Training and events

This one day training course will provide an opportunity for practitioners who undertake fostering assessments to develop their skills, knowledge and practice. Whether participants are new to fostering assessments or experienced professionals seeking to refine their methods, this training provides valuable insights and tools to improve the quality and impact of their work.

Aims and objectives:

• Develop understanding of the purpose of assessing prospective foster carers​

This course will focus on how children’s experiences impact their responses to parenting as well as their emotional and behavioural needs. There is a focus on empathetic and reparative parenting, through support and guidance. This training compliments our Therapeutic Play course.

Aims and objectives:

During the training participants will:

Aims and objectives:

• To provide a good understanding of the background legislation, principles and procedures involved in this type of fostering.
• To examine the impact of parent and child placements on fostering households
• To consider knowledge and skills needed to assess parenting in this setting
• To identity service and personal action plans to support best practice.

Booking details:

Member rate £110 plus VAT

This course provides male carers with a perspective on their role in the care of looked after children

The aim of NVR is to re-stablish your presence in the childs’ mind, develop a co-operative, more harmonious relationship and for the balance of power to be addressed.

Aims and objectives:

By the end of this session, participants will:

This course will provide all participants with a clearer understanding of the what is compassion fatigue, how to spot it and how to address it via self care.​

This course provides participants with a thorough understanding of the key elements of the statutory framework relevant to working with foster carers and the children placed with them. It is continually updated to reflect all the latest amendments to regulations and guidance as they occur.

Aims and objectives:

This course will enable participants to:

This course provides participants with a thorough understanding of the key elements of the statutory framework relevant to working with foster carers and the children placed with them. It is continually updated to reflect all the latest amendments to regulations and guidance as they occur.

Aims and objectives:

This course will enable participants to: