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Written by Emma Ginn   
Date : Saturday 19th September 2009 from 10.30am to 4.30pm
Venue : Harrow Road Health Centre, 209 Harrow Road, London, W2 5EH.
Costs : no cost.
Asylum seekers’ travel expenses : to be reimbursed on provision of a receipt.
To book a place : email This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it


Photo by Andy Lee : Dr Miriam Beeks at the 27th June 2009 Befriender Training Day

The purpose of the Befriender Training and Supervision programme ;

  1. Help befrienders offer effective support to vulnerable women detainees.
  2. Reduce befriender burn-out by giving guidance and support.
The Befriender Training and Supervision programme is a three year project, kindly funded by Comic Relief to Yarl’s Wood Befrienders.  The programme is initially focused on Yarl's Wood Befrienders but is being opened up to other befrienders in other groups visiting women detainees. There will be two Training Days and two Supervision Days a year for each of the three years. In addition, there will be on-going Supervision by means of email and phone access to Medical Justice individuals, and on-line “tool kits” on the Medical Justice website.

The Supervision Day will be lead by ;
* A psychiatrist
* A doctor
* An immigration solicitor
* A barrister
* Experienced visitors fromYarl’s Wood Befrienders and Medical Justice 

Agenda
10.30 – 11.00 Registration & Introduction
11.00 – 12.30 Discussion / Questions & Answers session
12.30 – 13.30 Lunch
13.30 – 16.00 Supervision Surgeries
16.00 – 16.30 Feedback session

Questions & Answers session
This is an open group session for befrienders to share their experiences, talk about their concerns, and ask advice from the doctor, psychiatrist, solicitor, barrister and experienced befrienders.

Supervision Surgeries
These will be one-to-one sessions in which befrienders can seek supervision guidance on providing support to specific vulnerable women detainees they are visiting.  There will be 4 “surgeries” in separate rooms ;
  1. Psychiatrist
  2. Doctor
  3. Immigration solicitor + barrister
  4. Experienced befrienders / visitors + Medical Justice referrals management
Feedback Session
The feedback session will discuss the benefits of the day, suggestions for the format of the next Supervision Day and suggested additions to the Training Manual.
 

Photo by Andy Lee : participant at the Befriender Training Day June 27th 2009
 
You must book a place for the Supervision Day
To book your place, please email This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Download the Bedfriender Training Manual (8Mb)
 
Last Updated ( Friday, 17 July 2009 )
 
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