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TRAINING BROCHURE2021

TRAINING BROCHURE 2021

Flexible accessible training

We know what a challenge it has been for all of us in 2020. We have adapted to being able to offer a lot of our courses virtually and a huge range of courses which can be accessed online. The vast majority of carers have stepped up to the challenge and have completed and exceeded what has been expected of you. I know you prefer to attend our courses face to face, and I hope that this will be the case by the end of 2021.

The programme we have put together for 2021 will begin virtually, but hopefully will be adapted to face to face as the year goes on, and when it is safe to do so.

In 2021 we will continue to offer core/mandatory courses, and these are open for ALL foster carers as well as your support network.

We expect all newly approved carers to attend a range of core courses and for you all to keep these updated as part of your continued professional development. This means repeating these courses every 2 to 3 years, in which case It may be that your booking form is prepopulated to reflect this. We have also introduced a second first aid trainer, so that those of you that have completed our first aid training a number of times should be able to benefit from a new approach.

We will continue to offer books and further resources to support your learning.

We will also continue on our journey with the therapeutic fostering programme which we will complete by the end of 2021.

In response to some of your feedback, and your needs and challenges you have faced this year, we have kept some things the same and also changed and introduced others.

• We hope you will see how we have tried to respond to a real development and keep the training relevant and varied.

• In 2021 we will also ensure you know which core courses cover which standards.

• In 2021 we will also be offering our courses in clusters enabling you to become an expert

• We would like all primary carers to complete 4 courses in 2021 and all secondary carers to complete 2 courses. These may be face to face or online.


Face to Face / Virtual Courses

All of our courses are stand alone, meaning we hope you will benefit from attending.Every course adds to your training profile and comes with a certificate of attendance.These will start virtually in 2021 and will move to face to face as soon as it is safe to do so.

Clustered Courses

Some of these courses have been clustered together. If you complete all of the courses within a group you will gain an AQA recognised achievement at the end of it.

They are often blend of core and additional training courses.

This will also appear on your training profile and gives local authority placement teams an idea of what you specialise in.

Equally you do not have to attend all of the courses in a group if you do not want to.

Online Training Courses

The Social Care Training Hub is a Nationwide provider of Face to Face and On-line training specific to fostering, children services and children’s homes.

All on-line courses comply with the standards set out by Ofsted, and the Fostering Regulations 2011. Courses are put together by industry professionals who are all provided with the most up to date legislation and learning outcomes. All courses are certified and enable foster carers to demonstrate to Ofsted that they are meeting all current standards.


Core Courses

The core courses available are:

First Aid

12 hours paediatric learning. This may be a blended online and face to face courses or takes place over three short days. You are expected to complete first aid every three years.

Safeguarding

We ask you to complete a minimum of one safeguarding course annually. These are offered in a variety of ways and focus on a range of areas.

Safer Care

Full day course with accompanying book by Jacky Slade

De-escalation Training

You are expected to refresh this regularly.

Valuing Identity

This is offered in a variety of courses and you are expected to refresh this course every 2 – 3 years.

Understanding Attachment

Understand how intervention can assist children and young people who have been traumatised through early life experiences.

Record Keeping and Report Writing

Understand the importance of clear accurate records.

If you are required to do a core course, this will already have been populated on your booking form. If it is felt by your SSW or has been part of panel recommendation that you would benefit from some specific training, this may also be already populated on your boking form.


Clustered Courses

Working with children: core knowledge and values group 1 Working with children: core knowledge and values group 2 Working with teenagers Working directly with children Mental health and wellbeing Trauma informed practice and therapeutic fostering.

And everything else

GBB Add on working with siblingsSocial e care clinicSkills to foster


First Aid

Knowing what to do if a child is in need of emergency medical treatment is extremely useful. This is a two day course which must be completed in full designed specifically for people caring for children and young people and covers unconscious casualty, choking and CPR, common childhood conditions such as head injuries, nose bleeds, febrile convulsions, medical conditions, asthma, epilepsy and meningitis. Also covered is correct stocking of a first-aid kit, documentation, burns and scalds, shock and wounds.

This year it has been adapted to cover elements in our first aid and medication policy, including the safe administration and storage of medicines.

You will gain: A good basic knowledge of first aid techniques A First Aid Certificate which is valid for three years

This will already be populated on your booking form if you are due to attend a first aid course.

In March this is a blended learning programme of online and Face to Face by Cheryl.

In September, this is three short days face to face from target first Aid group.


SAFEGUARDING COURSES

NSPCC CONTEXTUAL SAFEGUARDING

This is delivered by Ann Marie who is an accredited NSPCC training as well as a safer recruitment training accredited by the D of E.

