Delivering, Measuring and Observing Socio-emotional Skill: 3 Module Course

Delivering, measuring and observing socio-emotional skill development practice

We already know that socio-emotional skills increase the likelihood of achieving positive later life outcomes, such as the attainment of qualifications; securing, sustaining and progressing in employment; forming and maintaining positive relationships and developing a physically and mentally healthy lifestyle. This evidence base is continually growing and remains a strong foundation for the life-long benefits of acquiring socio-emotional skills

This course is designed to introduce you to socio- emotional skills, and the practices that support their development with young people. The course is grounded in the College’s Quality Practice Tool provdining you with a way of measuring the quality of your provision, with a particular focus on staff (or volunteer) practices that develop socio-emotional skills.

The course is delivered in three modules over one day. You can take part in one or more of the modules.

Module 1 running at 9:30am on 01 March 2024 and 9:30am on 03 May 2024.

Module 1: An introduction to socio-emotional skill development practice:

The first module identifies four areas of high-quality socio-emotional skill development practice and their indicators.

Module 2 running at 12:30pm on 01 March 2024 and 12:30pm on 03 May 2024.

Module 2: Measuring socio-emotional skill development practice with the Quality Practice Tool

The second module introduces the Quality Practice Tool and how to use it to measure quality practice.

Module 3 running at 3pm on 01 March 2024 and 3pm on 03 May 2024.

Module 3: Observing colleagues practice and feeding back effectively

The third module focuses on how to observe practice to support continuous quality improvement.

Booking :

Please note that there are 3 places available for each organisation on each of the courses.

About the facilitators :

These sessions will be facilitated by members of the College staff team, who have experience and expertise in a wide range of areas covering research, evaluation and methods, youth voice, programme design and delivery, data, and more. Find out more about the College staff team here.

Refundable Deposit:

We will be asking for payment of a refundable deposit for each training course (including the NCFE accredited opportunity), which will be returned to you in full upon attendance at the session (this includes the Eventbrite fee, the cost of which will be covered by the College). The refund policy dates for sessions are as follows:

• Cancellation three weeks before training session = 25% charge (75% of your deposit returned)
• Cancellation two weeks before training session = 50% charge (50% of your deposit returned)
• Cancellation one week before training session = 100% charge (no deposit returned)
• Non-attendance without cancellation = 100% charge (no deposit returned)

We hope you understand that last-minute cancellations can cause a lot of disruption and also incur costs for us. If you have any questions or concerns about this policy, or are unable to pay the fee, please get in touch with training@ymcageorgewilliams.uk . We can provide an alternative option for those who do not have a way to pay the deposit (e.g. if your organisation does not have a company payment card).

If the session needs to be cancelled by the College for any reason, and you have a live registration, your deposit will be returned to you in full.

Getting in touch:

If you have any questions about the training, please email training@ymcageorgewilliams.uk For each session, you will be provided with a contact should you have any issues joining the Zoom meeting on the day.

We look forward to meeting you in the virtual training room of your choice.