Greetings one and all,
Last week I delivered my newly revamped Motivational Interviewing course – ‘Inspiring Change 2023’. I had the absolute pleasure of training staff from Stoke-on-Trent City Council along with a couple of visitors from Lincolnshire. Stoke Council very kindly allowed them to piggie-bag on the training so that they could see what we are doing in North Staffordshire to better inform staff and equip them with the skills to inspire people into positive life changes.
Feedback from the learners has been collated below and I think you can see for yourself that the troops loved my interactive approach to learning. Everyone remarked on the lived experience of customers from across Stoke-on-Trent. Next week I will be interviewing a raft of new people. This will inform how I create my courses and the content. Plus, hopefully leading to informed, up to date, compassionate practice from the professionals attending my learning and development sessions.
On with the comments:
“The course helped me to not create a dependency culture with my families and showed me how to help them to come to their own solutions instead of me offering suggestions. The six step plan was especially helpful.”
“Steven was fantastic when delivering the training, his knowledge was clear to see. He made the training interactive which helped. He also got everyone involved in a really easy way which allowed me to feel comfortable. Steven used lot’s of practice based examples which were interesting and informative. Steven helped me to reflect on my practice and what I will do moving forward.”
“Thank you, Steven. I genuinely feel that this was some of the most enjoyable training I have ever had. To the extent it felt like I participated in a joint experience, rather than traditional training. I would recommend it to anyone even remotely involved in our field of work. There are so many great tools I will take forward with me, which I hope will benefit our young customers for a long time to come. Keep up the great work and I hope our paths will cross again. All the best.”
“Thank you so much for the very inspirational training and resources. I will think about everything I have learned when out working with all my families in the future. Probably the best training I have done since starting my FSW role.”
“Very engaging learning environment despite being over teams everything ran perfectly. Steve you were brilliant and made every task very clear I loved the personal examples that you gave and that you starred in the video’s and gave the history of the people to give that lived experience. It made the session more interesting and relatable. I feel that I can use what I have learned share it with my colleagues and use it in my practice on a daily basis. There are many skills I feel that I have taken away from today and I feel I was able to self-reflect on what I do well and not so well. I will feedback to my managers and hopefully be able to invite you to train again in my area. Fantastic two days. Thank You.”
“Thank you very much. This was a really enjoyable course. I was not sure what to expect on a two day zoom course. However, you made it really fun and interactive. Lots of opportunity to take part and share knowledge. I really enjoyed the activities. You supported everyone individually. I feel a lot more confident handling these situations. A course I would recommend to others.”
“Such an interesting training, very informative, highly recommended. Thanks you for the training, I enjoyed every minute of it 😉.”
“The sessions were incredibly detailed, with examples which were very informative and helpful. The sessions were very engaging and that is often difficult to do on teams. I feel like I have come away a bit more enlightened on how to communicate with my families and use motivational interviewing and the sheets that has been provided will be useful in my career.”