One session wonder: 1-2-1 problem solving session

As part of the Your life at work strand, we're offering training aimed at sharing workplace best practice as well as how you and your teams can stay healthy, happy, and productive at work.

We are offering a one-to-one session that will focus on a work-related issue, relationship or experience that is impacting on your wellbeing or performance.

The session is a strictly confidential space to talk through the issue and explore realistic solutions to bring about a desired change using skills and techniques for a solution focused and supported outcomes.  

After the session there will be time for reflection and to implement any changes with a follow up email from the facilitator.

Who it's for

Anyone working in unscripted TV who is experiencing a work-related situation or dilemma that is having a negative impact on them. The 1:1 session offers attendees a private and confidential environment to explore their presenting issue and the opportunity to work collaboratively towards their goal. The session will be 60 minutes long.

The majority of the USF online short course offering is for those at early career stage and above. As a result, we generally require applicants to have at least three credits (unless working in a traditionally uncredited role). If you strongly feel you would still benefit from the training, please email USF@screenskills.com so we can assess if an exception should be made.

We are committed to ensuring all our courses are accessible to everyone. This course is designed to be as interactive as possible. Please email the above address if you have any access requirements and we will be delighted to help, be that clarifying the form such interaction is likely to take or discussing reasonable adjustments.

Trainer

Michelle O’Dowd is a qualified practicing talk therapist with over twenty-year experience in the broadcast industry.

Michelle decided to follow her desire to train as a talk therapist and was awarded a Distinction in her Fd Degree in Counselling and Psychotherapy from the University of Ulster in 2020 and has been working as a professional counsellor for the last two years. She continues to work in various freelance positions with BBC as a freelance Producer and as a Creative Director at Ronin Films.

How to apply

This session will take place online via Zoom. Click ‘apply for ticket’ and follow the instructions to apply for your place: you must login or register before you are able to complete your application.

Places on these free online courses are limited and applications are often highly competitive. To stand the best chance of securing a place, please be sure to consider the following:

• When asked to list your three most recent credits, please include the programme title and your job role.
• When asked what you hope to gain from the course, please be concise but ensure you cover the specific elements of the topic you would like to gain knowledge of and what gaps in your skillset you believe the course may address. A rewording of the course title or a general comment on career progression does not tell us much about how this course would benefit you.

If you are no longer able to attend, we ask you to please use the 'decline ticket' function on the right hand side of the page so that we can release your place. Our sessions are often oversubscribed, so we’d like to give other freelancers the opportunity to fill available spots. Thank you for your consideration.

This session is supported by the ScreenSkills Unscripted TV Skills Fund which invests in training for the unscripted workforce thanks to contributions from broadcasters, SVoDs and production companies.

This course would normally cost participants to attend, but thanks to this support, we are able to offer it to you for free. If you fail to attend, we reserve the right to request reimbursement of costs, unless your place can be taken by someone else.