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Fife Health Promotion Service - Thinking About Stigma
Created: 02/11/2023
News/Events Category: Training and Learning
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When: 9.30am-12.30pm, Tuesday 14 November 2023
Where: Clued Up , 441 High Street, Kirkcaldy, KY1 2SN
This event is being organised by Fife Health Promotion Service
This particular event is free to attend, so no payment is required.
It is too late to book a place for this particular session, sorry about that.Aims
This is an introductory level course which explores a toolkit for those with little or no knowledge of stigma. It aims to support practitioners in their daily work to understand and think about the issues, harms and injustice that stigma presents for people. It offers practical options how to consider stigma - helping to promote a more inclusive practice and ensure that people are treated with respect and dignity.
Learner Outcomes
By the end of this course participants will:
- Develop an understanding of stigma and how it has been experienced in Fife and reported by families
- Understand the influences that contribute to stigma and how stigma is reinforced and reproduced
- Build an awareness of your own unconscious bias and how this may lead to stigma
- Recognise where stigma may present in your workplace and role
- Identify actions for promoting inclusive practice in tackling stigma in your workplace and role
Who should attend?
Those who want to build their knowledge and understanding of stigma for practice and policy making and/or practitioners working with families who may encounter stigma including those in education, health and social care, housing, police, social work, and services providing money advice and other advice services.
Facilitators
Stevan Sutherland, Team leader, Fife Health and Social Care Partnership
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