Sample Training Programme

Monday

12:00

Reception
Meet & greet
Sign in, accommodation, car park, name badge etc

12:30

Welcome
Introduction to staff team
Housekeeping information
Basic geography
Health & Safety information
Comfort statements

13:00

Lunch

14:00

Integration
Whole course including available staff

14:15

Tutor Groups + Expectation levels
Welcome to tutor group
Site Visit
Volunteers to communicate their expectations, needs and concerns

14:45

Course Outline
7 Day experience etc
Theoretical and practical training
Mentored practical adventure weekend experience
  Drinks break
 

Boundaries
Community behaviour
Contract – sign up
Learning agreement
Onward application
Quick Reference guide Book (issue + Brief introduction)

15:30

Young People
Identify Key Needs of young people aged 11 – 15
Identify Key Characteristics of young people aged 11 – 15
Identify Key influences of young people aged 11 - 15

19:00

Dinner
 

Evening Entertainment part 1
(On site, Quiz or Karaoke)

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Tuesday

08:00

Breakfast

09:00

Thought for the day – Integration

09:15

Communication – 1
Verbal & non Verbal communication

  Drinks break
 

Communication – 2
Stereotyping
Challenging Behaviour

 

Lunch

 

Communication – 3
Young People specific communication
Communicating in groups and with individuals
Recognising and creating the environment for effective communication

 

Drinks break

 

Leadership Styles
Different Styles of Leadership
Identifying your own preferred style of Leadership
Identifying the appropriate style of leadership
(Situational)

 

Dinner

 

Evening Entertainment part 2 (off site)
10 pin Bowling – Chelmsford (Transport Provided)

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Wednesday

  Breakfast
 

Thought for the day – Integration

 

Planning & Time Management
(This session will run all morning. Drinks and breaks to be arranged as required)
A Process for Planning
Reviewing Techniques
Organising your time
Practical Exercise - Newsletter

 

Lunch

 

Team Building
Task - Group – Individual
Group Development Process
Practical Exercise

 

Dinner
(time to be organised in order to fit in with night exercise)

Evening Entertainment part 3
On site evening activity – scenario based part of team building

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Thursday

 

Late Breakfast

 

Thought for the day – Integration

 

First Aid
(4 hours emergency First Aid Training)
Resuscitation
Unconscious Casualty
Control of Bleeding
Burns
Hypothermia

13:00

Lunch

  First Aid - Continued
 

Millennium Volunteers

 

Drugs Awareness
Common types of drugs
Recognition of
Likely reactions
What to do if…
Reporting

 

Child Protection
Yellow Card etc
Confidential matters
(Drinks and comfort breaks to be determined by trainer)

  Connexions
 

Campsite Management
Basic Health & Safety
Risk Assessments
Campsite layout + Facilities
Tents & Tent Fires
Fires & Firewood

 

Arrangements and preparation for night at campsite

 

Dinner

 

Evening Entertainment part 3
On site evening activity

Night At Camp
(Tutors to oversee arrangements)

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Friday

08:00

Breakfast

09:00

Thought for the day – Integration

 

Managing Diversity

 

Drinks Break

 

Welfare and dealing with issues not raised in First aid sessions

13:00

Lunch

 

The Book
Organizing yourselves
Meet the wider team

 

Reception Arrangements

Tutor Session
To make final preparations

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