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Newcastle Public Health offer multi-agency training online and face to face.

This training is designed to help practitioners learn new skills and to enhance their offering to their clients and potentially colleagues. Our aim is to build a wider social movement for better health to meet the the population health challenges of the 21st century which require a whole society, cross sector approach to prevention. In 2015, the Centre for Workforce Intelligence (CfWI) and the Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH) identified that the wider public health workforce has the potential to make a large contribution to the public’s health and wellbeing.

Who are the courses for designed for?

The training programme is primarily aimed at managers, paid staff and volunteers who work in Newcastle with either adults or young people.

The training courses are suitable for staff from many different sectors and organisations such as:

• Specialist domestic and sexual violence and abuse service providers

• Health professionals, for example, midwives, health visitors, GPs, nurses, mental health services, school nurses

• Adult and children’s safeguarding practitioners

• Education sector

• Housing and hostel services

• Alcohol and drug services

• Community and voluntary sector

• Criminal justice agencies

All the courses listed in this programme are delivered either face to face or on Microsoft Teams. Training delivered on a multi-agency basis using Public Health and external trainers, and is an effective way being able to offer a range of courses with expert knowledge and life experiences.

All the courses are delivered using various training methods including group work, PowerPoint presentation, skills practice, and case studies. The training is interactive and based upon current best practice and evidence of what works well in response to the situations that practitioners face.