She has worked with front line child protection for over 20 years

The aims of the course is to give; Understanding the threshold of child protection The latest additional safeguarding concerns Strategies to raise awareness The legislative framework and statutory compliance Understanding risks Thinking the unthinkable.

SAFEGUARDING IN A DIGITAL AGE

Rebecca Avery delivers our digital safeguarding training. She is an education safeguarding advisor with proven specialist knowledge within the online safety field.

By the end of the training carers will be able to: Understand how some children and young people are using new technology Recognise some of the risks and benefits posed by the internet Be aware of what measures can be put in place to safeguard children online To be aware of organisations and resources who offer support and advice

regarding online safety

RADICALISATION; PREVENT DUTY

Delivered by Ann Marie who is an accredited NSPCC training as well as a safer recruitment training accredited by the D of E.

The prevent duty became law back in 2015. This is a duty on all schools and registered early years providers to have due regard to preventing people being drawn into terrorism. In order to protect children in your care, you must be alert to any reason for concern in their life at home or elsewhere.


IDENTITY COURSES

LIFE STORY WORK

Delivered by Julie of A C Education

The overall goal of Life Story Work is to help people to piece together a complete narrative of their lives. This includes their life history and information about relatives, friends, carers, places lived and key life events as well as personal achievements. Life Story Work may also help people to plan for their future as a result of understanding their past and the effect that it has had on them.

Julie is an approved therapist working with PACT and London boroughs to provide life story work for children. She is a registered counsellor for Bupa mental health network and provides a range of attachment and trauma related therapeutic interventions to adoptive and foster families.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

Understand the definition of, and theory supporting Life Story Work Understand the potential benefits of Life Story Work Know how to use a range of approaches to Life Story Work Be able to assess which children will benefit from Life Story Work and which

would benefit from other types of intervention

EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY

Delivered by Tim from L.A. Training

This course raises awareness and encourages delegates to celebrate the differences which can unite rather than divide us all.

Course Aim: to explore the importance and effect of equality, diversity and identity for children and young people in foster care or who have been adopted and to understand the effects of discrimination, prejudice and stereotyping.

Tim has experience of working with the Met, refugees, and youth services.

He has worked in the leaving care team, with UAS and YOT. He has fostered children and adopted brothers.

SUPPORTING CHILDREN OF A DIFFERENT ETHNICITY


Liza Lomax is a trainer with a remarkable range of practice experience as a therapist, teacher counsellor and foster carer.

This course covers: How to help young people to engage constructively with their identities. The terminology and experience to interact confidently with the subject. Developing carers knowledge in all aspects of developing positive racial identity for

their child.

FOSTER TALK TAX AND BENEFITS


This short workshop is delivered by Foster Talk.

You all have membership of Foster Talk and they have offered to come to talk to you about the benefits of that membership including tax and NI enquiries.

DE-ESCALATION TRAINING

Delivered by Gill Fewins

De-escalation training will help you to do the following:

Identify general physiological signs of anger Identify common triggers to anger Recognise the levels of anger Learn appropriate interventions for each level of anger Tips to manage your own anger To develop our knowledge and skills in Therapeutic Support To recognise what causes challenging behaviour. To explore our own areas of challenging behaviour

SAFER CARING

Delivered by Tim of L.A.Training

Safer Caring: a new approach has three significant and inter-related themes running through it:

The role and status of foster carers: the relevance for safer caring of the foster carer's position in the team around the child or young person.

Risk sensible, not risk averse: the need for a realistic and proportionate approach to risk so children and young people can grow and learn.

Delegated authority: whenever appropriate, foster carers with everyday responsibility for children and young people should be able to make day-to-day decisions for them

Comes with accompanying book by Jacky Slade; “Safer Caring a new approach”

MOVING IN AND MOVING ON


Delivered by Tim from L.A.Training

The aim of this course is to enable foster carers to develop an awareness of the need to prepare for children who are moving into their home and then to prepare them for moving on

By the end of this they should be able to : Describe the actions they are taking to prepare themselves and their environment to

support a child who will be moving in to live with them. Demonstrate that they are able to work positively with their own children to prepare

them. Explain the strategies they use to prepare children to move on in a variety of

situations Demonstrate an understanding of transitions and their impact on children and young

peoples behaviour.

UNDERSTANDING ATTACHMENT

On completing this course on attachment participants will be able to describe the attachment process and the impact on brain development. Explain the effects of positive and negative attachment relationships.

Know how to promote positive attachment relationships, know about the impact of trauma separation and loss,

Understand how intervention can assist children and young people who have been traumatised through early life experiences.

Delivered by Christina from AC Education.

