These workshops were held during our 2020 conference
Please choose one workshop from 3A – 3E
3A Safeguarding – Anna McEwen and Rebecca Viney-Wood Shared Lives Plus
This workshop will explore your role in keeping people safe in shared living arrangements, and will include:
3B Creative problem solving – Mark Gallagher Shared Lives Plus
Join Mark to learn about a powerful approach to creative problem solving, which anyone can do. Participants will learn a process for quickly getting to the root of problems and working with others to solve them in a clear and focused way. You will leave this practical session with the necessary confidence, tools and skills to:
Sessions are limited to ten participants, as this process works most effectively with smaller groups. We will run the session several times over conference.
3C Dementia Friends Training – Caroline Cooke, Founding Director of Share and Care Homeshare and Dementia Friends Champion
The Alzheimer’s Society’s Dementia Friends programme is the biggest ever initiative to change people’s perceptions of dementia. It is a social action movement aiming to create dementia-friendly communities by improving people’s understanding of dementia and inspiring people to take action.
Alzheimer’s Society wants everyone living with dementia to feel confident and empowered to do things that they have always been able to do, such as buy their groceries or get on the bus. The workshop will explain more about what dementia is and what living with the condition is like and about small ways we can all help make the world a better place for people with dementia.
3D Cuppa for carers at Conference – Shared Lives carer Champions
This is a chance to meet the Shared Lives carer champions and other Shared Lives carers from across the UK. Why not join us from the comfort of your own home and meet our friendly team and chat with other Shared Lives carers.
This is an extension of our weekly cuppa 4 carer meetings where Shared Lives carers from across the UK come together to discuss a wide range of topics and to get support from the Shared Lives Plus team of champions.
Everybody is welcome and we hope this session will be full of friendly faces – if you haven’t attended a cuppa 4 carers session before then please come along.
3E Setting up and delivering a Homeshare Scheme – Ben Dunne and Alice Williams Shared Lives Plus
Based on our Homeshare Quality Assurance Framework and Good Practice Guide we will give you practical guidance on how to develop your idea, set up and manage a safe and effective Homeshare Programme.
The workshop will cover:
There will also be opportunity for discussion and questions
3F Circles of Support – Cath Barton Community Circles
Community Circles help people stay connected to whatever matters to them, building a circle of support around an individual, connecting people around shared interests and supporting communities to come together. Join Cath to hear about people’s stories and what they have achieved through their Circle, how we are supporting connections in local communities through Circle Family and our online offer through our Facebook Group ‘Circles Connected’ in response to lockdown measures.
3G Positive Behaviour Support – Tom Evans bild
This is a challenging time for everybody and people are more likely to feel anxious and stressed. There are particular challenges for Shared Lives carers and Homesharers who are spending more time together than usual under very different circumstances. Bild Associates have a great deal of expertise in Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) to help reduce the risk of people becoming distressed. Tom will outline what PBS involves and how Shared Lives carers, Homesharers and anybody involved in supporting shared living can make use of PBS principles.
3H Storytelling – creating a winning case study to raise awareness for your organisation – Phoebe Barber-Rowell, Nick Gordon, Shared Lives Plus and Ramona Amuza, Homeshare Gloucestershire
3I Your wellbeing matters – What do you need? – Anna Gillions bild
Life can be stressful at times, and even if we don’t feel like it’s impacting us directly, the pandemic can create underlying anxiety. In roles where we care for others, it’s easy for our needs to take a back seat.
In this interactive workshop we will be exploring our natural reactions to stress and anxiety and discussing tools and techniques we can use to look after ourselves and get the support we need. There will be an opportunity to start to develop your own wellbeing plan as well as guided mindfulness and breathing exercises.
