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Paul is registered with Social Care Wales and with the British Association of Social Workers (BASW).
Paul has experience of working in various social work settings such as statutory social work, charity organisations and education departments.
Paul is a bilingual practitioner and therefore able to provide a service through the medium of Welsh and English.
Specialist support in working in the following areas:-
- Therapeutic emotional support for children and young people who have experienced trauma
- Working with perpetrators of domestic abuse
- Providing supervision and consultation sessions to practitioners
- Working with looked after children and supporting foster carers
- Fostering assessments
- Training events
- Practice Teaching
Paul Jones is responsible for facilitating the Caring Dads programme in partnership with Gorwel / Grŵp Cynefin.
Caring Dads - Helping to Value their Children
Caring Dads is a child centred programme. Paul is an experienced facilitator of the Caring Dads programme and works in partnership with Gorwel – Grŵp Cynefin.
Caring Dads Programme
If you are a father or a professional person wishing to refer to the Caring Dads programme – please complete the attached referral form and email to us as soon as possible.
Upcoming groups:-
Conwy area – June 2019 (evening sessions)
Denbighshire area – February 2020 (day sessions)
Isle of Anglesey – September 2019 (evening sessions)
Gwynedd – February 2020 (evening sessions)
Caring Dads is a child centred programme. Paul is an experienced facilitator of the Caring Dads programme and works in partnership with Gorwel – Grŵp Cynefin.
The Caring Dads programme focuses on:-
- helping men recognise attitudes, beliefs, and behaviours that support healthy and unhealthy father-child relationships
- develop skills for interacting with children in healthy ways
- appreciate the impact on children of controlling, intimidating, abusive and neglectful actions including witnessing domestic violence
During Caring Dads, fathers will develop skills to cope in healthy ways with frustrating situations, including:-
- Understanding how different fathering strategies and choices affect children
- Increasing their awareness of controlling, abusive, and neglectful attitudes and behaviours
- Developing strategies to strengthen the father-child relationship
Click below for the Caring Dads Referral form:-
Gorwel Caring Dads Referral Form 1.doc
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Eligibility Criteria
- Men who are known to have perpetrated domestic abuse – (who uses overly controlling, physical or emotional abusive and/or neglectful parenting strategies)
- Men with a history of perpetrating child sexual abuse will not be accepted into the programme
- Men need to have a minimal level of acknowledgment of their past abusive behaviour
- For further information please contact us by email - info@pauljonesisw.co.uk
Further information in regards to the Caring Dads on this video:-
Advanced Safeguarding Children Training for Education Staff
Advanced Safeguarding Children Training for Education Staff
Learning Outcomes –
- A greater understanding of the child protection process and system.
- How to identify the signs and symptoms of domestic abuse.
- How to manage disclosures of abuse.
- To be able to identify disguised compliance in parents involved with Social Services.
- The signs and symptoms of child sexual exploitation.
- How to identify illness that is fabricated.
"A very informative course delivered in a friendly and relaxed way. Paul's wealth of experience was obvious and because of his expertise, he was able to advise us on a wide range of issues that we were unsure of. Course notes were incredibly useful, especially so for feeding back to colleagues at school. Being relatively new to safeguarding, I now feel far more confident about dealing with disclosures and concerns. A very worthwhile course - thank you Paul!".
Lucy Kelman, Ysgol Pen y Bryn, Colwyn Bay
“I did the Advanced Safeguarding Children with Paul and found the training to be extremely useful. It was an excellent opportunity to gain further insight into the area of Safeguarding, and ask Paul many questions that he was able to answer due his wealth of experience. Paul also supplied many valuable documents around the area of Safeguarding which I found to be very useful”.
Amy Carter, Bangor Independent School.
Next training will be in the Y Galeri, Caernarfon on the 9th October 2019 – see below to secure your place:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/uwch-hyfforddiant-diogelu-plant-addysg-advanced-safeguarding-training-y-galeri-caernarfon-091019-tickets-58931360285
Violence against Women, Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence (Wales) Act 2015
Violence against Women, Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence (Wales) Act 2015
Following the completion of this training you will be able to:-
- Introduction to the Violence against Women, Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence (Wales) Act 2015.
- Understand what violence against women, domestic abuse and sexual violence is.
- Recognise the signs of violence against women, domestic abuse and sexual violence.
- Understand your role in tackling violence against women, domestic abuse and sexual violence.
Working with Perpetrators of Domestic Abuse
The aim of this course is to provide the participants with the skills, strategies and knowledge to work with male perpetrators of Domestic Abuse.
Working with Perpetrators of Domestic Abuse
Learning Outcomes -
- How to identify different behaviours in relation to Domestic Abuse
- Be able to work with the men in acknowledging the impact and the consequences of their abusive behaviours
- To develop and gain confidence in using new skills and strategies to affect change
- Assist the men to be more child centred and how to nurture their children
- Strategies for collating information regarding the perpetrators for Initial and Core Assessments, LAC Statutory Reviews, Risk Assessments, Court Reports etc
Teen Abuse in Relationships
Prevention work with young people regarding what is abuse in relationships.
