HeadStart Training
HeadStart Training
HeadStart is a multi-agency programme aiming to increase resilience in young people and improve mental well-being by building a resilience revolution across the whole of Blackpool.
In 2016, The Big Lottery Fund awarded Blackpool Council £10 million to support young people's resilience over the next 5 years.
Join the HeadStart resilience revolution today!
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General Queries
01253 476746
HeadStart Training / Events
headstartevents@blackpool.gov.uk
This one day course is an Introduction to Resilient Therapy & putting it into practice. It is aimed at anyone supporting children, young people and families and keen to understand resilience. For example: community family workers, teachers and school staff, social workers, early years workers, learning mentors, personal advisers, youth workers and so on. No previous experience of Resilient Therapy needed however attending a “Resilience Get Together” session prior to attendance will improve your experience of this training.
This workshop offers an introduction to the concept of resilience and Resilient Therapy and provides the opportunity to consider those things we can do to cushion children more broadly, from the worst effects of adversity. It introduces our approach, a straightforward and strategic way of working with children, young people and families that builds capacity to manage life’s challenges more resiliently.
By the end of the workshop you will:
To find out more about this course and using resilience lens, visit www.boingboing.org.uk who developed the Resilience Framework adopted by Blackpool as part of the Resilience Revolution.
This course has been certified by the CPD (Continuing Professional Development) Certification Service as conforming to continuing professional development principles and so it can count towards your CPD for the year.