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9 home nurses attended training courses and were successful in obtaining the National
Certificate for District Nurses, and 2 senior nurses attended a Practical Work
Instructor's Course.
Nursery Nurses
The nursery nurse training course at the Barnet College of Further Education
commenced its second year in September and the staff of the 3 day nurseries participated
in the practical training of students attending the course. A full time health tutor was
appointed to the course this year and maintained close contact with the day nursery matrons.
Home Helps
A training course for home helps commenced in September at the Barnet College of
Further Education and proved very successful. 15 home helps at a time attended on one
afternoon a week during the college term and, at the end of the course, received a
Certificate in Health and Home Management.
The home helps themselves are very enthusiastic about the scheme, as apart from the
instruction, it provides them with an opportunity to get to know each other and discuss
their various problems.
In-Service Training
In my report for 1967 I referred to the introduction of a departmental In-Service
Training Course which latterly has been held at six month intervals. Since its inception,
five series of lectures have been arranged and in addition to a number of staff from other
departments, 152 members of the Health and Welfare Department have attended; in the
main the proj ect has been acclaimed as a useful contribution to basic training and a
worthwhile means of disseminating information on local organisational and administrative
policies.
Lectures on the under-mentioned subjects were given by Principal and Senior Officers and
Officers of other departments involved in Social Services
What Local Government is and how it works in Barnet
Principles and Aims of Administration
Budgetary Control and Statistics
The Work of the Public Health Inspector
The Control of Infectious Disease
The Public Health Dental Services
The Mental Health Services
The Role of the Mental Welfare Officer
Welfare Services in the Community
Residential Care in the Welfare Services
The Problems of Homelessness
Children in Care
A Municipal Housing Department
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