Training courses

TA Gatherings aim to strengthen and support our Training Adviser community and provide opportunities to improve skills and confidence in what we do. Sharing good practice and exchanging views on how the TA role works best helps us to build the quality of validations that we undertake.

County Training Advisers in Oxfordshire are a crucial part of the team that support leaders throughout their training. Good TAs, undertaking good validations, help to ensure that adult learners have the skills and support they need and that they feel confident, comfortable and competent in their roles and able to deliver high quality Scouting for young people.

Each TA Gathering day is an opportunity to refresh your knowledge and to get up-to-date with the current TA thinking. It’s a chance to ask questions, to share concerns and ideas, to meet other TAs and to have a fun day of TA interaction.

We have two TA Gatherings each year (Spring and Autumn) and they are open to all Training Advisers across Oxfordshire. The day is provided free of charge and a snack lunch will be provided, so please book your place here.

Essential Information provides all adults in Scouting with the essential information needed to get started in their role.

If your role requires you to complete a Module 2 – Personal Learning Plan (PLP), it would be useful if you book onto  a PLP evening as your next step (Click here for a list of dates). Completing a PLP helps you to understand how the training scheme works and to start planning what you need and when.

It is recommended that you do a PLP before you start attending other courses, but it is not essential.

Tools for the Role provides you with basic information about your role and responsibilities, it gives you some practical help and ensures that you know how to keep both yourself and young people in your care safe.

If your role requires you to complete a Module 2 – Personal Learning Plan (PLP), it would be useful if you book onto  a PLP evening as your next step (Click here for a list of dates). Completing a PLP helps you to understand how the training scheme works and to start planning what you need and when.

It is recommended that you do a PLP before you start attending other courses, but it is not essential.

This training is for Managers and Supporters, whose role requires that they work primarily with adult volunteers. If your role is directly associated with young people, please look for a PLP for Section Leaders and Supporters.

This session explores the Adult Training Scheme and how it relates to your role as a Manager or Supporter. The evening will be a relaxed discussion and will give you the opportunity to ask questions about Scouting in general but particularly your training. By the end of the sessions you will have made plans for your training and have a clear idea of what you want to do next.

Our aim is that by the end of the session you should feel comfortable and confident about your training, clear about the range of people who are there to help you; and excited about your part in giving fantastic Scouting to young people.

This training is for Section Leaders and Assistant Section Leaders. Section Assistants and Occasional Helpers are not require to undertake a PLP but are very welcome to attend this and any other training that they might find useful.

This session explores the Adult Training Scheme and how it relates to your role. In addition, it will give you the chance to meet and talk to other leaders, who will also be new in their role. The evening will be a relaxed discussion and will give you the opportunity to ask questions about Scouting in general but particularly training.

Our aim is that by the end of the session you to feel comfortable and confident about your training, clear about the range of people who are there to help you and excited about your part in giving fantastic Scouting to young people.

Tools for the Role provides you with basic information about your role and responsibilities, it gives you some practical help and ensures that you know how to keep both yourself and young people in your care safe.

If your role requires you to complete a Module 2 – Personal Learning Plan (PLP), it would be useful if you book onto  a PLP evening as your next step (Click here for a list of dates). Completing a PLP helps you to understand how the training scheme works and to start planning what you need and when.

It is recommended that you do a PLP before you start attending other courses, but it is not essential.

Essential Information provides all adults in Scouting with the essential information needed to get started in their role.

If your role requires you to complete a Module 2 – Personal Learning Plan (PLP), it would be useful if you book onto  a PLP evening as your next step (Click here for a list of dates). Completing a PLP helps you to understand how the training scheme works and to start planning what you need and when.

It is recommended that you do a PLP before you start attending other courses, but it is not essential.

This training is for Section Leaders and Assistant Section Leaders. Section Assistants and Occasional Helpers are not require to undertake a PLP but are very welcome to attend this and any other training that they might find useful.

This session explores the Adult Training Scheme and how it relates to your role. In addition, it will give you the chance to meet and talk to other leaders, who will also be new in their role. The evening will be a relaxed discussion and will give you the opportunity to ask questions about Scouting in general but particularly training.

Our aim is that by the end of the session you to feel comfortable and confident about your training, clear about the range of people who are there to help you and excited about your part in giving fantastic Scouting to young people.

By booking a place on this course you are registering your interest to attend this course, we will be in touch within 10 days of you registering.

Achieving Growth

Objectives – By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

• Produce an effective development plan to identify and promote growth in local Scouting.
• Plan and use effective recruitment techniques.
• Identify situations where change is needed and apply effective change management techniques to local Scouting situations.
• Identify opportunities for flexible volunteering and support, and practice this in the recruitment and retention of adult Members.
• Identify steps to implement their personal action plan.

The following Independent Learning Units are recommended as pre-course learning, if they are relevant to your role:

• Project Management
• Getting the Word Out
• Planning for Growth
• Leading Local Scouting
• Finding Appointing and Welcoming Volunteers
• Keeping Developing and Managing Volunteers
• Enabling Change
• Financial and Physical Resources
• Decision Making

By booking a place on this course you are registering your interest to attend this course, we will be in touch within 10 days of you registering.

