The Hoarding Training Journey

Understanding Multi – Agency approaches and the differing services each agency/industry can offer when supporting clients with Hoarding. Wednesday 27th, March 2024 09:00am – 10:30 GMT  A multi-agency approach is best practice when supporting a person who hoards. However, we can find ourselves as the trusted person/organisation being the only ones supporting the person who hoards and the need to ‘make things happen’. What can we do when this happens? This short session will cover How to avoid offloading Understanding the role of other agencies Who can I go to?

Highlighting the links between domestic abuse & hoarding and what we can do to help. Many people who hoard are treated as the problem with other issues being present and often missed. Wednesday 24th, Jan 2024 10:00am – 11:30am GMT   This short session will cover How domestic abuse can be present Why professionals should look out for the signs   What help we can offer the person?

Discussing how practitioners can cope with their own emotions & wellbeing when supporting clients with Hoarding Disorder. Many people who support those living with hoarding behaviours find themselves experiencing high levels of stress due to the pressure to make a difference in a often a short space of time. Wednesday 17th, Jan 2024 10:00am – 11:30am GMT   Wednesday 20th, March 2024 10:00am – 11:30am GMT Understanding your own wellbeing and that of the people you support Overcoming some of the barriers Building your network

Highlighting how people who hoard are generally treated as perpetrators of Antisocial Behaviour when in reality THEY are often the victims. Wednesday 10th, January 2024 10:00am – 11:30am Wednesday 13th, March 2024 10:00am – 11:30am This bitesize session will cover: Why the condition should be approached as a mental health illness and not as antisocial behaviour Why measures to enforce change in behaviour often fail How might people living with Hoarding Behaviours/Disorder be suffering from antisocial behaviour If you would like to learn more about antisocial behaviour in relation to those suffering from hoarding, please read this article: Hoarding &