If you are involved in health and social care (employed in the sector, a volunteer, a family carer or a person who uses services), these pages will give you information about the learning and development opportunities through Joint Training that are available to support you.
Our partners
The Joint Training Team works in partnership with:
- Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust
- South Staffordshire and Shropshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Independent Care Sector, including voluntary organisations
- Shropshire Housing Providers
- Telford and Wrekin Council (Mental Health)
- Care Workforce Development Partnership
- Autonomy Shropshire
Links to partners' websites can be found on this page, together with links to other related health and social care organisations.
Learning Areas
Joint Training focuses on community-based work and provides training in the following areas:
- Older people
- People with physical disabilities and/or sensory impairment
- Adults with learning disabilities
- Adults with mental health issues
- Mental Capacity Act
- Management of actual and potential aggression (older people and learning disabilities)
- Common Induction
Course information
An up to date copy of our A - Z of courses can be downloaded from this page together with a course schedule giving information on dates and venues of courses currently being offered.
Costs for each course through Joint Training will depend on who you work for. Please determine the charging band for your organisation/yourself from the following information.
You will be in band A, B, C or incur no charge.
- Band A: Voluntary sector in Shropshire and Telford and Wrekin (paid workers)
- Band B: Independent health providers, independent care providers, housing associations, acute hospitals in Shropshire and Telford and Wrekin, Telford and Wrekin PCT, Telford and Wrekin Council and Shropshire Council (other than Adult Social Care Directorate)
- Band C: Other - e.g. out of county care providers, other local authorities and commercial organisations (which are not care and health providers)
- No Charge: Service users, family carers and unpaid volunteers living in Shropshire (not Telford and Wrekin) can attend Joint Training courses free of charge
Staff from Shropshire Council Adult Social Care Directorate, Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust and South Staffs and Shropshire NHS Foundation Trust based in Shropshire and Telford and Wrekin will not be charged, as this training has been funded by your organisations by prior arrangement.
The cost band for each course is shown in the A - Z of courses
Where we have been able to secure specific funding, we may waive the charge for all organisations in Shropshire.
Non-attendance/cancellation charge
For non-attendance where no apologies are received, or where cancellation occurs less than five working days before the course date, there will be a charge of £25 for half day and £50 for full day courses.
Apply for a course online
You can now apply for one of our courses online. Please download the Joint training application online form on this page.
You can also download a Record of Continuous Learning and Development from this page, so that knowledge and competencies gained can be recorded. If you require a copy of this emailed as a word document, please contact the Joint Training Team
Contact us
- Joint Training Co-ordinator Tel: 01743 254733
- Mental Health Tel: 01743 254731
- Common Induction Tel: 01743 254731
- Learning Disabilities Tel: 01743 254739
- Older People, Physical Disability and Sensory Impairment Tel: 01743 254734
- Mental Capacity Act Tel: 01743 254732
- Management of Actual and Potential Aggression (older people, physical disabilities and learning disabilities) Tel: 01743 254732