.

Delivered by: Richard Rose Jayne Jukes Lou Jones-Sullivan Suzanne McGladdery Karla Burley

What you’ll learn

  • The latest understanding of Child Development and Attachment
  • A unique and assessable guide to trauma and behaviour
  • The importance of story and commentary to provide a framework for connecting and healing
  • Making sense of fragmented lives through knowledge of behaviour challenges and neuro diversity
  • The importance of self-care, vicarious trauma and reflective regulation

Course content

Day 1: Child Development and Attachment

A guide to child development in the neuroscience age. Awareness of attachment theories and introduction to attachment interventions. Reframing attachment language to engage young people.

Day 2: Monsters and Ghosts - Trauma and its impact on the brain, body and spirit

A modern take on trauma and its unique impact on the child, the carer and those around both. Understand current theory around trauma. Clarity of the uniqueness of trauma and the traumatised child. Short-, medium- and long-term impact of the invisible hurt.

Day 3: Recovery through Hearing, Holding and Loving – CPR and TLSW

How to hear the stories of children and respond to those stories in a non-judgemental and supportive way – using unconditional positive regard as a start point. How to hold the story for the child and use it in such a way that it reduces the preoccupation untold stories take up in our bodies, mind, emotions and spirit.

Day 4: Caring for children and young people with complex needs

Attendees will be more informed of the language of complex need and a guide to current cognitive and social challenges. An overview of the term neuro divergence and how 25 years of knowledge has shaped our current approach.

Day 5: Self Care and the problem with NEWTS

To consider the reality of Vicarious Trauma and its relationship to the NEWT problem – for those curious, we need to consider the concept that we acclimatise before it is too late and to avoid losing a sense of self and emotional safety. To understand the importance of self-care, not only for the carer, but for those they live with, that they love and are dependent on.

Description

There is nothing more important in the looked after provisions for children and young people than their primary care givers. The Care Excellence Programme (CEP) uses the established Rose Model of Therapeutic Care as it’s heart; this course will be a 5 – day programme for all those who are providing care for a child or adolescent who has been impacted by early life trauma.

Once enrolled and accepted, delegates will be able to choose from the following cohorts…

2026

  • 22-26 June (days 1-5) UK
  • 23-24 & 27-29 July (days 1-5) AUSTRALIA
  • 14-16 & 21-22 Sept (days 1-5) UK
  • 12-14 & 19-20 October (days 1-5) UK
  • 9-11 & 16-17 November (days 1-5) UK
Each UK training day runs from 10:00am to 2:00pm (GMT).
Each AUSTRALIA training day runs from 10:00am to 2:00pm (AEST).

Should you require any assistance with registering for this course please view the video below which offers guidance on signing up to attend or contact Jo via [email protected]

PLEASE CONSIDER IF YOU ARE ABLE TO COMMIT TO ATTEND ALL 5 DAYS OF TRAINING AND READ THE FOLLOWING REQUIREMENTS BEFORE SIGNING UP FOR THE COURSE

Requirements

  • Delegates must provide confirmation of status as a carer. This reference could come from the named Social Worker of your child, a Supporting Social Worker for your placement or any other professional who is aware of your status as a carer; e.g., Doctor. Please download the reference proforma and upload on your application. This must contain the original signature of your referee, failure to include this will result in the application being declined
  • The CEP training has been specifically designed for Carers only. It is not designed for professionals, e.g. Line Managers, Residential Placement Managers, Corporate Parenting Roles, Senior Roles, Social Workers or Therapists, as they do not meet the programme criterion
  • Personal computer, tablet or smartphone to view live tuition via Zoom
  • Delegates will be required to download a handbook and complete the reflective exercises during each day of training
  • To receive a certificate of attendance, delegates are required to attend all five days of learning and participate in the full session each day including the reflection/discussion time in the breakout rooms
  • Facilitators will monitor attendance each day. If a delegate misses any part of a training day, they will need to re-attend that day before an attendance certificate can be issued
  • As we are offering this course at no cost to those who are eligible to attend, and the fee is being funded by THEiA, we ask that you consider if you are able to commit to attend all 5 days of training
  • If you have already booked a specific date but can no longer attend, please log in to your account using the link below to cancel your booking or cancel and rebook for an alternative date.   We request that you provide us with a minimum of 72-hours’ notice to enable us to offer your place to another delegate

Enquiries

Have a question?

If you have any general questions about THEiA’s courses please contact us.

Having trouble signing up? View our video instructions below.

Sucess Stories - THEiA

Success Stories

"I have learnt so much from this course, it is brilliant, it has benefited my knowledge, practice and most of all I can see the positive changes in the child. Which is a lovely thing. Thank you Richard, I can’t wait to continue."

Diploma student 2024
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