Resolving Poverty in Health and Social Care Training

Develop a deeper understanding of poverty and explore strategic approaches to tackling it, alongside practical ways to provide support to people experiencing poverty.

Bespoke training

We work in partnership with organisations to tailor our training to their needs, ensuring the content reflects relevant national and local policy developments, organisational priorities and local context. This training can be delivered in person, online or as a self-paced e-learning course. To find out more about pricing and enquire about our training, please follow the link.

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What's the situation in the UK

Poverty is the biggest single determinant of poor health in the UK. With more than 1 in 5 people living in poverty in the UK, the impact on the health and care sector is undeniable: billions spent to manage the consequences of poverty such as chronic health conditions, poorer mental health, shorter life expectancy in good health.

Why train your team?

As a result, services are stretched beyond capacity, causing high staff turnover and sick leave, reflecting the stress and the feeling of being powerless. Many health and social care workers want to help and have the potential to play an even greater role in reducing poverty, but they don’t know how to or where to look for answers.   

Training outcomes

Our training course, Resolving Poverty in Health and Social Care, has been developed to address these challenges, especially when providing money guidance or developing and implementing anti-poverty strategies may not be part of your organisation’s core expertise. Through the training you’ll learn the skills to handle meaningful conversations about money worries, provide effective support and guidance to people experiencing financial difficulties, and recognise the role that health and social care organisations can play in tackling poverty. Following the course, members of staff, employees or volunteers, will feel confident to identify opportunities to take action to reduce poverty and will be equipped to support and guide people experiencing financial difficulties effectively.

Who is this training for? 

It is suitable for all roles and staff working across the Health and Care roles, incl. NHS staff.  

This training course has been especially designed for people working in local authorities, primary care, social care and the voluntary, faith, community and social enterprise (VCFSE) sector. Roles can include:   

  • Support Worker 
  • Care Coordinator 
  • Nurse 
  • General Practitioners 
  • Social Prescribers 
  • Policy Officer 
  • Programme Officer 
  • Health Visitor 

What will attendees learn? 

In this course, we are covering:

  • The scale of poverty in the UK, how it affects individuals, families, communities and health, and why addressing poverty matters for health and care systems 
  • The role of policy and strategic approaches in tackling poverty and reducing health inequalities;
  • How to identify individuals, households and communities experiencing poverty or at risk of falling into poverty;
  • Best practice when supporting families and individuals experiencing financial difficulties, including how to deliver effective, appropriate trauma-informed support;
  • Local and national support options and confidently signpost or refer people to appropriate services. 

Here's what previous attendees have said :

I feel I have more knowledge of what resources are available and how to approach the subject in a trauma informed way.

Parenting Coordinator, Local Authority Organisation 

Very good and informative training session, I have learned more about poverty and practical actions to support.

Sustainability Manager, NHS 

It gave a broader perspective of how poverty impacts the lives of people we support and also provided us with information on the depth of poverty, the concerns, the opportunities to make change and the threats to families.

Social Worker, Local Authority Organisation 

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We work in partnership with organisations to tailor our training to your needs, ensuring the content reflects relevant national and local policy developments, organisational priorities and local context. This training can be delivered in person, online or as a self-paced e-learning course.

If several staff members would benefit from the same training, a bespoke session can be more cost-effective than booking multiple open-session places, while allowing you to tailor the training to your organisation’s priorities and needs.

To find out more about bespoke training, pricing and how we can tailor a course to your organisation, please enquire now!

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