Cost
- £90 (ARC Members)
- £120 (Non-members)
How to book your place
- Download and complete the ARC England Booking form 2022
- Email it to [email protected]
- We will confirm your booking and invoice your organisation.
Delivered by ARC’s trainer Rod Landman.
8th November 2022 – 9.30am – 4.30pm
People with learning disabilities are more likely to self-harm and self-neglect than the general population. Since the Care Act 2014 awareness has grown of self-neglect as a central safeguarding issue for social care services. It is being reported to ARC as an increasing concern with members seeing rises in the number of people who self-harm, combined with staff lacking the confidence and skills to deal with the issue.
This workshop is now being offered as a live online workshop, delivered via the Zoom platform. It is designed to raise awareness of self-harm and self-neglect in those with a learning disability, and looks at how to intervene and support those at risk.
Session one with a focus on self-harm, and Session two on self-neglect. There is a combination of presentation, videoed interviews, personal reflection, small group work, and skills development; it will include assignments before, during and after the webinar element.
The workshop is suitable for all front-line staff and managers who work with those who may be vulnerable to self-harm and self-neglect.
Session One: Self-harm and People with Learning Disabilities
This session draws on the research project ‘Hidden Pain – Self-Harm and People with Learning Disabilities’ which was jointly conducted by Self injury Support (formerly Bristol Crisis Service for Women) and the Norah Fry Research Centre at the University of Bristol, and from interviews with people with learning disabilities who self-harm.
By the end of this session, learners will:
Session Two: Self-Neglect and People with Learning Disabilities
This session offers a basic introduction to self-neglect for people who support those with learning disabilities.
Learners will study current research evidence and good practice issues. This workshop will cover mental capacity, ‘challenging’ behaviour, risk assessment and safeguarding. Skills development will focus on relationship building with clients who self neglect.
By the end of the workshop learners will:
On completion of our ARC evaluation form we will be happy to issue learners with an ARC Certificate of Attendance
Cost
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