FURTHER RESOURCES
BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS AND NETWORKS
Team Leader/Supervisor Apprenticeship Level 3
Operations or departmental Manager Level 5
Senior Leader Level 7
For those who have responsibility for strategic leadership and direction relating to their area of work. The apprenticeship provides learning to further their skills, knowledge and behaviours within their role.
Faith Based Leadership Level 7
For those senior and emerging senior leaders from across a variety of faiths, from faith-based organisations and from governmental and non-governmental organisations that deal with faith-based issues as part of their everyday life.
SVQ in Care Services Leadership and Management (Scotland only)
Level 2 Award in Youth Work Principles
This qualification is an ideal way to ensure all those working with young people have the basics to ensure safe and effective practice.
Level 2 Award in Diversity and Good Relations
This qualification is designed to provide learners with an understanding of the importance of diversity and good relations. It helps learners to develop a sound awareness of diverse groups and the importance of respect within them.
Level 2 Award in Community Relations, Equality and Diversity (CRED) in Youth Work Practice
Designed to introduce the Department of Education’s CRED Policy, which aims to improve community relations, promote equality and acceptance of diverity.
Level 3 Diploma in Youth Work Practice
This qualification supports the skills and knowledge learners need to become a competent Youth Support Worker.
BA (Hons) Theology and Mission (children, youth and family ministry)
The programme offers a sound foundation in Christian theology and biblical studies alongside practical instruction and experience in mission and ministry.
BA (Hons) in Applied Theology (youth ministry)
Regents BA (Hons) Applied Theology in Youth Ministry is a partnership with LIMITLESS, the youth & children’s movement of the Elim Pentecostal Churches in the UK and Ireland. Through engagement with practical theology, professional practice, cultural studies, and adolescent development, we believe our course forms ‘Jesus-like’ youth workers and ministers who will inspire young people to do things differently and empower them to go.
TSA Worship Conference
Join us for a dedicated time to grow in your craft, cultivate a deeper connection to God through worship and share in community with others who are passionate about sung worship. It’s open to all: worship leaders, worship teams, instrumentalists, singers – anyone passionate about sung worship.
Whole Life Discipleship Training
It is offered via the Frontline Conference, but in February it will be part of the Mission Conference. There are three streams: (1) Introduction (2) Whole-Life Preaching (3) Whole-Life Worship.
Refugee Response Forum
A monthly online community of practice for people working in, or interested in learning more about, refugee and asylum response.
Contact [email protected] to be added to the forum.
Children’s Leaders Network
A bi-monthly online gathering for sharing ideas, learning together, discussion and inspiration to support you in your ministry with children.
Street-Based Youth Work
An online network for those exploring or already engaging in the lives of young people beyond the walls of their building. Foundational training sessions and guidelines are available, as well as specific training topics to equip
you in this area of ministry: Mission / Outreach / Safeguarding and Managing Risk.
To access, email [email protected]
Territorial Justice & Reconciliation Youth Forum
Communities of practice
Communities of Practice can accelerate professional development across an organisation, break down silos that exist, enable the sharing of knowledge and the building of better practice. They can also help build better teams and happier more motivated people. We can work with you in several ways; from delivering a workshop on what a Community of Practice is, to supporting you in the design and facilitating of a new Community of Practice.
MOVEMENT LEADERS COLLECTIVE
A network of Mission Movement makers.
Resourcing the above to be more effective in an ever changing world through a variety of different training experiences, each taking six months with bi-monthly sessions.
For enquiries about MLC Accelerator or LAB please email the Territorial Pioneer and FX Enabler at [email protected]
Starfish School Mentoring Programme
A Salvation Army mentoring programme for primary and secondary schools. Training and resources are provided for mentors.
Terrain
A year-long immersive discipleship course for 18 to 25-year-olds, specifically exploring the life of Jesus through the four gospels.
Music Editorial Composer Mentoring Programme
The composer mentoring programme provides composers with guidance, encouragement and good practice on how to score and harmonise more effectively, giving them the energy and enthusiasm to improve their artform. This is a year-long programme (Sept-July).
Exploring Children, Youth and Family Ministry
In this unit, students will be introduced to key perspectives and skills for engaging in ministry and mission among children, youth and families. Students will have the opportunity to reflect on their own developing vocation in this area.
Open Learning Course: What am I worth? (BSF14)
In this study you will be encouraged to explore what the Bible says about the worth of every human being. You will also be prompted to reflect on what difference this makes to our view of ourselves and other people.
Open Learning Course: Preaching for Beginners (F11)
This course introduces the essential elements required for preaching a sermon. It will explore key ways of constructing and presenting a relevant and engaging message for your hearers. The course will introduce you to helpful resources and ideas to aid you in your preaching preparation and presentation experience.