COURT SKILLS AND REPORT WRITING

Delivered by Bernadette Pilbeam

Everyone who works with children and young people must know how to keep and share information. In foster care this can involve unique challenges. This course enables learners to understand the principles and the importance of confidentialityThis will help carers understand the importance of good record keeping, particularly if they are called to give evidence in court and what they means.

ALLEGATIONS


Delivered by Foster Talk

Foster Talk runs training for foster carers on allegations. It is aimed at all foster carers and not just those who are undergoing an allegation. The course will be of considerable benefit for both new and experienced carers. It aims to ensure that carers remain aware of the potential for an allegation to be made against them and what measures they can take to try to minimise these and what they can expect in the event of an allegations

To know specifically what support is available in the event of an allegation or standards of care concern.

Understand the process and what to expect Consider why children and young people may make allegations Understand what steps foster carers can take to reduce the potential for allegations.

PREPARATION FOR INDEPENDENCE

Aims: To provide an understanding of the complex issues of preparing young people to

leave foster care and move into independence. Learning Outcomes: By the end of the course foster carers should: Understand the legislative foundation for young people leaving foster care. Have an understanding about their part in the Pathway Planning process Be able to signpost foster children to services and facilities, both locally and

nationally that support transitions to independence Have an understanding of the developmental and complex emotional issues for

young people leaving foster care.

SUPPORTING YOUR CHILD’S EMOTIONAL REGULATION

Delivered by Niki Green of The Contented Child Consultancy

Niki has been a behavioural learning mentor within a primary school and runs a range of interventions with children in 1 – 1 and group settings. She writes interventions for anger/anxiety and emotional management, self-esteem, friendship and social skills.

This workshop is designed for professionals and parents of school aged children with difficulties tolerating and expressing their feelings, leading to outbursts and other displays of overwhelming emotion. Attendees will learn about emotional dysregulation in children and the role of biological and environmental factors.


Practical strategies and resources to support children in understanding and managing their emotions and resulting behaviours will be shared and discussed, as well as strategies for promoting your child’s wellbeing

HELPING CHILDREN WITH ANXIETY

This is delivered by Niki from the Contented Child Consultancy

The daily pressures on our children are increasing from targets and testing in the classroom to the rise of pressure advertising and social media. For many of our children the world, or certain aspects of it, is overwhelming, complex and scary. From separation and social anxiety to performance and health anxiety, an increasing number of children now benefit from direct support to manage their worries.

This workshop will introduce you to the current thinking around children’s anxiety and move onto exploring ways to support young people to manage their anxiety more effectively. We will introduce you to visual resources and a toolbox of practical strategies that can be used within home and school.

LEGO INTERVENTION THERAPY

Delivered by Niki Green from The Contented Child Consultancy

Lego Therapy was originally developed for children with autism but brick building has been and continues to be used therapeutically with children with other social skill difficulties and communication difficulties including language impairment and social use of language. It promotes development of key communication skills, including attention and listening, vocabulary and concept development, sharing, collaboration, describing and explaining, turn taking, problem solving and conflict resolution.

The course will equip you with the theory behind therapeutic brick building and Lego Therapy. It is designed to be a practical workshop for education staff or parents that covers how to set up and run therapeutic brick building within the home and education settings.

The course will equip you with information and practical advice which can be applied immediately to everyday practice. You will also receive an electronic resource pack to support the intervention.


MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS

Delivered by MIND

By completing this course you become a recognised mental health champion. The training focuses on;

What is mental health and how prevalent the problems are, What is stress, anxiety and depression What do signs of anxiety and depression look like and how to help The training session also includes, psychosis and Bi-polar disorders, Eating disorders and self harm, Suicide mental health of young people Mental health and wellbeing.

PARENT RESILIENCE

This takes place over 3 short sessions. It aims to support parents and carers as they develop resilience and learn how to deal constructively with setback experienced in everyday life such as:

Self respect and respect to others Dealing with transition Becoming aware of others and how to empathise with them Facing problems and setbacks and learning from them

The key aim of this course is to develop emotional resilience so that they are better equipped to deal with stressful events and risks which they may encounter as part of the everyday function of the family unit.

HEALTH MATTERS

Delivered by Lesley of LA Training

This course covers a variety of health related topics including:

Bed wetting (enuresis) Participants will learn about the causes of bed wetting, together with strategies, treatments and services, which can help children and young people.


Epilepsy including: what is epilepsy; how to care for a child with epilepsy; what support services are available for children with epilepsy; exploding the myths around epilepsy

Promoting and encouraging a healthy lifestyle, including diet and exercise

Dealing with children with food issues Including fussy eaters, children that hoard food, children that over eat or are reluctant to eat etc.

