Training and events

This free workshop is funded by Fostering Attainment and Achievement and is for foster carers and kinship carers in Northern Ireland only. 

This one day training course is aimed at fostering service panel members to increase confidence in their roles.

This free workshop is funded by Fostering Attainment and Achievement and is for foster carers and kinship carers in Northern Ireland only. 

This virtual session reflects the latest research, legislation, and standards of best practice in managing allegations and complaints.

This free workshop is funded by Fostering Attainment and Achievement and is for foster carers and kinship carers in Northern Ireland only. 

This one day training course provides the tools to recognise and prevent challenges of compassion fatigue and will help you to manage your emotional health.

Join our partners The Mortgage Brain on the 21st January at 7pm for a webinar focused on New build properties and schemes you are eligible for as a Foster Carer. 

This course explores how continuous life story work supports children and young people in building a clearer understanding of their past, present, and future.

This free workshop is funded by Fostering Attainment and Achievement and is for foster carers and kinship carers in Northern Ireland only. 

This virtual session reflects the latest research, legislation, and standards of best practice in managing allegations and complaints.

This free workshop is funded by Fostering Attainment and Achievement and is for foster carers and kinship carers in Northern Ireland only. 

This course will support foster carers who are parenting traumatised children and the practitioners that support them.

Attend our upcoming Coaching and Mentoring training course aimed at social workers

Non Violent Resistance (NVR) is an empowering and non-physical method for parents and carers to manage and connect with children to reduce and eradicate violence and abuse.

This three-hour workshop will introduce an amalgamation of the pioneering work of Dr Bruce Perry, Dr Dan Hughes (P.A.C.E.) and Louise Bomber in helping carers and children to regulate, relate, reason and repair. This workshop is funded by Fostering Attainment and Achievement and is for foster carers and kinship carers who reside in Northern Ireland.

This free workshop is funded by Fostering Attainment and Achievement and is for foster carers and kinship carers in Northern Ireland only. 

This free workshop is funded by Fostering Attainment and Achievement and is for foster carers and kinship carers in Northern Ireland only. 

This one day training course explores the idea of the ‘positive male role model’ and aims to promote ways in which men can be more effective carers. This course is for men only.

This free workshop is funded by Fostering Attainment and Achievement and is for foster carers and kinship carers in Northern Ireland only. 

This virtual session reflects the latest research, legislation, and standards of best practice in managing allegations and complaints.

Our one-day Parent and Child Together training course is aimed at foster carers who provide this specialist service and those that support them and aims to prepare and increase confidence within their roles.

Attend our upcoming Care planning and Permanence training course aimed at childcare practitioners.

This free workshop is funded by Fostering Attainment and Achievement and is for foster carers and kinship carers in Northern Ireland only. 

This free workshop is funded by Fostering Attainment and Achievement and is for foster carers and kinship carers in Northern Ireland only. 

This one-day training equips practitioners with the skills, knowledge, and tools to enhance their fostering assessment practices, benefiting both newcomers and experienced professionals. Participants will deepen their understanding of assessing prospective foster carers, explore effective methods, and build confidence in their assessment work.

This free workshop is funded by Fostering Attainment and Achievement and is for foster carers and kinship carers in Northern Ireland only. 

This virtual session reflects the latest research, legislation, and standards of best practice in managing allegations and complaints.

Attend our upcoming Coaching and Mentoring training course aimed at social workers

Attend our upcoming Care planning and Permanence training course aimed at childcare practitioners.

This course provides foster carers, teachers and social workers with an overview of the issues concerning unaccompanied asylum seeking children and young people.

This course explores how continuous life story work supports children and young people in building a clearer understanding of their past, present, and future.

Attend our upcoming Introduction to DDP PACE training course taking place over two days on Wednesday 11th and Friday 13th June 2025 and is facilitated by Dr Billy Smythe.

This one day course will explore details of key primary legislation, regulations, national minimum standards and guidance relating to fostering and foster care in England.

This virtual session reflects the latest research, legislation, and standards of best practice in managing allegations and complaints.

This course aims to give participants an understanding of the legal and ethical responsibilities of record keeping in safeguarding, with a focus on prioritising the child. Objectives include centering the child in all records, clarifying participants' responsibilities, establishing standards for handling disclosures, and promoting positive practices for record keeping and disclosures.

Attend our upcoming Care planning and Permanence training course aimed at childcare practitioners.

Attend our upcoming Introduction to DDP PACE training course taking place over two days on Thursday 25th and Friday 26th September 2025 and is facilitated by Dr Billy Smythe.

This course aims to give participants an understanding of the legal and ethical responsibilities of record keeping in safeguarding, with a focus on prioritising the child. Objectives include centering the child in all records, clarifying participants' responsibilities, establishing standards for handling disclosures, and promoting positive practices for record keeping and disclosures.

This course explores how continuous life story work supports children and young people in building a clearer understanding of their past, present, and future.

This course provides foster carers, teachers and social workers with an overview of the issues concerning unaccompanied asylum seeking children and young people.

This one day course will explore details of key primary legislation, regulations, national minimum standards and guidance relating to fostering and foster care in England.

Attend our upcoming Introduction to DDP PACE training course taking place over two days on Thursday 4th and Friday 5th December 2025 and is facilitated by Dr Billy Smythe.

Attend our upcoming Introduction to DDP PACE training course taking place over two days on Thursday 19th and Friday 20th March 2026 and is facilitated by Dr Billy Smythe.