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Befriending Network Scotland publishes befriending-specific resources. We add to our list each year and our publications programme in 2010 will see the addition of the UK's first Dementia Training Toolkit for Volunteer Befrienders. All prices quoted below include postage and packing.
Quality of the Moment: Working 1:1 With People With Dementia - A Training Toolkit
This is a 120-page Toolkit in a photocopiable, ring binder format produced by Befriending Network Scotland in partnership with Alzheimer Scotland.
Befriending is an important intervention for people with dementia as it offers something other than a clinical approach. It offers people with dementia a human touch, someone there to talk to and to listen; someone whose role is to look for the person and not focus on the disease. In the vast majority of cases befriending is provided by volunteers, everyday people from all walks of life who are motivated to give their time, their support and their care to others.
This Training Toolkit will give Befriending Coordinators the tools and confidence they need to prepare their volunteer befrienders for the challenges and the rewards of this valuable work and the good practice guidelines that go along with it will ensure that projects feel they are able to put best practice into place. Although the toolkit was designed with befriending in mind it is a valuable resource for anyone training people to work 1:1 with clients with dementia.
Contents include:
Understanding Befriending and Its Role in Supporting People with Dementia; Demystifying Dementia; Building Relationships with Carers; Relationships with Befriendees; Communicating; Getting Support; Reacting to, Reporting & Recording Change
DISCOUNTS:
£20 off non member’s rate for BNS/Alzheimer Scotland member projects – just enter the discount code ‘BNSALZ’ at checkout.
£10 off non member’s rate for Counsel & Care member projects – just enter the discount code ‘COUNSEL’ at checkout.
Quality of the Moment: Working 1:1 with People with Dementia - Good Practice Guidelines
Befriending Network Scotland and Alzheimer Scotland were commissioned by the Scottish Government to put together a set of good practice guidelines to guide the work of befriending projects working with people with dementia. The newly revised and rewritten BNS Befriending Code of Practice covers practice very thoroughly but we felt that there were some areas where practice might differ slightly, when working with clients with dementia, or where more detailed guidance might be required, it is these things that we cover in this document.
These Good Practice Guidelines are also intended to supplement the Quality of the Moment Working 1:1 with People with Dementia, Training Toolkit, which they were written in conjunction with.
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The Befriending Code of Practice (electronic version)
Befriending service clients are among the most vulnerable people in our society. It is essential therefore for anyone managing or running a befriending project to be accountable, to be very clear about what befriending involves and to know what constitutes good practice.
The fully revised Code of Practice describes the main issues which projects need to consider; sets out minimum standards which ensure safe and competent practice; makes suggestions to help projects develop good practice; gives good practice examples and provides case studies.
By breaking down befriending into four main areas: Running A Befriending Project; Managing Befrienders; Clients and Matches, the Code of Practice covers all aspects of running a befriending project including: governance, recommended befriender:staff ratios, policies and procedures, monitoring and evaluation, recruiting and selecting befrienders, training befrienders, supporting and supervising befrienders, client referrals and assessments, managing waiting lists, matching, setting and maintaining boundaries, checklists on policies, project documentation, forms, befriender training topics and useful websites.
Befriending Code of Practice (hard copy)
Hard-copy version of downloadable resource. Priced to be affordable to anyone in the sector, the hard copy costs just as much (more or less) to print out at work as it does to order from BNS – and you get a full-colour, professionally printed, spirally bound publication to boot.
Befriending and Wellbeing: BNS Conference & AGM 2009 Presentations
This 67-page .pdf document contains the five presentations featured at BNS’ conference held on 8 October 2009. Each provides a different overview of wellbeing and the relevance it has to the befriending sector.
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Annual Report 2008/9
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Befriending and Resilience
BNS Conference notes on befriending and resilience
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Changing Lives - DVD Training Resource
Changing Lives is a 15-minute dvd training resource which follows the progress of three very different befriending relationships in projects working with young people, adults and the elderly. It introduces those new to befriending to real-life situations and examines key issues including the secrets of successful matching, boundaries, attitudes and confidentiality. It also looks at what befrienders and befriendees gain from their befriending relationships. The dvd is accompanied by comprehensive training notes and activity suggestions that are designed to slot into your Training Toolkit.
Friendship and Befriending
An 8-page conference presentation exploring the role of friendship in befriending.
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Child Protection - Recommendations for Befriending Projects
An electronic document of recommendations which arose from the recognition that there was a need to develop good practice guidelines on Child Protection. It covers confidentiality; recruitment; training; referrals; support & supervision; monitoring and review.
The Training Toolkit: Improving Training in Befriending
This bestselling training resource is for any project which has to train its volunteer befrienders. It provides an instant curriculum and consists of an A4 looseleaf folder subdivided into 10 photocopiable sections. It is 150 pages, contains plenty of handouts and covers core topics including: Befriending, Building Relationships, Communication & Listening Skills, Boundaries & Confidentiality, Attitudes & Values, Endings, Support, Evaluation and Beyond Training.
The Distance Training Pack: How to Train Your Home-Based Volunteers
This innovative training resource offers a very useful alternative to face-to-face training. Consisting of six different workbooks, the pack covers key elements of befriending and each workbook can be completed at home, at the volunteer’s own pace with co-ordinator back-up support provided by telephone.
Originally developed to support a group of distance befrienders working with people with mental health problems, the workbooks can be easily adapted to fit any client group. They have been thoroughly roadtested and include a wide variety of entertaining and informative exercises.
Content details:
Workbook 1: Volunteeer to Befriend
The role of a befriender, reasons for volunteering, an introduction to the organisation, experiences of friendship, differences between friendship and befriending, what is befriending and qualities of a befriender
Workbook 2: Thinking about Mental Health
What is mental health, experiences of mental health, resources to support mental health, how befriending can improve mental health
Workbook 3: Limits to Befriending
Takes you through the different stages involved in a befriending relationship from the very first meeting through to the last.
Workbook 4: The Befriending Experience
Befriending responsibilities, boundaries, confidentiality, equal opportunities, policies & procedures
Workbook 5: Communication
Communication – non verbal, verbal and content of conversation, effective listening, initiating conversation – questions to ask
Workbook 6: Boundaries in Befriending
Boundaries – reasons for having them, grey areas, exploring boundaries using three different exercises
Square One - Developing a New Project
An electronic publication outlining essential issues to consider in developing a new befriending project.
The Befriending and Mentoring Evaluation Toolkit
Evaluation can be a turn-off, a worry or just a confusion for many people but befriending projects now have a resource to help them in establishing evaluation systems that will help them show the impact of befriending. This is an electronic publication.
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Changing Lives - Video Training Resource
Changing Lives is a 15-minute video training resource which follows the progress of three very different befriending relationships in projects working with young people, adults and the elderly. It introduces those new to befriending to real-life situations and examines key issues including the secrets of successful matching, boundaries, attitudes and confidentiality. It also looks at what befrienders and befriendees gain from their befriending relationships. The video is accompanied by comprehensive training notes and activity suggestions that are designed to slot into your Training Toolkit.
What Do Mentoring and Befriending Mean To You: A DVD Training Resource
This 20-minute film presents the views of 5 matched pairs and brings to life the unique relationships that lie at the heart of mentoring and befriending. In the film, the distinction between mentoring and befriending may not always be apparent. This reflects the reality for some relationships and some services.
