dementia |
Feelings matter most |
Eight day workshop held in 5 parts: accredited by the University of Surrey.
Benefit from developing the skill and expertise in training and coaching your service in the Dementia Care Matters model.
The Model
This workshop programme provides participants with the skill and expertise to deliver all aspects of Dementia Care Matters successful model. The model focuses on how quality of life matters and supports care organisations to improve dementia care services. The methods and tools within the model have been subject to a rigorous pilot and independent evaluation. Dementia Care Matters has packaged their model in a single programme, comprising of 10 workshops, titled, “Being a Star.”™ The independent evaluation of this model identified that this led organisations to a completely different level of measurable change.
Programme Aims
The aim of this workshop programme is to provide participants with the skills to achieve a real difference in people's quality of life by shifting the focus away from providing dementia care awareness training to prioritising coaching direct team action and improvements in services. It achieves this through three levels of learning and skills development that look at:
1)focusing first on the real meaning of being person centred as an individual
2)then helping staff as a team to grow in confidence to improve people's quality of life in dementia care through,
3)the development of specialist skills and action.
Background to Dementia Care Training
Dementia Care training has significantly developed as a profession since the launch of the original Dementia Care Training Skills workshop 6 years ago delivered by Dementia Care Matters and previously administered through Alzheimer's Society.
Dementia Care training is not sufficient to change cultures of care when only delivered at an awareness raising level. Dementia awareness training does not impact sufficiently on the lived experience of people with a dementia. This is evidenced in Dementia Care Matters observational qualitative audits. Awareness raising training is successful at broadening understanding and creating enthusiasm for change and a basic grasp of person centred care. Dementia care trainers however need to be able to grow in dementia care the learning and development in staff teams which is required to effect reasonable change in individuals, teams and care cultures. This applies particularly in turning the principles of person centred care into an evidence base that works.
Being a dementia care trainer, as in the previous Dementia Care Training Skills workshop programme, does require an understanding of the ethics, values and principles of dementia care training, the development of skills in facilitation and a clear grasp of person centred care in practice. However, dementia care trainers need to be able to demonstrate how to turn training into action, how to coach individuals and how to lead service development changes. This workshop programme will provide an overview of best practice in achieving this.
Workshop Participants
This workshop programme aims to develop participant's expertise in this model as trainers and coaches. This is an eight day workshop programme held in 5 parts - it includes 2 days attendance over the year supporting people in reviewing their progress as they deliver their own Being a Star programmes, consolidating participants skills and abilities to lead culture change.
Participants coached through this programme are required to complete an assessed written assignment and are observed facilitating an element of a workshop. This programme is accredited by the Division of Health and Social Care, University of Surrey.
The programme is aimed at in-house training specialists and those with a role in providing training and service development in a dementia care setting. In some cases the programme is open to freelance trainers wishing to adopt Dementia Care Matters model.
The training aims to build upon the knowledge and skills which participants bring with them to the workshop programme. It also aims to build confidence and encourage participants to think about training in a more structured and original way.
The new workshop programme will enable participants to practice and deliver training following the model outlined by David Sheard in his publication, published by the Alzheimer's Society, 2008; “Growing: training that works in dementia care” - the fifth book in the 'Feelings Matter Most' series.
Programme Content
In particular the workshop programme also asks participants to reflect upon and self assess their motivation and ability to specialise in dementia care training, coaching and service development.
Part 1 - Exploring Being a Star; Participants see the material in Growing delivered by the workshop programme facilitator who demonstrates why and how dementia care training needs to focus on applying person centred approaches towards staff first as the foundation to building person centred teams
Part 2 - Practising being a Star; Participants practice exercises at different levels of dementia care training requiring varied levels of competence as outlined in Growing
Part 3 - Delivering being a Star; Participants write a workshop design assignment prior to attending this part of the programme and deliver part of this self-designed workshop to demonstrate their competency in delivering dementia care training at a more advanced level than basic awareness raising training. This demonstration will need to be sufficient to pass the workshop programme and meet Dementia Care Matters University accreditation process.
Parts 4 & 5 - Reviewing Implementing being a Star; Participants return on Day 7 following running Level One of the Being a Star Programme themselves to review their progress. Participants return on Day 8 at the end of delivering the whole programme to review their outcomes and share learning between participants.
Cost
£2,195 per participant. This includes the cost of all tuition, accreditation fees and materials plus refreshments. A booking and payment form must be completed. An additional fee for a licence will be required.
What recognition do participants receive upon completing the workshop programme?
If a participant has successfully completed both assessments they will be given a certificate recognising this achievement and a copy of the verbal and written feedback on their work and progress which aims to help participants with their training development. They will also receive a letter from the University of Surrey confirming their eligibility for CAT points.
