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Universal Learning Skills: know yourself, learning skills, collaboration, goal-setting, problem-solving, overcoming barriers, creative thinking, coaching, resilience building. Practical and theory-based.

Taskmasters: working in teams, complete physical, cognitive and creative challenges, rolling the dice to determine scores. Trophies and prizes for the winning team.

GPS Challenge: using mobile phones and gps, complete as many challenges as possible within a given time-period, finding and evidencing using mobile technology.

GPS Cat & Mouse: using GPS technology, teams of cats hunt mice, capturing tail tags, played in a town, park or woodland. Watch out for the bulldog!

Safari: a large-scale 'hunt and capture' game, played in a urban, woodland or park environment. Seek and capture players in safari hunting groups then register and release. Add the GPS option for a larger-scale game.

Circus Skills: learn to spin poi, juggle balls scarves and clubs, spin plates, flip flowersticks and spin staff. Share successes and support each other with detailed tutoring and observational feedback.

City Challenge: complete a set of creative tasks and challenges involving public spaces and public interaction, against the clock. Snap a photo as evidence and gain points.

Survival & Mafia: debate and argue your point to stay in the game. Develop group public speaking with confidence and be heard. Two games to test trust, stealth and logic.

Capture the Flag: groups attempt to steal the opposing team's flag from enemy territory without begin caught and imprisoned. A high-energy strategy game played in a park or woodland.

World Trade: a maths-based team game involving design, build and trade. Teams work as countries to produce shapes which are sold to the World Bank, encouraging teams to think laterally to build wealth.

Urban Treasure Hunt: maths or word-based hunts, designed for any town, village or city. Using the clue booklet, follow the route, seek out the clues and complete the missing words using photo and text clues.

Post Offices: teams of couriers attempt to deliver parcel, letters and postcards between offices avoiding capture by the bandits team.

Around the World in 80 Clicks: Virtual Teambuilding Treasure Hunt, delivered on Zoom using Padlet and Streetview.

Content

Understanding children’s behaviour triggers.

Effective communication.

Praise, attention and communication.

Helping children to manage frustration.

Positive strategies for misbehaviour.

Developing children's confidence.

Setting clear expectations.

Effective Time-out.

Building a predictable behaviour routine.

High-risk activity planning.

Content

Youthwork ethos and values

Manging young people and groups

Safeguarding: recognising abuse and how to respond

Professional boundaries

Supporting young people to set and review personal aims

Being a role model - actions and values

Building positive relationships with young people

Batari's Box - influence and behaviour

Glasser's Total Behaviour - the links between actions and thoughts

Learn, practise and evaluate suitable games

Managing difficult behaviour - what's going on underneath?

Glasser's Choice Theory - hierarchy of needs

Tuckman's Group Forming: new groups and incoming young people

Showing and using empathy effectively

Using descriptive praise and attention to draw out positivity

Understanding our own and other's character and motivations

Empathy

Helping young people push their limits, challenge themselves and enter the stretch zone

Content

Work Skills for the Future - Self Evaluation

Developing Tools for Learning

Resilience

Planning and Setting Goals

Overcoming Barriers

Problem Solving

Collaboration and Teamwork

Creative Thinking

Emotional Intelligence

Coaching and Conflict Resolution

Content

Session planning: Supported activity planning using ‘Playbox Games’ books.

Identify and evaluate existing and required skills, strengths and development areas.

Learn a variety of games and activities through active participation.

Learn about the theory of play; why it is important and why we should encourage and support it.

Risky play: risk assessments and safety considerations, developing appropriate risk-taking.

Game theory: learn how to create new games using game building techniques.

Explore the different types of play, including child and adult led activities.

Inclusive play: ensuring there are appropriate play opportunities for all children.

Behaviour management techniques: strategies for handling negativity in play.

Effective communication skills: relating to explaining, listening and understanding.

Praise, attention, communication and how to support independence.

Setting clear expectations and managing minor and more serious misbehaviour.

Content

Commitment & availability

Motivation

Your mentors

Qualities of an effective mentor

Exploring definitions

Mentoring process

Roles & responsibilities: working within your remit

Getting to know your mentee

Planning your first session

Defining and setting boundaries

Recognising and overcoming assumptions

Questioning styles

SMART goal setting

Reviewing goals

Giving constructive, supportive feedback

Limits and expectations

Drawing the process to a close

Defining and overcoming barriers and challenges

Confidentiality, data protection and safeguarding

Empathy

Self-assessing training needs

Outcomes

Understand how mentoring can play an effective role within the context of your organisation

Develop the necessary skills to assist and effectively support staff and colleagues to find solutions and plan

Build confidence to provide coaching and mentoring support through discussion, activity and practise

Gain a practical, working knowledge of how to manage a range of eventualities within the coaching and mentoring process

Develop the confidence to recognise concerns and keep staff and colleagues safe

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Youthwork

Team Development

Coaching & Mentoring

Behaviour

Resilience

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