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Goal Setting and Action Planning with Individuals and Groups
A practical workshop
| Date | Location | Ref | Apply Online |
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| Tuesday 21 October 2008 | BVSC, 138 Digbeth, Birmingham B5 6DR | C1734A | |
| Tuesday 4 November 2008 | The National Council for Voluntary Organisations, Regent's Wharf, 8 All Saints Street, London N1 9RL | C1734B | |
| Thursday 13 November 2008 | King's Church, King's House, Sidney Street, Manchester M1 7HB | C1734C | |
| Fee:
£198 (includes lunch, tea/coffee) NB: NIACE does not charge VAT on conference and course fees |
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[Background] [Aims] [Audience] [Programme] [Application Form]
Background
Are you a Guidance Worker, Adviser, Mentor, Coach, Teacher or Tutor?
Does your work involve delivering information, advice and guidance?
NIACE offers practical one-day training courses, which focus on the skills Frontline Staff need to help people effectively in a range of settings. This day focuses on developing skills and techniques to identify realistic goals and the steps to take to achieve them.
By the end of the session participants will be aware of:
 | The reasons why action plans may not be effective |
| A range of methods for action planning with individuals |
| Ways of working with groups |
| The range of skills needed for effective action planning |
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Aims
The day will be highly participative, with plenty of opportunities to practise the skills needed for successful action planning with individuals and groups, including setting long term goals, setting short term targets, building confidence and motivating people, and helping to record plans and support people to review progress towards achieving them.
Audience
This training will be of interest to:
| Adult and community education |
| Careers companies |
| Citizens Advice Bureaux |
| Connexions |
| Further Education & sixth form colleges |
| Homeless and Housing Organisations |
| Jobcentre Plus |
| Local Education Authorities |
| Mentors and coaches in the workplace |
| Neighbourhood renewal projects |
| Nextstep |
| Open and Distance Learning Providers |
| Prison and Probation Services |
| Private providers of career guidance services |
| Professional associations |
| Recruitment agencies |
| Sector Skills Councils |
| Small Business Services |
| Trade Unions |
| Training organisations |
| Training providers |
| Ufi/Learndirect |
| Universities |
100% of delegates who attended related Upskilling Frontline Staff training events in Spring 2008 rated the events as Excellent - Very Good.
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Quotes
Participants who have attended this training have said:
"Reinvigorates your enthusiasm!"
Surestart
"Well presented and interesting… I'm empowered to do better"
Nextstep
"This event is useful to old and new staff in guidance, it acts as a good refresher"
Prison Service
"Well prepared, well executed and walked away with key tools/ideas to use in my work"
"The trainer was excellent, knowledgeable, informative and very adaptable in her approach to tailoring the day to our needs"
"This session was very "Hands On" with a lot of participation"
Skillset SSC Advisers
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Programme
| 09:45 | Arrival and registration (tea/coffee available) |
| 10:00 | Welcome and introduction to the day |
| 10:15 | Discussion - contexts for action planning |
| 10:30 | What makes an effective action plan? How do people make decisions? How can they identify and overcome barriers? How do they get help and avoid saboteurs? How can you help people to be confident and motivated? |
| 11:30 | Tea/coffee break |
| 11:45 | Goal setting and target planning Recording and reviewing action plans |
| 13:00 | Lunch |
| 13:45 | Skills for action planning |
| 14:00 | One to one action planning practice Techniques for group work |
| 15:15 | Feedback, summary and evaluation |
| 3:45 | Close (tea/coffee available) |
This programme is correct at the time of going to press. The organisers reserve the right to make changes to the published programme in the event of one or more of the advertised speakers being unable to attend. Delegates will have no claim against NIACE in respect of such changes.
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Application Form
(For people not using the online reservation system above.)
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Download Application Form for this event (PDF file) Tip: to save ink, don't print the cover page |
| Return completed forms to: NIACE Conferences
and Courses, Renaissance House, 20 Princess Road West, Leicester, LE1 6TP,
Fax: 0116 285 9670 For general enquiries contact: NIACE Conferences and
Courses team, courses@niace.org.uk.
Telephone: 0116 2859661 (1) Application Forms from individuals must be accompanied by a Sterling cheque or Banker's draft. Invoices will be raised on organisations only if a Purchase Order is sent along with the Application Form. NIACE is a company limited by guarantee no. 260332 and registered charity no. 1002775 |
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