07 March, 2024

Free, online Digital Champion Training for Mental Health and Housing colleagues

Connecting Scotland are offering free, online Digital Champion training tailored to those working in mental health and housing to help staff feel confident in their digital skills.

Launched in Spring 2020, at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Connecting Scotland devised and delivered rapid support to help people get online. This included delivering over 61,000 devices and free internet access to homes.

To book into the training, please follow the links below:

The training session will cover:

What (who) is a digital champion?
The relational, holistic approach
Digital skills for staff to feel confident
Safeguarding and building confidence in online safety (staff and learners)
Accessibility tools
Specific tools: exploring and experiencing specific tools e.g sensory and visual tools
Opportunities to share practice and questions

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