Our upcoming ‘Skills to Foster’ training will be held on the following dates:
- Saturday 7th January, 2012
- Sunday 8th January, 2012
- Saturday 14th January, 2012
‘Skills to Foster’ is a pre-approval course for potential foster carers. The course aims to provide you with information about the knowledge, skills and abilities you will need to begin a career in fostering.
It will help you reflect on your values and attitudes in relation to the task of caring for children and young people who are separated from their families.
The course will also provide you with opportunities to think about how fostering will impact on your families and way of life and help you to decide whether or not fostering is right for you.
The course covers six sessions over three days:
- What do foster carers do?
- Identity and life chances
- Working together
- Understanding children in foster care
- Safer caring
- Transitions
The ‘Skills to Foster’ is an important first step in the ongoing learning and development you will undertake as a foster carer. It provides a firm foundation upon which to build your knowledge and understanding as your skills develop.
