Mental Health Training & Awareness-Raising Programme 2008

Various venues

Throughout 2008

Fife Employment Access Trust

The PDF has the entire programme of courses running throughout the year, with details of dates and venues.

If you are interested in any of the training courses but would like the course to be shorter, longer or you would like training on something more specific to your organisation, then we can develop your very own bespoke training package. We can come to your organisation and deliver training courses within your workplace if that is more convenient to you.

We can also offer Team Boosting Sessions on any aspects of positive thinking, increasing self esteem, positive self talk, improving confidence and goal setting.

Programme includes:

1. Mental Health First Aid. 2 day accredited course.
   For anyone interested in finding out how to help someone with a mental health problem.
2. Mental Health Awareness. ½ day course.
   For anyone wishing to raise their awareness around mental health problems. This course could be adapted to 1 day if required.
3. Managing Stress. ½ day course.
   A general overview of stress and how it affects people. The course also looks at ways in which we can manage stress and be proactive in preventing it f rom getting out of control.
4. How to think more positively and worry less. ½ day course.
   This course is for anyone interested in improving their mental well being and overall health through worrying less and thinking more positively. Go on, give your mind a treat!
5. Mental Health at Work.
   A 1 day course for managers on how to recognise workplace stress and support employees who are experiencing a mental health problem.
6. Stress Awareness at work. ½ day course
   A general overview of stress and how it affects people at work. Recognising workplace stress is an essential part of good practice for all organisations who want to maintain a mentally healthy workplace.
7. Steps to Excellence for Personal Success (STEPS)
   A development programme for individual and organisational advancement.
8. Set Targets and Reach Success (STARS)
   A personal development programme which enables individuals to advance.

www.journeytowork.co.uk

Duncan Mitchell

Collydean Cottage
Pitmedden Loan
Glenrothes KY7 6UG

01592 749880

feat@journeytowork.co.uk

FEAT Mental Health Training Programme 2008 (262KB pdf)

Switch On to Climate Change

Throughout 2008

Around Scotland

Scottish Education and Action for Development (SEAD)

SWITCH ON TO CLIMATE CHANGE

Would you like a way of getting active on climate issues in your own neighbourhood? The opportunity might be closer than you think.

SEAD (Scottish Education and Action for Development) has launched a new project which is helping people all over Scotland to find their own approaches to tackling the problem of climate change. Whether you're interested in ways of making a difference as in individual, as part of a community group, or at the national or international level, Switch On to Climate Change offers resources to help make it easier.

Among the opportunities provided are workshops on climate change and community action, useful information, support and links with other groups to help people find the approach which suits them best. SEAD is gathering case studies of positive action in Scotland and around the world, showing the kinds of things we can do collectively to make a difference. If you're interested, or you can think of a group which might be keen to host a workshop exploring community-based climate action then do get in touch. You can find out more, and download SEAD's handy booklet, "Rising to the Climate Challenge" from the SEAD website below.

You can also call or email the Project Officer, see below.

www.sead.org.uk

Lorraine McCauley

20 Graham Street
Edinburgh

0131 555 5550

lorraine@sead.org.uk

Improving Health Developing Effective Practice

6th, 7th, 8th, 27th & 28th May and 1st July 2008

9.15am - 4.30pm

Cardenden Health Centre, Wallsgreen Road, Cardenden

Health Improvement Support Service, Health Promotion Fife

This is a credit-rated short course, developed and managed by NHS Health Scotland in association with former NHS health promotion departments and the further and higher education sector in Scotland.

Aim

The aim of this course is to increase your confidence in promoting health, by providing a framework that will help you reflect on practice and develop effective practice.

What the course is about

The course deals with seven main themes

• Exploring health and health promotion
• The policy context for health promotion
• Promoting health with individuals
• Promoting health with communities
• Needs assessment
• Planning and evaluating an intervention
• Identifying local resources

Who should attend the course?

The course is for anyone with an actual or potential role or interest in health improvement. It will be of greatest value to you if you have yet to clarify your health promoting role or if you wish to explore its scope in day-to-day practice.

It is likely to be of interest to (among others) healthcare teams, PHPs, nurses, pharmacists, allied health professionals, health service managers, social workers, occupational/workplace health promoters, environmental health officers, voluntary sector, community workers, home care workers, leisure staff, housing, prison officers and teachers.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the course you should be able to

• Critically examine concepts and theories of health and health promotion and how they may influence guiding principles for practice
• Analyse the guiding principles of health promotion and appraise their implications for the development of best practice
• Critically examine your own current practice in relation to the planning, implementation and evaluation of health promotion interventions
• Demonstrate the use of a reflective process to generate experiential learning

Assignment (optional)

The assignment takes the form of an essay (3000 words) and has an academic credit rating of 15 SCQF points at level 9.

This course is being run by Health Promotion Fife on 6th, 7th, 8th, 27th & 28th May 2008 & 1st July 2008.

The course trainers are Evelyn Wilson and Heather Young both Senior Health Promotion Officers and registered trainers.

Karen Stirling,Team Administrator

01592 226488

karenstirling@nhs.net

Fife Voluntary Sector Mental Health Forum

Monday 12th May 2008

2pm

Thomson House, Methil Docks

A DATE FOR YOUR DIARY

The next meeting of the (now officially named) Fife Voluntary Sector Mental Health Forum will take place on Monday 12th May at 2pm at Thomson House, Methil. Agenda to follow.

Keep an eye out on the CVS Fife website for the minutes of the meeting yesterday, 17th March.

If you have not been involved in the Forum and are interested in attending, please contact Lyndsay Macadam (CVS Fife) for further information.

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Lyndsay Macadam (CVS Fife)

01592 567001

lyndsay.macadam@cvsfife.org

Successful Events - Effective Resources

Monday 19 May 2008

09:15 - 13:00

Thomson House, Methil

NHS Fife

This interactive session will provide an opportunity for professionals working throughout Fife to explore and develop their current knowledge and skills using health promotion resources.

The aim of this session is to enable individuals to critically examine a range of health promotion resources and use them confidently and effectively.

By the end of the course, participants will have:

• Increased knowledge of the type of health promotion resources available
• Increased understanding of how to appraise, select and evaluate resources
• Used one of the resources to plan a health event
• Raised awareness of the expertise and support available from the Information and Resources Centre

Who should attend this course?

This course will be of interest to people planning health promoting activities or those who have health improvement as part of their remit, e.g. community education workers, integrated community school workers HIIC tutors/groups, voluntary sector, Fife Council, CHPs, community nurses, school nurses, Community Learning and youth agencies.

Anyone working with the population of Fife on Health Improvement issues can access the Health Promotion Information and Resources Centre. All services and materials provided by Information & Resources Centre (IRC) are free to our Core Client Groups.

Karen Stirling

01592 226488

karenstirling@nhs.net

The Edinburgh Evaluation Summer School

May 19th - 21st: Evaluations and Inequalities May 26th - 28th: Getting Real About Impact Evaluation

The Evaluation Programme at RUHBC, NHS Health Scotland and The Glasgow Centre for Population Health

Dear Colleagues,

The Edinburgh Evaluation Summer School will this year take place on the following dates:

May 19th - 21st: Evaluations and Inequalities May 26th - 28th: Getting Real About Impact Evaluation

As in prior years, the Summer School faculty will include world class evaluation scholars and practitioners.

Further details on each class and how to secure your place on this year's courses can be found on the Summer School website.

This website will be updated regularly so please check periodically. Don't hesitate to reach me on my email at the address below if you have any questions.

Best wishes,

Sanjeev Sridharan

www.chs.med.ed.ac.uk/ruhbc/evaluation/summerschool2008/index.html

Sanjeev Sridharan, Head Evaluation Programme

RUHBC, University of Edinburgh
Teviot Place
Edinburgh, EH8 9AG

Sanjeev.Sridharan@ed.ac.uk

Volunteer Recruitment Stand

Tuesday 20th May

10am-2pm

Kingdom Shopping Centre

Lend a Hand, Enable Scotland

Enable Scotland’s Lend a Hand service is recruiting volunteers to give support and friendship to children with learning disabilities and their families in Fife. Perhaps you have considered fostering and decided against this but still want to help a child and their family? To be a short break carer or a befriender you only need to give a few hours a month which can be invaluable in helping families recharge their batteries.

If you have a sense of humour, enjoy being with children and young people, having fun, can listen and talk to young people then why not join us. You will never regret taking the step to find out more and join the forty plus people who say that this is the best thing that they have ever done.

www.enable.org.uk

Suzie Harper

Alexander House
5-21 Alexander Street
Dysart, Kirkcaldy, KY1 2XX

01592 659295

lendahand@enable.org.uk

THEN, NOW AND ALWAYS

21st May 2008

Royal College of Physicians, Queen Street, Edinburgh

Fifer Children's Loss and Bereavement Forum

his is a one day conference for all professionals working with children and families. Update on new practice and research in supporting bereaved children and families. Email Margaret Wallace for an application form.

Margaret Wallace

Margaret.Wallace@faht.scot.nhs.uk

Funding Surgery

Thursday 27th May 2008

11.00am-6.30pm

St Brycedale Church, St Brycedale Avenue, Kirkcaldy KY1 1ET

Lloyds TSB Foundation for Scotland

Charities in the Kirkcaldy area are invited to discuss making a funding application to the Lloyds TSB Foundation for Scotland.

The event is taking place on Thursday 27th May 2008 at St Brycedale Church, St Brycedale Avenue, Kirkcaldy KY1 1ET. 45 minute appointments for a one-to-one consultation with an Assessor are available between 11:00am and 6:30pm and should be booked in advance. Disabled access is available at this venue, and when making an appointment please mention that this would be required.

The consultation is an opportunity for representatives of registered charities to discuss potential projects towards which the Foundation may be able to provide financial support. Foundation representatives will be able to give you tips on filling in the application form and advice on the kind of projects that we fund.

To arrange an appointment please telephone 0870 902 1201.

Catriona Henderson, Press & PR Manager

0131 444 4023

Volunteer Preparation Days

Saturday 31st May & Saturday 14th June 2008

10am-4pm

Enable Fife

Lend a Hand, Enable Scotland

Enable Scotland’s Lend a Hand service is recruiting volunteers to give support and friendship to children with learning disabilities and their families in Fife. Perhaps you have considered fostering and decided against this but still want to help a child and their family? To be a short break carer you only need to give a few hours a month which can be invaluable in helping families recharge their batteries.

If you have a sense of humour, enjoy being with children and young people, having fun, can listen and talk to young people then why not join us on both of these days. You will never regret taking the step to find out more and join the forty plus people who say that this is the best thing that they have ever done.

Please call us before hand if you wish to attend, as it is preferable that you attend both sessions.

www.enable.org.uk

Suzie Harper

Alexander House
5-21 Alexander Street
Dysart, Kirkcaldy, KY1 2XX

01592 659295

lendahand@enable.org.uk

Health Issues in the Community National Conference 2008

Monday, 2nd June

9:30am - 3:30pm

The Vine Venue, Dunfermline

Community Health Exchange (CHEX)

The Health Issues in the Community National Conference 2008 will take place in the Vine Venue, Dunfermline on Monday, 2nd June. We would like to take this opportunity to invite you along to the Conference and have pleasure in enclosing an invitation to this event which explains a bit more about it. If you are interested in attending the conference then please visit the website below to download the booking form and email your completed form to Aileen Skillen or by post to the address below.

If you require further information about the conference then please do not hesitate to contact Aileen or David Allan on 0141 248 1990.

www.chex.org.uk

Aileen Skillen

(CHEX), Scottish Community Development Centre
Suite 305, Baltic Chambers
50 Wellington Street, Glasgow G2 6HJ

0141 248 1990

hlcadmin@scdc.org.uk

"Let's Make Fife More Active" Launch and Contribution Event for Fife's Physical Activity Strategy and Action Plan

Thursday 5 June 2008

9:30 - 2:00

Balgeddie House Hotel, Glenrothes

NHS Fife in partnership with Fife Council

The aims of this event are to:

• launch Fife's Physical Activity Strategy
• celebrate what's already been achieved in Fife
• appraise participants of the priorities and focus areas for physical activity in Fife
• engage participants in discussions around the Physical Activity Action Plan

Karen Stirling

Health Promotion Fife, Haig House
Cameron Hospital, Cameron Bridge
Leven, Fife, KY8 5RG

01592 226488

karenstirling@nhs.net

'Recruiting, Interviewing and Placing Volunteers' Training Workshop - Glasgow

Friday 6th June 2008

All Day

Glasgow City Chambers

CSV / IAVM

Are you looking for new and innovative ways to recruit and retain the right volunteers to fit the variety of roles offered by your organisation? This is a unique opportunity to experience intensive training with Steve McCurley, one of the world's foremost authorities on all aspects of volunteer programme management.

Recruiting, Interviewing and Placing Volunteers is a one-day workshop presented by CSV’s Institute for Advanced Volunteer Management (IAVM) at Glasgow City Chambers on Friday 6th June 2008. The workshop will focus on effective ways to recruit the volunteers you need; the key interview questions to ask to identify prospective volunteers’ interests and skills; and how to ensure that your volunteers are matched with tasks that will keep them motivated to stay with your organisation for the long term. For a copy of the full information leaflet and booking form for Recruiting, Interviewing and Placing Volunteers visit the CSV website or email.

Booking fee: £70 (includes VAT, all refreshments and support materials for the day of training

www.csv.org.uk/iavm