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Healthy Cross Community Project

Healthy Cross

The Healthy Cross Community Project run a number of courses of relevance to mental health.

Healthy Cross Community Project


47a Southey Avenue, Sheffield, S5 7NN.

Tel/Fax: 0114 234 4445

E-mail: tracy.healthyx@virgin.net

Voluntary Action Sheffield (VAS)

Voluntary Action Sheffield runs a large, and growing, array of courses on all subjects relevant to Charities and organisations working in the third sector, from management, to user rights, to health.

67 - 69 Division Street, Sheffield S14GE

Contact: Sarah Hoyle

tel: 0114 2493360

fax: 0114 2493361

web: www.vas.org.uk

email: admin@vas.org.uk

The Burton Street Project

Training Department 57 Burton Street

Sheffield S6 2HH

tel: 0114 2332908 ext: 212

Sheffield Domestic Abuse Forum

Carver House



4 Carver Street

Sheffield S1 4FS

tel: (0114) 275 0101

fax: (0114) 249 0999

Sheffield Domestic Abuse Forum

DOMESTIC ABUSE AWARENESS TRAINING

Aims of the training:

  • to raise awareness of the realities and effects of domestic abuse;
  • to help workers to develop their skills and confidence in tackling the issues;
  • to identify resources available in the city to support their work.

The Forum offers a two stage domestic abuse awareness course. Stage 1, Domestic Abuse and Multi-agency Working, provides a broad overview of the social and personal aspects and effects of domestic abuse. The Stage 2 Skills Workshop is designed to give a more in depth understanding of domestic abuse issues. It also aims to help develop workers' skills and confidence in enabling disclosures, safety planning and working together to provide ongoing support to people living with, or recovering from domestic abuse.

The courses can be organised and co-ordinated through the Domestic Abuse Forum, but will normally be delivered by trainers from the Women Against Violence Network Trainers' Pool, who all have extensive experience of working in the voluntary sector to provide frontline domestic abuse services, and deliver tailored training and consultancy to other agencies.

Most courses are multi-agency to promote networking on the day, and more integrated agency responses to domestic abuse afterwards.

For single-agency events, the Trainers will need to meet beforehand with a contact person to devise appropriate case study material, in order to make the programme as useful as possible to their agency staff.

Shorter courses and briefings can also be arranged, to suit the levels of responsibility or working patterns of the people involved.

For further information, please contact Jane Flint (Training Co-ordinator) at the Sheffield Domestic Abuse Forum. Contact details above, or email mail@daforum.fsnet.co.uk

rethink

Rethink Carers Support & Development Service will deliver a 12 week course for carers of people with a mental illness.

The course covers topics such as

  • Understanding mental illness such as schizophrenia, depression, dual diagnosis and bi-polar disorder
  • How to access Mental Health Services
  • Carers Rights and CPA
  • What to do in a crisis
  • Looking after yourself

For further information please contact:



Rethink Carers Support & Development Service

Cumberland House

176 Eyre Street

Sheffield S1 4QZ

Tel. 0114 267 7660 Ext 1

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Local Mind branches are affiliated to National Mind, a campaigning charity working for better support for those with Mental Health problems. We are one of over 200 regional offices.

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