Participate in Teams to Benefit Children & Young People

In this online course we will be looking at the skills and knowledge needed to work effectively as part of a team.
The training also looks at how to work effectively as a part of multiple teams and to facilitate teams working together in what is termed multi agency working.
This course is part of our unlimited Course and Certificate package
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Who should take this online course?
This training course has been designed specifically for people working with children and young people and provides focus on residential settings. It may also be useful to a wider audience of people who would like to know more about team work when working with children and young people. The training course provides content to meet qualification units relating to residential childcare.
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Online Course Content
- 1.1 Explain the practices that support effective team working
- 1.2 Define the roles and responsibilities of different team members in own work setting
- 1.3 Describe ways to ensure that own responsibilities as a team member are met
- 2.1 Describe the functions of agencies that constitute the local network involved with CYP
- 2.2 Explain how and why referrals are made between agencies
- 3.1 Analyse the benefits of networks and multi-agency work in supporting positive outcomes for CYP
- 3.2 How failures have been highlighted in formal inquiries and SCRs
- 3.3 When it would be desirable to use networks to build a multi-agency team
- 4.1 Build and maintain working relationships with others within and beyond the work setting
- 4.2 Overcome barriers to partnership working
- 4.3 Reflect on own practice in building and maintaining working relationships
- 4.4 Identify where improvements can be made in own practice to support working relationships
- 5.1 Participate in negotiating agreement on the parameters of a team built around a CYP
- 5.2 Adapt own role and working practice to take account of responsibilities as a team member
- 5.3 Work collaboratively within agreed boundaries while ensuring the CYP remains the focus
- 5.4 Support the CYP to understand team work to their level of understanding
- 6.1 Use appropriate communication for different circumstances in multi-agency working
- 6.2 Tensions between maintaining confidentiality and the need to share information with others
- 6.3 Prepare reports that meet legal requirements and are accurate, legible and concise
- 6.4 Use information in reports prepared by other agencies to support multi-agency working
- 6.5 Explain the value of using information prepared by other agencies
Aims of the course
By the end of the training course, you will:
- Understand how to work as part of a team
- Understand the local network for children and young people's services
- Understand the role of networks and multi-agency work in supporting positive outcomes for children and young people in residential childcare
- Be able to build working relationships with others involved in the care of children and young people
- Be able to participate in a multi-agency team around a child or young person
- Be able to communicate with others to facilitate multi-agency working
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