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Announcing Our Free Lunchtime Webinar Series on Relational Practice

Posted on by Gabriel Eichsteller

We’re excited to introduce our upcoming free lunchtime webinar series focused on Relational Practice with care experienced young people. This series is designed to share valuable insights and practical strategies to enhance relational working.

Background

Research consistently highlights the importance of relationships in helping young people in and leaving care to thrive. Despite this, implementing relational working practices remains a challenge. To address this, the National Leaving Care Benchmarking Forum, the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation’s Leaving Care Learning Programme and ThemPra ran a peer learning programme throughout 2023-24. This initiative aimed to support local authority leaving care teams and voluntary organisations in developing effective relational practices.

The programme has produced a wealth of learning materials, resources and links, which we will share here over the next few months. To further share these insights, we are hosting a series of webinars this autumn. These sessions are open to everyone, and we encourage you to share the details with anyone who might be interested.

Webinar Schedule

Young People’s Views on Relationships

Date: 23rd October, 1pm-1.45pm

Details: Introduction to the relational working peer learning programme and insights from care experienced young people on relationships.

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Relational Practice with Care Experienced Young People: What Research Tells Us

Date: 6th November, 1pm-1.45pm

Details: Discussion on the latest research and practical implementation of research findings.

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Supporting Interdependence

Date: 21st November, 1pm-1.45pm

Details: Using the Relational Universe to visualise and support key relationships in young people’s lives.

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Being Authentic

Date: 3rd December, 1pm-1.45pm

Details: Exploring authenticity in practice using the 3 Ps (Professional, Personal, Private).

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Love in Professional Practice

Date: 22nd January, 1pm-1.45pm

Details: Examining the role of love in work with care experienced young people and fostering a sense of being loved.

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Reflecting & Describing Impact

Date: 11th February, 1pm-1.45pm

Details: Reflecting on the impact of relational practice using creative methods like Most Significant Change.

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Our Toolkit Treasure Trove

Date: 19th March, 1pm-1.45pm

Details: Highlighting additional resources and toolkits to strengthen relational practice within the current policy context.

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We hope to see you in these sessions. Please feel free to share this information with colleagues and networks who might benefit from these webinars.

Making Co-Production Meaningful – new dates for our experiential online course

Posted on by Gabriel Eichsteller

Learn how to co-create and co-produce positive change with the people and communities you serve

This course is for you if ...

Designed for anyone working in public service, such as social workers, educators, health professionals, community workers, managers, and leaders, our course will introduce you to the key principles of social pedagogy and Human Learning Systems, and how you can use these approaches to co-create change with the people you support. With a strong emphasis on learning transfer and peer learning, the course enables you to connect your learning straight to your unique practice context and critically reflect within an inspiring peer group on how your co-production practices can have the greatest positive impact. Here are some of the benefits of taking this course:

  • You will gain a deeper understanding of the key principles of co-production, collaboration, and participation.
  • You will learn how to apply these principles in your own practice.
  • You will develop the skills and confidence to co-create meaningful change with the people you support.
  • You will connect with a community of practitioners who are also committed to co-production.

Our next cohort starts in September 2024

Session 1: 26 Sep, 2024 – 9.30-12.30
Session 2: 3 Oct, 2024 – 9.30-12.30
Session 3: 10 Oct, 2024 – 9.30-12.30
Session 4: 17 Oct, 2024 – 9.30-12.30
Session 5: 7 Nov, 2024 – 9.30-12.30

Find out more here or click the button to book your place on our next cohort.

REGISTER HERE

 

Further questions?

Please get in touch with us via email if you would like to know more about this course or any of our other learning activities.

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Posted on by Gabriel Eichsteller

Happy New Year! To continue to support your social pedagogy journey in 2024, we’re delighted to share with you a few upcoming events over the coming months. With all our online courses, we’ve decided to delay our fee increase – sadly inevitable given the high inflation levels over the past few years. You can register by the end of January to pay just the current rate.

Developing Relationship-Centred Practice

New online cohort starts 26 January 6 x 3-hr sessions – £300 (until 31 January)

There’s still time to join our online course for anyone in social care, social work, education and other settings where relationships matter. We’ll introduce you to many of the key concepts in social pedagogy to explore how you can centre your practice around meaningful authentic relationships and ensure your values are at the heart of your work. Find out more and register now via this link.