Meeting the Challenges

Objectives – By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

• Identify causes of conflict and define appropriate strategies to resolve it.
• Apply The Scout Association’s dispute, suspension and complaints procedures in an effective manner to real situations.
• Apply The Scout Association’s safeguarding procedures to real situations.
• Carry out challenging reviews.
• Prioritise the different challenges faced in their role.
• Identify steps to implement their personal action plan.

The following Independent Learning Units are recommended as pre-course learning, if they are relevant to your role:

• Getting the Word Out
• Safeguarding for Managers and Supporters
• Dealing with Difficult Situations
• Enabling Change
• Financial and Physical Resources
• Decision Making

This training is for Section Leaders and Assistant Section Leaders. Section Assistants and Occasional Helpers are not require to undertake a PLP but are very welcome to attend this and any other training that they might find useful.

This session explores the Adult Training Scheme and how it relates to your role. In addition, it will give you the chance to meet and talk to other leaders, who will also be new in their role. The evening will be a relaxed discussion and will give you the opportunity to ask questions about Scouting in general but particularly training.

Our aim is that by the end of the session you to feel comfortable and confident about your training, clear about the range of people who are there to help you and excited about your part in giving fantastic Scouting to young people.

Essential Information provides all adults in Scouting with the essential information needed to get started in their role.

If your role requires you to complete a Module 2 – Personal Learning Plan (PLP), it would be useful if you book onto  a PLP evening as your next step (Click here for a list of dates). Completing a PLP helps you to understand how the training scheme works and to start planning what you need and when.

It is recommended that you do a PLP before you start attending other courses, but it is not essential.

Essential Information provides all adults in Scouting with the essential information needed to get started in their role.

If your role requires you to complete a Module 2 – Personal Learning Plan (PLP), it would be useful if you book onto  a PLP evening as your next step (Click here for a list of dates). Completing a PLP helps you to understand how the training scheme works and to start planning what you need and when.

It is recommended that you do a PLP before you start attending other courses, but it is not essential.

This training is for Managers and Supporters, whose role requires that they work primarily with adult volunteers. If your role is directly associated with young people, please look for a PLP for Section Leaders and Supporters.

This session explores the Adult Training Scheme and how it relates to your role as a Manager or Supporter. The evening will be a relaxed discussion and will give you the opportunity to ask questions about Scouting in general but particularly your training. By the end of the sessions you will have made plans for your training and have a clear idea of what you want to do next.

Our aim is that by the end of the session you should feel comfortable and confident about your training, clear about the range of people who are there to help you; and excited about your part in giving fantastic Scouting to young people.

Tools for the Role provides you with basic information about your role and responsibilities, it gives you some practical help and ensures that you know how to keep both yourself and young people in your care safe.

If your role requires you to complete a Module 2 – Personal Learning Plan (PLP), it would be useful if you book onto  a PLP evening as your next step (Click here for a list of dates). Completing a PLP helps you to understand how the training scheme works and to start planning what you need and when.

It is recommended that you do a PLP before you start attending other courses, but it is not essential.

This training is for Section Leaders and Assistant Section Leaders. Section Assistants and Occasional Helpers are not require to undertake a PLP but are very welcome to attend this and any other training that they might find useful.

This session explores the Adult Training Scheme and how it relates to your role. In addition, it will give you the chance to meet and talk to other leaders, who will also be new in their role. The evening will be a relaxed discussion and will give you the opportunity to ask questions about Scouting in general but particularly training.

Our aim is that by the end of the session you to feel comfortable and confident about your training, clear about the range of people who are there to help you and excited about your part in giving fantastic Scouting to young people.

Essential Information provides all adults in Scouting with the essential information needed to get started in their role.

If your role requires you to complete a Module 2 – Personal Learning Plan (PLP), it would be useful if you book onto  a PLP evening as your next step (Click here for a list of dates). Completing a PLP helps you to understand how the training scheme works and to start planning what you need and when.

It is recommended that you do a PLP before you start attending other courses, but it is not essential.

This training is for Section Leaders and Assistant Section Leaders. Section Assistants and Occasional Helpers are not require to undertake a PLP but are very welcome to attend this and any other training that they might find useful.

This session explores the Adult Training Scheme and how it relates to your role. In addition, it will give you the chance to meet and talk to other leaders, who will also be new in their role. The evening will be a relaxed discussion and will give you the opportunity to ask questions about Scouting in general but particularly training.

Our aim is that by the end of the session you to feel comfortable and confident about your training, clear about the range of people who are there to help you and excited about your part in giving fantastic Scouting to young people.

This training is for Section Leaders and Assistant Section Leaders. Section Assistants and Occasional Helpers are not require to undertake a PLP but are very welcome to attend this and any other training that they might find useful.

This session explores the Adult Training Scheme and how it relates to your role. In addition, it will give you the chance to meet and talk to other leaders, who will also be new in their role. The evening will be a relaxed discussion and will give you the opportunity to ask questions about Scouting in general but particularly training.

Our aim is that by the end of the session you to feel comfortable and confident about your training, clear about the range of people who are there to help you and excited about your part in giving fantastic Scouting to young people.