UNISON Ulearn Northern Ireland

The Dept of Health has commissioned 18 mental health nursing places from the Open University, 15 mental health places from University of Ulster and 15 adult nursing places from Queens University. Recruitment for mental health places will take place over the coming months with a view to start in October. Queens adult places commence in February 2009 and are likely to be advertised around September. OU mental health places hav now opened in the Northern, Belfast & Southern Health Trusts. »more

This course is targeted at activists currently representing members on Fitness to Practice cases and those who wish to develop skills in this area of representation. It will focus on the NMC Codes but will be relevant to general fitness to practice cases. »more

This is a half day workshop targeted from social workers and the nursing team who work with older people. It will focus on the concept of person-centred care and the impact of the Single Assessment Process as an assessment tool. »more

This is a half day workshop which will look at case studies where care of young people has gone wrong and explore some possible ways forward, focusing on the use of power and authority, and on staff safety. »more

This half day conference, (organised by the Belfast HSC Trust, UNISON and the NI Care Homes Partnership) will be discussing innovative approaches to person centred care, improving quality and transforming traditional nursing and residential care institutions into nurturing homes. »more

Advanced MS Excel and MS Word courses are running for admin & clerical members who use these programmes on a regular basis and want to learn more about some of the advanced functions. »more

This is a two day course which explores poverty under the headings of poverty and its causes; poverty and policy; poverty and gender; poverty and children. This is an excellent course for those working in community development, or as social workers, health care staff, residential care workers »more

This session will give you an opportunity to develop sensitivity and knowledge of the experiences and needs of lesbian, gay, bisexual and or transgender young people. The workshop will explore the particular needs of young people around sexual and/or gender identity. It is targeted at any member working with young people, but open to all. It takes place on Wednesday January 30th from 10am to 4pm »more

Ever said yes, when you really meant no? Wish you had more confidence in work or with family members? Our Building Confidence for Women course is running in Belfast on Thursday 24th January and we still have some places left. »more

This workshop will enable participants to better understand how health issues impact on people differently because of their gender, where they live, what they earn, what age they are. It is recommended for anyone working in community health, as community development workers, social care staff, social workers, community nursing staff. »more