Vital Skills: Boundaries

It was an informative and engaging session with a gifted presenter who managed to bring all experiences together and facilitate all needs. It was a great balance of interaction and information without any low points. It was an excellent session. – Attendee 2025

Purpose of course

Boundaries within befriending can cover a lot of ground as it overflows into topics of Safeguarding, Risk Management and Support and Supervision. It is an important topic and applicable to the staff, volunteers, service users and third parties of a project. Join the session to build your confidence in how to embed boundaries, how to handle boundaries when broken and more.

This session will have comfort breaks to reduce screen time and allow participants to have refreshments.

Learning Objectives Include:

• To examine the purpose of boundaries within befriending
• To distinguish methods for communicating boundaries to stakeholders
• To create a boundary agreement for your befriending matches
• To review staff capacity and staff boundaries
• To identify reasons boundaries may be broken and construct methods to minimise risk

Resources and Additional Support

Attendees with gain access to our Boundaries Delegate Pack with a range of resources and guidance to support further learning. This includes tutorial videos, templates for constructing policies and procedures for boundaries, and more. All participants will also be invited to submit their Boundary Agreement for a free consultation with Befriending Networks. Recommendations for improvement will be provided as appropriate.

Certificate of Completion

All participants of Vital Skills have the opportunity to earn a certificate of attendance by completing the summative assessment to evidence their learning on the course.

Questions?

Not sure if this course is right for you? Want to ask questions? Contact the course facilitator via email at Victoria@befriending.co.uk