Sessions help workers see common humanity behind the bureaucratic labels of \u2018asylum seeker\u2019 and \u2018refugee\u2019 and to imagine themselves \u2018in their shoes\u2019. And we share what works in supporting the refugee and asylum seeker community, from their own perspective.<\/p>\n
We customise our training to suit particular professional roles and post-graduate and undergraduate courses. We train teams delivering social work, early help, adult social care, nursing, mental health, crisis intervention, policing and community safety and we provide briefings for charitable foundation grant managers. They most often describe our training as ‘transformative’<\/em> and ‘thought provoking’<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\nOur training is now part of several Workforce Development programmes and the teaching syllabus for undergraduate and post-graduate University courses. Our members have also joined University admissions panels to candidate selection processes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nFeedback from trainees demonstrates how these sessions can positively affect the way they view, engage with and support the RAS community. They\u00a0say<\/p>\n