Power and Control - Getting it Right!

This course is for anyone who supports people, or who receives support themselves. This includes:

• People who get support

• People who work delivering or planning social care support

• Policy makers

• Parents and carers

If you support people or get support yourself, this is essential training for you.

Life is about more than getting by. This course will help people lead good lives where they are in control. Learn how people who get support and the people who support them can work together and use their power to help people get the life they want.

• Do you want to discover what we all need to live a good life, and how to make it happen?
• Would you like to become more aware of the power and control that you have, and learn how to support more equal relationships?
• Would you like to develop skills to help people take control?

If you answered ‘yes’ – come and learn with ARC’s training team. This course is very different to other training courses. You will learn from the real powerful and personal experiences of people who get support told live in the room - ARC Scotland Associates.

We use a range of approaches to help participants to learn together including films, stories, presentations, discussions and interactive exercises. People receiving, delivering or planning support will be learning together side by side, creating a unique and rich learning experience for everyone involved.

• Greater personal understanding of why being involved in things matters, and what it takes to live a good life
• Better understanding of how people can be supported to have more good experiences in their life
• Greater awareness of the power we all have, and how to support a better power balance between people who get support and workers
• Increased skills to recognise situations where people could take more control
• Improved knowledge of the different levels of control, and awareness of how you / your organisation could improve
• Ideas and tools to take away and use
• Increased confidence, skills and enthusiasm to get power and control right!

Robin Paris - Robin Paris has worked with ARC Scotland for 3 years. He helps co-ordinate the National involvement Network (NIN) alongside the Local Involvement Networks for Dundee and Edinburgh & the Lothians. Robin believes that everyone should be treated equally. He has previous experience working for a mental health charity and in a sports governing body - https://arcscotland.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/One-page-Robin.pdf

Catherine Dempsey - Catherine has worked in social care for the last 15 years. She has a particular interest in using Person Centred Planning to keep the focus on what matters to people. Catherine leads ARC’s involvement and provider work, helping people, organisations and policy makers to improve lives and support together - https://arcscotland.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/Catherine-Dempsey.pdf

Gregor Hardie - Gregor is passionate about involvement and helping companies think how to better support people with disabilities, and helped develop a training course about this. He is sociable, hardworking and determined. He is on the Board of Directors of People First (Scotland). He enjoys playing badminton and won a bronze medal at the Special Olympics. Gregor is Co-Chair of the Edinburgh & Lothian Involvement Network.

Charlotte Mitchell - Charlotte is passionate about the rights of disabled people. She has lived experience of mental health issues, and campaigns for better services with CAPS advocacy and ARC Scotland. Charlotte enjoys creative writing. She is Co-Chair of the Edinburgh & Lothian Involvement Network.

This is a face to face course, 1 day (10am – 4pm) - £150 for workers, £20 for people who get support or have a disability, or parents / carers

If you need help to fill out this form please contact Diane on: 07498 470 223. Please have your bank details ready so that she can make your booking with you.

Your cancellation charges

If you are unable to attend the course you are booked on, you may substitute, by prior arrangement and after notifying us, someone else from your organisation.

If you are unable to attend, and not in a position to transfer your place to another person, then the following charges will apply:

3-8 weeks' notice: 25% of fee

1-3 weeks' notice: 75% of fee

Less than 1 weeks’ notice: 100% of fee

ARC's cancellation

Please note that full payment is required for non-attendance on a booking that has been transferred.

ARC Scotland events and courses are periodically updated and while we endeavour to deliver the courses as advertised there may inevitably be occasions where we have to change content without prior notice or, in exceptional circumstances, to cancel an event.

In the case of a course cancellation delegates will either be offered an alternative date, a credit note or a full refund and we will also consider any reasonable request to cover non-refundable travel arrangements if a course is cancelled within 2 working days of the start day.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Norton Park Conference Centre, 57 Albion Road, Edinburgh, United Kingdom