Berry Street Anita Pell, Senior Advisor HBC Berry Street , Australia ACWA Conference 18 th – 20 th August 2014 Increasing Knowledge Building a Skill Development Program for Foster And Kinship Carers
Berry Street Anita Pell, Senior Advisor HBC Berry Street, Australia ACWA Conference 18 th – 20 th August 2014 Increasing Knowledge Building a Skill Development.
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Berry Street
Anita Pell, Senior Advisor HBCBerry Street
, Australia
ACWA Conference 18th – 20th August 2014
Increasing Knowledge Building a Skill Development
Program for Foster And Kinship Carers
• A sustained, additional investment is required to improve the quality of care and lifelong outcomes for children in care.
• The role of Home Based Care agencies is shifting.
• Making explicit what is currently implicit.
Professionalising our System
• carers who themselves engage in further learning have a greater understanding of the benefits and value of education for young people in their care.
• Berry Street acknowledges current research and has focused on two primary incentives for developing a skill set for carers.
Background
1. Enhancing foster parent competency, capacity and confidence via training and support; and
2. Developing carers’ mentoring and coaching role to ‘Raise the Bar’
and embed a culture of learning within the care system.
Background
• In the UK and the US and some European countries, competency based models have been established.
• In New Zealand, certificate and diploma courses for foster carers have been developed.
• Specialist Fostering Programs
Initiatives
• Initial training followed by a mostly ad hoc approach to on-going training will not be ‘good enough’.
• Carers and Practitioners will require increased quality training.
• Team Work
Accepting the Challenge
Model Component Foster / Kinship Care Training
Pathways to Independent
Living
Pathways to Independent
Living
Sex & Sexuality
Sex & Sexuality
Substance Abuse
Substance Abuse
Medically Fragile
Children
Medically Fragile
Children
Alcohol Foetal
Syndrome
Alcohol Foetal
Syndrome
Learning & Behavioural Problems
Learning & Behavioural Problems
Leadership & Team Work
Leadership & Team Work
Self Care & Life Stress
Self Care & Life Stress
Mental HealthMental Health
ELECTIVE MODULESELECTIVE MODULES
Infectious Disease Control
Infectious Disease Control
First AidFirst AidShared Stories Shared Lives
Victoria
Shared Stories Shared Lives
Victoria
FOUNDATIONAL MODULES
FOUNDATIONAL MODULES
Record KeepingRecord Keeping
Enhanced Child Protection & Legislation
Enhanced Child Protection & Legislation
Grief & LossGrief & Loss Safe CaringSafe Caring
CircleCircleFostering Hope
Fostering Hope
Working with Birth Families
Working with Birth Families
Social Communicati
on
Social Communicati
onIdentityIdentity
Emotional Developme
nt
Emotional Developme
nt
Child Developme
nt
Child Developme
nt
Attachment & Trauma
Attachment & Trauma
Brain Developme
nt
Brain Developme
nt
CORE MODULESCORE MODULES
Education Gateway
Education Gateway
Figure 2: Foster Parent Skills Development Building Blocks
Model Component Carer Parent Training
CHCFOS 401AProvide Foster Care as a part of a
team
CHCFOS 401AProvide Foster Care as a part of a
team
Social Communicatio
n
Social Communicatio
n
Working with Birth FamiliesWorking with Birth Families
Self Care & Life Stress
Self Care & Life Stress
Enhanced Child Protection & Legislation
Enhanced Child Protection & Legislation
Attachment & Trauma
Attachment & Trauma
Leadership & Team Work
Leadership & Team Work
Brain Development
Brain Development
CHCFC 301ASupport the development of
children
CHCFC 301ASupport the development of
children
Attachment & Trauma
Attachment & Trauma
Child Development
Child Development
Emotional Development
Emotional Development
Sex & Sexuality
Sex & Sexuality
CHCFOS 402APromote positive development of children and young
people in out of home care
CHCFOS 402APromote positive development of children and young
people in out of home care
Attachment & Trauma
Attachment & Trauma
Child Development
Child Development
Emotional Development
Emotional Development
Brain Development
Brain Development
Record KeepingRecord Keeping
IdentityIdentity
Pathways to Independent
Living
Pathways to Independent
Living
Social Communication
Social Communication
Grief & LossGrief & Loss
Learning & Behavioural Problems
Learning & Behavioural Problems
Figure 3: Foster Parent Skill SetCommunity Services Training Package
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