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SUMMARY:Business in the Community's Job Coaching Training
DESCRIPTION:Mandatory training session for employees of BITC member organisations\, volunteering on the Job Coaching programme.\n\n\nBusiness in the Community’s Job Coaching programme\nBusiness in the Community’s (BITC) job coaching programme aims to engage businesses across the UK to support jobseekers through a series of coaching sessions. \nOur ambition is to help build an inclusive workforce by supporting people who face barriers to employment across the UK. \n\n\nHow does it work?\nBITC comprehensively trains employee volunteers as coaches\, providing them with all the necessary tools and resources. \n– Coaches are then matched with jobseekers to provide one-to-one support.– Coaches and jobseekers meet virtually for up to six\, 60 minute sessions\, usually 2-3 weeks apart. \n\n\nCoaches and jobseekers benefit\nCoaches help improve the skills\, confidence and employment opportunities for the jobseeker while also enhancing their own skills and wellbeing. \n\n\nFacilitated training workshop\nIn preparation for your role as coach and before we match you with a jobseeker\, you will need to complete our three-hour online facilitated training workshop. Guidance and support are provided throughout the programme. \n\n\nOutline of the event\nOur training virtual sessions are designed to be interactive and engaging and are led by an experienced trainer. Please make sure you can access Teams for this session. \n“Great content\, good pace\, enthusiastic delivery\, good mix of content\, clear explanations and answered all our questions.” \nThe training will cover the following; \n– Structure and content of the job coaching programme.– Understanding jobseeker’s circumstances and the barriers they face.– Safeguarding.– Coaching tools including; active listening\, giving feedback\, the GROW model and more. \nPlease note: you need to attend the full three hours. Please don’t book a training if you are not able to attend the whole session. \nWe look forward to welcoming you to the training and supporting you soon. \n\n\nBooking and contact details and further information\n\nContact coaching@bitc.org.uk if you have any questions about the Job Coaching programme or the training session itself.\n\n\nFull joining instructions will be sent before the event.\n\n\nFind out more about BITC’s Job Coaching programme.
URL:https://www.bitc.org.uk/event/business-in-the-communitys-job-coaching-training-mar19/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Employment and Skills
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SUMMARY:Business in the Community's Job Coaching Training
DESCRIPTION:Mandatory training session for employees of BITC member organisations\, volunteering on the Job Coaching programme.\n\n\nBusiness in the Community’s Job Coaching programme\nBusiness in the Community’s (BITC) job coaching programme aims to engage businesses across the UK to support jobseekers through a series of coaching sessions. \nOur ambition is to help build an inclusive workforce by supporting people who face barriers to employment across the UK. \n\n\nHow does it work?\nBITC comprehensively trains employee volunteers as coaches\, providing them with all the necessary tools and resources. \n– Coaches are then matched with jobseekers to provide one-to-one support.– Coaches and jobseekers meet virtually for up to six\, 60 minute sessions\, usually 2-3 weeks apart. \n\n\nCoaches and jobseekers benefit\nCoaches help improve the skills\, confidence and employment opportunities for the jobseeker while also enhancing their own skills and wellbeing. \n\n\nFacilitated training workshop\nIn preparation for your role as coach and before we match you with a jobseeker\, you will need to complete our three-hour online facilitated training workshop. Guidance and support are provided throughout the programme. \n\n\nOutline of the event\nOur training virtual sessions are designed to be interactive and engaging and are led by an experienced trainer. Please make sure you can access Teams for this session. \n“Great content\, good pace\, enthusiastic delivery\, good mix of content\, clear explanations and answered all our questions.” \nThe training will cover the following; \n– Structure and content of the job coaching programme.– Understanding jobseeker’s circumstances and the barriers they face.– Safeguarding.– Coaching tools including; active listening\, giving feedback\, the GROW model and more. \nPlease note: you need to attend the full three hours. Please don’t book a training if you are not able to attend the whole session. \nWe look forward to welcoming you to the training and supporting you soon. \n\n\nBooking and contact details and further information\n\nContact coaching@bitc.org.uk if you have any questions about the Job Coaching programme or the training session itself.\n\n\nFull joining instructions will be sent before the event.\n\n\nFind out more about BITC’s Job Coaching programme.
