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Welcome to Turning Point Scotland

This course will provide you with an awareness of the work we do, and what you can expect as an employee working with us.

Adult Support & Protection

This course is to help ensure that you have the necessary knowledge to help stop or prevent potential harm or abuse occurring within any of the Turning Point Scotland services you work in.

Anxiety Disorder Awareness

This course explores what is meant by the term anxiety disorder and gives you information about what support you can offer.

Bipolar Disorder Awareness

This course explores what is meant by the term bipolar disorder and gives you information about what support you can offer.

Child Protection

This course provides a basic introduction to child protection concerns which you may face, or need to be aware of in your role.

Complaints Handling Awareness

Currently Under Construction

This course will enable you to work with Turning Point Scotland's Complaints Policy.



Data Protection Awareness

The purpose of this course is to enhance your understanding and awareness of the key changes to data protection legislation that have come about with the introduction of GDPR and Data Protection Act 2018 that came into affect 25th May 2018.


Depression Awareness

This course explores what is meant by the term depression and gives you information about what support you can offer.

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

This course explores why its important we understand what our responsibilities are under the law and what we need to do to be as inclusive as possible.

Fire Safety Management - Refresher

Turning Point Scotland provide a wide range of services in different environments to people with varying needs. Therefore it is important that you know the content of the service's fire risk assessment, emergency evacuation plan and any other procedure that is specific to your place of work.

Food Hygiene

It is important to know that if you handle food as part of your work, you not only have a moral responsibility to the people you support to uphold food hygiene principles, but a legal one as well.

Introduction to Homelessness

This introductory course is for people new to working with homelessness.

Introduction to Learning Disabilities

This introductory course is for people new to working with learning disabilities.

IT Security

Information protection and management is of critical importance to us. Without adequate security measures, personal information, sensitive documents could be put at risk.

Lone Working Awareness

This course aims to support you to identify risks to your own and others health and safety while you are lone working. It will also help you improve decision making in every day situations so you are better equipped to make informed choices and therefore take action that minimises risk.

Medication Awareness

This course provides some basic guidance on the handling of medications and to act as a foundation for your practice in ordering, storing and administering medication within Turning Point Scotland services.

Outcomes Focused Support Work

This course will help you to develop an understanding of 'Personal Outcomes'.    Supporting people to achieve personal Outcomes is as important as being person centred.  Everyone working in social care needs to understand and work with Outcomes in practice.

People Moving People - Theory (Refresher)

This is a refresher course - you must have previously attended or completed an online full People Moving People Theory course.

Personality Disorder Awareness

This course explores what is meant by the term personality disorder and gives you information about what support you can offer.

Recording and Reporting

This course is about exploring what should be included in any report when you are working with service user and staff records.

Risk Assessment

This course is for staff who are required to carry out risk assessments for work activities and working environments.

Safer Handling & Back Care

This course aims to reduce the risk of musculoskeletal injuries that can be caused by poor manual handling in the workplace. The course will make clear the knowledge and skills that are required to enable you to carry out your job in a safe and effective manner, whilst complying with current legislation.

Service Users Finances

This course is primarily aimed at staff who support service users to manage their finances.

Schizophrenia Awareness

This course explores what is meant by the term schizophrenia and gives you information about what support you can offer.

Stress Awareness

This course is mainly about managing your own stress levels, although you will be able to use the information with your colleagues, the people you support, friends and family.

Workplace Coaching

This course is primarily aimed at coaches (people who coach others) but coachees (people who are coached) may also find it useful.

Values Based Appraisal

This course will provide you with the knowledge, skills and confidence to effectively use Turning Point Scotland's Values Based Appraisal processes.


Victim Awareness

This course is primarily aimed at those working in criminal justice services and those who come into contact with victims of crime.

Homelessness Law (Shelter Scotland)

Currently Under Construction

This course developed by Shelter Scotland will improve your understanding of the law around homelessness.  Different topics will be explored providing knowledge to help you when addressing the challenges faced by people you work with.