Diversity is in our DNA

Equality and Diversity training

A stand alone one day course that covers the foundation knowledge that all workers need to know. Included is what you would expect from Really Useful Learning, a bespoke section of the day that focusses on particular issues in your workplace. Outcomes: For people to understand the terms “Equality” and “Diversity” To demonstrate the benefits [...]

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*NEW* Develop person centred teams

At Really Useful we know the key to supporting staff to work in a totally person centred way is to develop a truly person centred team, with person centred thinking at the core of all you do. Creating person centred teams is a two day learning programme that that gives you skills for people and [...]

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Leaving you stronger

*NEW* Superplanners offer

SuperPlanners   Working with your best planners we help them develop their skills, creating a powerhouse of SuperPlanners for your organisation. How we do it: We listen really carefully to what currently works well in your organisation.  Then we develop a bespoke support package that builds on and enhances the skills of your best planners. [...]

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Better for Less

In 2011-2012 we delivered a piece of work with a city council’s Supporting People team to personalise housing related support for their 200 customers with Mental Health issues. At the same time, the council was facing significant levels of cuts which required a considerable reduction in the level of spend on their SP budget. It [...]

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Government reviews choice in social care

                    David Boyle’s independent review Barriers to Choice was published last month in which Boyle describes the numerous barriers which still face people who are struggling to make meaningful choice in social care. Preferred provider lists come in for scrutiny and are held up as a [...]

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Planning Masterclass

The Really Useful Learning Company is looking for partner organisations to co-host a support planning master class Take your skills and understanding of person-centred planning to the next level The planning master class takes you back to the roots of real person centred planning. It will inspire you to be a creative, effective, challenging and [...]

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Coaching to excel

The Really Useful Learning Company offer a range of individualised, bespoke coaching experiences that are really different from traditional management coaching tools. The Really Useful approach includes 360 degree assessment tool person centred leader analysis tool self-directed learning plan peer support 1:1 coaching sessions achieving results analysis. Really Useful coaching is delivered by Joolz Casey, [...]

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*FREE* Business support!

The Really Useful Learning Company has helped hundreds of organisations change what they do, with clear, measurable results. Often we arrive in an organisation to find that significant resources have already been spent on change and engagement plans. But, managers are baffled as to why nothing has actually changed in practice, asking: “Why hasn’t it [...]

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Make better mistakes

We are great fans of TED – the organisation that finds people with good ideas, and helps them tell other folk about them. The linked video from TedGlobal 2011 asks us to start making better mistakes.

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A plea for innovation from Joolz

The pressing cuts agenda has had the effect of allowing local authorities to make a decision not to transform, but merely to use the demand to cut costs to simply just do that. This is not good enough for our future.

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