Current Training – Bradford Adult Social Care Policies, Procedures and Practice Resource

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Currently offered training

On this page you will find the training that is currently available to book via Evolve; the links required are provided alongside the information about the training. All members of staff across Adult Social Work and Adult Social Care are welcome to book a place, but please discuss in Supervision to ensure it is relevant for you to attend, unless attendance has been deemed mandatory.

Risk Enablement and Case Note Recording

Click here to access the Evolve training link for ‘Risk Enablement and Case Note Recording’.

Details of Training	Risk Enablement Training: This course will consider what is meant by positive risk and how risk is assessed. It will consider what follows, how risk is managed and consider how it relates to the legislation and statutory guidance. The course will cover linking risk assessments and risk management plans to needs and capacity assessments. • Know what risk assessment and risk management is • Understand the purposes of the Risk Enablement Panel • Understand the procedure and new pro-formas about risk assessment and applying to Risk Enablement Panel Case Note Recording Training: A course around best practice in Case Note Recording, including: • Progress notes recording including some potential pitfalls and lessons from previous experience • Use of language: consent, confidentiality and disclosure • Recording what could (unintentionally) amount to an admission • Saving privileged information (legal advice) • Subject Access Requests • Forwarding emails – some risks and suggestions for best practice • Use of language again – a rights based approach. To ensure Practitioners are aware of the potential risks to themselves and the local authority when using and recording information, and for them to be better equipped to minimise that risk.
Target Audience	Trust Staff and those who may be responsible for Care Act Assessments
Date of Training	Wednesday 3^rd September 2025 Time – 9:30-16:30
Trainers	Ian Burgess and Rob Mitchell

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ASC Practice Model

Click here to access the Evolve training link for the ‘ASC Practice Model’

Details of Training	This training session is an opportunity to further understand and apply the Adult Social Care Practice Model, which is departmental approach to support to all people in Bradford who require support under the Care Act 2014. Through examining each of the five tenants of the Practice Model – Strengths & Asset-Based, Rights-Based, Legally Literate, Risk Enabling, Valuing Diversity & Inclusion – in turn, the sessions across the day will concentrate on our cultural approach, our values in practice, and how we demonstrate a lawful approach that ensures that our practice is person-centred, anti-oppressive and anti-discriminatory. *Throughout the training breaks/a lunch break will be fitted in.
Target Audience	All staff who undertake assessments in line the Care Act 2014.
Date of Training	Dates: Wednesday 13^th August 2025 Thursday 28^th August 2025 Wednesday 24^th September 2025 (Trust Staff only) Tuesday 7^th October 2025 Wednesday 8^th October 2025 (Sensory Needs Staff only) Wednesday 15^th October 2025 Wednesday 19^th November 2025 Time – 9:30-16:30
Trainers	Vicki Ellis, Jen Holroyd, Ian Burgess, Rob Mitchell and Hira Zafar

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Mental Capacity Act 2005 in Practice

Click here to access the Evolve training link for ‘Mental Capacity Act 2005 in Practice’

Details of Training	The training session will provide an overview of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 and how it applies to adult social care practice. It will assist staff in recognising good practice and developing confidence to work within the scope of the Act. It will cover: The 5 Principles of the Act When and why capacity is assessed? Who assesses capacity? How mental capacity is assessed? Best interests decision making Common ethical issues and challenges in mental capacity assessments and best interests decision making Recording your work This training will take place as a classroom based training.
Target Audience	Adult Services
Date of Training	Tuesday 30^th September 2025 Time – 9:30-12:30
Trainers	Ian Burgess and Rob Mitchell

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Social Supervision S37/41 Conditional Discharge

Click here to access the Evolve training link for ‘Social Supervision S37/41 Conditional Discharge’

Details of Training	This is mandatory training for all mental health Social Workers focused on patients subject to Conditional Discharge Section 37/41 of the Mental Health Act and the crucial responsibilities of the Social Supervisor in managing conditional discharge. Aim: This training will equip you with the legal knowledge, confidence, and practical skills needed to effectively support and supervise individuals under Conditional Discharge, ensuring compliance with statutory duties and promoting safe integration into the community. Social Supervisor refers to the professional involved in providing reports to the Ministry of Justice following a restricted service user being discharged from the hospital. Objectives: By the end of the session learners will: Have a clear overview of Section 37/41 (Hospital Order with Restriction Order) and the legal framework underpinning conditional discharge Understand the role of the Ministry of Justice and how social workers interact with them in this context Understand the key duties and legal responsibilities of the Social Supervisor, including monitoring, reporting, and risk management Have practical guidance on writing Social Supervisor reports, communicating risk effectively, and supporting recovery while protecting the public Real-world scenarios and best practices for managing complex cases
Target Audience	All Mental Health Social Workers and Managers
Date of Training	Tuesday 2^nd September 2025 Monday 3^rd November 2025 Time – 9:30-16:30
Trainer	Barrister Doug Feery

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A Brief History of Social Care: Understanding Disability & Eugenics

Click here to access the Evolve training link for ‘A Brief History of Social Care: Understanding Disability & Eugenics’

Details of Training

This session looks at the social history of care, from the Industrial Revolution, including the rise of the asylums, through to today’s models of social care. It will focus on key historic themes to explain how social care emerged and how over the decades it has changed, reflecting attitudes and social norms of the time. The session will also explore the rise of the eugenics movement in the UK and western Europe, and will also briefly examine Aktion T4, which was a campaign of mass murder by involuntary euthanasia which targeted people with disabilities in Nazi Germany.

The aim of the session is to further support staff to understand how history has shaped existing social care provision, and equip them to further recognise the roots of discrimination and oppression, and help support our collective approached of allyship, alongside people with disabilities

Target Audience

All staff working in Adult Social Care

Date of Training

Wednesday 1^st October 2025 – AM Session

Wednesday 1^st October 2025 – PM Session

Tuesday 21st October 2025 – PM Session

Wednesday 12^th November 2025 – AM Session

Tuesday 18^th November 2025 – PM Session

Wednesday 17^th December 2025 – AM Session

Duration – 3hrs

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Historic training

Here you will find information about training that has been delivered previously. It may be that delivery will be planned for the future, but this is training that isn’t currently live and available to book on Evolve. If there is a course which you would like to attend, but it is unavailable, please email [email protected] to register your interest.

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