Training for Foster Carers

• To have a greater knowledge of autism.
• To have a better understanding of behaviour, its prevention and analysis.
• Able to apply your learning to caring for a child on the autistic spectrum.
• To make life easier and more secure for you foster child
• To have more confidence in your foster care role.

This is a 3 hour course to be held on: the following dates

11^th January 2012 from 9.45am – 1.00pm

• Consider how attitudes towards children/childhood have changed over time.
• To consider how child abuse affects the behaviour of children.
• What to do if a child discloses abuse.
• Look at the importance of Safer Caring practice with the children we look after.

A two and a half hour course to be held on the following dates 

18^th October 2011

 9.45am – 12.30 pm 

• This course will provide Foster carers with basic Knowledge and Skills to react in the correct manner to an emergency situation requiring basic First Aid
• By the end of the course you will be able to: -
• Perform: Basic rescue breathing, Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation and the control of Bleeding and identify common illnesses and injuries

This is a 7 hour course which will be held on the following dates:

7^th November 9.30am – 4.30pm 

19^th March   9.30am – 4.30pm  

Following the course participants will have a greater awareness of

• What is sleep and its processes
• Sleep problems and their management

30^th June 2011

9.45am – 12.30pm

• Understanding the importance of routines and boundaries for children
• How to use the tools provided to help set routines and boundaries
• The opportunity to share experiences of problems when setting boundaries or routines

A three hour course to be held on: 

6^th July 2011 

9.45am until 1.00pm

These workshops aim to :

To increase awareness and understanding of the review process for Looked After Children.

A half day program of information sharing, discussion and group work .

Discussions and group work tasks will focus on LAC reviews and information sharing from the perspectives of a) the child

b) the child’s parents

A three hour course to be held on

19^th July 2011  
from 9.45am – 1.00pm 

5^th December 2011
from 9.45am – 1.00pm

Following the course participants will have an increased knowledge of:

• Strategies to manage problematic eating issues in children
• And know when specialist help should be sought.

A three hour course to be held on: 

8^th September 2011

9.45am – 2.30pm

• To develop the knowledge, skills and attitude to value and promote diversity
• To explore how values and beliefs influences practice
• To examine the use of language and terminology
• To gain an understanding of how discrimination works
• To develop skills, and confidence to challenge discriminatory practices
• To provide a brief overview of EOP legislation

A four and a half hour course to be held on:

9^th September 2011
from 9.45am – 1.00pm

• Develop an understanding of the process of attachment.
• To consider the impact on children of poor early experiences and the implications for their development and learning.
• Promoting recovery, adaptation and resilience – helping children to survive and develop.   

A 9 hour course which will take place over two days:

20^th September 2011

and 

28^th September 2011

 9.45am– 2:30pm

The course will enable participants:

• To have an understanding of normal developmental milestones
• To recognise when development is delayed
• Share experiences of Developmental problems

This is a three hour course which will be held on: 

22^nd September 2011

9.45am – 1.00pm

• Enable carers to understand the differences between fostering and adoption
• Enable carers to move children on to adoption in a successful and professional manner
• Examine the issues around confidentiality
• Examine contact issues
• Be able to maintain a professional approach to the task in hand

This is a four and a half hour course which will be held on:

5^th October 2011

9.45am – 2.30pm

19^th March 2012

9.45am – 2.30pm

Communicating and Engaging with Teenagers -

At the end of the training it is hoped the participants will have an awareness of:

• an understanding of issues that can lead to teenagers finding it difficult to talk to carers and professionals.
• communication tools that can be used to aid interaction with young people.
• the importance of developing good listening skills.

• how successful communication can lead to positive outcomes for young people. 

A three hour course to be held on:

7^th October 2011

9.45am – 1.00pm

At the end of the course participants will:

• Know how to handle children safely, in and out of buggies in the playground at bath times etc.
• And have reduced the risk of muscular skeletal injury to both the children and to themselves

A four and half hour course to be held on:

17^th October 2011

from 9.45am – 2.30pm   

• Participants will consider the different 

     options in terms of contact

• Participants will have the opportunity to

     discuss the losses and benefits for each

     party involved in contact

• Participants will consider some of the

     research focused on contact

A four and a half hour course to be held on:

19^th October 2011

from 9.45am – 2.30pm

• To have an understanding of the affects that drugs and alcohol have on the foetus and newborn baby.
• To have an understanding of the long term effects of foetal alcohol syndrome and foetal alcohol spectrum disorder.
• To have an opportunity to explore some of the specific needs of children affected by parental substance misuse and share experiences of caring for those children.

This is a 3 hour course:

2^nd November 2011

9.45am – 1.00pm

• To introduce participants to the substances potentially used by young people
• Identify substances in relation to appearance.
• Discuss the methods of use of a variety of substances
• Classify substances according to their effects.
• Describe the risks associated with the substances used by young people.
• Discuss ways of responding to incidents of substance misuse

This is a three hour course to be held on:

8^th November 2011

9.45am – 1.00pm

• Describe and explain the process of child sexual exploitation
• Be able to identify children/young people at risk of 'CSE' using vulnerabilities identified through best practice and research
• Assess children/young people at risk using the SERAF Risk Assessment tool and apply a category of risk to each child

• State what intervention should accompany each category of risk
• Identify the children who are most at risk and utilise the local protocol to inform future actions
• Use government guidance and legislation relevant to CSE to inform future work with young people

Full two day courses

16^th & 19^th Jan 2012 

9.30am – 4.30pm

Number and Play is a follow on from Language and Play and provides parents and carers with ideas and suggestions for having fun with numbers.

This is a seven and a half hour course taking place over the following dates: 

2^nd 9^th 16^th February and 1st and 8^th March 2012

from 9.45am until 11.30pm