Skills Training

Our skills development programmes provide practical, evidence-informed learning that strengthens knowledge, confidence and practice.

Tailored to your organisation and local priorities, our programmes help practitioners, managers and leaders develop the capability needed to improve outcomes for children, young people and families.

All courses are offered on a Face to Face or Virtual basis.
Bespoke & Open Training Courses Available.

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What our clients say:

Excellent delivery such an inspiring trainer I instantly want to do better for my staff

Learner, LB Newham Staff Support & Supervision
The course was inspirational as well as being highly empowering. My colleagues and I are using the skills taught to ensure that our communication with clients and the children have a greater impact as well as being sympathetic to their needs and perceptions.

Bracknell Forest Council Team Leader
I would like to thank you for four excellent days of training. I learned a lot and really appreciate how you listened to us and were able to tailor the training to our needs whilst still making sure that we covered everything that we needed to do. It was all extremely helpful but the group discussions and activities were brilliant. Particularly the group supervision exercise and also the TAF action planning activity. I found the reflective discussions really helpful but also appreciated how kind you were in checking in on us individually if we needed to talk.

Family Support Worker, Barnsley MBC
"I have worked with Interface for many years and have always been impressed by the breadth of their expertise and their ability to translate complex policy into practical solutions. Their team has an exceptional understanding of what works in supporting children, young people and families, combining strategic thinking with practical experience to help organisations achieve lasting improvement."

Service Manager Catch22 Intensive Family Intervention Projects
This is the best course I have attended and the group was amazing.

Learner, Neglect & Poverty course Norfolk CC
Trainer was really excellent, knew her stuff and engaged the group. Useful training for staff at all levels in Children's Services

Learner, Trauma Informed Practice Programme, LB Enfield
This was the best training I have attended in a long, long time!!

Learner, Trauma Informed Practice training, HM Prison & Probation Service
This was one of the best training programmes I have attended. The trainer was knowledgeable, approachable and exceptionally skilled at adapting the course to meet the needs of the group. It never felt like a standard training package; the content evolved as discussions developed, making it relevant, practical and immediately applicable to my role. I came away feeling much more confident in my supervision practice.

Learner on Staff Support and Supervision Course
Super training. Really made me think about my approach and the way with work with children and families. This should be mandatory training across the partnership. The trainer was fantastic at supporting us and really knowledgeable about the subject area. Thank you!

Brighter Futures for Children, Learner
It felt like you could be really vulnerable and safe at once – I have never seen any other trainers create this so well. Being able to be vulnerable enabled that big growth and connection with others – it meant we could work from an honest place.

Learner, Leadership Programme

Case Studies

Achieving for Children - Motivational Interviewing Training

We provided 2 day Motivational Interviewing programmes to ensure that staff had knowledge and awareness how to use motivational interviewing as a technique
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Bracknell Forest - Motivational Interviewing training

We continue our long term relationship with Bracknell Forest Council by supporting both new workers in the family safeguarding teams and a wider range of partners.
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Bracknell Forest motivational conversations training and coaching for school leaders

We were commissioned to provide support for school leaders across Bracknell Forest around holding motivational conversations. This is a powerful technique in bringing about behaviour change and improvement.
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Buckinghamshire Council - Contextual Safeguarding Training

We were commissioned to deliver Contextual Safeguarding training for Buckinghamshire Council Early Help team in Social Care and Youth Justice.
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Camden - Early Help & Assessment Training

Camden Council were looking for a training provider that could help embed their ‘Resilient Families’ Early Help agenda to a large number of multi-agency staff. We delivered a series of one-day introductory sessions to multi-agency professionals to raise awareness following the restructure of the Early Help offer for families in the borough.
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Carers in Hertfordshire - Motivational Interviewing Training

We provided a motivational interviewing training programme for a range of staff who work with adult carers to offer them support information and advice
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Catch 22 - Child Protection & Data Protection Training

We worked with Catch 22 staff, who supported young offenders in the community, to deliver a 1-day session on Child Protection and Safeguarding and a half-day workshop on Data Protection.
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Early Help Training – London Borough of Haringey

Interface worked with Haringey Early Help Executive group members to develop a 3 module training programme for front line staff and those involved in the wider early help offer. The package of support was to integrate the new Early help workflow in to practice and embrace the culture change that this would bring. This bespoke course was delivered over 40 training days.
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Early Help Whole Family Skills Training – Barnsley

Barnsley were looking for a training provider to support their recent restructure to whole family working and implementation of its Family Support offer in both the Early Help and Troubled Families agenda.
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HSCB Northern Ireland - Capacity to Change Training

We are delighted to be working with Northern Ireland HSCB Early Intervention Social Worker teams - providing the Capacity to Change Programme developed by the The University of Bristol.
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MOPAC - Transitions to Adulthood Training

The Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC) were looking for a training provider to develop and deliver a programme of staff training and ongoing workforce development for all staff working in the Transitions to Adulthood Hub,
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LB Waltham Forest - Trauma Informed Practice training

We provided awareness training over 4 sessions to staff working in Children Social Care
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PACT - Prison Advice and Care Trust – 3 Day Family Group Conference Training

