An online forum for professionals, volunteers and people with lived experience of severe and multiple disadvantage (SMD) who are passionate about employability, skills led recovery and resettlement, or new to this area and curious to learn more.
This Community of Practice (CoP) meets bimonthly on Wednesday mornings from 10am to 12 noon. All our sessions are online and are facilitated via Zoom.
This session takes place on Wednesday 15 January 2025.
Our theme this time is Trauma-Informed Employability:
Psychologically Informed Environments and Trauma Informed Care have the potential to transform service delivery and improve staff satisfaction, morale and retention. In this session we will be exploring how this can be applied in both employability services and the workplace; considering how trauma-informed, strengths-based approaches can improve confidence and self-determination using a positive - rather than deficit-based - model.
Intended audience:
This CoP is aimed at any professionals and volunteers who see the benefits of employability and would like to do more in their roles. It is most appropriate for those in frontline service provision across sectors, including housing, recovery, mental health, primary care, domestic abuse, and SMD services, among others.
We also welcome people who have lived experience of SMD, that are keen to share their expertise in this area and help contribute to positive system change.
Ongoing attendance:
To promote continuity and to gain maximum learning we encourage participants to attend all sessions of this CoP, or to nominate a colleague to attend on your behalf. Our community of practice is rooted in partnership, we want to ensure that a range of services and voices are represented.
Register now to confirm your place.