Census 2021 – Ensuring everyone is included – focus on migration

Kirklees Council and Census are lunching a series of workshops.

Outcome

You will have a sound understanding of:

What a Census is and its purpose
To ensure awareness is raised of all the support available to our communities and promote the multi lingual, multi platform accessibility of the census, especially for those who may miss out
Identify what more we can do, working together, to increase Migrants involvement

Places are limited, please book your place ASAP.

Workshops will take a place via Google Meet. When you register via Eventbrite, click on “add to calendar”.

On the workshop day, you just need to click on the Google Meet link provided.

24.02.21 (11-12noon)

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27.02.21(11-12noon)

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02.03.21 (2-3pm)

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02.03.21 (7-8pm)

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Emotional and Wellbeing Support for Migrants training

Solace are regional leaders in providing therapeutic services for refugees.

This specialist training aims to equip professionals in supporting refugees and asylum seekers in improving their wellbeing and mental health.

Training Objectives:

Developing a greater understanding of how to help migrant groups in Kirklees- with emotional well-being. Comprising of:

1. Understanding the emotional health of migrant groups

2. Understand Solace’s therapeutic services and how to refer to us

3. To have strategies for communicating with migrant groups about emotional well-being

Please note: this is an invite only training session.

A zoom link, passcode and id number will sent after registration; nearer the event.

Date of the training: Friday 12th February 2021

Time of the training: 10:30-12:00

For further details please contact: Abed Moubayed

email: abed.moubayed@kirklees.gov.uk

Tel: 01484 221000, ext: 76281

Please book your place via Eventbrite link

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Training – getting creative to support wellbeing

to download the leaflet please click here

Workshop – Understanding and Supporting Refugee Integration – 16th December 2020.

From Migration Yorkshire: If you have been on the Migration Yorkshire Introduction to Migration Training there is no need to attend this as well as it covers some of the the same areas

As part of our Refugee Integration Yorkshire & Humber project, we are offering a free online workshop for organisations working with refugees and asylum seekers. The session will focus on supporting refugee refugees and asylum seeker integration and is targeted at individuals who work in key services that may come into contact with refugees and asylum seekers.

This session is pitched at an introductory level and is not suited to those who already have a good amount of knowledge experience of working with this group.

Attendees will gain:

An understanding of the definitions of refugees and asylum seekers;
An insight into the reasons people seek asylum;
An awareness of different routes to protection such as asylum, resettlement and refugee family reunion; and
Knowledge of the challenges and barriers to integration that refugees and asylum seekers may face in the UK.

The session takes place on Wednesday 16^th December, 2-4pm. The session will take place via Zoom and joining details will be shared prior to the event. To register, please follow the link below.

Places are limited so please book early.

To book please click here

NEW EUSS workshops

Migration Yorkshire and Seraphus law firm are offering more free online workshops covering various aspects of EU Settlement Scheme.

Please see below a list of available workshops:

New EUSS Workshops – Feb-March 2021

I am pleased to confirm that free EUSS workshops are continuing throughout February and March, starting from 24^th Feb. There is a new workshop on EU joining family members, as this is a new group of EU nationals arriving to the UK from 1 January 2021. Please see below a list of all workshops with dates and times, and links to the Eventbrite registration.

If there are any other topics you would like workshops to cover please let me know and I’ll explore the possibility of having them added from April.

EU nationals with pre-settled status

Wed, 24^th February 10:00-11:30am

Thurs, 11^th March 10:00-11:30am

EU Settlement Scheme in the ‘Grace period’

Wed, 3^rd March 10:00-11:30am

Thurs, 18^th March 10:00-11:30am

EU Settlement Scheme and EU joining family members

Wed, 24^th March 10:00-11:30am

Progress of the EU Settlement Scheme

Wed, 31^st March 10:00-11:30am

www.migrantinfohub.org.uk Covid 19 information for migrants and services in Yorkshire and Humber. Resources to share.

www.migrationyorkshire.org.uk | @migrationyorks

Migration Yorkshire is the Yorkshire and Humber regional migration partnership and is hosted by Leeds City Council. Migration Yorkshire works with national, regional and local partners to ensure that the region can deal with, and benefit from, migration.

