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Training PACKAGES we offer

We recognise that good quality training can reduce the potential for abuse by careworkers and by others, and there is good research to indicate that training, when coupled to appropriate staffing levels, can improve the quality of care provided in institutions and by domiciliary care staff.

For this reason we provide a range of training options, targeted toward residential care staff, domiciliary care staff, and voluntary and independent sector groups that interact or directly work with older people. We also provide a short, 15 minute, film on financial abuse that can be watched by anyone, including members of the public.

Courses can be structured according to your needs, can be used as part of induction programmes or refresher sessions and may be structured to fit short bursts of time or over one or several days. Learning methods can include handouts, lectures, group discussion, information sharing and small group activities. We can organise bespoke training for organisations or groups. To discuss these options please email or telephone 020 8835 9280.

• In recent years there has been an increase in reporting of elder abuse cases and this is probably a consequence of both increased awareness and action by regulators, care providers and adult protection staff. But systems continue to address less than one-tenth of elder abuse. Which is why the constant delays in introducing legislation for adult protection is so devastating.
   

  

• Training packages:

  Currently we have several options for you to consider:

  •   General training: Time for Action
  •   Personal Assistant recruitment: Working Together
  •   Domiciliary Care training: Consequences
  •   Financial Abuse Film: Gardens with Red Roses
   

  

• General training

  
  
  
  

  
  The Time for Action DVD is narrated by Tony Robinson of Time Team and Baldrick fame. It is approximately 15 minutes in duration and covers what is elder abuse, what are the signs, and what someone should do about it. It is a good 'entry level' product and can be used by individual care staff or volunteers or by community groups as an introduction or minimum level awareness raising experience.
  
  Click the screen above to watch an example of the DVD. (It is priced at £30 (plus VAT and postage/packing). Click on the Paypal logo above to buy copies of the DVD.
  
  

• In addition to the DVD, we can provide the Time for Action training pack, which can be used in conjunction with the TFA DVD. It is primarily a cascade training programme, for supervisors to train groups of staff. It is in its third version, having been first launched in 2001, and it has now been used by thousands of staff and volunteers. It  ensures that staff and volunteers receive training on abuse that meets the necessary requirements, going through key points including how to recognise abuse, what to do about it, and confidentiality and disclosure. This is an excellent means of ensuring staff and volunteers understand this important issue, and thereby reducing the likelihood of abuse happening.  (We also run regular training sessions, teaching attendees about the pack and the key points of training staff or volunteers).
  
  The training pack and DVD is priced at £150 plus postage/packaging (but does not attract VAT)
  

  Click on the Paypal logo to buy copies of the training pack and DVD.
  
  

  

   

• Personal Assistant Recruitment: Working Together

  

  Knowing how to safely recruit and manage a Personal Assistant can be a daunting task for many people, and ensuring that you can self-protect yourself at the same time can be a challenge.

  Introduced by Sue Bott of the National Centre for Independent Living this short DVD and booklet will guide you through the process, allowing you to consider the key issues at each stage of the process so that you can feel confident in what you are doing.

  You can watch a promotional trailer here and download a leaflet on these resources here.
  
  With this product you have three options from which to choose, using the drop-down box.
  

  Working Together

  DVD and booklet £18.00 GBP DVD only £14.40 GBP Booklet only £6.00 GBP

  

  You can purchase the DVD and booklet for £15 (plus VAT and postage/packing). Or you can purchase the DVD on its own for £12 (plus VAT and postage/packing). Or you can purchase the booklet on its own for just £5 (plus VAT and postage/packing).

• Domiciliary Care training: Consequences

  The Consequences DVD, which covers the five types of abuse from the perspective of a domiciliary care worker (employed either through an agency or under Direct Payments). It follows the same format as the Sliding Doors film, offering two options for each abuse example. One is successful in providing protection and one is less so. This is a highly popular DVD with both domiciliary and residential care, and comes with an associated training booklet.
  
  Click the images to watch samples of the DVD.
  
   

   

   

   The DVD is priced at £30 (plus VAT and postage/packing). Click on the Paypal logo below to purchase.
   

  In addition to the DVD, we can provide the HomeFront training pack, which can be used in conjunction with the DVD. The HomeFront pack which has been specifically designed for domiciliary care. It can be used by individual workers, or delivered in manageable one-hour sessions.
  
   The training pack and DVD is priced at £150 plus postage/packing (but does not attract VAT).
  

  Click on the Paypal logo to buy copies of the training pack and DVD.
   

  

• Financial Abuse: Gardens with Red Roses

  Gardens with Red Roses DVD is an 18 minute DVD which tells the story of Dominic and Debbie who live with Grandad and dream of a home of their own. But life is not always as it seems and it is only in the closing scene that the truth becomes clear.

  This is an excellent DVD to raise awareness of financial abuse and the dangers of assuming that what appears to be reality is necessarily so.
  
   

  The DVD is available for a £15 donation to AEA (and please GiftAid this donation)