Online Organising Stewards Course

Organising Stewards

This course is aimed at newly elected and less experienced UNISON stewards and is delivered either online or in a classroom. This course will help you to understand the steward’s role in organising members at local level and help you to feel confident in carrying out your duties as a steward.

The course will help you:

• Understand the role of an organising union in public services
• Recognise the importance of equalities in UNISON
• Work with members to tackle issues in the workplace
• Work with members in resolving cases
• Know where and when to seek advice and guidance
• Understand how procedures work in practice
• Handle grievance and disciplinary and similar types of cases as the representative of UNISON members within your workplace
• Become certified as competent to accompany members at a disciplinary and grievance hearing in line with Employment Relations Act 1999
• Understand the broader roles in which UNISON operates, including internationally.

Requirements for online courses:

The structure of this course is a combination of set tutorials times and coursework which can be completed within each week flexibly. The tutor of the course as well as an assigned mentor will be on hand to help with any questions you may have. Here are a number of other criteria which you must be able to commit to before embarking on the course and these are listed below.

• A computer or tablet on which you can access Microsoft Teams
• Permission from your employer if you are using their IT equipment
• Agreed Facility Time (time off) from your employer. If you need any help with this, then please speak to your branch
• To be able to commit to attending all tutorials: 

  Monday 14 November 9:30-4:30pm
  Tuesday 15 November 9:30-4:30pm
  Wednesday 16 November 9:30-4:30pm
  Thursday 17 November 9:30-4:30pm
  Friday 18 November 9:30-4:30pm

• Learners will need approx. five hours per week inclusive of tutorial times (An additional one hour may be necessary to receive support from your mentor)
• There will also be time slots for 1:1 sessions with the tutor if needed, this will be discussed at the beginning of the course

As well as the tutor support, you will be assigned a mentor to help with questions.

We are not able to send out hard copies of course related resources at the moment, you will be able to access them electronically.