OxFSN can provide training workshops for professionals on a number of different topics: 

• Moving into adulthood  

• Person Centred thinking and approaches 

• Person Centred reviews  

• Creating One Page Profiles  

• Working with families 

These workshops are available on request and will be delivered in person in OxFSN’s office in Didcot.  Please note there will be a charge associated with delivering these workshops.  

Please contact us for further information 

Moving into Adulthood 

The Moving into Adulthood Training is a 4 hour in person workshop for any professional or organisation that is supporting family carers or people with learning disabilities through the Moving into Adulthood phase. 

OxFSN are in the unique position of supporting families of people with learning disabilities so have a good insight in to what is important to and for families to help them navigate this complex phase of their relative’s life.   

Course length: 4 hours in person 

 Introduction to Person Centred thinking and approaches 

Person-centred thinking and approaches places individuals at the heart of their own care, prioritising their unique needs, goals, and preferences over system-led processes.

This 4-hour workshop will use person centred tools to look at how person-centred approaches help professionals to understand what matters most to someone - balancing their desired life with necessary support - to foster independence, dignity, and improved quality of life.  

Course length: 4 hours in person 

Person Centred Review Training 

Equips education, health, and social care professionals and support providers with the skills to place individuals at the heart of their own care planning, focusing on strengths, aspirations, and active participation.

Training covers facilitating reviews, using person-centred thinking tools, building one-page profiles, and creating action plans that promote choice and control.  This is a 4-hour workshop. 

Course length: 4 hours in person 

Creating One Page Profiles  

In this 3-hour workshop, OxFSN will focus on "person-centred thinking," helping individuals and professionals to capture a snapshot of a person's strengths, needs, and preferences on a single page.

It will guide you through the process of completing a one-page profile for yourself as a first step towards using one page profiles for the people you support. 

Course length: 3 hours in person 

Creating one-page profiles - Professionals  

This 3-hour workshop is for anyone working with people with learning disabilities and/or autism (or anyone else requiring support from health and social care), support providers who provide either outreach and/or supported living support to people with learning disabilities and/or autism, schools and colleges. 

It will explore the benefits and the many ways One Page Profiles can be used. We will guide you through the process of completing your own as the first step towards using one-page profiles with the people you support. 

Course length: 3 hours in person 

Working with Families Training 

This 4-hour workshop is designed and delivered by family carers of people with learning disabilities for professionals working in Health and Social Care and Support Providers.   

It will help professionals work in a way that enhances relationships with families and to share some simple practices that create a shared understanding and opens the way to good communication and cooperation between professionals and the families they work with.  

The workshop includes:  

• Understanding the ‘family journey’ 

• The impact of this journey on families and implications for staff/professionals 

• What is important to and for families 

• The importance of good communication, Do’s and Don’ts when working with families 

• Some problem solving when things get tricky 

• Understanding negative reputations and the impact on relationships 

• Families as allies on the ground 

 Course length: 4 hours in person 

Family Champion Course 

This free course is for family carers of children and adults with learning disabilities and is OCN (Open College Network) accredited. Check.    It is a 6-session course timed to fit in with school times and every session must be attended to get accreditation.  

The course is particularly for those people who want to use their lived experience as a family carer to develop further skills in order to support other families (ideally working with us at OxFSN). We also welcome people who want to do the course for their own (and their family members) benefit. 

What you will gain: 

• A network of family carers locally, supporting each other in their caring role
• An understanding of person-centred thinking, planning and approaches in order to support your relative to develop a person-centred plan
• An understanding of how to use the person-centred thinking tools to effectively plan for and improve the quality of life for your relative (and yourself)
• To recognise your own gifts and talents, as well as your relatives by the use of self-reflection skills.
• An overview of the health and social care legislation, enabling you to better navigate these systems 
• An understanding of the Mental Capacity Act – rights and responsibilities under the act. A better understanding of choice and control and Best Interests decision making.
• An understanding of the core benefits for people with learning disabilities. How to manage your relative’s finances and or support your relative to manage their own money through supported decision making.
• See yourselves as ‘experts by experience’ and develop the confidence and knowledge to effectively support your relative to live the life they chose· Mentoring from experienced family carers who have themselves moved from being unemployed (due to their caring role) to volunteering and ultimately paid work.
• Confidence and knowledge to both improve your own skills and competency and to consider doing this for others in the future. 

Course length: 6 x 4 hour in person sessions spread across a number of weeks. Free. 

Person Centred Planning  

Person-centred thinking and approaches places individuals at the heart of their own care, prioritising their unique needs, goals, and preferences over system-led processes.  

This 2 day in person workshop uses person centred planning tools to help family carers focus on what is important to a person, their capacities, and what support they require. 

When done properly, person centred planning can be life changing focusing on the detail in order to help your relative achieve a good life.  The workshop can also be tailored to focus on specific areas such as planning ahead for supported living and social care assessments. 

 Course length: 8 hours over 2 days (in person).  

Cost: Free. 

Creating One Page Profiles Workshop 

In this 3-hour workshop, OxFSN will focus on "person-centred thinking," helping family carers to capture a snapshot of their relative’s strengths, needs, and preferences on a single page.  It will guide you through the process of completing a one-page profile for yourself as a first step towards using one-page profiles for the people you support.  

It will also show you how to adapt one page profiles for your relative when in different situations.  

Course length: 3 hours in person.  

Cost: Free. 

Information Events 

OxFSN run a number of in person and online information events throughout the year for family carers.  These free events cover a range of topics that OxFSN know are key to helping families understand the complexities of navigating the world of education, social care, health and benefits as well as planning ahead for the future. 

Where possible, OxFSN invite professionals to attend to talk about their specialist subject and to give family carers the opportunity to ask them questions directly. 

In the past we have had events on The Care Act, Sibling Involvement, Mental Capacity Act, Supported Living, Adult Social Care, The Office of the Public Guardian, Wills and Trusts and Continuing Health Care  

To make sure you do not miss these events, we would recommend signing up to OxFSN’s mailing list here or following our page on Eventbrite where you can book on to the events. 

Course length: Events range in time from 1-hour online sessions to 4-hour in person events.  

Cost: Free. 

Creating a Planning Ahead or All About Me Folder 

OxFSN recognise that for many family carers, growing older brings with it a lot of uncertainty about who is going to support their relative when they are no longer around.   

This workshop looks at what OxFSN think family carers need to consider when they start the planning ahead process as well as what we think would be useful to include in a Planning Ahead Folder. 

OxFSN have created a Planning Ahead or All About Me folder to help family carers pull together all the relative information that someone would need to know should they need to step in due to an emergency, or for someone taking on the family support role.  The folder can be downloaded here 

Course length: 3 hours in person.  

Cost: Free. 

Working with Families - Mediation & Support

Despite the best intentions sometimes relationships between families, staff teams and provider organisations become tricky. This can result in unhappy families, unhappy staff and a lot of time and resources spent by senior managers to resolve the situation. Sometimes an independent perspective can help!

Our Family Support and Mediation Service:

• Offers independent advocacy for families of the people you support to help them work better with staff teams.
• Provides advice, training and support for staff teams to help them develop better communication and stronger partnerships with families.
• Provides the opportunity to work through particular difficulties and come up with solutions together.
• Facilitates mediation when things get difficult.
• Supports staff teams by building reslience in dealing with difficult situations.
• Provides a report with recommendations on completion.

If you would like to know more about this service, please get in contact.

Telephone: 07891 734987 or email: info@oxfsn.org.uk