Teen Abuse in Relationships
Workshops would cover:-
➢What is abuse in a relationship?
➢Why would someone be abusive?
➢The impact of being in an abusive relationship – the here and now & into the future.
➢What should I do?
➢What to do if someone tells you that they are in an abusive relationship?
➢Who can you talk to?
These workshops are available to secondary schools, youth clubs and any organisation working with young people.
For further information please contact us.
Courses
Course Aim – To provide the participants with the skills and knowledge to understand how to safeguard children and young people from harm. Learning Outcomes - ➢ A greater understanding of the child protection process and system. ➢ How to identify the signs and symptoms of domestic abuse. ➢ How to manage disclosures of abuse. ➢ To be able to identify disguised compliance in parents involved with Social Services. ➢ The signs and symptoms of child sexual exploitation. ➢ How to identify illness that is fabricated. Trainer Details – Paul Jones is an Independent Social Worker with extensive experience of working for Social Services, NSPCC and secondary schools. To secure your place please contact us by email or book your place through the Eventbrite link. Lunch will be provided.
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Course Aim – An introduction to the Caring Dads programme and to discuss appropriate service users to be referred. Caring Dads is devoted to ensuring the safety and well being of children through working with fathers who have abused and neglect their children or expose them to abuse of their mothers. Caring Dads is a child centred programme. The Caring Dads program focuses on:- ➢ Helping men recognise attitudes, beliefs, and behaviours that support healthy and unhealthy father-child relationships. ➢ Develop skills for interacting with children in healthy ways. ➢ Appreciate the impact on children of controlling, intimidating, abusive and neglectful actions including witnessing domestic violence. To reserve your space on the above course please contact us on 01248 750903 or gorwel@gorwel.org or through Eventbrite.
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Course Aim – An introduction to the Caring Dads programme and to discuss appropriate service users to be referred. Caring Dads is devoted to ensuring the safety and well being of children through working with fathers who have abused and neglect their children or expose them to abuse of their mothers. Caring Dads is a child centred programme. The Caring Dads program focuses on:- ➢ Helping men recognise attitudes, beliefs, and behaviours that support healthy and unhealthy father-child relationships. ➢ Develop skills for interacting with children in healthy ways. ➢ Appreciate the impact on children of controlling, intimidating, abusive and neglectful actions including witnessing domestic violence. To reserve your space on the above course please contact us on 01248 750903 or gorwel@gorwel.org or through Eventbrite.
Read MoreCourse Aim – An introduction to the Caring Dads programme and to discuss appropriate service users to be referred. Caring Dads is devoted to ensuring the safety and well being of children through working with fathers who have abused and neglect their children or expose them to abuse of their mothers. Caring Dads is a child centred programme. The Caring Dads program focuses on:- ➢ Helping men recognise attitudes, beliefs, and behaviours that support healthy and unhealthy father-child relationships. ➢ Develop skills for interacting with children in healthy ways. ➢ Appreciate the impact on children of controlling, intimidating, abusive and neglectful actions including witnessing domestic violence. To reserve your space on the above course please contact us on 01248 750903 or gorwel@gorwel.org or through Eventbrite.
Read MoreCourse Aim – An introduction to the Caring Dads programme and to discuss appropriate service users to be referred. Caring Dads is devoted to ensuring the safety and well being of children through working with fathers who have abused and neglect their children or expose them to abuse of their mothers. Caring Dads is a child centred programme. The Caring Dads program focuses on:- ➢ Helping men recognise attitudes, beliefs, and behaviours that support healthy and unhealthy father-child relationships. ➢ Develop skills for interacting with children in healthy ways. ➢ Appreciate the impact on children of controlling, intimidating, abusive and neglectful actions including witnessing domestic violence. To reserve your space on the above course please contact us on 01248 750903 or gorwel@gorwel.org or through Eventbrite.
Read MoreCourse Aim – An introduction to the Caring Dads programme and to discuss appropriate service users to be referred. Caring Dads is devoted to ensuring the safety and well being of children through working with fathers who have abused and neglect their children or expose them to abuse of their mothers. Caring Dads is a child centred programme. The Caring Dads program focuses on:- ➢ Helping men recognise attitudes, beliefs, and behaviours that support healthy and unhealthy father-child relationships. ➢ Develop skills for interacting with children in healthy ways. ➢ Appreciate the impact on children of controlling, intimidating, abusive and neglectful actions including witnessing domestic violence. To reserve your space on the above course please contact us on 01248 750903 or gorwel@gorwel.org or through Eventbrite.
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This training is available as a one-off training or can be completed over three or four short sessions over a period of 12 months. Please contact us if you need any further information.
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Paul Jones is an Independent Social Worker who can carry out independent fostering assessment in regards to:- ➢ Form F (Fostering Wales) BAAF ➢ Connected Person / Family and Friends Assessment ➢ Viability Assessment ➢ Special Guardianship Order
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Paul Jones is able to provide parenting skills on a one to one basis with parents, grandparents, adoptive parents or foster carers.
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Prevention work with young people regarding what is abuse in relationships.
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The aim of this course is to provide the participants with the skills, strategies and knowledge to work with male perpetrators of Domestic Abuse.
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