Understanding Attachment Theory

Stemming from work by John Bowlby after the second world war, attachment theory explains the bond between a parent and infant and how formative experiences can have a lifelong impact on the romantic partners people chose and the way they parent. Understanding attachment theory provides staff with some tools to work with clients who may experience vulnerable attachments.

Understanding Boundaries

Engaging in emotional labour can require staff to walk a tightrope between being compassionate and empathic enough to identify and relate to the clients they are working with, without become over-burdened or burnt out.

Understanding Mental Illness

Working with clients with mental illness can feel intimidating and confusing for non-mental health professionals. This training provides an overview of some of the most common forms of mental illness, including, depression, anxiety, psychosis, and personality disorders, as well as some tips and techniques that professionals can use when working with someone with these symptoms.

Using a Strengths Based Approach

This training describes two strengths-based approaches to working with vulnerable people that draws on evidence from what resources people can use to give them the best chance of overcoming challenges associated with substance misuse, criminality, trauma and mental illness.

Trauma Informed

This training explains the impact of adverse childhood experiences and trauma, explaining the impact on both the body and the psyche.

Understanding and Working with Challenging Behaviour

This training package helps staff formulate the underlying cause of challenging behaviour including providing some strategies to learn from the client as well as providing some tools to reduce challenging behaviour.

Understanding Psychological Therapies

This training provides professionals with an understanding of the main types of psychological therapies, including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Cognitive Analytic Therapy (CAT), Eye-Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR), Compassionate Mind Therapy (CMT), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) to enable them to support clients who may be going through one of these therapies. The module includes understanding the theoretical components of change as well as the strengths and weakness of each approach.