Balancing the Scales of Justice: Including Adults with Communication Support Needs

“I thought today was brilliant.  I think many workers within justice would hugely benefit from this training” Social Work Manager

About This Course

Wondering what training to choose for your CPD? Look no further.

If you provide assessments and recommendations for adults with learning disabilities and neurodivergence but are unsure about communication support needs, then this course is for you.

 

Format:

This lived-experience informed training will provide you with guidance to address communication challenges through specialist input, group activities and films made with people with lived experience of the justice system.

This course is complementary to our various easy read publications available on our website and developed in partnership with Police Scotland, Crown Office and Procurator Fiscals’ Service, Scottish Legal Aid Board, Scottish Prison Service and other justice agencies, leaving you confident and fully equipped to engage constructively in the process.

 

Prices

£1,150 per organisation (16 attendees maximum)

 

Who is it for?

Justice social workers across Scotland.  If you provide assessments and recommendations for adults with learning disabilities and neurodivergence but are unsure about communication support needs, then this course is for you.

All justice workers having in-person contact with offenders will benefit from attending this course.

 

Learning Outcomes

• Be more confident in your role when clients have communication support needs.
• Understand better the underlying causes of offending for adults with learning disabilities and / or neurodivergence
• Hear about the challenges people with communication support needs experience in the justice system
• Learn how to confidently interact with all the people you support including making reasonable adjustments to your current processes.

Book now to learn from Scotland’s specialists in improving justice for people with communication support needs.

 

Our Trainers

Tony Bowman – A registered Social Worker, Tony has worked for the SOLD Network since 2016, striving to combat the disadvantages experienced by people with learning disabilities, neurodivergence and other communication support needs in our justice system. He believes passionately in lived experience and empowering the voice of marginalised and powerless people.

Paul McKee – Has been an advocacy worker for vulnerable people in the Scottish justice system since 2004.  These experiences, including a decade as an Appropriate Adult, have highlighted all the challenges that adults with communication support needs face everyday just to understand what’s going on.

 

Brought to you by the experts in lived-experience training, ARC Scotland

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