Working in your Community Course – 18th March 2010
Venue: Communities First Portacabin, Penyfan Park
Date: Thursday 18th March
Time: 9.00 am Coffee, 9.30 am Prompt start, 4.30 pm Finish
Working in your community
Introduction
This course is A MUST for anyone working within the community they live. It will help you define your boundaries. Learn to say ‘No’ and still stay engaged with your neighbourhood. How to refer effectively and how to maintain your privacy and family life. Create independence among the people you support.
Other issues covered are confidentiality and personal safety.
A highly interactive, fun and energising workshop where you can share experiences with fellow workers.
Content
This course examines what it’s like to be a community activist in your own neighbourhood.
We explore roles and boundaries and the distinction between what discussions may be acceptable as a resident and what restrictions may be put on you as an activist or community worker.
The session provides the skills to maintain your home life and privacy and be able to say no to unreasonable requests or visits to your home during family time.
Learn to delegate and refer on, enabling residents to access the best quality support and avoid you burning out.
Developing the capacity of other residents is something that some community activists may be reluctant to do. We examine why developing the capacity of the wider community and the positive benefits for you as an activist.
We look at the stages new groups inevitably go through and the appropriate level of support for each stage.
Finally, what to do if it goes wrong. Dealing with conflict and personal verbal attacks. How to avoid getting into disagreements and where to get support to resolve them.
Course suitable for
Ideal for new and experienced community development workers, trustees, management committee members and volunteers working in and around the area they live. Resident members of Communities First Programme will also find this course invaluable.
“Useful for my family life and charity work”
“Found it useful for my private life as well as for my voluntary work”
“Empowered’ = saying ‘no’ is not wrong – act as sign post!”
“Informative session delivered at right level of learning and what I expected the training to be”
“Very informative and interesting. Looking for peoples ‘needs’ is an excellent idea”
“Excellent course – liked using theory in real situations. Gave me lots to think about. Would like to know how you implement some of it”
“Interesting, especially the ‘needs’ of individuals. Reassured me that I am doing my job well and put work issues into perspective. Thoroughly enjoyable”
“Very good. Understandable”
“I thought the day was a thought provoking exercise and needed higher management to be present to maybe understand the needs of people we work with”
“Really enjoyed the session and learned a lot”
Please let us know if you wish to attend or if you wish to send along a volunteer.
It will be a great opportunity for those of you who haven’t yet seen our community base to come and visit.
Lunch and refreshments will be provided.
Rhian Melita Morris
Cydlynydd Cymunedau yn Gyntaf Bigyn 4/ Communities First Co-ordinator Bigyn 4, CGGSG / CAVS, 10 Stryd Ioan / 10 John Street, Llanelli, SA15 1UH,
01554 746990
07827828848
rhian.morris@cavs.org.uk
