Artswork is delighted to have the following courses taking place soon in the West Midlands as part of the Artsplan training programme:
One-day accredited course – Creating Safety: child protection and youth arts – 19th May 2011, 10 am- 4.15 pm, WAYC , Leamington Spa – Subsidies available for voluntary and community organisations
Behaviour Management and Youth Arts – 13th October 2011, 10 am- 4.15 pm, WAYC , Leamington Spa
Please find further course details below.
For more information, or to book a place on a course please contact the Artsplan Team – artsplan@artswork.org.uk or call 02380 682535.
Best wishes
Rachel Hall
Programme Manager – Artsplan
Creating Safety: child protection and youth arts
Accredited Training Course
19th May 2011, 10 am- 4.15 pm, WAYC , Leamington Spa
Artswork is pleased to be delivering this essential one day accredited course -‘Creating Safety: child protection and youth arts’ in partnership with WAYC , Leamington Spa. This course is being delivered as part of the ‘Progress’ Project. ‘Progress’ is subsiding places for those booking on from voluntary or community organisations (See below).
This one day course is essential training for anyone working within youth arts, but especially those using more physical art forms, such as dance and drama. Developed in conjunction with South East Dance this course compliments the Arts Council England “Keeping Arts Safe” guidelines developed with the NSPCC . The training will cover current child protection legislation in line with the requirements of the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB), within the context of delivering a youth arts project and includes a “safe touch” section, exploring how child protection guidelines can be maintained within more physical art forms.
It will be of benefit to individuals and organisations looking to develop their own child protection policy and maintain standards of good practice, providing practical advice and guidelines to develop confidence and sensible structures around child protection issues within youth arts.
Credits: 4 credits
QCF Level: 3
Awarding Body: ABC .
Assessment Requirements: Participants will be asked to put together a portfolio of evidence for assessment. Participants will gather this evidence both on the course day and through independent work, following the course. This work will need to be submitted to obtain the accreditation for this course. Please contact Artswork’s Professional Development Manager for further information.
Prices for the course, which include lunch and refreshments, range from £140 to £160. However a £50 subsidy is available to all third sector workers, because of the support of the ‘Progress’ Project. (Please note that this subsidy is only available for bookings made before the 11th March 2011.)
For more information, or to make a booking, please contact Artswork’s Professional Development Manager, Rachel Hall, via: artsplan@artswork.org.uk or call 02380 682535.
(NB As at the beginning of January 2011, Artswork is awaiting final confirmation of the accreditation process. That confirmation is expected in the next 3 weeks)
_Information about the ‘Progress’ Project
Progress is a Children’s Workforce Development Council funded project which provides subsidised training for the voluntary and community sector young people’s workforce in England.
Progress seeks to deliver 25,000 accredited training opportunities to staff and volunteers working front-line with young people, between September 2010 and March 2011.
Behaviour Management and Youth Arts
13th October 2011, 10 am- 4.15 pm, WAYC , Leamington Spa
Artswork is pleased to be delivering the established, accredited one day course -‘Behaviour Management and Youth Arts’ in partnership with WAYC in Leamington Spa.
Artswork is the largest provider of specialist youth arts training courses and publications in the UK and all training and publications are written and supported by experienced youth arts specialists, all of whom are also currently involved in direct project work with young people.
The course looks into improving skills, knowledge and experience in order to develop an understanding of behavioural management and takes a look at the issues and barriers that are faced when undertaking Youth Arts projects.
This course is set up and led by experienced and knowledgeable youth arts specialists. It explores the practical aspects of behavioural management: health and safety issues, risk assessment and achieving key objectives. It aims to promote a style of engaging with young people that encourages positive behaviour to the benefit of all involved.
Participants recently undertaking this course have been keen to endorse the training:
“As a recently employed youth arts worker (dance) the course has been excellent- especially as asking questions hasn’t been a problem and terminology has been greatly accessible also”.
“Well planned yet flexible. This has been one of the best courses I’ve attended for a long time – thank you!”.
All participants will receive a certificate of attendance upon successful completion of the course and a wealth of practical resources. Prices for each course, which include lunch and refreshments, range from £110 to £150, with limited bursaries available. Members of ENYAN can request a 5% discount on all Artwork publications and training courses!
For more information, or to make a booking please contact Artswork’s Professional Development Team via: artsplan@artswork.org.uk or call 02380 682535.
Best Wishes,
The ENYAN Team
www.enyan.co.uk
ENYAN… Creating Connections
For further information regarding ENYAN please contact Jay Barron, ENYAN Development Manager, hello@enyan.co.uk or call 02380 682535.
