Once foster carers are approved they will then be offered a range of training covering all aspects of working with children and professionals. The Homefinding and Fostering Agency provide training to: Help foster carers to do the job to the best of their abilities. 1. MANDATORY TRAINING As well as the initial foster carer training weekend, there are five courses that all carers will be expected to attend within two years of being registered. These courses are: 2. GENERAL TRAINING/WORKSHOPS We have organised a number of new training opportunities, many of which will be facilitated by outside trainers and our foster carer peer mentors . These courses are: 3. ON-LINE COURSES All our foster carers are given the opportunity to undertake a range of on-line training courses provided by AKAMAS.
Improve knowledge, develop and refine skills.
Establish an explicit positive framework of values, which promotes equality of opportunity.
Encourage foster carers to reflect and look at the effects of discrimination in all parts of the community, recognising that they care for children in the context of a wider society and that for many children discrimination is a fact of everyday life.
Ensure that all foster carers are competent in safe caring and protecting children from harm.
Encourage foster carers to take responsibility for their own professional development through the creation of individual training profiles.
What Training will I Receive
All prospective foster carers attend a Skills to Foster training course over two days. This allows them to fully understand why children need families to live with and how best to work with young people who may have experienced many difficulties in their lives.
