Ascension Trust Training

Description

This training course presents the ethos of the Street Pastors Initiative, and contains resources to prepare teams for appropriate and relevant relationships on the streets. It aims to bring together the challenges of a Christian responsibility for our neighbourhoods with the specialised knowledge vital to participation in twenty-first century culture.

Throughout the training, an open attitude is strongly encouraged. Emphasis is placed on each individual analysing his or her preconceived ideas and prejudices. Recognising these and letting go of them will facilitate the learning process and develop the ability to engage with new situations and contexts.

The Street Pastors Initiative is designed to give Christians the tools to be effective expressions of God’s love, and through the dedication of time and love, become bridgebuilders in today’s society.

The online elements of the course consists of eight subjects and there are additionally two further elective subjects that must be completed in addition to a practical element made up of supervised patrols.  The following eight modules are the core modules, which are mandatory and can be booked on this website, along with one of the electives, Mental Health.  Electives are normally organised locally by coordinators and delivered locally in person.

Core Modules

• 1. Roles and Responsibilities (this always takes place offline in a face-to-face setting, and booked via the local Street Pastor coordinator or person responsible for training)

Online

• 1. Listening Skills
• 1. Youth Culture
• 2. Mental Health
• 3. Drug & Alcohol Awareness
• 4. Safeguarding
• 5. Knowing Your Community
• 6. Good News
• 7. Police
• 8. Prayer

Curriculum

Core Modules

1. Roles and Responsibilities

The lesson is always conducted in a group session and not conducted virtually through the Ascension Trust Training website therefore, before completing any of the other core modules virtually through this website, it is a prerequisite that you have first completed the Roles and Responsibilities lesson offline.

You will be presented with a quiz which will require you to fill in a secret answer only released by the tutor / Street Pastor Coordinator to all trainees who successfully complete the Roles & Responsibilities training offline. Fill in this secret answer in the following quiz so that you can proceed to complete the rest of the core modules online.

Online

2. Listening Skills - This lesson will stream via Zoom.

    09.00-13.30

    Listening Skills Secret Answer

3. Youth Culture - This lesson will stream via Zoom.

     09.00-13.30

This lesson can help you to grasp what it is that influences the development of our youth and bring about effective change.

Youth Culture Secret Answer.

4. Mental Health - This lesson will stream via Zoom.

    09.00-13.30

This training module is about equipping community workers with the skills to be compassionate towards those presenting mental health issues. 

Mental Health Awareness Secret Answer

5. Drugs and Alcohol Awareness  - This lesson will stream via Zoom.

    09.00-13.30

This lesson will equip you with the skills and attitude to respond non-judgmentally to someone concerned with drugs and alcohol misuse or who has the potential to misuse either of these substances. 

Drug & Alcohol Awareness Secret Answer

6. Safeguarding Children & Adults at Risk  - This lesson will stream via Zoom.

    09.00-13.30

In this module you will recognise your responsibility for safeguarding children & adults at risk, examine the main categories for abuse and neglect and learn how to respond to allegations of misconduct or abuse.

Safeguarding Children Secret Answer

7. Knowing your Community  - This lesson will stream via Zoom.

    09.00-13.30

“It is important to have a good grasp of your community if you are to be effective in your community efforts”

The streets of our towns and cities are places of opportunity to help and care for people. Street Pastors have the potential to soften and absorb the aggression that dominates many communities. You can be bridge-builders between isolated or vulnerable individuals and the rest of the community.

Knowing Your Community Secret Answer

8. Good News - This lesson will stream via Zoom.

    09.00-13.30

This lesson will help Street Pastors to share the Good News in a community setting. It aims to help you to BE the good news for their communities, to ‘draw alongside others, helping and guiding them in their needs’. 

9. Police - This lesson will stream via Zoom.

    09.00-13.30

This lesson will help you to manage effective partnerships with the Police for community benefit. 

Police Secret Answer

10. Prayer - This lesson will stream via Zoom.

      09.00-13.30

Prayer Secret Answer