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Relational and Restorative Thinking Resources and Courses

These resources and courses help to introduce and embed relational and restorative practice.  Please get in touch to tell us about your strengths, needs and intended outcomes and we’ll tailor our input and resources to help you get there!

Relational Leadership online course

Flexible 12-month online course, suitable for leaders at all levels, with start dates throughout 2026.  Download our brochure here.

The NHS 10 Year Health Plan calls for relational leaders.  This course builds on existing leadership strengths to develop relational practice; this will better enable leaders to navigate system change aligned to the 3 shifts.

This course develops leadership strengths in:

  • Understanding the root causes of confrontation and conflict
  • Confidence in handling confrontation and conflict
  • Tools for constructive communication and accountability
  • Techniques for rebuilding trust after disagreements
  • Strategies for fostering inclusive and supportive team cultures
  • Improved problem-solving with colleagues

 

Contact Lesley for course dates:  lesley@restorativethinking.co.uk

 

Learning from each other!

We regularly update online courses and include contributions from course participants.

For example, Corina Benjamin, Mental Health Support Team Manager at Nottingham City Council, shares how the Relational Window has helped to refine her practice.

Relationships for Change

Online, on-demand course; 12-month access

Accredited by the Royal College of Nursing (5 hours CPD). 

Participants progress through a series of structured modules, gaining practical tools and techniques they can immediately apply within their team/department/organisation

Learn about relational and restorative practice in your own time, at your own pace.  Each module is designed to build lasting improvement skills at a sustainable pace.

Download our brochure here.

Face to face workshops

Our team facilitates in-person training, 1-3 days in length with individual NHS Trusts, Children’s and Adult Services.

We also run open relational and restorative practice workshops.  Our next open course is for Professional Nurse Advocates and Professional Midwifery Advocates.

Download the brochure here.

What will you learn?

  • Develop the practical aspects of planning and facilitating restorative supervision sessions.
  • How to enable a colleague/colleagues to balance challenge and support to find their way through problems.
  • Phrases and techniques that enable solution-focused discussions with colleagues, patients and their families.

What is Restorative and Relational Practice?

Podcast 1, November 11th 2024

This is our first ‘relational podcast’, an introduction to the series.  We’ll post more here as we record them, so watch this space!

1. What is Restorative and Relational Practice?


2. From Justice to Practice

From Justice to Practice

Podcast 2, December 4th 2024

Our second ‘relational podcast’ explains the origins of restorative practice and how restorative and relational practice can help us to rediscover the ability to sit together, hold each other to account in a fair and open way and figure out what to do next.

The Coffee Pot

Podcast 3, December 11th 2024

My colleague found a dirty coffee pot left on her workplace desk, on purpose.  Here’s what happened next.


3. The Coffee Pot

 

Restorative Practice at Work: Six habits for improving relationships in healthcare settings

Demonstrates how anyone working in healthcare can draw on restorative practice to develop six habits that improve relationships and help to foster compassionate and inclusive workplace cultures.

Order here.

What is Restorative Practice?

This video is a short introduction to restorative practice for all settings.

E-Learning

Access our e-Learning CPD courses via this link.

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