Valuing people-skills at the heart of care with a flexible, low cost service.

Helen has over 30 years care sector experience with a wide array of ages and complex needs. This included 8 years in specialist education, managing work and independence schemes, and team quality assurance, plus 4 years delivering apprenticeship diplomas. Helen has been a Training Lead in several care companies and branches and has been teaching and training for 17 years, with a Masters degree in Psychology, with distinction, and a L4 teaching qualification.

Engage Training offers high-quality delivery and materials, using mixed teaching methods, extensive video clips, group-work and practical elements. Helen has a reputation for ensuring a high-level of learner inclusion and practical involvement. She ongoingly gets excellent feedback – that she is knowledgeable, personable, and that her training is engaging, informative, interactive, enjoyable, innovative & humorous.

As a small organisation, Engage Training can offer guaranteed lower costs than larger training companies. It also offers a more flexible, tailored service, with direct communication, accurate assessment methods, and prompt provision of certificates.

Responsive training and programmes for emotionally intelligent staff

Engage Training offers an original ‘Care sector for Workers New to the UK’ course which Helen is in a unique position to teach. She has many years of successful cultural training for workers arriving from overseas. She has excellent cultural understanding and confidence to facilitate respectful but daring discussions. She has an Anthropology BSc, was born in Africa, and has travelled extensively.

Helen’s psychology masters enhances a range of mental health, learning disability, autism, epilepsy and dementia courses. These range from sessions on specific conditions, to accredited courses, such as Mental Health First Aid. She offers a clinical-level buccal Midazolam course that she has taught regularly, with a strong CPD record for all subjects.

Helen was a researcher on care outcomes measurement (for Outcome Star) and plans to find collaborators to pilot an evidence-based holistic intervention programme. (Get in contact to find out more). She has a passion for listening skills, and has studied and used an extensive range of therapeutic approaches, including trauma awareness, groupwork, reflective practice and supervision.

Engage Training is based in Stroud, but covers Gloucestershire, Wiltshire, Bristol, Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Somerset and South Wales, and nationally, online. Other associate trainers may occasionally be offered.

Accredited Awards

  • Award in Mental Health First Aid in the Workplace QA Level 3
  • Emergency First Aid at Work, QA Level 3: 1 day
  • Basic Life Support & Automated External Defibrillator, Level 2: 4 hours
  • Safe Moving and Handling, Level 2: 1 day
  • Introduction to First Aid for Mental Health, Level 2: 1 day
  • Understanding Mental Health in the Workplace for Managers, Level 3: 1 day
Nuco Training
  • Awareness of First Aid for Mental Health, Level 1: 4 hours
  • First Aid for Mental Health (or Youth Mental Health) Level 2: 1 day
  • Supervising First Aid for Mental Health, Level 3: 2 days
  • Emergency First Aid at Work, Level 2: 1 day

Education & training certificates

  • Psychology Masters, with distinction
  • Certificate in Teaching – CTLLS Level 4
  • First Aid at Work & AED Instructor
  • Train-the-trainer in-date: Moving & Handling/ Medication/ Epilepsy & Midazolam
  • Supervising First Aid for Mental Health L3 Instructor
  • Safeguarding Level 2 approved trainer
  • IQA Award L4, Assessors Award L3
  • Supervision Fundamentals & Groupwork (6 days)
  • Psychologically Informed Environments
  • Group Facilitation (8 days)
  • Effective Listening L2
  • Outcome Star Licensed Trainer certificate
  • Dementia Champion

Advantages

  • Ethical, honest service. It’s a love of care, not about business!
  • Guaranteed lower freelance prices than training companies. No top-heavy company expenses.
  • Direct arrangements – no complex organisation or varied staff to communicate with.
  • Reliable and flexible approach. Courses tailored to your needs. Any combination of courses for tailored ‘Intensive’ days.
  • Psychologically informed approaches – for more emotionally intelligent care staff.