Training
Training CROA provides
Total Respect 2 – Ensuring Children’s Rights and Participation
‘IT MAKES YOU FEEL IMPORTANT AND IT MAKES YOU FEEL YOU MATTER’
“When my social worker didn’t listen to me, I felt stupid… he didn’t care what I had to say about my life”
Total Respect was originally launched by CROA in 2000 in conjunction with the Department of Health. Since then many organisations in England and Wales
have successfully used the training pack to introduce the concepts of listening and participation within their Agencies.
The training highlights the shared responsibility we all have to ensure that children and young people participate in all aspects of social care, from involvement in individual care planning and statutory reviews to local policy development and children’s services planning, including children in care councils. It also helps learners to ensure young people are taken seriously when making complaints or allegations of abuse.
Individuals who are responsible for listening to children still need to be given the opportunity to work with each other and young people themselves to establish the
practical means of turning children’s voices into real life changes. Total Respect works best when delivered to a mixed audience including front-line staff, team managers, officers and elected members.
Total Respect is unique in that children and young people contributed to the creation of the resource and deliver the taught sessions with support from adult trainers. This ensures that young people’s voices are at the centre of the training.
All young trainers have completed an OCN accredited ‘train the trainers’ course and receive supervisory support from CROA to ensure they are supported in their
training role.
Total Respect train the trainers has been delivered to over 88 people in 2008 and has attracted both Local and National Awards, including the Pavillion Training Award and TOPSS National Training Accolades.
The taught courses are delivered by a team of at least 3 trainers: 1 lead trainer and 2 young trainers who may have experience of receiving care from their Local Authority. The young trainers will have varying levels of training experience and we aim to include a range of trainers at different stages of development.
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What are the benefits of Total Respect?
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Adult learners thought:
“Young people training us worked really well, great group dynamics”
“Everyone played an equal part in the day”
“Interesting, informative but fun at the same time”
What young people think about Total Respect 2:
“Brilliant & learnt loads”
“I learnt new skills and all about working together”
“Thought it would be boring but it turned out to be really good”
“It was really tiring but really good”
Additional package to Verify further Training
The Trainers Courses implemented by an Authority includes:
The experienced CROA internal verifier will attend the 3rd day of training to verify the course and portfolios and remain on the fourth day to ensure all portfolios are complete to enable submission to OCN.
A Verification report will be completed
Cost £600 plus an additional cost of £60 is required for each registration and certificate fees for OCN
MAKE IT COUNT!
Course £900
A one day course that is fast, furious, participative and fun in true CROA style.
A high energy resource for training young people to negotiate and be more confident in meetings where decisions are made about them.
Now that adults know that they have to listen to children - this is your chance to equip young people with the skills they need to be heard by those open ears, get you pack today and "Make it Count"!!!
Package 1 Total Respect Taught Course
This package includes delivery of the nationally acclaimed 3 day Total Respect course aimed at adults working or caring for young people who are in care or in receipt of leaving care services. We recommend a mixed audience including participants who may be:
Social workers
Children in care participation workers
Foster Carers
Residential staff
Personal Advisors
Designated Teachers
Team managers
Elected members
Senior managers
Directors and assistant directors
The content of the training explores:
listening to young people; advocacy and children’s rights; involving young people within care planning
involving young people within local policy development; responding to complaints
Cost: £2,500
The cost includes 3 experienced trainers delivering the training over 3 days. It also includes all course materials including individual handbooks. The course can accommodate up to 25 learners.
Package 2 - Training The Trainers to Deliver Total Respect
Train the Trainers is an accredited 3 day training course that focuses on developing training skills in young people and adults who can then go on to deliver the Total Respect course.
It comprehensively prepares young people and adults for co-training together and develops skills in joint working, facilitating training sessions, supporting learners and children’s rights.
This package is typically of interest to Local Authorities; universities; health; and NGO’s looking to establish an internal training team who can roll out Total Respect training.
Train the trainers has been developed as an OCN accredited programme. All participants achieving the accreditation are required to submit a portfolio of work which evidences their skills.
The experienced CROA internal verifier will attend on the 3rd day of training to verify the course and support the completion of the portfolios and return on a fourth day to ensure all portfolios are complete to enable submission to OCN.
A Verification report will be completed
Cost: £4,500
An additional cost of £65 is required for each registration and certificate fees for OCN
Package 3 - Full Implementation of Total Respect
In addition to the training outlined in package 1 and package 2. CROA can work with your Local Authority to fully implement Total Respect.
Total Respect has maximum impact when it is incorporated into the LA children’s plan and local training calendars.
This package includes CROA working with the LA training lead over 6 months to establish how to integrate Total Respect within local services. This includes:
Delivery of 1 Total Respect Taught Course
Delivery of 1 Train the Trainers with full OCN accreditation
Production of individual action plans
Attendance at corporate parenting meeting (or other meetings) to raise awareness of Total Respect
Meeting young people to review impact of Total Respect
Production of final evaluation report
This package enables full implementation and sustainability. With a qualified and planned workforce delivering Total Respect internally.
Cost £7,500
Training Young People for Active Participation
Training Young People for Active Participation is a 2 day training course that focuses on developing :
Communication and Confidence Building
Training and Presentation Skills
It comprehensively prepares young people and adults for working together and develops skills in joint working, and facilitating training sessions.
This package is typically of interest to Local Authorities; universities; health; and NGO’s looking to establish an internal team who are involved in influencing decision makers.
We recommend a mixed audience including participants who may be:
Young People In Local Authority care
Young People in receipt of Leaving Care services
Young People involved in their Children In Care Council
Children in care participation workers
Adults who are responsible for the development of their children in care council
Children’s Rights Officers
The cost includes 2 experienced trainers delivering the training over 2 days. It also includes all course materials including individual handbooks. The course can accommodate up to 25 learners.
Cost £2000