A 1 day course to help branches write effective motions for conference

An introduction to how Local Government Pension schemes work

A 1 day seminar for Unison Activists about tackling Hate Crime in the workplace.

An essential course for new stewards

5 Mondays

An essential course for new stewards

5 Mondays 

An essential course for new stewards

5 Mondays

This two hour course explores the physical and behavioural effects of stress, the different types of stress and how members can manage them.

You will learn:

How to identify the physical, behavioural and psychological signs of stress, in yourself and others

Identify the different types of stress

Develop awareness of different strategies you can use to counteract the different types of stress

Measures you can take to alleviate stress and promote mental health wellbeing in your life

To book a space on this course, please click on Express Your Interest and complete your name and email details. Please make sure you can commit to attending the course on Monday 24th February before you book your space on the course. Courses can be cancelled at a cost to UNISON if we get a lot of cancellations for a course.

An Introduction to Employment Law for Stewards, Reps and Branch Officers

3 days 25th, 26th and 27th February

This course explores how to prepare effectively for an interview, the different types of questions you could be asked and how to answer them and how to make your answers stronger.

In the course you will:

Explore how to effectively prepare for an interview

Develop an understanding of how to make your answers more powerful using effective vocabulary

Learn ways to answer tricky traditional interview questions

Develop an understanding of effective methods of answering competency based interview questions

To book a space on this course, please click on Express Your Interest and complete your name and email details. Please make sure you can commit to attending the course on Monday 9th March, before you book your space on the course. Courses can be cancelled at a cost to UNISON if we get a lot of cancellations for a course.

Part of our Schools Support Staff course offer, this half day session looks at de-escalating violent situations and how to recognise signs and signals that pre-empt a violent outburst from pupils with a focus specifically on PRIMARY school age children. Great for any TAs or schools support staff. In the course you will learn:

• To examine the reasons why young people display challenging behaviour
• To explore ways in which we can influence a positive learning environment
• To identify different types of challenging behaviour
• To share, discuss and reflect on strategies for preventing and managing challenging behaviour and pupil violence

This half day session is held in Blackpool.

The tutor for this session is Jez Brigham, he is currently Deputy Head of a special school and has had a broad career working at a primary school and with children with SEN. He has developed strategies for dealing with extremely challenging behaviour and has delivered training to education teams and teachers.

To book a space on this course, please click on Express Your Interest and complete your name and email details. Please make sure you can commit to attending the course on Monday 6th April before you book your space on the course. Cancellations mean empty places other members have missed out on. Courses can be cancelled at a cost to UNISON if we get a lot of cancellations for a course.