Quest - Training & Wellbeing Hub

🚀 Ready to strengthen your leadership skills?

Our Managing People, Leading Teams programme is designed for new and aspiring managers, supervisors, and team leaders, as well as experienced leaders looking to refresh and develop their approach.

Through 4 interactive full-day workshops, participants will explore:

✅ Leadership & management styles
✅ Motivating and engaging teams
✅ Leading through change
✅ Supporting performance & difficult conversations
✅ Building high-performing teams

This practical and engaging programme gives you the confidence, skills, and tools to lead effectively in today’s workplace.

⭐ “Best course I’ve ever attended and would recommend it.”
⭐ “Thought-provoking, inspiring and empowering.”

📅 Starts: 6 November 2026
💷 £400 per person
📍 Limited availability

Find out more and book your place today:
https://portal.focusquest.co.uk/course/c92329ca-0f12-11ed-9978-83d9b5f8519a

⚖️ FREE MCA TRAINING | FLUCTUATING CAPACITY

Understanding fluctuating mental capacity can be one of the most challenging areas of practice in health and social care.

Our FREE “MCA – Fluctuating Capacity” course will help participants explore:
✔ The legal framework for fluctuating capacity
✔ When and how assessments should be completed
✔ Practice challenges and case law
✔ Guidance from the MCA Code of Practice

📅 Available dates:
• 21 September 2026
• 08 December 2026

Suitable for anyone working in health and/or social care settings.

Places are limited — book now through Quest Training & Wellbeing Hub.
https://portal.focusquest.co.uk/course/5ce354d2-4d26-11f1-9350-2bf503a9fc7b

🧠 FREE MCA TRAINING | EXECUTIVE CAPACITY

Do you work in health or social care?

Our FREE “MCA – Executive Capacity” course explores how people may be able to make decisions in theory, but struggle to put them into practice in everyday life.

The session covers:
✔ Executive functioning
✔ The “Frontal Lobe Paradox”
✔ Assessing executive capacity
✔ Real-life case examples and practical approaches

📅 Available dates:
• 15 September 2026
• 02 December 2026

Ideal for anyone working in health and/or social care settings.

Book your place through Quest Training & Wellbeing Hub today.
https://portal.focusquest.co.uk/course/a19fd888-4d1d-11f1-b120-8bc517fed413

Stepping into management, or ready to sharpen your leadership skills?

Our Managing People, Leading Teams programme is designed to give you the confidence, tools, and practical know-how to lead effectively from day one.

Whether you’re new to managing, already supervising others, or aiming for your next step, this 4-day interactive course will help you:

✔ Understand your leadership style
✔ Motivate and inspire your team
✔ Lead through change with confidence
✔ Build high-performing teams
✔ Handle performance and difficult conversations effectively

Delivered across four full-day workshops, this programme blends practical activities, group discussion, and real-world application so you can put your learning into practice straight away.

💬 “Best course I’ve ever attended… engaging throughout.”
💬 “Thought-provoking, inspiring and empowering.”

If you’re ready to develop as a leader and bring out the best in others, this course is for you.
👉 Book your place now: https://portal.focusquest.co.uk/course/c92329ca-0f12-11ed-9978-83d9b5f8519a

👁️ SENSORY IMPAIRMENT AWARENESS TRAINING
📅 28 May 2026

Could your practice be more confident, inclusive, and informed when supporting people with sight loss?

Join our interactive 2-hour workshop delivered by Lincoln & Lindsey Blind Society and gain practical insight into sensory impairment and how it impacts daily life.

This session goes beyond theory, it’s hands-on, engaging, and designed to help you experience and understand visual impairment in a meaningful way.

🔎 What you’ll gain from the session:
Bust common myths about sight loss
Understand different types of visual impairment
Experience vision changes using “sim specs”
Learn the emotional impact of sight lossIdentify barriers to independence
Build confidence in sighted guiding techniques
Strengthen everyday communication and support skills

💡 Whether you work directly with people or support them in a wider role, this training will help you make small changes that make a big difference.

💰 FREE to attend
⚠️ Non-attendance/cancellations within 7 days will incur a £25 charge

👉 Book your place now: https://portal.focusquest.co.uk/course/aa189c90-f095-11ec-9978-6bfc7d34c97

Places are still available for the next session of Communicating with Non-Verbal Clients taking place on 12 May 2026.

This training explores how communication develops and the factors that can hinder it, drawing on relevant communication models and research. The session also introduces Focus’s Communication Tool Kit and includes practical approaches that can be used to better support people who are non-verbal.

