This is a 1.5 hours FREE online session delivered by Support Staffordshire , working in partnership with Staffordshire County Council.

‘Supportive Communities’ is a programme of work that supports people to live independently, with support from families and communities. It’s about:

Understanding the needs and priorities of communities.
Increasing access, use and confidence in voluntary community assets.
Increasing awareness and use of independent living opportunities.

In this session we will cover:

Define the Strength-Based Approach.
Explain the principles of the Strength-Based Approach,
Identify the advantages and disadvantages of this approach.
Explore tools and techniques that can be used in a Strengths-Based Approach including asset mapping.
Examine the resources in your community that can support Strengths-Based working.
Describe how you would embed a strengths-based approach within your organisation.

Training certificates will be provided.

Support Staffordshire is partnering with the Social Work Learning Academy (SWLA) to deliver this training. NHS registration details will be shared with the SWLA as part of our monitoring.

PLEASE NOTE: We reserve the right to charge an attendee’s organisation £60 for failure to attend without prior cancellation. To avoid being charged you must provide a minimum of three working days' notice so that your place can be offered to another person.

For details of the other sessions in this series visit : https://www.supportstaffordshire.org.uk/events/upcoming-training