BESPOKE TRAINING FOR ORGANISATIONS

So we've developed the Active Workplace Champion Training course to try to tackle some of the problems that we're seeing in society at the moment, which is insufficient levels of physical activity. And the workplace provides us with a fantastic opportunity. We spend a lot of time at work, and it provides us with this fantastic opportunity to be able to actually tackle that challenge of increasing the levels of physical activity and getting people to move more as part of their everyday lives.

And of course, the benefits then to the employee as well as the employer are embedded in empirical evidence. The research suggests that it is a mutually beneficial outcome that stems from this cultural change that were trying to bring about.

This training programme is really suitable for anyone who's passionate about trying to enhance physical activity and movement in their workplace. So it could be delivered to an employee or an employer at any level, but the most important thing is that they want to be involved in changing that culture and trying to give people the opportunity to be able to be more active within the workplace.

What we’re looking at here, is utilising movement, physical activity as a medium through which we can enhance human capacity. In other words, physical health, mental and emotional health as well as social health and wellbeing.  

Changing behaviour is really challenging, and changing behaviour to healthy behaviours is particularly challenging because often it's hard work to increase physical activity, to move more. It requires a lot of motivation, plus a lot of other factors within the culture within your organisation. 
 

The course itself is flexible enough to be offered either face to face, in person or online or a blended approach. It’s also flexible enough to have that continued bespoke support through coaching and mentoring. But also in terms of the action planning and what this cultural change might look like, what might the actions be over time and how we might build that in and what we need in terms of resourcing it to bring about the change we’re looking for It starts small, it starts with the little steps; walking meetings, using the stairs instead of lifts, standing at your desk. It grows and develops from there - as your belief in yourself grows, as your interaction with movement grows and develops and the notion of the positive affectivity and experiences in and through movement. It becomes self-fulfilling and an upward spiral, where those positive experiences lead to those positive changes in terms of your physical health, your emotional and mental wellbeing as well as your social wellbeing.  

I think changing behaviour is challenging, and it is difficult to sustain healthy behaviours. It requires a lot of motivation, and the opportunity the workplace provides is you get to make the changes as part of your working day. We are using a train-the-trainer approach, so we are trying to help organisations to look after themselves, and that makes it much more sustainable and realistic for organisations to be able to really tackle that challenging behaviour change that's required to get those benefits from physical activity and movement. 

Do you work with children or young people? Do you want to know more about the challenges and experiences children today face?

Our childhood and youth team offer flexible and part time courses and workshops centred on childhood today,
and how to support children and young people in your work. For further information, contact the School of Education at ¶º±ÆÖ±²¥.

I’m Gwenan Prysor, and I’m the Course Director for the MA in Social Work here at ¶º±ÆÖ±²¥. My name is Wendy Roberts and I’m a Lecturer in Social Work here at ¶º±ÆÖ±²¥.

Gwenan and I are also registered social workers, and we both have experience working in the fields of children, young people, and families, as well as safeguarding work over the years.

Safeguarding is a very important element of the MA course and social work training, so it made sense for us to develop a safeguarding course and training that complies with the recently updated safeguarding requirements and standards set by Social Care Wales.

It’s important that individuals feel confident in safeguarding work and understand their role and the processes involved within the safeguarding field. Through this training, we aim to deliver this in a creative way to support individual learning.

We offer bespoke bilingual training that aligns with Group B and Group C within the standards, and we are very open to discussing any specific needs you may have within your organisation.

Learning about safeguarding is extremely important. Being able to recognise signs of abuse and knowing what to do if someone discloses abuse are both essential, so that organisations and individuals have the knowledge and skills to act appropriately and fulfil their responsibilities.

Please contact us to discuss a bespoke course for your staff and organisation.

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This is more than stress management. It's about growing your capacity to flourish.

If you would like to move beyond surviving to thriving for your own well-being and for those you support,

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