Making Co-Production Meaningful

New online cohort starts 25 February 5 x 3-hr sessions – £250 (until 31 January)

Co-production has become a popular term, yet it can be challenging to make it a meaningful process for everyone involved. Designed for anyone working in public service, such as social workers, educators, health professionals, community workers, managers, and leaders, our course will introduce you to the key principles of social pedagogy and Human Learning Systems to help you to co-create change together with the people you support. Interested? Then click here to find out more and register.

Relational Leadership

New online cohort starts 24 April 9 x 3-hr sessions – £450 (until 31 January)

Whether you’re planning to progress your career in 2024 or already an experienced leader, our Relational Leadership course could be just what you need. It’s one of the first courses to draw on Human Learning Systems, exploring how HLS can enable purpose-driven leadership in complex environments across organisations and local systems. Learn how you can be an authentic leader who inspires curiosity, connection and creativity. You can find all relevant details about the course here.

As a social enterprise, we will also continue to run free learning events open to anyone, in particular our new monthly opportunity to join Learning Out Loud.

Interested in cultivating your learning mindset within a supportive group? Then join us any second Friday of the month from 1pm-1.50pm (UK times). In Learning Out Loud we use both narrative and structured methods to reflect on a recent learning experience. Participants in our first session were amazed by how effective and appreciative it was to learn out loud with like-minded people. Join us for free by clicking here.

Relational Leadership – new dates for our experiential online course

Posted on by Gabriel Eichsteller

How Social Pedagogy and Human Learning Systems can enable you to be an effective relational leader

This course is for you if ...

Whether you’re an experienced leader or are hoping to take on greater responsibility, our Relational Leadership course could be just what you need. It’s one of the first courses to draw on Human Learning Systems, exploring how HLS can enable purpose-driven leadership in complex environments across organisations and local systems. With a strong emphasis on learning transfer and peer learning, the course enables you to connect your learning straight to your unique practice context and critically reflect within an inspiring peer group on how your leadership can have the greatest positive impact.

Relational leadership is important because it:

  • Strengthens team morale by empowering and valuing employees.
  • Develops teamwork by fostering cooperation and collaboration among people.
  • Achieves positive change by aligning people with a clear and ethical purpose.
  • Enhances learning by embracing complexity and diversity.
  • Builds trust by creating authentic and empathetic relationships.

Our next cohort starts in spring 2024

Session 1: 24 Apr, 2024 – 9.30-12.30
Session 2: 25 Apr, 2024 – 9.30-12.30
Session 3: 15 May, 2024 – 9.30-12.30
Session 4: 16 May, 2024 – 9.30-12.30
Session 5: 5 Jun, 2024 – 9.30-12.30
Session 6: 6 Jun, 2024 – 9.30-12.30
Session 7: 3 Jul, 2024 – 9.30-12.30
Session 8: 4 Sep, 2024 – 9.30-12.30
Session 9: 25 Sep, 2024 – 9.30-12.30

 

Find out more here or click the button to enquire about joining our next cohort.

REGISTER HERE

Further questions?

Please get in touch with us via email if you would like to know more about this course or any of our other learning activities.

Developing Relationship-Centred Practice – online course

Posted on by Gabriel Eichsteller

How the Diamond Model can help you place relationships at the heart of your practice

This course is for you if ...

Do you want to build meaningful and authentic relationships that foster well-being, learning, empowerment, and social inclusion? Our course will help you learn and apply the Diamond Model, a powerful concept in social pedagogy that visualises the potential and richness of every human being.

In this course, you will learn:

  • How to express your values and ethics in your interactions with others
  • How to develop authentic relationships that support social inclusion and meaningful belonging
  • How to support people’s well-being and happiness through holistic and strength-based practice
  • How to facilitate learning opportunities that enhance resilience and empowerment
  • How to create positive experiences in the everyday that enable independence and inter-dependence

Our next cohort starts in January 2024

Session 1: 26 Jan, 2024 – 9.30-12.30  
Session 2: 02 Feb, 2024 – 9.30-12.30
Session 3: 09 Feb, 2024 – 9.30-12.30  
Session 4: 01 Mar, 2024 – 9.30-12.30  
Session 5: 08 Mar, 2024– 9.30-12.30  
Session 6: 15 Mar, 2024 – 9.30-12.30 

 

Find out more below or click the button to book your place on our next cohort.

REGISTER HERE

 

 

Further questions:

Please get in touch with us via email if you would like to know more about this course or any of our other learning activities.