Training Delivery
For the past two years, the team at Your Support Matters have been providing training sessions on the Social Model of Disability, Personal Budgets and Theories and Models of Disability to a range of professional partners, including lectures at MMU, social workers and Doctors and Consultants at York CCG.
Over 500 people have taken part in our training so far, all sponsored by Churchill Fellowship COVID Fund. Our aim is continue this Nationally and to build on our network of companies and organisations.
Theories and Models of Disability at MMU
In March, we delivered a lecture to students in the combined Health and Social Care course, where we covered topics such as the Social Model of Disability, disability politics and the history of disability activism.
It was an opportunity to cover our own research that we carried out in 2021 and 2019 as a way of informing them of the issues that disabled people and their PA's have faced across Greater Manchester. The students enjoyed the interactive nature of the lecture, where they had an opportunity to ask questions and relate it to their own studies.
Self Directed
Support
Training at
MMU
Our training on self directed support was crucial for future professionals in Health and Social Care to learn about, especially when many of them will be making decisions about the support for disabled people.
At the heart of this training is the Person Centred Approach to support plans and care plans as well as learning about the the process of getting somebody support, covering the sticky subject of financial assessments.
We know that the process is a mine field but the our training has allowed students to be more informed and enlightened about the process involved.
The students found it insightful and many of them used the information that they had learnt in their dissertations.
Dr Ffion Evans
Lecturer at Manchester Metropolitan University
Social Model of Disability Trainining at Salford Adult Social Care
It was interactive and fun
Not everyone was able to make it to the in-person event so using the power of technology we were able to do the training on Microsoft Teams at the same time. No one was left out and people were able to still take part regardless of whether they were in the room or not.
It was practical
Our belief is that training should be applied to a the job on a daily basis, this means that the social workers can see how social model works in action.
It is personal and meaningful
We found that by bringing in our personal experiences and journey that this resonated well with social workers and was an opportunity for them to see how things can go wrong within the process of supporting an individual and problems with the system that they work in.
The training was enjoyed today surrounding the Social Model of Disability and Person Centred Planning. It was attended by the majority of the team and the response was very, very positive.
Neil Symons
Advanced Social Work Practitoner
Salford Adult Social Care
Self Directed Support Training Whole Life Disability Services at Nottingham County Council.
It was a huge privilege for Will to be invited to present to the disability teams in Nottingham as part of a series of discussions from professionals working with disabled people.
The talk was all about the Will's journey of being a disabled person with cerebral palsy, from his struggles as a youngster and in special needs school to eventually embarking on leadership courses and his journey to independence.
The presentation also looked at the realities of being on self directed support which were both insightful and informative.
It was aimed at those working as specialists in hospitals who regularly see disabled and sick patients.
It was practical as well as theoretical, combining presentations on the Social Model of Disability as well as Self Directed Support and the role of Doctor's in the process.
There was opportunities for the Doctor's to feedback and ask questions about how they can deal with day-to-day issues as well as signposting and advice.
Lectures and
Training
for York CCG
We were delighted to be asked to run a two training sessions on the Social Model of Disability as well as guiding Doctors and Consultants on the mine field of personalisation and self directed support.
Some of the people that attended these sessions included Dr Ruth Kent (Mid Yorkshire NHS Trust) and Dr Laura Patel (Leeds NHS Trust) and many who attended were from across the Yorkshire Region.
An Online Lecture for Edge Hill University
After the success of our in-person lectures with students at Manchester Metropolitan University, we were delighted to deliver a lecture on the Theories and Models of Disability as well as a Self-Directed Support lecture to first year BA, MA and Combined Health and Social Care students at Edge Hill University in October 2022.
We received an overwhelming amount of positive feedback from the students too!
"The presenters were great and so knowledgeable"
"The lecture was great and there was so much to take away and learn from".
"Can't wait to have you back!"
Self-Directed Support
Training at Advonet in
Leeds
We were delighted to provide 2 training sessions on Self-Directed Support for mental health advocates for ADVONET in Leeds in October 2022.
The course was well attended, interactive and positive around how best to support a disabled person who requires assistance to live a positive and independent life, and we hope this will be a positive and on-going working relationship with ADVONET.
The feedback from the attendees was incredibly positive and some of the comments included:
"The presenters were knowledgeable and positive to work with"
"The course was well put together and the training was incredibly helpful to us"
"Couldn't believe there was so much information contained in one course!"
