West Midlands

The NCJAA's annual conference – "Young people in the criminal justice system - how can the arts respond?" – will be held at Birmingham's Crescent Theatre. Performances, speakers and workshopsare listed in the site below.

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This two-day training event will provide key information and practical strategies on how to creatively engage young people with SEN, older adults, and those living with long-term health conditions.

Akademi delivers outreach work in a wide range of settings, including hospitals, day care centres, schools, care homes and community centres. Working as a dance artist in settings such as these requires varied approaches and specific skills.

The Creative Dementia Arts Network is calling for applications for its courses – offering training and resources for arts practitioners interested in working with dementia.

To kick-start the autumn, LAHF has commissioned a series of blogs about the future of arts and health which we will be publishing daily over the next 2 weeks. The blogs, from leading practitioners working across the spectrum of creativity and wellbeing ask where this work is heading and what challenges and opportunities might open up in the year ahead. The blog series will begin on Monday 10th September and a new blog will be published each weekday until 21st September.

The University of Nottingham is running a series of training workshops to prepare caregivers to use music in their care practice with increased confidence and theoretical understanding.

The two day course is the first level of a three tier training series. Cost: £200

https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/cpdstudy/programmes/sociology-social-work/music-care-training-level-1.aspx

A conference exploring the impact of the Arts Council’s Creative People and Places programme will take place in Wolverhampton.

The two day conference aims to unpick the themes of power, collaboration, ownership, relevance and place through a series of rich conversations, with an emphasis on learning and practice.

http://www.creativepeopleplaces.org.uk/conference

Hereford’s Courtyard Centre for the Arts is looking to recruit four music practitioners to deliver a new Creative Ageing project.

Successful candidates will be provided with an expert mentor, receive initial training and have the opportunity to shadow a mentor, enabling them to develop how they use their practice to facilitate workshops for older people in a variety of care settings.

Paintings in Hospitals is looking for a Loans Coordinator to provide an art loan service in the West Midlands that promotes health, wellbeing and empowerment for all.

A researcher with proven ability to write for publication is sought for a new post at the newly formed Arts in Health Centre of Excellence, within the College of Health & Social Care Research Centre (CHSCRC), University of Derby.