Training - No Recourse to Public Funds
posted: 20/05/2011
No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF) Training will be provided in Manchester on Tuesday 7th June (10am – 4.30pm) for Local Authority representatives with responsibilities for people with NRPF.
There will be NRPF training specifically for the voluntary sector in London, on 10th June. Details about Voluntary Sector NRPF Training are here
Voluntary sector people are also welcome at the Manchester training but in Manchester the training focuses on social services assessments.
This training is provided by the No Recourse to Public Funds network.
Limited places available
The cost of the training is £125 per person and will take place at Manchester City Council. Limited places are available. To book a place, please complete the booking form and return it to No Recourse to Public Funds at Islington. The training terms and conditions are here.
The Manchester training for local authority workers covers key issues, legislation and social services assessments, for adults, children and families, and includes human rights obligations.
- No recourse to public funds - introduction and overview
- Key legislation
- Assessing eligibility for support
- General considerations in assessments of need - adults, children and families, human rights
- Community care and community mental health assessments
- Child in need and human rights assessments
- Good practice in assessing and supporting people with NRPF
- National NRPF Network and the policy context of NRPF
- Case studies
Booking Form
Terms and Conditions
Enquiries and bookings to nrpf@islington.gov.uk
More information on the No Recourse to Public Funds training programme for Local Authorities
More information on the No Recourse to Public Funds training programme for Voluntary Sector
More information on No Recourse to Public Funds from the network
More information on No Recourse to Public Funds from UK Border Agency
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HIV Healthcare Training Online
posted: 03/03/2011
HIV and STI doctors and other healthcare staff have an engaging and extensive online learning programme called eHIV-STI. This e-training has been put together by the British Association for Sexual Health and HIV and the Federation of the Royal Colleges of Physicians. Keeping HIV clinic staff well trained is an important part of good HIV care.
This eHIV-STI training provides the knowledge healthcare professionals need for treating and supporting people with sexually transmitted infections, including HIV, and related conditions. It’s designed to be used alongside clinic training.
3 knowledge levels
They provide training to three levels of knowledge, from introductory, to more advanced and finally specialist knowledge, so people can learn in stages.
The 60 sessions of e-learning with video clips and case studies cover most of what HIV and STI clinic staff need to know. The training is open for doctors and NHS healthcare staff in England who register with the site.
HIV & STI e-Learning for Healthcare
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Manchester Event - HIV and Young Carers
posted: 27/01/2011
Young carers and families affected by HIV are under the spotlight at an event in Manchester, in early February.
The Children's Society are running a training and consultation event Affecting Change for Families: Improving services for young carers and their families affected by HIV
on Friday 4th February 2011 at the famous Midland hotel in central Manchester.
No-one is sure how many children in the UK are caring for someone in their home with HIV. It is estimated that there are between 15,000 to 20,000 young carers of people with HIV.
This free event aims to ensure those involved in providing services to families affected by HIV including service managers, policy leads, and senior practitioners in health and the Voluntary and Statutory Sector are equipped with the latest guidance and are able to identify and respond to when a children and/or young people is taking on a caring role and to address wider family issues.
The event
- Find out about the Children's Society’s young carers and families HIV work, funded by the Elton John AIDS Foundation
- Learn about the issues faced by young carers and their families affected by HIV
- Obtain new Good Practice guidance in multi-agency working with families affected by HIV
- Inform national practice with your own expertise.
Booking form
More information and bookings
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Manchester HIV Training
posted: 19/01/2011
Dates and details of all the training courses on HIV, sexual health, drugs and alcohol for the next year are now listed and can be booked with Manchester Public Health Service.
HIV courses
- Positive Interventions : HIV & Sexual Health Awareness
2 Day course, for frontline workers, in April, July, November, January (2012), February and March
- Positive Plus : Advanced HIV Awareness
1 Day Course for frontline workers - you need to have done their HIV introduction course Back to Basics, or have a good knowledge of HIV. In May, November
- Back to Basics : An introduction to HIV and Sexual Health Awareness
1 Day Course, for frontline workers, in June, October, November, and March (2012)
- Rather have a cup of tea : Over 50’s, sexual health and HIV
1 Day Course for frontline staff working with people over 50, in August
Other Manchester sexual health, drink and drug courses
- Crushes to Hot Flushes : Women and Sexual Health (women only course)
- Getting the Measure of it : Basic alcohol awareness
- Alcohol and Dependency : Women and alcohol
- It’s a Man’s World : Working with boys and young men
- ‘It’s not an issue’ : Sexual health, sex and relationships for people with learning difficulties
- Reducing Drug Related Deaths : Overdose Management
- Living the High Life (Part 1) : Drug Awareness
- Living the High Life (Part 2) : Advanced drugs awareness
- No Girls Allowed : Men and sexual health (men only course)
- People, Pins and Prevention : Safer injection training
- The Jury’s Out : Harm Reduction
- The Sleeping Giant Awakes! : Hepatitis C
- Who ate all the P.I.E.S : ‘An Introduction to Performance and Image Enhancing Drugs’
- Call the Cops : ‘The essential guide to Legal and illegal 'Legal Highs'
- Curry & Rice : The Ultimate Take Away [about the high risks of speedballing: using heroin and crack together]
Manchester Public Health Service sexual health training booklet with application form
Sexual Health and Harm Reduction Training Administrator: Kellie McGuire
MPHDS
Mauldeth House
Mauldeth Road West
Chorlton
Manchester
M21 7RL
0161 882 2301
Other Manchester Public Health training booklets
- Mental Health and Well Being, contact
- Physical Activity, Health Eating & Cancer Prevention, contact
- Stop Smoking, contact
Manchester Public Health Development Service
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HIV City and Guilds Course in Manchester
posted: 16/09/2010
This City and Guilds qualification, a Level 2 Award in Understanding HIV and AIDS, is designed for people who are interested in HIV and AIDS, or who are working in a job where knowing about HIV would be helpful.
So it could be useful for people who work as GPs, nurses, GP reception staff, voluntary workers, probation officers, police officers, teachers, social services staff, staff in drug support services and residential care services, amongst others working in health and social care, as well as interested individuals.
This Terrence Higgins Trust (THT) course also runs in Leeds, Birmingham and London, and in Manchester THT runs this course at George House Trust - the first study day is here on 8 October.
The course includes sections on:
- Transmission and prevention of HIV
- Stigma and discrimination in HIV and AIDS
- Managing HIV and AIDS
Joanna Hurren, at City & Guilds, says: “This course is invaluable for anyone wanting to enter a career in the HIV sector. It is also the ideal career development support for someone already working in a role where they need to be aware of issues relating to HIV and AIDS.”
Jackie Redding, Director of Social Care and Service Development for THT said: “We’re delighted to be running this course in Manchester. It raises vital awareness of HIV and gives individuals the knowledge and skills to support individuals affected and tackle the stigma that still sadly exists. I’d encourage anyone interested to get in touch and find out more.”
About the course
It is a distance learning course in three units, with two face to face study days in Manchester at George House Trust (8 October and 3 November), and 44 hours of study time for all units.
The course costs £350 + VAT for private sector workers, and £250 + VAT for community and public sector workers - with the possibility of reduction in cases of hardship.
Students who have completed the course said:
“The course is a must do for all working in social care or sexual education, no-matter the level.”
“I would recommend the course to anyone non-medically trained working, or hoping to work, in the field of HIV.”
Interested?
Sign up for the course, or further information
or contact Justin Barrett on 020 7812 1727 or email
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