Search for Learning and Development Services and Pathways

Course overview:
This 1¾ hour session gives a complete overview of the work of the IWT
in helping the residents of Portsmouth keep well, stay independent and active in the community. The session covers our team purpose, approach, ways of working and client group(s).

Target Audience: 

All staff, volunteers and community organisations and members working with people who are living independently within their community or those who have the capacity to regain the ability to do so.

Course overview:

Cultural awareness is essential for anybody working with the diverse community in Portsmouth. This course provides an overview of ethnic minority demographics within Portsmouth and an introduction to larger communities and their culture.

Participants will gain insight into people from other cultures enhancing their self-awareness and develop their confidence in working with people from different backgrounds. The course also explores some of the barriers ethnic minority communities face when accessing services, ideas on how to overcome these and aspects of mental health and wellbeing within different cultures.

Target audience:

Front line staff, volunteers and community leaders working with diverse communities within Portsmouth

This course will provide a three year qualification in Emergency First Aid at Work (EFAW) for staff who are either coming to the end of their existing EFAW qualification or for staff who do not have a EFAW qualification and require it for their job role.

This course will provide a three year qualification in Emergency First Aid at Work (EFAW) for staff who are either coming to the end of their existing EFAW qualification or for staff who do not have a EFAW qualification and require it for their job role.

This course will provide a three year qualification in Emergency First Aid at Work (EFAW) for staff who are either coming to the end of their existing EFAW qualification or for staff who do not have a EFAW qualification and require it for their job role.

Course overview
This course provides training to a safe level for those who perform low risk tasks such as clearing tables, maintaining stores, delivering meals on wheels and preparing occasional snacks.

Target audience:
Anyone who is required to prepare or serve food as part of their role

This course will provide a three year qualification in Emergency First Aid at Work (EFAW) for staff who are either coming to the end of their existing EFAW qualification or for staff who do not have a EFAW qualification and require it for their job role.

The First Aid at Work Requalification (FAWR) is suitable only for those delgates who have an in date First Aid at Work qualification and it is approaching expiry.

Please only book on this course if your certificate is due to expire with 3-4 months of the date of this course.

If your certificate has expired and it is less than one month since your expiry date please contact the course administrator to discuss your options.

As the late Steve Jobs said, 'Great things in business are never done by one person, they are done by a team of people'. With increasing challenges and change in local government, this four hour virtual workshop on Microsoft Teams is for anyone who leads a team of people and will examine some big ideas and essential skills.

Following the workshop, attendees will be directed to the extensive library of reading and digital study materials on this subject available on Knowledge Hub.

Practical course aimed at teaching correct load handling techniques to staff