Free training to showcase the tools and techniques we use to support innovation in social care
Join us in November to learn more about innovation coaching and discover the tools we use to support people to make a positive change in social care.
We launched our free innovation coaching service in 2023 and we’ve been supporting individuals and teams to put their ideas into practice ever since.
We’ve also created a training programme that’ll give you an overview of the support we offer, as well as introducing a range of innovation and coaching tools you can take away to use with your own organisation.
The training will be held across two days - 6 and 13 November, from 10am to 4pm.
Who is the training for?
The training is open to anyone who works in social care in Wales.
It’s suitable for anyone who’s interested in improving the care services they offer or are offered by their organisation. You might work in the public sector, private sector, or for a charity or voluntary organisation.
The training is available in both Welsh and English.
It’ll be particularly useful for:
- people with responsibility for improving care services
- people who are interested in our innovation coaching offer but want to know more about it
- people who’ve taken part in innovation coaching and want to push their skills further.
What will it cover?
Participants will:
- hear how they can bring innovation and coaching together to improve services
- get practical experience of using innovation and coaching tools
- develop confidence to use them in their work.
How do I get involved?
The training will be held across two days - 6 and 13 November.
Complete our online form to book your place.
We'll concentrate on coaching on the first date and innovation on the second.
Coaching
This module will:
- help you to better understand the benefits and uses of coaching tools
- introduce you to a range of coaching tools that you can use in your work
- help you understand how to develop good coaching relationships
- provide opportunities to practice using tools to coach others.
Innovation
This module will show you how to use innovation tools to:
- help you get a new perspective on the complex challenges you face
- put people accessing services at the heart of service improvements
- think of new ways to solve problems
- try out ideas in low-cost and low-risk ways.
How is this different from the innovation coaching itself?
Through our innovation coaching service, we offer free tailored support to individuals or teams to help them improve their service.
We’ve had positive feedback from people who’ve used the service, so we wanted to find new ways of explaining it and showing what it can do for the sector.
This training will show you how to use the tools and techniques we use in our coaching sessions. It’ll allow you to get a taster of what innovation coaching can offer, as well as an opportunity to take the tools away to try yourself.
People who’ve already used our coaching service are also welcome to attend to get a deeper understanding of the approaches we took in their coaching sessions.
While the training format means we won’t be able to offer the intensive support that we can during coaching, we are keeping the participant numbers limited to help us make the training practical and interactive.
What people say about our coaching service
- "The facilitators put you at ease and explained new concepts in easy to understand terms."
- "The training felt really applicable and practical, with lots of consideration to the environment we work in. Another well thought out session with great facilitation and seamless tech/admin support."
- "I enjoyed all of it."
Find out more
For more information, contact us at innovationcoaching@socialcare.wales or visit our innovation coaching page.