We have a range of courses designed to meet the needs of professionals working in adoption, fostering and kinship.   

Courses are developed from latest research, legislation, standards and good practice. They are delivered by trainers with a working knowledge of the subject. As well as sound theory and information, they are able to share their experience of putting it into practice.

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    We know that depending on your experience you may be looking to build strong foundation skills or develop into more specialist areas so we have grouped courses accordingly to help you find the right one for you.

     

    Adoption foundation courses

    Assessing adult relationships

    Making good adoption assessments

    Making plans for staying in touch

    Planning for permanence

    Sibling Assessments: beyond together or apart

    Undertaking a child permanence report

    Adoption development courses

    Access to children’s social care files

    Learning from case reviews

    Neurodiversity in adoption, fostering and kinship care

    Relinquishing babies

    Transgender applicants: assessment and analysis

    Using the Secure Base Model in assessments

    Working with schools: supporting the emotional needs of (previously) looked after children in education

    Equality, Diversity and Inclusion courses

    Foundation

    Becoming a culturally competent social worker

    Meeting the needs of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children

    Neurodiversity in adoption, fostering and kinship care

    Transgender applicants: assessment and analysis

    Unconscious bias: understanding diversity and discrimination

    Fostering foundation courses

    Facilitating parent and child arrangements

    Fostering assessments (Form F) - best practice

    Managing allegations and monitoring standards of care in foster care *suitable for foster carers*

    The role of the supervising social worker: Supervising and supporting foster carers

    Sibling Assessments: beyond together or apart

    Fostering development courses

    Access to children’s social care files

    Effective supervision and reflective practice for Supervising Social Workers

    Learning from case reviews

    Neurodiversity in adoption, fostering and kinship care

    Transgender applicants: assessment and analysis

    Using the Secure Base Model in assessments

    Working with schools

    Health courses

    Foundation

    Child health assessments (available as an open course only)

    Adult health assessments (available as an open course only)

    Kinship foundation courses

    An introduction to private fostering – half day course

    Kinship assessment practice

    Supporting SGO families

    Undertaking Connected Persons assessments

     

    Kinship development courses

    Access to children’s social care files

    Effective supervision and reflective practice for Supervising Social Workers

    Learning from case reviews

    Making good use of the ASGSF to support kinship families

    Neurodiversity in adoption, fostering and kinship care

    Private fostering practice – full day course

    Transgender applicants: assessment and analysis

    Using the Secure Base Model in assessments

    Working with schools

    Panel and Agency Decision Maker courses

    Foundation

    Chairing with confidence: adoption and fostering panel chairs

    Effective Panels: An introduction to the functions and operations of fostering and adoption panels (England)

    Panel administrators: their role on adoption and fostering panels

    Panel advisors: Their role and responsibilities for fostering and permanency panels

    The role and duties of the agency decision maker in adoption and fostering

    Undertaking a child permanence report

    Supporting children and therapeutic parenting courses

    Foundation

    Life story work: Enhancing confidence in direct work with children

    Making good use of the the ASGSF to support kinship families

    Objects and their stories

    Therapeutic interventions: making the right choices

    Undertaking a child permanence report

    Using PACE principles

    Working with schools: supporting the emotional needs of (previously) looked after children in education

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    What to expect when you go on one of our courses

    • Experienced and supportive trainers
    • Workbook including references and further reading
    • A copy of the slides after the event
    • A certificate of attendance that will log your CPD