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One of the senior instructors at the Adult Training Centre began a year's fulltime
course of training for teachers of mentally handicapped adults. From the
Junior Training School an assistant supervisor attended a four-day refresher course.
The Warden of the Recuperative Hostel attended a course under day release
arrangements in the Management of Hostels for Mentally Disordered Adults.
Last year the borough appointed some 30 school-leavers as supernumerary
officers in the service of the council. These young people, all of whom were well
qualified, visited the various departments for short periods with a view to career
selection and training. Of these trainees the Health Department finally appointed
nine to established posts and one, as previously mentioned, is now training as a
mental welfare officer.
A further intake of 31 trainees occurred in September and they started their
in-service training programme in council departments.
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