EU nationals with pre-settled status – Wed, 18th November 10:00-11:30am and Thurs, 3rd December 1:00-2:30pm
EU Settlement Scheme in the ‘Grace period’ – Mon, 23rd November 10:00-11:30am and Thurs, 10th December 1:00-2:30pm
Progress of the EU Settlement Scheme – Thurs, 26th November 1:00-2:30pm

For more details and how to register for each workshop please read the file below

EUSS workshops Download

Refugees and Asylum Seekers Mental Health Training

Solace and the Migration and Resettlement Team at Kirklees Council are delivering training to raise awareness about asylum seekers and refugees mental health and support available locally, the training is for council staff and partners.

Date and Time

Thu, 29 October 2020

10:30 – 12:30 GMT

outcome of the session

Helping you to understand the mental health of asylum seekers and refugees
Explaining Solace’s therapeutic services and how to refer asylum seekers and refugees to Solace
Raising awareness of signposting asylum seekers and refugees to other organisations
Giving strategies for communicating with asylum seekers and refugees
Expanding awareness of issues of work with asylum seekers and refugees and self-care

to book your place:

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/x/refugees-and-asylum-seekers-mental-health-training-tickets-123471188649

Introduction to Migration training

Migration Yorkshire and Kirklees Council are delivering “Introduction to Migration” training for Kirklees Council staff, partners and volunteers work with refugees, asylum seekers and migrants who are living in the UK.

Training will be held via Zoom and link will be sent prior to the training.

Tuesday, 3^rd Nov 1.30pm – 4pm

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/x/introduction-to-migration-by-migration-yorkshire-tickets-122224700369

Password: MYT123

EU Settlement Scheme Training

Would you benefit from knowing more about the EU Settlement scheme (EUSS)? If you have service users, volunteers, friends, family or colleagues who need to apply for EUSS we can help you to help them with some free online training.

This is a joint work between Kirklees Council and Citizen Advice and Law Centre to deliver six sessions about EU Settlement Scheme.

The training will be delivered by Jamie McLean, and Teams platform will be used for the training.

Session outcomes

1) How to recognise potential EUSS cases

2) What to do when you have identified an EUSS case

3) The requirements for an EUSS application / what needs to be in place at the outset

4) The deadline – and what happens afterwards

5) Status documents and the potential issues

Various dates available from:

Thursday 21 January 2021, 4pm ,

Thursday 11 February 2021, 4pm

Thursday 4 March 2021 4pm,

Thursday 25 March 2021, 4pm

Thursday 15 April 2021 4pm,

Thursday 6 May 2021, 4pm

click on the link below to book a place

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/x/european-union-settlement-scheme-training-by-citizen-advice-law-centre-tickets-134519000953

New Accredited ONLINE Training Programmes

DIP has launch a new, FREE, Government Funded, Accredited ONLINE Training Programmes, which is now available across West Yorkshire to all Adult (19+) Learners, with a particular focus on the unemployed.

Click here for the training leaflet for the new Accredited Online Training Programme, which learners can benefit from the comfort of their homes,at times to suit their convenience, all the way from initial contact/referral right through to achieving their qualification/s. Learners will also benefit from dip’s excellent One-to-One Tutor Support over the phone and/or via web-conferencing, whichever is suitable/convenient for learners.

The new qualifications covered 14 subject areas :

• Digital Skills / IT • Health & Social Care

• Employability • Counselling

• Customer Service • Information, Advice & Guidance

• Retail • Managing Your Money

• Warehousing & Storage • Safeguarding & Prevent

• Business • Equality & Diversity

• Digital Marketing & Social Media • Data Protection

Referrals for the new Accredited Online Training Programmes can now be made via:

• Phone: 0800-279 786 1 or 01924 474849 (Mon to Fri: 9.30am to 5pm)

• E-Mail: mailbox@dipgroup.net (24hrs)

• Web: www.dip.training (24hrs)