Training

Strathclyde Youth provides training to it members as a benefit of affiliation.

Youth workers, volunteers and young people can access training on various issues related to youth work.

Over the coming months Strathclyde Youth will set out a menu of training for youth workers to participate in.

Click here to view Training Calendar

Dates, venues and times are flexible to make sure that everyone who wants to attend can.
Strathclyde Youth provide quality training aimed at enhancing the knowledge of youth workers and volunteers across the network. As well as learning new skills, youth workers can come together to learn about what other projects are doing. They can share ideas, projects and activities that have worked well in their clubs

If you have a training need for your project please contact us and we can arrange for this training to be delivered.

Courses

Click on training course name to find out objectives and time commitment. 

Volunteer/Youth Worker Recruitment    Conflict Resolution

Basic Youth Work Skills                        Senior Member Involvement Training

First Aid                                             Drug and Alcohol  Awareness

Programme Planning                           Stress Management

Managing Budgets and Funding            Sexual Health Awareness

Business Planning                               T.O.P.S 

Young people and Self Esteem             Peer Education and Health

Active Clubs                                       Elementary Food Hygiene  

Volunteer/Youth Worker Recruitment 

Outcomes

• Ideas on how to diversify your volunteer base and how to develop a recruitment strategy
• The latest information on protecting young people
• An update of current research on volunteer recruitment and selection
• An understanding of procedures for effective volunteer screening
• Interviewing skills

 

B asic Youth Work Skills                                                 back to top

Outcomes

By the end of the training course, participants will be able to:

• Demonstrate an understanding of Youth Work as a working practice and model
• Demonstrate an understanding of health and safety issues and requirements for workers in a youth work setting
  
• Be equipped to plan, execute and evaluate a youth work project. 
• Demonstrate an understanding of the parameters in relation to contact with young people in a youth work setting.

F irst Aid                                                                          Back to top

Outcomes:

This 4-hour course is designed for anyone who wishes to gain a basic insight into First Aid. Course content includes:

• Managing an incident
• Priorities of First Aid, including primary/secondary survey and recovery position
• Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
• Disorders of the airway
• Disorders of circulation
• Control of bleeding
• Burns and scalds

This course is run by British Red Cross

 

Programme Planning                                                     Back to top

Outcomes

Participants will be able to :

• Demonstrate an understanding of the planning processes required in youth work
• Demonstrate an understanding of health and safety practises
• Identify realistic resource requirements in order to commence project
• Demonstrate an understanding of the crucial values of recording and evaluating

 

Managing Budgets and Funding                                   Back to top

Outcomes: 

• To provide basic technical knowledge of financial management
• Develop skills to improve the organisation's financial management
• Increase understanding of financial statements
• Provide practical worked examples of financial management tools, such as budgets and cashflow projections.  

Business Planning                                                         Back to top

Outcomes:

• Learn how to create an effective business plan
  

  Conflict Resolution                                 Back to top

Outcomes: 

•  Participants will gain an awareness of the factors which will help an individual in circumstances where conflict arises will include looking at anger management, assertiveness, non-verbal communication, stress and self-esteem
  

 

Senior Member Involvement Training                           Back to top

This course encourages:  

• Meaningful participation and involvement of young people
• Improved communication between young people and youth workers
• Increased skills and capacity building of young people
• Improved confidence and self esteem of young people
• Opportunities for young people from different areas to come together, share experiences and have fun.

Drug and Alcohol Awareness                                         Back to top
O utcomes

• To examine issues relating to drugs and young people
• To extend current knowledge of drug issues
• To increase awareness of practical drug education activities and how to use them

 

Stress Management                                                      Back to top

It  explores

• emotions, feelings, and stress
• self-awareness and relationships
• health and well-being
• coping skills

Methods include

• breathing and relaxation exercises
• role-play and expressive arts
• discussion
• group work and games

 

Sexual Health Awareness                                             Back to top

Outcomes

• To increase knowledge and understanding of sexual health issues.
• To increased self awareness of your own values and attitudes and how these may impact on yourself and others.
• To develop group work and communication skills and increase confidence in sexual health work.
• To increase skills in sexual health promotion 

T.O.P.S                                                                           Back to top

Outcomes

• Quality training for everyone involved in providing physical activities and sport opportunities for young people 
• Resource cards and support material for appropriate activities for young people
• Access route to FREE resource bags. TOPS resource bags contain a variety of games equipment valued at £500 per bag 
• This workshop will give you the opportunity to try out the resources offered

 

Young People, Peer Education and Health

Outcomes: 

• Have greater understanding of what peer education means and the different models
• Feel more able to develop and sustain successful peer education initiatives
• Have greater knowledge of the policies and procedures needed to support peer education initiatives.
• Have greater understanding of the practice issues regarding peer education work
• Have greater awareness of   the different methods   of evaluating peer education work

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Young People and Self Esteem             

Outcomes:  

• Have greater understanding of how to define emotional resilience and identify core attitudes that support resiliency
• Have greater understanding of what may construct and impact upon self esteem
• Have greater knowledge of how self esteem affects young people and their behaviour
• Have greater knowledge of interactive activities that can be used with young people to examine their own self esteem and feel more confident about using these activities

 

Elementary Food Hygiene

Outcomes

• Have increased knowledge of bacteria, food poisoning and its prevention
• Have greater understanding of the importance of personal hygiene and the working habits of the food handler
• Have greater knowledge of the working environment, cleaning practices and food safety legislation

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Active Clubs                                    

Outcomes: 

• Have greater awareness of the Active Clubs Pack and how it can be used to promote physical activity
• Become familiar with the pack and how to get the best out of it
• Have had the opportunity to try out some of the activities
• Be more confident about leading activities in their own setting