Safeguarding Partnership Board

Audience

Aim

Develop practical strategies to facilitate conversations that may be experienced as ‘difficult’ or ‘uncomfortable’. With an emphasis on self-reflection and reflexive practice, participants will identify, examine and address the power dynamics in conversations between practitioners and the people they support.

The workshop will offer a range of approaches, tools and techniques that can be used to prepare for and facilitate respectful and compassionate conversations. 

Learning Outcomes

• You are able to recognise the ethical principles that underpin effective communication in your practice.
• You are alert to the impact of emotion and the importance of relationships when engaging in difficult conversations.
• You feel prepared to identify, examine and address power dynamics within conversations throughout your practice.
• You have developed some key communication techniques to facilitate conversations.
• You understand the importance of wellbeing practice and supervisor support in holding difficult conversations.

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