We consulted with and designed a bespoke 3-day Family Group Conference Training package to support understanding around restorative values and practice with children and families and develop skills to mediate and facilitate group meetings to assist with communication, family engagement and community reintegration.
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Parental Capacity to Change Training - Health and Social Care South East Trust Northern Ireland

We delivered the 2 day C Change programme to a range of professionals working in Early Help & Family Centres, completing Parenting Assessments and Court reports, across a large and diverse area.
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Peterborough & Cambridgeshire - Child Criminal Exploitation and Modern Day Slavery training

We were invited to create a one day virtual course for Peterborough & Cambridgeshire which would deliver learning around Child Criminal Exploitation and Modern Day Slavery
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Parental Capacity to-Change Training - Leicestershire

We provided a 2-day core programme for a range of staff in the early help and social care teams.
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Cheshire West and Chester - Trauma Informed Practice and Motivational Interviewing

We were delighted to be chosen to provide a large-scale training programme encompassing Trauma Informed Practice and Motivational Interviewing across a wide multi agency workforce across Cheshire West and Chester.
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Buckinghamshire Council Family Support Service - Staff support and Supervision

We provided a 2 day practical program for managers and seniors responsible for providing supervision for staff working with children and families.
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Buckinghamshire – Early Help 4 day practitioner program

Bucks were transforming their early help service and recognised the need to offer staff training and development during the restructure.The objective was to both upskill staff and to ensure a shared understanding of the vision and process moving forward with the Early Help offer.
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Bracknell Forest Leadership Programme

We were commissioned to provide a 3-day leadership programme for school leaders across Bracknell Forest and Reading who were new to senior leadership/heads and aspiring head teachers.
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Supervision training - Bracknell Forest

Interface provides a 2 day bespoke practical programme for managers responsible for providing supervision...
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Early Start Group – Staff Support and Supervision

We provided a tailored 2 day Staff Support and Supervision course to the Early Start Group.
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LB Waltham Forest - Reflective Supervision

We delivered a reflective supervision course to managers and supervisors via a virtual platform over 3 half day sessions.
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Shropshire Early Help – Staff Support and Supervision

We have a long-standing working relationship with Shropshire and recently delivered an updated 2 day supervision course for new and emerging managers.
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Halton - Staff support and Supervision

We provided a 2 day practical program for managers and seniors responsible for providing staff support and supervision, the group included new and developing managers.
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PACT - Staff Support and Supervision

PACT were looking to update their staff support and supervision practice across the whole organisation with a particular emphasis on Reflective Practice.
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Shropshire - Staff support & supervision

We provided a 2 day practical program for managers responsible for providing supervision for a staff team and those soon to be taking on a management role.
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Enfield Trauma Informed Practice Programme

We were delighted to be invited to create a virtual programme for Enfield Council which was delivered to a multi-agency group of learners
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LB Waltham Forest - Responding to Trauma and Parental Conflict

We are delivering a large programme of training to staff across Early Help around Trauma and Parental Conflict.
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LB Waltham Forest - Responding to Trauma and Parental Conflict

We were delighted to deliver a large programme of training to staff across Early Help around Trauma and Parental Conflict.

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Swansea Social Services Training in Trauma Informed Practice

We were really happy to be invited to run a further Trauma Informed Practice Course for Swansea Social Services Workforce. This course was to be delivered virtually and consisted of the use of pre-recorded materials as well as four live sessions.
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Trauma Informed Practice training - Cheshire and Merseyside Social Work Teaching Partnership

We provided a large training programme and associated support to the Cheshire and Merseyside Social Work Teaching Partnership

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Trauma Informed Practice training - Developing Together Social Work Teaching Partnership

We are currently providing a large training programme and associated support to the Developing Together Social Work Teaching Partnership
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Parent Champions baby brain development and trauma training for Coram

We were invited to create a one day virtual course on baby brain development and trauma for the Parent Champions volunteers at Coram Family and Childcare service
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Motivational Interviewing - London Borough Brent

Brent Council and their VCS partners (BANG and Barnados) attended training on motivational interviewing.
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Bracknell Forest motivational interviewing training

Bracknell Forest Council worked in partnership with Hertfordshire County Council having received innovation funding from the Department for Education (DfE) to test out new and innovative ways of working across family safeguarding teams. Using Motivational interviewing approaches is core to their family safeguarding program.
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Motivational interviewing – Hertfordshire

We were successful in providing a large contract of Motivational Interviewing for family safeguarding teams across Hertfordshire.
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Stockton - Cognitive, Social & Emotional Development Training Programme

Stockton Council have developed ‘A Fairer Start’ ethos and philosophy that aims to ensure that every child has the best start.
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Tower Hamlets LSCB – Motivational Interviewing and Direct Work Tools

Tower Hamlets commissioned us to deliver Motivational Interviewing (MI) and direct work tools training for their staff to enhance their ability to support their vulnerable children, young people and families.
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Trauma Informed Practice and Motivational Interviewing – Cheshire West and Chester

We were delighted to collaborate with Cheshire West and Chester Trust to develop and deliver a large-scale training program across a wide multi-agency workforce.
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Leadership in Practice programme

Well established research continues to highlight the importance of effective leadership. The demands being made of all leaders is growing as you respond to national policy.