LONELINESS & ISOLATION: Workshops for the Adult Social Care Workforce, FREE to attend 5 Dates and 5 locations across NI
The Loneliness and Isolation workshops are aimed at the adult social care workforce and are free to attend. Ten half day workshops will be facilitated by the Northern Ireland Social Care Council and funded by the Department of Health, across 5 locations, over 5 days from the 1st April to mid-May 2020.
With 750 spaces available to social care practitioners over the 5 days, the half-day workshops will be delivered by experienced practitioners to help support and enhance capacity to recognise and respond to the prevalent issues of loneliness and isolation.
Each face to face session will include group work and discussion of practice based scenarios and will cover the following:
• Understanding loneliness and isolation
• Recognising/identifying signs of loneliness
• Responding appropriately to loneliness
• Appropriate signposting to other services
A digital learning resource on Loneliness and Isolation will be made available via the Social Care Council’s Learning Zone to provide additional support for all attendees post events.
Download our flyer with all the information and dates for upcoming workshops: Loneliness and Social Isolation Workshop Flyer