Training

Acorns offers staff a range of training and development opportunities from practical and clinical sessions within the hospices to attendance on academic specialist courses.

The managers across the hospices provide annual mandatory training for Fire Regulations, Moving and Handling and Health and Safety.  At Acorns we also have a  Head of Learning and Development who co-ordinates an additional range of courses working closely with the specialists across Acorns and, where appropriate, external trainers. Please see below the Organisational Training plan for 2009 and 2010:

Topic

Workshops

Leadership

Leadership Coaching
Coaching Forum
Introduction to  Leadership
Foundation Degree Pilot
   

Management

Interviewing Skills
Performance Reviews
Absence Management
Advanced Disciplinary/Investigations
Introduction to Project Management
Stress Management
Time Management
  

Communication                                    

Assertiveness
Presentation Skills
  

Team Working

Team Diagnostics
  

Understanding Organisation & Environment   

Finance overview
Training for Tendering
Induction Days
Retail Diversity
  

Care 

 

 

 

 

 

Advanced Safeguarding 
Safeguarding Briefing for Board Members
Level 1 Safeguarding  
Safeguarding Updates 
Effective Communication 
Personal Safety 
Introduction to Loss & Change  
Loss Grief & Bereavement
Mental Capacity Act
Train the Trainer
Working with Adolescents
Philosophy of PPC
Symptom Management