This open course offers an introduction to the concept of Cultural Competence and what this means in the context of fostering, kinship and adoption work. This session explores the knowledge and understanding needed to complement a culturally competence approach and aims to increase practitioners’ confidence in working with diversity and difference… Read More
Undertaking Child Permanence Reports
The Child Permanence Report (CPR) is the primary document used by the Agency Decision Maker to reach their decision that the child ‘should be placed for adoption’. The CPR also provides information for adoption panels to reach their recommendations when children are being placed for adoption with the consent of their birth parents… Read More
Exploring Expertise: “Square peg in a round hole” – Kinship Care
Kinship Foster Carers (Connected Persons) often don’t choose to be foster carers, but the law requires them to be assessed, supervised and supported as a foster carer to ensure a child in care can remain in a regulated placement. For many reasons, it can be difficult to achieve approval of some kinship foster carers, and the ‘placement’ becomes unlawful or unregulated. Read More
Assessing Adult Relationships
The purpose of this open course is to give participants an opportunity to consider what good practice in assessing adult relationships is, exploring their own values and assumptions and to consider the importance of attachment styles; motivation; sex and sexuality; and loss and infertility… Read More
Facilitating parent and child arrangements
Foster carers are increasingly being asked to care for a parent and their child during care proceedings, and to contribute towards the assessment of parenting capacity. This type of arrangement is complex, involving different tasks and responsibilities… Read More
How will the Independent Care Review make a difference to children’s lives?
In this webinar, Josh MacAlistair, Chair of the Independent Review of Children’s Social Care in England, will summarise the Review’s key recommendations and take questions on how these might affect local support for children and young people… Read More
Designated safeguarding lead training
The Designated Safeguarding Lead has a vital role to ensure safeguards are in place and effective actions are taken when concerns for a child arise… Read More
Advanced Safeguarding
The course is for those working directly or indirectly with children & young people in a wide range of workplace and community settings who may be responsible for making referrals to social services and attend multiagency events… Read More
Understanding and responding to trauma
This online course will offer the essentials of a trauma informed response. An understanding of trauma, what it involves, how it impacts on emotional and physical wellbeing will help practitioners be able to recognise and support children at this crucial time and as we transition out of isolation… Read More
Child development
This course is for anyone working with children from 0-12 who want to increase their understanding of what to expect of children at certain stages of development… Read More