Training Opportunities
The Bridge Community provides an intensive training programme that is very valuable for people that are interested in pursuing a career in the social field. It covers varied subjects such as
- Living in Community
- Responsibilities & Practical Issues
- Working in Community
- Epilepsy
- Safeguarding Training
- Personal Care
- Helping people to manage their Finances
- Health & Safety
- Fire Marshall Training
- Self advocacy/ decision making / duty of care
- Manual Handling & People Handling
- Relationship based support & Reactive Attachment disorders
- Safe Administration of Medication Training
- Nutrition & Food Safety
- Epilepsy & Buccal Midazolam Training
- Record Keeping
- Fire Extinguisher & Fire Safety Training
- Dealing with Complaints / Family Contact
- MAPA CPI (Crisis Prevention and intervention)
- Camphill Ethos, Culture & History
- Basic First Aid
- Communication
- Challenging Behaviour & Positive Behaviour Support
- Sexuality & Relationships
- Down's Synrome & Autism
- Sign Language
The Training Programme is spread out over 4 months and will include a minimum of 3 hours a week of training as well as some work on demonstrating your Learning. While this is currently not yet accredited the training gives all coworkers a very sound basis for work in this field.
Camphill Foundations Course
The Community will support people staying a second year in the community or people who have previous relevant experiences to join the Camphill Foundations Programme which is run by Camphill Communities of Ireland. This course gives a deeper insight into Anthroposophical Foundations of the therapeutic approach of Camphill and helps people to gain a basic level of understanding of fundamental concepts of this very different holistic view of the human being and the its practical implications.
Accredited Training & Third Level Learning Opportunities
The Bridge Community will consider to support coworkers that commit to a service of between 3-5 years to undertake accredited training and possible parttime third level college courses in relevant fields such as Social Care Assistant or Social Care Worker from their second year in the community onwards. This may include the covering of study fees. We do expect coworkers who consider such studies to continue in their role as lifesharing coworkers with people with disabilities. If you are interested please get in touch with as to explore such possibilities
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