URL:https://www.bitc.org.uk/event/business-in-the-communitys-job-coaching-training-apr16/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Employment and Skills
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SUMMARY:Peer Learning Forum: Working your way: employee passports and job crafting
DESCRIPTION:Explore how employee passports\, flexible adjustments\, and holistic job-crafting approaches can support sustainable wellbeing at work.\n\n\nThis is an online event taking place on Microsoft Teams \n \nAudience\nWe are pleased to welcome Business in the Community (BITC) members\, as well as non-members who have an advisory package with us. Hosted by our issue experts\, there are 20 forums a year\, covering a range of responsible business areas and enabling our members to discuss challenges\, solutions and ideas. \nThis event will be of particular interest to HR\, wellbeing\, and EDI professionals seeking practical ways to embed inclusive wellbeing through job design. \n\n\nAbout the event\nAs organisations respond to rising expectations around flexibility\, inclusion and health at work\, many are moving beyond reactive adjustments toward proactive\, person-centred job design.   \nThis session will examine how employee passports and job-crafting frameworks can:  – –  \n\nEnable continuity of support across roles and managers \nReduce barriers for disabled employees and those with fluctuating health conditions \nEmbed wellbeing into everyday organisational practice rather than standalone initiatives \n\nJoin us to explore practical approaches\, shared challenges\, and emerging good practice in creating work that works for everyone.  \n\n\nBackground\nBITC’s Workwell Model highlights the interdependence of physical\, mental\, social and financial wellbeing\, shaped by leadership behaviours\, job design\, and organisational culture. This forum builds on BITC’s wider work supporting employers to create inclusive\, healthy\, and sustainable workplaces where people can thrive. \n\n\nAbout Business in the Community’s Peer Learning Forums\nBITC’s Peer Learning Forums provide a confidential environment to discuss common issues\, solutions\, and good practice. There will be an emphasis on discussion and sharing experiences. All contributions from businesses will be confidential within the group and won’t be shared externally by BITC. \n \nBooking and contact details and further information\n\nContact Annette.Ettarh@bitc.org.uk \, Event Manager\, BITC for any further questions.\nFull joining instructions will be sent before the event.\n\nFind out how your organisation can become a member of Business in the Community
URL:https://www.bitc.org.uk/event/peer-learning-forum-working-your-way-employee-passports-and-job-crafting/
LOCATION:Online event
CATEGORIES:Employment and Skills,Health and Wellbeing,Peer Learning Forums
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SUMMARY:Peer Learning Forum:  Personal beliefs at work: Managing dissenting views
DESCRIPTION:Join to explore how organisations can navigate differing personal beliefs while maintaining inclusion\, dignity and psychological safety.\n\n\nThis is an online event taking place on Microsoft Teams \n \nAudience\nWe are pleased to welcome Business in the Community (BITC) members\, as well as non-members who have an advisory package with us. Hosted by our issue experts\, there are 20 forums a year\, covering a range of responsible business areas and enabling our members to discuss challenges\, solutions and ideas. \nThis event will be of particular interest to HR\, EDI\, legal\, and senior leaders responsible for culture\, conduct\, and employee relations. \n\n\nAbout the event\nAcross many workplaces\, conversations about identity\, values\, and beliefs are becoming more visible—and at times more contested. Leaders and HR professionals are increasingly asked to balance: \n\nfreedom of belief and expression\n\n\nprotection from discrimination and harassment\n\n\nthe need for respectful\, inclusive workplace cultures\n\nThis session will provide a structured space to reflect on real-world dilemmas\, share organisational approaches\, and consider practical strategies for managing dissent in ways that uphold both inclusion and fairness. \n\n\nBackground\nBITC’s inclusion work emphasises psychological safety\, belonging\, and respectful dialogue as core foundations of responsible business. Supporting employers to navigate complexity—rather than avoid it—is central to creating cultures where difference can exist without harm. \n\n\nAbout Business in the Community’s Peer Learning Forums\nBITC’s Peer Learning Forums provide a confidential environment to discuss common issues\, solutions\, and good practice. There will be an emphasis on discussion and sharing experiences. All contributions from businesses will be confidential within the group and won’t be shared externally by BITC. \n \nBooking and contact details and further information\n\nContact events@bitc.org.uk  for any further questions.\nFull joining instructions will be sent before the event.\n\nFind out how your organisation can become a member of Business in the Community
URL:https://www.bitc.org.uk/event/peer-learning-forum-personal-beliefs-at-work-managing-dissenting-views/
LOCATION:Online event
CATEGORIES:Employment and Skills,Health and Wellbeing,Peer Learning Forums
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SUMMARY:Peer Learning Forum: Sexual Harassment and the Worker Protection Act
DESCRIPTION:Join to examine employer responsibilities to prevent sexual harassment and how to respond proactively under the Worker Protection Act\n\n\nThis is an online event taking place on Microsoft Teams \n \nAudience\nBusiness in the Community (BITC) members\, as well as non-members who have an advisory package with us. Hosted by our issue experts\, there are 20 forums a year\, covering a range of responsible business areas and enabling our members to discuss challenges\, solutions and ideas.  \nThis event will be of particular value to HR\, legal\, and safeguarding leads responsible for policy\, compliance and workplace culture. \n\n\nBackground\nBITC’s supports employers to build safe\, respectful\, and inclusive workplaces where dignity at work is protected. Preventing harassment is closely linked to broader culture\, leadership behaviour\, and organisational trust—core themes across BITC’s responsible business framework. \nAbout the event\nThe Worker Protection Act signals a shift from reactive response toward preventative duty. Employers are now expected not only to address incidents but to demonstrate the steps they take to reduce risk and create safe working environments. \nThis session will explore: \n\nWhat “reasonable steps” look like in practice\n\n\nThe role of leadership\, culture\, and reporting mechanisms\n\n\nHow prevention connects to wider inclusion and psychological safety strategies\n\nThrough shared discussion\, we will identify practical actions organisations can take to strengthen prevention and accountability. \n\n\n\nAbout Business in the Community’s Peer Learning Forums\nBITC’s Peer Learning Forums provide a confidential environment to discuss common issues\, solutions\, and good practice. There will be an emphasis on discussion and sharing experiences. All contributions from businesses will be confidential within the group and won’t be shared externally by BITC. \n \nBooking and contact details and further information\n\nContact events@bitc.org.uk for any further questions.\nFull joining instructions will be sent before the event.\n\nFind out how your organisation can become a member of Business in the Community
URL:https://www.bitc.org.uk/event/peer-learning-forum-sexual-harassment-and-the-worker-protection-act/
LOCATION:Online event
CATEGORIES:Employment and Skills,Peer Learning Forums
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