This two-day course aims to enhance your skills and understanding of group work, increase awareness of the potential benefits, and will reflect on your own behaviour as both a group member and a group facilitator.

The course is experiential and will explore the foundational use of different models of group processes and group dynamics and will identify ways of creating a safe and trusting environment.

By the end of the course, you will feel confident in applying a variety of facilitation skills, techniques, and approaches to ensure group work is effective, safe and creative.

This course will support you to: 

• Understand group processes and dynamics
• Identify your personal facilitation style and its impact on group work
• Examine the different roles people take in groups
• Create a safe and trusting environment for group work
• Apply strategies to effectively manage difficult situations, including conflict
• Understand the benefits and limitations of co-facilitation

Who should attend?

Suitable for anyone wishing to develop their understanding of group work.

Level: 

Intermediate

Duration: 

This two-day course will be taking place at a venue in Brighton on 14 & 15 September 2026.

Attendance on both days is required.

The way this Group Work training was facilitated reflected the theory on best ways to run groups.  This gave a clear example of how well those techniques work. I really enjoyed it.

In-house

This course is also available in-house, and prices start from £1,597 for up to 16 people. This can be a cost-effective way of training staff and can be tailored to best meet the needs of your organisation.

For more information see in-house.

Please contact the Learning & Development Team for further assistance at [email protected] or telephone 01273 645420