Meeting the needs of children of foster carers

What is this course about?

What you’ll learn

• Understand how fostering can impact the children of foster carers
• Learn how to prepare children for fostering, including within kinship families
• Gain practical strategies to support and safeguard children, including protective care approaches
• Explore how to build healthy relationships between children in care and carers’ own children through clear boundaries
• Develop therapeutic skills to listen to and act on children’s wishes and feelings
• Confidently manage situations where needs conflict, supporting stability
• Understand how fostering services can meet regulatory expectations and provide effective support

What you’ll gain

• Improved stability through better family-wide support
• Increased carer retention, with carers feeling more confident and supported
• Stronger fostering families, where every child’s needs are recognised and met
• Regulatory confidence in meeting expectations around supporting the children of foster carers

Delivered by an expert in the field

Who should attend?

• Foster carers who want to better support their own children
• Supervising social workers and fostering practitioners
• Fostering services committed to improving outcomes and retention

Booking details:

Member rate £110 plus VAT

Non-member rate £149 plus VAT

This course will be delivered via Zoom, registration will begin at 9:15, confirmed delegates will be sent joining instructions by email a few days before the course start date.

For more information contact [email protected] or speak to your fostering service about funding a place on this course. 

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