NT&AS Training Service

Covering a full range of issues which impact on the education circumstances and performance of Looked After Children and Children In Need.

The following are courses that NT&AS can put on for your organisation. We can run them here at the NT&AS training centre, or alternatively come to you. It is entirely at your convenience. Click on any of the course titles for further information.

If you have any enquiries concerning course content or the possibility of NT&AS providing a course specific to your needs please speak to Barry Dixon on 0845 373 6886.

Strategies For Inclusion
The Role Of The Designated Teacher
Child Protection Issues for Schools
The Education System - A Guide For Social Workers
Changing The System? Exploring The Issues With Tim Walker

NT&AS Training is provided for:

• Teachers within schools (including designated teachers), in special education, within other LEA services and those employed to provide services directly and children in need
• Educational Psychologists, Education Welfare Officers and Education Officers
• Senior social work and education managers
• Field and residential social workers
• Foster carers and parents
• Elected members (through seminars and briefings)

Other topics covered in previous training courses include:

• Supporting re-integration
• The legislative framework governing schools
• The centrality of education in meeting social work objectives
• Raising the status of the designated teacher and the looked after child
• The social work perspective - legislation and principles
• The corporate parent
• Encouraging resilience

Our training has also covered all aspects of school inclusion, how it impacts on the social work agenda, and related issues such as the Code of Practice, league tables, behaviour management, exclusions, Personal Education Plans etc. Contact us if any particular courses would benefit your organisation.

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