The course is designed to help practitioners build confidence and adaptability in real-world situations, with a strong focus on reflective practice and the principles of the Mental Capacity Act 2005. In particular, we look at how reasonable adjustments can ensure individuals are fully involved in decisions about their health and social care.

Course objectives include:
⦿ Understanding possible reasons for non-verbal presentation
⦿ Gaining knowledge to adapt communication methods for non-verbal individuals
⦿ Reflecting on how communication approaches support MCA 2005 and decision-making involvement
⦿ Feedback from previous attendees:

“Really useful + practical training session that will definitely help me in practise to better support people.” ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
“Really interesting to learn more ways of communicating and how the service user would feel.” ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Cost: £25.00 per person

Please note: cancellations within 7 days of the course or non-attendance will be charged at the full course fee.

Book here: https://portal.focusquest.co.uk/course/aa189c90-f095-11ec-9978-6bfc7d34c97d

🎥 New Recording Available: Anti-Oppressive Practice & Shades of Bias

Want to strengthen how you recognise and respond to bias in your practice?

This on-demand session explores practical tools to help you reflect on and address discrimination, including the Shades of Bias framework and Anti-Racism Supervision template.

Open to all health & care professionals in North East Lincolnshire.

https://portal.focusquest.co.uk/course/3b845f68-ec71-11f0-955c-a7b21c9fba00

🌍 World Social Work Week Webinar – Book Your Place Now!

🎓 ANTI-OPPRESSIVE PRACTICE & SHADES OF BIAS FRAMEWORK
🕒 2-Hour Online Webinar

As part of World Social Work Week, we’re inviting health and care professionals across North East Lincolnshire to join us for a powerful and practical session focused on embedding anti-oppressive practice into everyday work.

Led by Wayne Reid from the British Association of Social Workers, this NEL-specific webinar will introduce the Shades of Bias (SoB) Framework, a groundbreaking approach that moves beyond “tick-box” equality, diversity and inclusion and centres true social work values in practice.

🔎 What to expect:
• Practical tools to document, reflect on and learn from incidents of racism, discrimination and oppression
• A case study template to guide reflection and action
• Exemplars for recording and processing incidents effectively
• Insight into applying the framework formally within organisations and informally in personal practice
• Overview of the Anti-Racism Supervision template included in the Local Government Association Standards for Employers of Social Workers in England (2025 update)

This is a significant step forward in embedding anti-discrimination, anti-racism and anti-oppression at the heart of social work employment and professional standards.

If you’re committed to promoting equality and strengthening reflective practice, this session is for you.

👉 Book your place now:
https://portal.focusquest.co.uk/course/7b9bab82-ebb9-11f0-b545-0bb84449c23d

🚗 Parking Reminder for Quest Training Delegates 🚗

If you’re attending training at Quest / Heritage House, please remember:
✹ Nearby council car parks are Pay & Display.
✹ Sainsbury’s has a 2-hour limit—always check local signage for terms and conditions.
✹ The Focus staff car park is monitored by ANPR; non-staff vehicles may be fined.

⚠️ Due to local building and road works, parking capacity is reduced. Allow extra time to get here and find a space.

For full details, visit: https://www.focusquest.co.uk/location/

📢 If you book or arrange training for someone else, please pass this info on to them!

Thank you for helping us keep arrivals smooth for everyone.

🚨 Mental Capacity Act – Level 2 Training 🚨

🗓 Next session: Tuesday, 2nd December 2025

Are you ready to complete your MCA training pathway? This interactive Level 2 course is designed for Provider Managers, Senior Staff, and Health & Social Care professionals with direct service user contact.

📌 Why attend?
⏺ Consolidate your MCA knowledge and reflect on your practice
⏺ Understand duties under the MCA and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards
⏺ Learn to apply local policy confidently in day-to-day practice
⏺ Explore challenges, evolving case law, and legally safe record keeping
⏺ Take on a championship role within your workplace and share learning

This course is the final step in the MCA training pathway and equips you with the skills to implement the MCA 2005 confidently and safely.

💬 What past delegates say:
⭐ “Informative and interactive. Compassionate and enthusiastic presenters”
⭐ “Excellent trainer. Good mix of learning methods. Good venue”

📅 Book your place now: https://portal.focusquest.co.uk/course/b9cb0236-f6e4-11ec-9978-97a3536d9303

⏰ Please arrive on time. Late arrivals (over 10 mins) may not be admitted. If you’re running late, call 0300 3302975 or email [email protected].