Artshape has developed a new training course for all professional care workers

CREATIVE FUTURES – CREATIVITY IN SOCIAL CARE

An Open College Network Accredited Course

Learn new creative skills for your work

Enhance the quality of life of the people you work with

What participants have said about the course:

“It is a practical course that will change your way of working through planning and evaluation”

“It was an incredible experience”

“A valuable mix of practical working and reflective discussions”

What’s it all about?

Creativity in Social care has been developed by Artshape in collaboration with care workers across Gloucestershire.  The course looks at the underlying nature of creativity, how it affects us personally and how we apply it in work practice.  The aim of the course is to develop care workers’ creativity in the work environment, thereby enhancing the well-being and quality of life of residents and service users.

The course will:

Ø      Expand personal confidence

Ø      Improve knowledge and understanding of groups

Ø      Enhance planning, leadership and assessment/evaluation skills

Ø      Encourage practical application of creative activities in the work environment

Who is the course for?

Creativity in Social Care is suitable for all care workers and carers who have a responsibility for activities are part of their job.  It’s a practical and skills-based course appropriate for people of all ages and educational backgrounds.  The course can be taught and accredited at OCN levels 1, 2 and 3.  The award is design to be applicable to staff who deliver physical, emotional, or enabling care to clients, whether they work in health or social care, in the public, private or voluntary sectors.  It is designed to be applicable wherever such care is delivered (including hospitals, the client’s own home, clinic, residential homes, nursing homes, day centres and group homes).

How is the course taught?

The course is designed to be taught by practising artists who have many years’ experience teaching adults of all backgrounds and abilities.  There is additional tutor support, visits to work places and help with building students’ portfolios, all provided by the artists.

The course is made up of 5 units, in total 120 hours of tutored learning, individual planning and preparation and work practice.  Attendance is on a day-release basis.  Creativity in Social Care has been designed to be delivered as a one-year course comprising three OCN units.  The course is not taught on a unit by unit basis, rather an approach of covering all unit elements over the period of the full course.  This is due to the interrelationship of many of the unit components. 

The core team of artists that have built the course have consistently used novel approaches in developing the modules for accreditation, combining their practical experience of working within the target sector with highly original methods of training delivery and module content.  A copy of the curriculum is attached.

What’s in it for Care Workers?

Ø      Increased confidence in your own creativity

Ø      New art, craft and music skills

Ø      Personal, focused learning

Ø      Tutor support throughout the course

Ø      A portfolio of your work and achievements

Ø      An opportunity to learn in a group with other social care workers

Ø      Learning how to plan, run and organise sessions

Ø      Learning ways of recording, assessing and evaluating creative work

Ø      A student resource pack

Ø      A recognised OCN qualification at level 1, 2 or 3

What’s in it for Care Home Managers?

Ø      Professional trained staff

Ø      Staff with new personal and creative work skills

Ø      A real improvement in your clients’ quality of life

Ø      Enhancements to the service provided by your care home

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