Following successful completion of the programme trainers will be able to purchase a license which gives them recognition from Dementia Care Matters to use the Being a Star™ methods , tools and materials within their own practice. There are two types of license dependant on use.
Being a Star™ licence
1) In-house licence - owned by the employing organisation to the named individual for use by themselves only within that organisation. It is neither transferable for use by other colleagues nor transferable to another organisation by an individual. The license will run for a period of 2 years after which time the licensee can apply for a renewal. Renewal will be subject to the discretion of Dementia Care Matters and the decision to renew will be based upon the assessment of an application and possible observation of the licensee's suitability to continue. Cost available on request.
2) External license - owned by the named individual for use by themselves only to use Being a Star™ within services provided for organisations other than their own. The license will run for a period of 2 years after which time the licensee can apply for a renewal. Renewal will be subject to the discretion of Dementia Care Matters and the decision to renew will be based upon the assessment of an application and possible observation of the licensee's suitability to continue. Cost available on request.
Attendance Criteria
Important - The workshop programme is not about learning about dementia care itself. It is about how we deliver training, coaching and service development in dementia care. It provides participants with the tools to provide training based upon current thinking and good practice in dementia care.
Given the breadth of materials that is covered in this workshop programme and the time available, we would expect participants to be familiar with current good practice in dementia care, in particular the person-centred approach to care. In addition participants should have some on-going experience of delivering talks, presentations or training in a facilitative style rather than a teaching style.
As a rule, someone wishing to attend must have had at least two years experience of working with people living with dementia. Please contact us if you require further information about this.
In the past we have found that occasionally the expectations of the participant and those of the employer have been different as to how this training will be best used. We therefore ask you to consider the following.
What do you and your employer expect to gain from this workshop programme?
You are given adequate time and support to complete the workshop programme work
We have also included with this brochure a questionnaire to help you assess whether you are ready to attend this workshop programme.
Offer of a workshop place
Before Dementia Care Matters offer places on this programme, candidates must have completed and returned the Application Form and met the attendance criteria.
Dementia Care Matters reserve the right to refuse an application for a workshop place if it feels the attendance criteria has not been met.
Dementia Care Training Skills - Workshop programme assignment and time commitment
Participants will be asked to complete an assignment based upon dementia care training that will be assessed by the workshop programme tutor. The assignment is in two parts:
1. A written assignment - design of a short training session
2. Delivery of a 45-minute training session based upon on your written assignment
The first part is to be completed between parts two and three of the workshop programme. The second part will be undertaken on days five and six of the training. Full support will be given by the tutor to help you complete the assignment. You will receive verbal and written feedback.
This piece of work will help you put into practice the skills you will have gained from the first and second part of the workshop programme. Please ensure that you are able to set aside time to complete this work. We envisage that a minimum of 36 hours will be needed.
Completing the workshop programme
To complete the workshop programme you must show evidence of your ability to meet the criteria for both parts of the assessment to the satisfaction of the workshop programme tutors.
The assessment process will be looking at the emotional self awareness of the participant as a trainer and their capacity to provide effective training on emotions at work and in guiding and supporting staff in their emotional awareness. Participants must therefore feel comfortable with the concepts outlined in all five of the Feelings Matter Most series of books written by David Sheard and published by the Alzheimer's Society.
Results; You will be informed of your results on day si x.
Referral; If you do not meet the criteria in either part of the assessment of your assignment, your work will be 'referred'. This means giving you the opportunity to re-take one or both elements of the assignment to meet the assignment criteria and therefore complete the workshop programme. There is a cost to re-take either of these elements.
More information about the assignment and the support available will be given to participants during the workshop programme.
Trainers: One of the 3 trainers below will facilitate the workshop programme
David Sheard BA CQSW is Director of Dementia Care Matters, an independent training consultancy. He is a visiting Senior Fellow of the Division of Health and Social Care, University of Surrey. David speaks at a wide range of conferences in the UK, USA and Canada and has an extensive list of publications in the field.
Peter Priednieks B Ed (Hons), CIPD (Diploma in Training Management), Deputy Director of Dementia Care Matters is a qualified teacher, Master practitioner in NLP and specialist adult learning. Peter is course leader on Dementia Care Matters Diploma Level in Person centred dementia care.
Daren Felgate , Consultant Trainer with Dementia Care Matters has 20 years experience in learning and development. As the former Training Development Manager at Alzheimer's Society he helped to produce a range of publications and training resources and delivered training programmes and consultancy to a range of dementia care providers.
Booking Information
How to book
Places are limited and bookings are dealt with on a first-come, first-served basis. It is always advisable to contact us regarding availability of places before returning your application form. On receipt of your application form you will be contacted by us to inform you if you have been accepted on to the workshop programme
Terms and conditions
Dementia Care Matters reserves the right to refuse an application for this workshop programme.