Open Learning Course: Leading Worship for Beginners (F12)
This course introduces the essential elements required for leading a worship service through from start to finish. The course primarily uses the analogy of air flight to describe how worship can flow from one part to another, smoothly and with meaning for the congregation. The course also highlights the priorities that should be considered through every aspect of preparation and presentation.
Open Learning Course: Leading a Prayer Meeting (F13)
This course introduces the essential elements required for leading a prayer meeting through from start to finish.
Open Learning Course: Leading a Bible Study (F14)
This course introduces the essential elements required for leading a Bible Study meeting through from start to finish.
Open Learning Course: An introduction to Pastoral Care (F15)
This course aims to provide an introduction to the field of pastoral care. Throughout the 6 lessons it provides information, and asks for learner participation, in order to explore some historical, biblical and contemporary concepts which are also related to the learner’s personal experience and/or ministry. This course also considers vital aspects that surround the practice of providing pastoral care within a faith-based context, such as the possible dangers involved and how to develop good practice.
Open Learning Courses: Biblical Studies
Choose from a variety of different courses based on books, concepts and characters from the Old and New Testaments.
PIONEER BITESIZE
Exploring the history, vision and pioneering movement of the Salvation Army. It is an introduction to pioneering and the Salvation Army, how the SA started as a pioneering movement, how the SA is pioneering today and encouraging those doing the course to think what and how they could be pioneering.
Identifying Bias (for Managers)
Spot where you may be taking mental shortcuts that limit your own and others’ contributions.
Conflict Management (for Managers)
De-stress challenging situations and find the best path forward for all involved.
The 7 Habits - Habit 4: Think Win-Win
Learn to work effectively with others to achieve optimal results.
The 7 Habits - Habit 5: Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood
Communication is the most important skill in life. You spend years learning how to read and write, and years learning how to speak. But what about listening? What training have you had that enables you to listen so you really, deeply understand another human being?
Project Management (for Managers)
Set clear project goals and expectations so you get the right things done on time and on budget.
Leading Change
Lead your team through uncertainty with confidence and make the most of every change.
The Leader in the Middle
Recognize your role as a leader in owning change and the actions you take to support your team to succeed.
Navigating Difficult Conversations
Balance courage and consideration to de-stress challenging interactions and get better results.
Orientation to Inspire a Culture of Trust
This module includes a trailer video and some prework to prepare participants to attend a live or live online session of “Inspire a Culture of Trust.”
Win-Win Thinking
Successful relationships are mutually beneficial. Dr. Stephen R. Covey explains how to succeed in your personal and professional relationships through win-win thinking.
Bullying and Harassment
Bullying and harassment can not only have a very serious impact on the individual involved but can also spread and create a toxic working environment. Learn how to deal with specific incidents of bullying and harassment as well as steps you can take to maintain a positive culture and workplace.
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
This course focuses on providing learners with the skills and confidence to not only comply with legal requirements but to be allies and help make the workplace a more supportive and inclusive environment.
Regulation & Relating: Homelessness-Conference-2024
Meet our homelessness services teams and residents who explain how our trauma-informed care and services are making a difference.
The Principles of Trauma Informed Care: Homelessness-Conference-2024
Meet our homelessness services teams and residents who explain how our trauma-informed care and services are making a difference.
Trauma Informed Environments: Homelessness-Conference-2024
Meet our homelessness services teams and residents who explain how our trauma-informed care and services are making a difference.
Working effectively with people who use substances
This is a Addiction Specific Course.
Introduction to PIE (Psychologically Informed Environments)
This course is specific to Honmless Service interventions and related to addiction and trauma.
PIE Toolkit Training
This course is specific to Honmless Service interventions and related to addiction and trauma.
PIE (Psychologically Informed Environments)
This course is about understanding the impact of trauma, poor attachment and ACEs – we deliver these across Depts. and corps and we touch on this area in causes to do with child development for C&Y.
Trauma informed approach
This course is about understanding the impact of trauma, poor attachment and ACEs – we deliver these across Depts. and corps and we touch on this area in causes to do with child development for C&Y.
Emotional Regulation
Understanding the importance of emotional regulation and our ability to avoid burnout and vicarious trauma.
Cultural Competence
This course covers issues of prefudice, discrimination and bias toward various cultural groups and how we can move toward a culturally completent approach.
FIRST STEPS IN PIONEERING
First Steps in Pioneering is an introduction to Pioneering and an opportunity to explore whether this is something that God may be drawing them to or laying on their heart.
