Online training

Need help?

If you can't find the information you're looking for, you can contact us.

Introduction to SAGE & THYME Online

SAGE & THYME Online was developed in 2020 to address the challenges with delivering face to face training during the pandemic.

What are the key features?

Equivalent to the SAGE & THYME Foundation Level workshop (delivered face to face).
Teaches the communication skills required to: notice distress, hear the concerns that a person may have, and respond helpfully to them.
Interactive training including small group work in breakout rooms, a presentation, and films demonstrating the SAGE & THYME structure.
Taught to up to 20 participants in 2h 45min using 2 or 3 facilitators.
Suitable for all levels of health, social care and other staff (who have clinical or non-clinical roles) students, volunteers and others.

How is the workshop delivered?

We deliver the workshop using Zoom - this is currently more suitable for online teaching than MS Teams (used by many NHS organisations for online meetings).

How are people trained to become SAGE & THYME Online Facilitators?

People wishing to become S&T Online facilitators need to meet the person specification and attend the following:

S&T Online workshop on the morning of day 1
Online SATFAC (OLS) course on the afternoon of day 1 and the whole of day 2 (so 1.5 days in total)
Online assessment session lasting about 3 hours roughly 2 weeks after the OLS (to give them time to practice in advance) – pass/fail outcome as with the SATFAC course

Can S&T Online Facilitators teach the face-to-face S&T Foundation Level workshop?

If your colleagues are qualified to run the face-to-face SAGE & THYME Foundation Level workshop, then you will also be able to assist them in running this as follows, once you have attended a SAGE & THYME Foundation Level workshop, they have taught you how to run the rehearsal and you have practiced this with them:

Running the small group work
Being the healthcare professional in a rehearsal

Note that you are not qualified to be the lead or the patient in a rehearsal.

If your organisation has no trained SAGE & THYME Foundation Level facilitators, then you will need to organise for some to be trained up before you can run the SAGE & THYME Foundation Level workshop, but you would not need a new licence to run the face-to-face training.