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Organising Steward Training

19 – 28 April 2023

UNISON Yorkshire & Humberside Regional Centre, Leeds, LS11 5PS

To register your interest for this course please contact your branch. You will need approval from your branch to attend.

This face to face course looks at what the roles of the steward are and gives you the skills, knowledge and understanding to carry out these roles, for example recruiting members and involving them in the union and how to work with members to tackle problems at work.

• Recruiting members
• Keeping members informed
• How to raise issues in UNISON
• Proportionality and fair representation
• Interviewing members
• Understanding your grievance and disciplinary procedures.

Branch Charge: £125 per delegate

Workplace Reps Virtual Refresher Training

18 – 26 April 2023

Virtual Training via Microsoft Teams (10:00-12:00 each day)

To register your interest for this course please contact your branch. You will need approval from your branch to attend.

This virtual training course will be delivered in 4 modules and it is designed to meet the requirements of the Employment Rights Act (ERA) re-accreditation for further training of steward and workplace reps.

Branch Charge: £30 per delegate

Tame Your Inner Critic

24 April 2023 12:15pm–1:15pm

Virtual Training via MS Teams

A look at ways to address your negative thoughts.

To register your interest for this course, please email Rose on r.bent@unison.co.uk

Health and Safety Representatives Virtual Training

2 March 2023

Virtual training via Microsoft Teams (5 x Thursdays 9.30-16.30 each day)

To register your interest for this course please contact your branch.

This course is essential for new Health and Safety Representatives, or for those Health and Safety Representatives who have more experience but who haven’t yet had the chance to go on this course.

• What is the job and rights of a Health and Safety Representative?
• How do you interview a member? How do you start to prepare a case?
• How do you carry out a Health and Safety inspection?

Branch Charge: £30 per delegate

Mental Health at Work

28 – 29 March 2023

Virtual Training via Zoom (9.30-13.00 each day)

To register your interest for this course please contact your branch.

The virtual course runs over two half days and is aimed at; Health and Safety Reps/Other Branch Activists

This course includes:
• What affects our mental health at work
• Dealing with mental health issues
• Legal obligations of employers
• Organising to improve mental health at work

Branch Charge: £10 per delegate

UNISON Ambassador Programme by Show Racism the Red Card

7 February – 28 March 2023

Virtual Training running on 6 x Tuesdays via Zoom

To register your interest for this virtual workshop please add your details to the form below.

UNISON Yorkshire and Humberside Region have secured funding to run the Ambassador programme that will be delivered by Show Racism the Red Card.   

The purpose of this programme is to encourage those attending to be ambassadors for UNISONs anti-racism campaigning and to work with branches and the region to challenge racism more effectively.  Sessions will be a mixture of presentations, inspirational speakers and group work via breakout rooms.  The sessions are designed to give an increased understanding of anti-racism activism, extend knowledge of what racism is and how it impacts on individuals (both targets and perpetrators) and society.

Dates: 7, 14, 28 February, 7, 14, 28 March 2023 (running for 6 sessions) 

Time: 10:00-13:00 each day  

Branch Charge: £30 per delegate

Introduction to Employment Law

10 March 2023

Virtual Training via Zoom (3 x Fridays, 9.30 am - 12.30 pm)

To register your interest for this course please contact your branch. You will need approval from your branch to attend.

This course is designed as a general introduction to the law on employment rights and contracts of employment and is aimed at stewards with little experience of employment law and no previous training in employment law beyond what is covered in the general stewards’ induction course: The Organising Steward.

Branch Charge: £30 per delegate

Organising Steward Training

20 – 24 March 2023

UNISON Yorkshire & Humberside Regional Centre, Leeds, LS11 5PS

To register your interest for this course please contact your branch. You will need approval from your branch to attend.

This face to face course looks at what the roles of the steward are and gives you the skills, knowledge and understanding to carry out these roles, for example recruiting members and involving them in the union and how to work with members to tackle problems at work.

• Recruiting members
• Keeping members informed
• How to raise issues in UNISON
• Proportionality and fair representation
• Interviewing members
• Understanding your grievance and disciplinary procedures.

Branch Charge: £125 per delegate

Manage Your Time Effectively

23 March 2023 12:15pm–1:15pm

Virtual Training via MS Teams

Assess how you currently manage your time with ideas on how to save time.

To register your interest for this course, please email Rose on r.bent@unison.co.uk

Interview Skills

20 March 2023 10:00am–11:15am

Virtual Training via MS Teams

Understand what the employer looks for in an interview and how to deconstruct interview questions.

To register your interest for this course, please email Rose on r.bent@unison.co.uk