About In-Trac
Who are we?
In-Trac is a small training and consultancy business established by Jane Wonnacott in 1994. We take pride in our commitment to deliver training and consultancy of the highest quality, achieved through our network of dedicated and like-minded professional associates. Our associates are drawn from a wide range of professions including social workers, health visitors, police, as well as other professional and academic backgrounds.
Who are our customers?
We provide training to individual organisations and agencies as well to a multi-agency audience. Our customers are primarily local authorities, private and voluntary sector organisations/agencies and district/borough councils nationally.
How can we help you?
Most organisations will only want to use external Trainers or Consultants for specific jobs. The pressures on local authority, voluntary and independent sector managers is growing, often accompanied by insufficient resources, expertise or time to manage key projects. This is where In-Trac can help. In-Trac draws on the considerable expertise of our associates who come from a wide range of professional backgrounds as academics, authors, researchers, practice teachers and practitioners. This enables us to ensure all our services reflect current research and best practice. We can work with you to develop your ideas, or suggest relevant training aim and outcomes as a basis for discussion. All training is tailored to your needs.
How do we do it?
Although In-Trac is a small training and consultancy business, our network of associates means we can respond to a wide range of requests for training and consultancy. We provide named staff for specific assignments or a small team of staff for more extensive projects. This network of associates is a key part of our service and enables us to offer the highest quality of consultancy and training to our clients at affordable prices.
Our experiences working with multi-agency audiences across the
country equip us to understand and anticipate challenges, demands, opportunities
and constraints faced nationally by the organisations that we work with.
By listening to and understanding our clients we are able to use that
knowledge to work in partnership with our clients to develop services
tailored to their needs. Our approach is built on experience, current
best practice and current legislation.
Our approach?
Our approach to course design and delivery ensures that learning is continuously monitored. For example our trainers are skilled at engaging with the group, and through the use of appropriate questioning and group work checking that learning has been assimilated.
Our training courses encompass a range of activities designed to engage a variety of learning styles. For example:
- Pragmatists will find that the relevance of learning to day to day practice is made explicit;
- There will be opportunities to discuss feelings and ideas to ensure that those who need the opportunity to reflect are provided for;
- The theoretical and research base related to the topic will be presented and discussed
- There will be the opportunity for practical application of the material for those who prefer to learn through activities.
Training methods include tutor delivery of presentation with the aid of powerpoint, video/dvd, small group work/feedback, whole group discussion, case studies and where appropriate role play. By listening to and understanding our clients we are then able to use that knowledge to work in partnership with our clients to develop services tailored to their needs. Our approach is built on experience, current best practice and current legislation.
Quality Assurance
All our courses are supported by full handout packs which include a copy of any presentations made during the training, case studies where appropriate, supporting materials used, e.g. book chapters or excerpts. Suggested reading lists are also provided. With permission of the participants we would also feedback to the commissioning agency any perceived blocks to putting learning into practice identified by participants.
Our Training Manager attends a sample number of courses throughout the year to monitor standards.