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Listening to children and young people – How Bright Spots helps local authorities hear their voices
How do local authorities develop services for children in care and care leavers that are actually focused on what they say is most important to them? Join us for this lunchtime webinar which will explore some of the key learning from the Bright Spots Programme which has helped over 80 local authorities across the UK, to listen to what makes life good for more than 25,000 care-experienced children and young people.
Therapeutic interventions: making the right choices
This half day course is aimed at professionals who work with children and families who may benefit from a therapeutic intervention and would like to increase their understanding of different therapeutic approaches. Foster carers, kinship carers and adoptive parents who are considering different options for therapeutic support may also benefit from this training.
Panel administrators: their role and responsibilities for fostering and permanency panels
This open course will enable adoption and fostering panel administrators to examine related legislation and share best practice though group discussion and practice application.
Adoption assessments (Form PAR)
This two-day open course will provide practitioners and particularly those who may be new to undertaking adoption assessments with an opportunity to develop knowledge, skills and practice in completing adoption assessments.
The role of the supervising social worker: supervising and supporting foster carers
The role of the supervising social worker has many facets, involving managerial, supervisory, educative and support functions. This course provides supervising social workers the opportunity to develop their practice and confidence in these areas.
Assessing adult relationships
The purpose of this open course is to give participants an opportunity to consider what good practice in assessing adult relationships is, exploring their own values and assumptions and to consider the importance of attachment styles; motivation; sex and sexuality; and loss and infertility.