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Boundaries in the VCSE Workplace

Following our sold out training for Boundaries in the VCSE Workplace, we are releasing a new date for the next session. If you are interested i nregistering for this training, register at Eventbrite here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/boundaries-in-the-vcse-workplace-tickets-650716609897?aff=TPPFacebook

This workshop is designed to support staff and organisations in the voluntary, community, and social enterprises (VCSEs) to consider, plan, and implement personal and professional boundaries in the workplace.

With the cost of living crisis many organisations have been experiencing greater number of people attending their centres and services during this period, and those visiting are often coming with more complex circumstances than we have the capacity to manage. This can have a significant impact on us as service providers.

Professional and personal boundaries are key to keeping service-users, staff, and organisations, safe, effective, and professional. They help us to utilise our skills in the most appropriate ways within our professional roles, and ensure consistency of service and management of the expectation of service-users. But what are boundaries, and what can make it difficult to maintain them?
Our workshop explores the various aspects of boundaries in the workplace, using open discussion of our own boundaries, case studies of situations that can arise, and how we can manage the maintenance of boundaries through internal and external policies and personal accountability.

Our workshop includes:
-What boundaries are and why we have them
-What can make it difficult to maintain boundaries
-Case studies that explore situations that can occur, and how we might apply effective boundary management
-Developing policies that support effective boundary management in your organisation

Who is it for?
This workshop is for staff & volunteers of voluntary, community, and social enterprise organisations across the UK, especially those in public facing roles. Participants will not require any prior knowledge of boundaries to participate. There will be a maximum of 15 participants per workshop to allow for meaningful engagement

Some feedback from our participants:

“The training was excellent– the perfect mix of relaxed and informal, accessible and personable with the confidence of experience, skills and knowledge. Our team really responded to the trainer’s style and everyone learnt a lot and thought about things differently as a result. It was also tailored to our specific circumstances and experiences which made it relatable and relevant and helped me translate that into new policies and procedures for our organisation.”

“Excellent Training. Some of the best I’ve been on for a long time”

If you would like to arrange a session specifically for your organisation, or would like more information, please contact us on 0117 9555 038 or visit www.peerpartnership.org.

"The session was extremely inspiring and it made me really want to get peer support up and running at my organisation"

We still have spaces for our 21st March workshops on How to Design a Peer Support Service.

Learn how to develop your service users into your greatest asset.

Our workshop includes:

What peer support is – Covering definitions of peer support, different forms, qualities of peer volunteers and limitations of peer services

Organisational considerations – Covering coordination, recruitment, promotion, development and evaluation of peer services

Action planning – Writing an initial action plan for how you are going to proceed including: purpose of service, model of support, & inputs and outputs

Risk assessments and contingencies

Who is it for?
This workshop is for voluntary, community, and social enterprise organisations across the UK. Participants will not require any prior knowledge of peer support to participate. There will be a maximum of 15 participants per workshop.

Some feedback from previous participants:
"It was great and gave much food for thought. It was very important to know that mentoring needs to be properly resourced as I don't always think it is within my organisation."

"I've learned lots and I've come away with a better understanding of how we can develop a new peer mentoring programme for a specific group, but hopefully in other service areas in time. I will now be working on a detailed action plan using the structure and ideas shared!"

"The session was extremely inspiring and it made me really want to get peer support up and running at my organisation so that we can make such a huge impact on our service users as The Peer Partnership has in theirs."

For more information about this workshop or The Peer Partnership, please follow the link below, or contact us on 0117 9555 038 or visit www.peerpartnership.org.



https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/how-to-design-peer-support-tickets-517367960497

How to Design Peer Support Learn how to design and implement a peer support programme for your organisation and help your service users to become your greatest asset.

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