General childhood illnesses and ailments Including: coughs & colds; Ear infections, hand, foot and mouth, impetigo, chicken pox, head lice and slapped cheek syndrome.

THERAPEUTIC FOSTERING PROGRAM

If we fail to understand the trauma of the young people we support we will fail to see how best to help them recover.

This is divided into three learning packages around trauma informed care to equip you with the skills to support young people through each phase of the journey

One: Stabilisation

Two: Integration

Three: Adaptation

Each consists of: 2 E-learning Modules 1 face to face training session 1 “ in practice” workshop

Comprehensive workbooks to enrich and capture learning Learner access to full training notes and supporting materials Learner access to CPD log and Certificates

Stabilisation

Participants will acquire a wealth of tools – all of which are underpinned by Dan Hughes’ attachment parenting model of PACE (Playfulness, Acceptance, Curiosity, Empathy) – a model of caring/parenting which supports secure attachments with children and young people that have experienced difficulties in early life.


Stabilisation is the first in a series around Trauma Informed Practice. The first component will consider what trauma is, how it manifests itself and how it can affect our internal working model.

The focus is on strengthening the caregiving system surrounding children through enhancing support, skills, and relational resources for adult caregivers. The caregiver-child relationship is addressed through an emphasis on three primary targets:

1. Supporting caregivers in recognising, understanding, accepting and managing their own emotional and physiological responses, particularly as relates to and impacts on parenting or child-care

2. Enhancing rhythm and reciprocity in the caregiver-child relationship, and helping caregivers deepen their understanding of child behaviour

3. Building effective, trauma-informed responses to child and adolescent behaviour

Adaptation

Adaptation is the second in a series around trauma-informed practice. Within the adaptation model, the framework will address critical factors associated with resilience in stress-impacted populations

A goal of the adaptation unit is to go beyond pathology reduction and to increase the positive/resilient outcomes amongst those receiving the response. Competency goals include:

1. Growing opportunities for choice and empowerment, and skill in recognising choice points and ineffective decision-making

2. Identification and exploration of a range of aspects of self and identity, and building coherence through the development of a narrative around crucial life experiences, including traumatic exposures

Integration

Integration is the third in a series around Trauma Informed Practice and part of the "Trauma Recovery Process". Many young people who experience trauma are referred for treatment services or struggle in settings like school as a result of challenging behaviours, out of control emotions, and impulsive or disorganised physicality

Underlying these challenges is often a difficulty with regulation – of feelings, of thoughts, and physical experience. This treatment emphasises cultivating youth awareness and skill in identifying, understanding, tolerating, and managing internal experiences. Regulation and Integration are addressed through:

1. Supporting youth in developing an appreciation and understanding of feelings, body states, and associated thoughts and behaviours


2. Helping youth develop an increased capacity to tolerate and manage physiological and emotional experience

3. Enhancing tolerance for and skill in building a relational connection

GBB ADD ON DAYS: PARENTING SIBLINGS(FOR CARERS WHO HAVE COMPLETED GBB TRAINING)

Delivered by Zach and Denise, this explores the trauma bond and provides practical strategies for sibling rivalry, physical and verbal aggression and scapegoating.

SOCIAL ECARE CLINIC

Led by Bev and Natalie, Dates to be confirmed

Anything social e care clinic Opportunity to check you are saving things in the right place Expectations of what should be recorded Opportunity to bring in paperwork and have assistance in uploading it

TRAINING SUPPORT AND DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS (TSDS)

National Minimum Standard 20.3 requires that: ‘foster carers are able to evidence that the training, support and development standards have been attained within 12 months of approval. Fostering households may use the same evidence workbook’.

The mentoring programme supports the training, support and development standards for foster care and the fostering services national minimum standards. To assist with the completion of the standards there is peer mentor support. You will be allocated a peer mentor by Sarah Kipling.

If you are interested in becoming a peer mentor then please talk to your SSW

Further information about the standards can be found at:Https://www.Gov.Uk/government/collections/guidance-for-foster-carers


https://www.Gov.Uk/government/collections/guidance-for-foster-carers

BOOKING PROCESS

You will find a booking form in this pack and it will also be emailed to you. Just tick the courses you wish to attend and sign and return the form to myself or your SSWWe will confirm your choices as soon as possible after this.

You may find some courses are already ticked, as these are important to complete as part of your core training.

If you do not return your form, we will allocate you courses based on discussions with your SSW, any panel recommendations and the age and need s of the children you are looking after.

Training reminders are sent by email at the beginning of each month of the courses you are due to attend that month.

Please let us know in good time if you are unable to attend training and the reasons for this.

Don’t forget, once our courses return to face to face, and you need creche, please let Natalie know.

Thank you

Rebecca Daniel


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