Warwickshire Children and Young People's WorkforceSpecialist training - where?
Where do you get training for things like Outdoor Education, Counselling, Refereeing, Running Duke of Edinburgh Groups, Hear by Right and Participation.
Is it local, national, accredited, or what?
Where do you get training for things like Outdoor Education, Counselling, Refereeing, Running Duke of Edinburgh Groups, Hear by Right and Participation.
Is it local, national, accredited, or what?
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Hear by Right
For Hear by Right and Participation Training there is a web site which offers training across the country on putting Hear by Right into operation and different aspects of participation.
www.participationworks.org.uk/TrainingEvents/tabid/61/Default.aspx
The courses are free to voluntary and third sector. The nearest to Warwickshire are Wolverhampton, Leicester and Birmingham.
You can download booking forms - read the booking conditions before sending off.
See Best practice in the library for details of Hear by Right.
Children's Fund have also run Participation Workshops. Contact Vic Jones (victoriajones@warwickshire.gov.uk) for details of the next one.
Outdoor Education
There are a whole range of qualifications and careers in Outdoor education, from Community Sports Leader Awards (usually short courses run from a nearby leisure centre or from one of the County Youth Associations), to Masters and post graduate qualifications.
Some qualifications are tied to a specific sport, some to a range and some to the environment. Others provide a combination.
For more detailed information try the following sites:
www.theaward.or/leaders/index.php which deals with the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme
www.pgl.co.uk/PGLWeb/Recruitment/Training-and-development/Training-courses/activity-instructors.htm which looks at apprenticeships and on the job training
www.reviewing.co.uk/careers.htm looks at careers and qualifications in Outdoor Learning in the UK
www.learndirect-advice.co.uk/helpwithyourcareer/jobprofiles/profiles/profile1428 talks through what is involved in different types of outdoor education jobs and what qualifications you would need.