In house training module content
Dementia Care Matters focuses in house training only on areas where it is advantageous to bring staff together in groups to explore new ways of working. A group of colleagues learning together helps to ensure that the learning is put into practice through establishing shared aims, exploring new ideas together and developing team based commitment to action.
Our in house training is usually with groups of up to 15 staff. The style of training has a national reputation for being inspiring, interactive, emotional and practical. The aim of our training is to achieve a measurable level of impact on staff as individuals, their style and skills and on improving a service commitment to quality of life as their central focus.
Our core modules provided as in house training are:
Being a Star™ (C1)
Benefit from developing staff who will transfer skills into team based action that not only changes themselves but care culture too. Training that places the central focus of learning on improved self awareness, practical skills and being action based as the route to being person centred and guaranteeing quality of life. This 10 day programme aims to develop emotional intelligence; focuses on developing specialist skills and through coaching and direct implementation changes people's quality of life. (Ten workshops followed by three optional support days) Also available for trainers to enable delivery of the programme.
Leadership Matters in Person Centred Dementia Care (C2)
Benefit from having the inspiration, expertise and practical methods this brings to help you deliver a positive style, leading a new culture in dementia care. Focuses on exploring the truth behind a services current care approach; this workshop defines best practice and enables managers to measure their service against national indicators of quality. It examines the emotional connection within people's leadership style promoting a new culture of 'attached professionalism'. Key projects are identified for leaders to work on and progress on these is reviewed. (A five day workshop held in two parts). Also available for individuals through our national external programme
Auditing Skills: Enabing Quality of Life - an evaluation tool (C3)
Benefit from developing a way to understand and evaluate the lived experience of people in your care setting. Trains staff on how to undertake qualitative observations using the 'ENABLING' approach; this workshop gives staff direct experience using the tool and in comparing their findings. It helps staff to structure their reports and how to give colleagues feedback and enables staff to write action plans that will work to improve quality of life. (A two day workshop). Also available for individuals through our national external programme.
Becoming a Butterfly (C4)
Benefit from introducing a way for staff to increase their positive socail interaction with people.
Gives staff lots of ideas how to connect and occupy people. Provides staff with the opportuity to practice during the workshop the butterfly approach directly in lounges and dining rooms. Increase staff confidence with practical ideas on how to change the moment.
Teamwork Matters in Being Person Centred (C5)
Benefit from working together as a team in being person centred with one another. Focuses on the application of person centred principles to oneself as an individual; this workshop looks at how to join up the personal and the professional. It considers how to create person centred staff teams who apply this philosophy with one another first. (A two day workshop)
Improving Well- being (C6)
Benefit from focusing the team on how enhancing well being is the key to person centred care. Creates inspirational ways to improve well being. This workshop looks at how to assess a person's well being and ill being and ways to increase well being and decrease ill being. (A one day workshop).
Learning the Language of Dementia (C7)
Benefit from knowing how to interpret the meaning in people's communication. Focuses staff on how to learn the language of dementia. Demonstrates how connecting to people is central to being person centred. It provides insight to the meaning behind peoples words and into the expression of feelings which lead to behaviour. It gives staff skills in feelings based communication and supporting people's different realities. (A one or 2 day workshop).
Sexuality, Intimacy and Relationships (C8)
Benefit from learning how to support people's expression and need for closeness. Helps staff to explore their own attitudes to sexuality as personal influences are key to unlocking feelings about sexuality and dementia. This workshop looks at how the experience of a dementia affects this key area of people's lives. It provides skills in opening up the subject with people living with a dementia, their families and within staff teams. It highlights the need for a clear policy and takes staff through best practice approaches. (A one day workshop).
Later Stage Dementia Care (C9)
Benefit from developing this specialism within dementia care. Emphasises that meeting the needs of people experiencing a later stage of a dementia is critical within person centred care and that this requires a specialist approach. This workshop helps staff to assess when a person's needs have reached this point. It identifies positive features of a specialist later stage service and helps staff explore how to practically set up this model of support within their own care service. (A one day workshop).
Maintaining Momentum Matters (C10)
Benefit from having the experience as a team in learning how to recharge efforts and maintain drive in dementia care. Many care services have worked hard for a long time to develop their skills in being person centred and providing person centred care and support. Sustaining this can be difficult for Managers, staff and teams. This workshop provides an opportunity to 'take stock' of achievements, be inspired by new learning from other fields and to find ways to maintain momentum. (A one day workshop).
Nurturing™ Staff Well-- being at Work (C11)
Benefit from understanding how person centred care begins with supporting staff with their emotions at work. Develops confidence to explore with staff and colleagues your emotions at work. This workshop considers the impact of emotional labour in dementia care. Practices using tools to support person centred staff teams. Aids recruitment, appraisal, supervision and support of staff. (A two day workshop).
Dementia Care Matters at Home (C12)
Benefit from looking at how to support people in their own home through this model.
Applies the Feelings Matter Most model to people in their own home or attending day support services. Provides home care staff and support workers in day servcies with ways to be person centred.
