Who
Are you a staff member or manager working within Social Services, for a large or small local authority, for a government department, or even an independent housing service? Do you have responsibilities for deaf clients (and those with a hearing loss) and / or deaf staff?
Aim
Are you thinking about how to make your services more deaf friendly and accessible to deaf and hard of hearing clients and users?
What you get
Practical advice and support helping you make your service delivery first class.
How it works
Look below at what we can offer then send us an email on njc@deafworks.co.uk or give Nick Callow a ring to discuss your initial ideas and then dates & fees.
We can offer
- Training for front line staff or for case managers or those with strategic planning responsibilities: Look at Hearing Professionals Training for info on training for social services
- Mentoring and career counselling for deaf and hearing staff. Read our One to One info on mentoring
- Advice on working with deaf user groups or deaf consumer groups: can we help?
- Research projects. Do you need to know what deaf clients want? Read our Research & Reports list to see what we have done previously.
- Working with a Deaf Colleague
- Management skills for deaf staff – try our Deaf Professionals Programme
- Communication Strategies : we can come in and teach you communication strategies so you can work with deaf clients better. If you want full signing courses then contact www.bslworks.com. They’re great!
