To whom it may concern: The London Borough of Barking and Dagenham (Social Care Training Team) commissioned Summit Consulting & Training Ltd to work with our Children’s Social Work Teams. This was part of our Employers Health Check consultation activity with staff. Staff wanted to have some investment in their personal development outside of their specialised job roles to improve working together as teams, building professional relationships and understanding different values and motivations that people hold. Summit Consulting appeared as an attractive training provider as they were offering training on Emotional Intelligence which matched the type of learning experience we were looking. We arranged an Away Day for all the social workers to attend and Summit covered the subject area very well. The training was engaging and interesting and covered a variety of topics which the delegates found useful in their day to day interactions with each other and their clients. The event enabled staff to step out of their hectic day to day roles and take time to reflect on a different perspective or approach to the problems they faced. As social workers they are used to challenging views and opinions and they demonstrated some of their skills during the event, however this was positively challenged in return by the trainer who helped them to explore other ways of thinking. We would recommend Summit Consulting & Training and found their approach to our learning needs flexible and professional. With Kind Regards

Linnett Whittaker

Social Care Workforce Development Manager Social Care Training Team Children's Services: Quality School Initiatives London Borough of Barking and Dagenham 2nd Floor Annex Building, Civic Centre, Dagenham, Essex RM10 7BN.

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