POA February Newsletter
As we are settling into the new year, here is the rmeainder of the years sessions available to book onto, If you think one of your colleagues would be interested in the training – please share the details of the newsletter.
Looking forward in this February edition;
- Live workshops to book
- Resilience workshop with Zoe Thompson
- Level 2 Counselling Skills available as noline learning through The Skills Network here
- Celebrations
- Fall in love with learning this february
Live Workshop Dates January - February
ResilienceÂ
Zoe Thompson who ran the excellent session on Boosting Confidence and Conquering Imposter Syndrome, is back with a new session on Resilience.
The next session will be held on Wednesday 4th March 2.00pm.
Incase you missed her last session, she kindly let us record it, and created a workbook to go with the session, they are available on the site
Celebrations
50 staff have completed the First Aid for Mental Health Level 2 qualification since December 2025 with Rob from Lads and Dads, and 18 of those have upgraded to Level 3.
Thank you for attending the sessions and your certificates are on the way. Â If you are interested in taking the course next year, there will be more opportunities available.
Fall in Love with Learning
If you are keen to advance your learning, Â there are several free options to help you.
Have you looked at.....
Civil Service Learning has access to plenty of free learning available.
You can register on Civil Service Learning https://learn.civilservice.gov.uk/courses/Fx4VGV3_RvaeZPqyEu-RJg
The Skills Network provides self-study courses, that will be funded by POA WULF project. there are 182 courses available to pick from.
www.theskillsnetwork.com/courses
Looking for new Learning Opportunities – let me know what you are looking for here Training Needs for HMPPS / HMP Parc funded by WULF – Fill in form
In Wales you can consider a Personal Learning account via your local colleges. if you earn less than £34K you are eligible for all schemes and there is no earnings limit for Green or Digital Skills. have a look at Career Wales website here
Found some learning – and looking for funding? Let me know here