It’s a short course of 6 x 90-minute sessions.
For enquiries about First Steps email the Territorial Pioneer and FX Enabler at [email protected]
Leading at the Speed of Trust
Inclusive Leadership
Inclusive Leadership: Practical Ways to Cultivate Inclusion & Build a Better Team™ shows leaders that leading inclusively isn’t about doing more. It’s a way to prioritize inclusion in daily behaviors to disrupt bias and create an environment where everyone feels valued and sees an opportunity to thrive.
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
This world renowned course highlights how using its transformational principles can help you move towards a more effective and meaningful work and personal life.
You will learn how to take initiative, balance key priorities, improve interpersonal communication, build creative collaboration, and apply principles for achieving a more balanced life.
Trauma-Informed Training for Volunteers
Training developed by ATMS Integrated Mission focusing on responding to the needs of vulnerable people who we meet in the corps setting.
Email: [email protected]
Beacon Church Training
Becoming a church trained and equipped to journey with survivors and victims of Domestic Abuse. With Restored Become a Restored Beacon.
Singing by Heart Leaders Training
This free training will equip you to lead local Singing by Heart sessions and you will also receive both Singing by Heart 1 and 2 resource packs. Singing by Heart is music resource especially designed for small groups of people living with dementia and their carers / loved ones. Corps and service settings.
Changing Seasons
This free training will equip you to lead local Singing by Heart sessions and you will also receive both Singing by Heart 1 and 2 resource packs. Singing by Heart is music resource especially designed for small groups of people living with dementia and their carers / loved ones. Corps and service settings.
Digging Deeper
This course is designed to outline symptoms & theoretical approaches to Dementia, and to develop an appropriate local pastoral response to Dementia. It is also to understand the workings of the UK Social Care system and to explore practical and pastoral responses in local settings.
Raise: Children’s Leaders Training
This course is designed to equip all prospective volunteer children’s leaders for their work with children, with other leaders, and with families within a Salvation Army context; and to provide learners with a taste of what it is like to work in the field of children’s leadership.
An Introduction to Pastorally Supporting LGBTQ+ Young People
This training session is designed to equip youth leaders with knowledge and information to engage with young people around identity and gender and to be able to offer loving, compassionate and inclusive pastoral support to LGBTQ+ young people in the church and wider community.
Mindset: Resilience Training
An online course for anyone working with children and young people which explores trauma, attachment theory, ACEs and much more.
Dying Matters
Journeying home roadshow events to equip people with the skills to have difficult discussions around death and bereavement. This part of the journeying home roadshow so is an internal course also delivered by OPM and last year was done in collaboration with Keith Burr (Chaplaincy).
Neurodiversity Awareness for Managers
Designed for managers, senior leaders and your existing teams that want to increase their awareness of neurodiversity in the workplace.
Advanced Communication & Presentation Skills
Learn the skills to speak with impact so that clients, colleagues and teams leave meetings convinced by your ideas and motivated towards your goals. Learn the invaluable techniques for communicating effectively in any situation.
Bespoke Messy Church Training
Delivered in person or online based on Messy Churches own Masterclass Training, but targeted at local SA settings.
Elderhood, End of Life and Singing by Heart.
Supporting cadets in their knowledge of older people and those living with dementia to equip them with knowledge once they receive an appointment.
Mental Health First Aid (Youth)
Youth MHFA course is a practical skills and awareness course designed to equip learners with the skills and confidence to spot the triggers and signs of mental health issues, and provide support and signposting to self-help, or professional services.
Principles of Trauma Informed Practice
Delegates are provided with evidence-based information on the prevalence and impact of trauma on services users; allowing staff to consider how to safely and compassionately support service users with trauma histories, within their role and service setting.
A Trauma Sensitive Approach to Children’s, Youth and Family Ministry
In this course, we will explore what is meant by the term ‘trauma’ as we unpack some core principles of what it means to bring a trauma sensitive approach to the way we work with children, young people and families.
Detached and Outreach Youth Work
This comprehensive intermediate course is designed for professionals working with young people across various settings, especially those engaged in or contemplating detached and outreach youth work.
How to prepare sermons and talks
In this module students will consider the theology of word ministry, the spirituality of the word minister and how to move effectively from text to sermon, talk or study.
Being an Intergenerational Church
An in-person conversation based game, to enable a local corps to explore and think about what being an intergenerational church might look and feel like.
Happy Families
A set of interactive discussion cards that introduce you to a variety of families and family life events. They will enable church groups to explore what family means, challenge stereotypes, celebrate diversity, encourage belonging within the church family and consider pastoral responses to families.
Order your pack including instructions from [email protected]
