Training for Foster Carers
Key Assets is committed to providing quality training to foster carers that is accessible and relevant.
Training is viewed as an important element of support and comprehensive pre and post approval/appointment training is made available.
Training is provided to:
• Help foster carers become better at doing their job.
• Improve knowledge, develop and refine skills.
• Establish positive values that promote equality of opportunity.
• Encourage foster carers to recognise that we care for children in the context of a wider society, and discourage discrimination.
• Ensure that foster carers are competent and
• confident in safe caring and in protecting children from harm.
• Encourage foster carers to take responsibility for their own professional development through individual training.
Training includes the key elements of:
• Child protection
• Working with children who have been abused
• Safe caring
• Understanding attachment
• Building resilience
• Understanding and managing difficult behaviour
• Managing and promoting contact
• Identity and self-esteem
• Valuing diversity and promoting equality
• Recording
• First aid/Health and safety
• Education of fostered children/young people
• Empowering children/young people
• Preparing young people for moving on and adult independence.