Regional & National (Training)
We have delivered training in partnership to our own staff and other providers of services to BME communities and Refugees and Asylum Seekers. The training is listed below:
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Interpreters and Counsellors Working Together, training for Mothertongue counsellors, interpreters, clinical psychologists and social workers delivered by the Medical Foundation and Mothertongue, 2005-2009
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Seminar on working with asylum seekers and refugees: Race and Mental Health 2006: Raising Awareness and Improving Service Delivery, London, March 2006
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A course on Cultural Sensitivity to Reading Borough Council's Housing Department, March 2007
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Training on Culturally Sensitive Mental Health Assessments delivered to Southampton PCT, March 2007
We have also delivered the following training over the year:
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Training for interpreters working in a counselling setting delivered to Mothertongue language support workers, May 2007 and again in June 2008
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Supervision Training facilitated by Jan Cooper, March, July, October and December 2008
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Training on Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, delivered to the counsellors, September 2008
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Training on practical ways of dealing with nightmares, delivered by the Medical Foundation to the counsellors, October 2008
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Cross-cultural parent group training, delivered by Jan Cooper and Mothertongue to counsellors, 2008-9
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Training for Low Intensity and High Intensity Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) workers in culturally sensitive practice, delivered by Mothertongue and Dr Rashmi Shankar, 2009 and ongoing
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Training for Social Work undergraduates at the University of Reading in culturally sensitive practice and methods of working across languages, delivered annually by Mothertongue
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Race and Diversity Module, Oxford Doctoral Clinical Psychology Training, delivered annually by Mothertongue with Dr Rashmi Shankar
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Training delivered by Mothertongue to clinical psychology doctorate students at Southampton University on the use of interpreters in a clinical context, April 2010
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Skype and telephone training for interpreters, delivered by Mothertongue to IAPT therapists in Oxford, and Mothertongue Mental Health Interpreters, June 2010
If you would like a representative from Mothertongue to speak at a conference or seminar you are organising, please contact Beverley on 0118 957 6393 or email beverley@mothertongue.org.uk |
