Objects and their stories
The objects around us are intertwined with our feelings and experiences. Exploring our relationship with objects can help us tell our stories and give us a greater understanding of other people and ourselves. This course will demonstrate how objects can evoke, release and relieve emotions, how objects can become a safe home for these feelings, and how a focus on objects can free the imagination and promote creative practices and relationships.
Although the focus of the training is work with children and young people, the questions posed can be helpfully asked of anyone – young or adult, personal carer or professional worker. Those attending the course will be invited to share objects from their own lives.
The Objects and Their Stories course has been developed from the innovative and pioneering work of Prof Mark Doel, building on successful pilots in Sheffield, London and New York and his original work on the Social Work in 40 Objects project. The training has been developed with support from Coram, and funding from the Hadley Trust and the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation.
Learning outcomes
The training is based around six sessions:
- How objects can be meaningful.
- Powerful and precious objects.
- Using objects to tell the world who you are.
- Uncomfortable, puzzling or painful objects.
- Using objects and collections of objects to make difficult situations easier.
- Exploring life stories through objects.
Although the focus of the training is work with children and young people, the questions posed can be helpfully asked of anyone – young or adult, personal carer or professional worker. Those attending the course will be invited to share objects from their own lives.
Participants will receive a Resource Pack, with practice examples and case studies, and a quick start guide for each module. Communication between participants is facilitated to encourage support both during and after the training, with meetings with a course ‘buddy’ suggested between training sessions.
Who should attend?
The course is designed for foster carers and social workers to build on their initial training and is a natural progression and development of life story work. The training will focus on the individual, their story, and how to incorporate this into the work they do with children and young people.
The course is structured as a reflective space for practitioners and carers, with significant time given to attendees to reflect on their own work and experiences, as well as the children and young people they support. The group is encouraged to try the skills and approaches between sessions, with communication within the group facilitated to support implementation in practice, and build a kind and reflective network for support in the longer-term.
The training will be based around six sessions:
- How objects can be meaningful.
- Powerful and precious objects.
- Using objects to tell the world who you are.
- Uncomfortable, puzzling or painful objects.
- Using objects and collections of objects to make difficult situations easier.
- Exploring life stories through objects.
Although the focus of the training is work with children and young people, the questions posed can be helpfully asked of anyone – young or adult, personal carer or professional worker. Those attending the course will be invited to share objects from their own lives.
Participants will receive a Resource Pack, with practice examples and case studies, and a quick start guide for each module. Communication between participants is facilitated to encourage support both during and after the training, with meetings with a course ‘buddy’ suggested between training sessions.
PRESENTERS
This course will be co-facilitated by:
Lisa Handy, RSHE Training and Programme Manager, Coram Life Education. She brings a wide range of experience from more than two decades working in education with some of the most vulnerable children and young people, consistently delivering Relationships Education.
Karey Taylor, Independent Visiting Service Co-ordinator at Stockport Council and Children's Rights Advocate at Coram Voice
DATES
The course consists of six sessions, run online via Zoom. They will run on a Wednesday morning on:
Wednesday 11 September 2024 at 9.45am - 12pm
Wednesday 25 September 2024 at 9.45am - 12pm
Wednesday 9 October 2024 at 9.45am - 12pm
Wednesday 30 October 2024 at 9.45am - 12pm
Wednesday 13 November 2024 at 9.45am - 12pm
Wednesday 27 November 2024 at 9.45am - 12pm
FEEDBACK
"Everyone should do this course"
"What was lovely about the course was that having a group of people who hadn’t met before wasn’t an issue. We all came from different backgrounds, we all had different experiences but everyone gelled."
Lorna Jackson - read full article here.
For social workers, reflection on this session may contribute to your continuing professional development (CPD).
FEES
Full or associate CoramBAAF member - £315.00 + £63.00 VAT = £378.00
Individual CoramBAAF member - £240.00 + £48.00 VAT = £288.00
Non-member - £440.00 + £88.00 VAT = £528.00
Places on this course are limited and early booking is recommended. If you would like to take part in the course, but can’t make the above dates, do get in touch and we will let you know when dates for the next cohorts are confirmed.
The Objects and Their Stories course has been developed from the innovative and pioneering work of Prof Mark Doel, building on successful pilots in Sheffield, London and New York and his original work on the ‘Social Work in 40 Objects’ project. The training has been developed with support from Coram, and funding from the Hadley Trust, and the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, and is a collaboration between Coram-i and CoramBAAF.
CONTACT
Telephone 020 7520 0310
Email training@corambaaf.org.uk
£440.00