First Thought Training

First Thought Training

First Thought Training has a wealth of experience working with NHS Trusts and other healthcare organisations. We offer dedicated support in the development and delivery of focused and measurable training and a diverse range of professional training courses to the health and social care sector.

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CPD Courses & Workshops

Social Care

Unconscious Language Skills

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Understanding the nature of language and its sometimes unconscious meaning is essential to being a c...
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Social Care

Releasing Your Potential

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In order to achieve different results sometimes we need to make changes and approach things differen...
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Social Care

Working in the NHS - Navigating Change & Effective...

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The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) stated that - in 2014/15 - 440,000 people in the UK reported a...
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Social Care

Working in the NHS - Navigating Change & Effective...

First Thought Training

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) stated that - in 2014/15 - 440,000 people in the UK reported a...
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Social Care

Emotional Intelligence

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Emotional intelligence (EI) or emotional quotient (EQ) is the capability of individuals to recognise...
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Social Care

Job Planning and Negotiation Skills

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Job Planning has been used within the NHS since the late 1990's and aims to ensure that the organisa...
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Social Care

Reflection and releasing Your potential - 2 half d...

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Reflection is an activity which allows the delegate to see the value in the learning experience. The...
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Social Care

Making a Business Case

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Today; NHS Trusts have to operate robust internal business case processes and maintain a transparent...
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Social Care

Advanced Teach The Teacher Masterclass

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Teaching is about supporting others to develop their knowledge and competence. A good teacher will u...
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Social Care

Motivational Interviewing

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Motivational Interviewing is a method that focuses on facilitating and engaging motivation within th...
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Social Care

Leadership and Management - An Introduction

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Leadership is an essential part of any healthcare professional's role; whether Clinical or non-Clini...
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Social Care

Leadership and Management - An Introduction

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Leadership is an essential part of any healthcare professional's role; whether Clinical or non-Clini...
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Social Care

Managing Stress and Poor Performance

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Managing poor performance is one of the most stressful aspects of any manager’s role. It is imperati...
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Social Care

Communicating with Confidence

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In order to communicate successfully; one person has to send a message and another to receive it. We...
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Social Care

Understanding and Dealing with Burnout in the NHS

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Burnout is a type of psychological stress. Occupational burnout or job burnout is characterized by e...
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Social Care

Bullying and Harassment

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Everyone should be treated with dignity and respect at work. Bullying and harassment of any kind are...
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Social Care

Consultant Interview Skills

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This workshop is for existing Senior Grades and Doctors applying for Consultant positions; of all sp...
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Social Care

Managing Conflict

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Managing Conflict. Conflict can happen in any workplace; the healthcare environment is no exception...
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Social Care

Myers Briggs

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Have you ever wondered what makes people tick? Why is it that some people can think on their feet an...
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Social Care

Human Factors in the NHS- Creating a Patient Safet...

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Human factors is the science of understanding human behaviour and is applied and related through thi...
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Social Care

Leadership and Management- Building a Team

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The NHS is changing and there has never been greater emphasis on each individual team member taking...
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Social Care

Communication Across Cultures

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In today's NHS; the patient has become far more discerning and expectations have become higher. One...
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Social Care

Teams; Coaching and High Performance

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Working as a team is essential to the success of any organisation; and the NHS is no exception. In o...
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Healthcare & Medical

Managing Complaints

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As the NHS strives for greater consistency in the ways that it improves services to their patients;...
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Healthcare & Medical

Being Human

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It doesn't matter what position we are in; at times we'll find that our energy levels; motivation; w...
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Healthcare & Medical

Negotiating in a Healthcare Setting

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We all negotiate every day; sometimes without even realising it; we negotiate both at work and at ho...
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Healthcare & Medical

Navigating Difficult Conversations

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When difficult conversations present themselves; it is important to know how to approach them depend...
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Healthcare & Medical

Personal Effectiveness and Achieving Balance

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An essential component of any individual’s success ; whether professional or personal is achieving a...
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Healthcare & Medical

Effective Educational Leadership

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Educational Leadership is often hard to define yet apparent when missing. Leadership is an essential...
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Healthcare & Medical

The Patient Experience and Continuous Improvement

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As individuals; we all experience things differently and as patients; a good experience of care and...
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Healthcare & Medical

Healthy Living Skills and Wellbeing

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Implementing the Care Act’s Wellbeing Principle is part of practitioners’ duty. They need to teach c...
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Healthcare & Medical

Personal Safety and Professional Boundaries

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Practitioners must know what constitutes appropriate professional practice. They need to maintain bo...
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