Oral Public Health Specialist
North Somerset Council
Public Health, Post Point 11, Castlewood, Tickenham Road, Clevedon, BS21 6FW
Our FREE Oral Health Promotion Workshops are a popular CPD for staff across sectors.
From Early Years Practitioners to Stop Smoking Support Workers, School Nurses to Care Home Managers, Childminders to Teachers – over 200 professionals have been trained by our team in the last year.
Training for Everyone
We run regular training events online and will come to your staff meetings (within North Somerset) to run workshops adapted for your team’s needs. So whatever you do, if you’d like to increase staff knowledge of oral health, get in touch using the contact form on this page.
If you work with children and cannot make it to any of the workshops scheduled here, Health Education England offers a free online course which you can work through at a time convenient to you.
Children’s Oral Health for All
Upcoming Training
All of our webinars are in workshop format and work best when participants come prepared to share their own experiences and questions to inform the session.
North Somerset Council staff please use iLearn to search for the training you’d like. Everyone else, click on a date from the list below to visit the booking page.
Promoting Oral Health to Children, Young People and Families
This training will equip children’s workforce practitioners with the knowledge and best tips for looking after children’s teeth, to enable much needed conversations with parents, to help them prevent tooth decay in their children. As a group participants will discuss ways to pass these messages onto children in fun and engaging ways, and share ideas from practice. Those who have done this course before have reported a 48% increase in confidence when promoting oral health to children and 68% increased confidence talking with parents about the subject.
The training will take place on Microsoft Teams so, please ensure your email address is correct when signing up as a link will be sent out just prior to the training.
Thursday 14 November 2024, 10:30 – 12:00
Tuesday 21 January, 13:00-14:30
Thursday 20 March, 13:00-14:30
Taking Care of Your Teeth, for the busy care worker.
Ever wondered why the Care Quality Commission make such a big deal about looking after people’s mouths? Do you ask yourself “Why should I brush my teeth every day?” or “What has sugar got to do with my teeth?” ?
In this workshop we will attempt to answer all these questions and more, taking you through where mouth problems come from and how best to protect your teeth and gums from problems in the future. We will cover the causes of diseases, how these can effect your general health, ways to look after your mouth and tips for doing this around your busy work life.
Monday 18 November, 10:00-11:00
Please check back soon for more dates and topics