Ro Gordon - freelance consultant and trainer in social care - Leicester, UK
Ro Gordon
BA (Hons) CQSW MIPD
GSCC registered 1078069
Consultancy: Peter Block said: “you are consulting any time you are trying to change or improve a situation but have no direct control over the implementation. If you have direct control you are managing, not consulting.” I work systemically with large and small organisations, helping them identify and achieve their objectives and tailoring approaches to their unique identity.
Facilitation: The definition of facilitation is "making it easy to learn" or "to ease a process". What a facilitator does is more than just this. It’s about empowering and transforming individuals, so they can widen their horizons, set and achieve their own goals and realise their (and their organisation’s) potential. I work with individuals and large and small groups, enabling all members to contribute to and work with organisational change.
Training: Training has been described as teaching (a person) a particular skill, piece of knowledge or type of behaviour. I work to clear aims and objectives and use a wide range of creative approaches to meet the learning styles of all participants. I believe in a learner centred approach to training, paying attention to the motivation of the learner, their past experiences and possible blocks, and the environment in which the learning takes place.
As a highly skilled and experienced trainer and consultant I can help you and your organisation to develop effective solutions to a range of challenges.
My background experience includes managing training and consultancy services for a large children’s charity and delivery of individual consultancy to a wide range of statutory, commercial and third sector organisations across the UK.
Key areas that may be of interest to you:
Development of learning resources
• Managing editor of learning resources, on-line and print
• Writing and editing of learning resources, including scripts for audio visual and online resources
Safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults
• Development or revision of safeguarding policies and procedures for children, young people and vulnerable adults in line with UK current legislation and policy
• Training to wide range of statutory or third sector organisations at awareness, refresher, designated person or management/supervisor level
Organisational consultancy
• Development of business plans and their implementation
• Organisational team development, team building, action learning sets, focus groups and facilitation days
Working with disabled children and young people
• Part of expert witness team assessing parenting capacity
• Training on safeguarding and communication skills
• Assessment of need by direct observation and guided play
Training
• Training development and delivery: needs analysis, design, delivery, evaluation
• Development of training for trainer’s programmes
Please contact me to discuss how I might be able to help your organisation either directly or through consultation to you or your colleagues.