Talking Health Network

Support for lay led self-management providers and health care professionals

Training and Support for providers of Stanford University Self-Management Courses

Tutor Training
We offer a training course for all prospective Tutors to become deliverers of the six-week Chronic Disease Self-Management Course (CDSMC) and other Stanford programmes. This course familiarises prospective Tutors with the standardised manual, in addition to giving them an opportunity to develop and practice their delivery skills. The tutor training is a four day event, which can be offered over four consecutive days (with the option of a residential course), or the four days can be split into two parts.

Assessor Training
A two-day intensive training course that enables accredited and experienced Tutors to assess other Tutors delivering any of the Stanford self-management programmes. This course helps potential Assessors develop and practice their assessing skills.

Lead Training
A one and half day course to support Assessors to become accredited Lead Trainers. The course consolidates Tutors’ training to date and provides an opportunity for them to receive peer feedback on their practice. Once accredited, Lead Trainers are able to train Tutors to deliver the CDSMC.  

Annual Supervision
Under the Ss2Q quality assurance framework all Tutors, Assessors and Lead Trainers are required to attend annual supervision in order to maintain their accreditation. We provide a one day workshop offering a best practice quality check, guidance, peer review and skills update. This workshop is facilitated by experienced T-Trainers or Lead Trainers.

Planning and Co-ordination of Community Courses
Effective co-ordination is essential to creating and maintaining a successful and effective self-management programme. We can manage all, or any aspects of your programme. This includes, volunteer management, course planning, promotion, business planning, monitoring and evaluation and gaining QISMET Certification.

Group Management Training

Workshop for Health Care Professionals in Group Facilitation Skills
A two-day group management skills workshop for health and social care professionals already delivering patient education interventions. This workshop supports professionals to further develop their group management and facilitation skills and effectively support their patients to self-manage.

Quality

A one-day workshop for lay led self-management providers that aims  to support organisations to gain Ss2Q Certification by raising awareness of  the origins, content and structure of Ss2Q and the QISMET Certification process. It also enables participants to experience the process of gathering and collating evidence and to develop an Action Plan for completing the Ss2Q self assessment.

Consultancy

Bespoke Consultancy Services
Because members of the Talking Health Network are currently involved and have played key roles in the introduction and expansion of self-management interventions in the UK over the past twenty years, we can provide the highest quality, tailored consultancy support services including:

• Capacity building
• Business development
• Strategic planning
• Group facilitation
• Research and evaluation
• Events organisation
• Communications and marketing
• Fundraising.

Support for Self-management Start-ups
At Talking Health we have had first-hand experience on how time-consuming starting your own business can be. We are offering advice on governance and practical support to help set up the necessary infrastructure that is needed to ensure that the business is fully functioning as soon as possible. We also understand that it can be costly to start up a new business, therefore we have designed our pricing structure so that start-up businesses can purchase as little or as much support that they require, as and when needed.

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