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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.
5 February 2024 - 10am - 4pm
Online via Zoom
From £125
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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.
1 February 2024 - 10am - 4pm
Online via Zoom
From £125
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Chairing fostering and adoption panels
This open course will explore general planning for and facilitation of panels and complex meetings in the children’s sector. It will explore time management and group facilitation whilst holding the child at the centre of thinking, recommendations and decision making.
17 January 2024 - 10am - 4pm
Online via Zoom
From £125
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Relinquished babies
We will look at the relevant statutory frameworks and recent case law, the challenges of working with relinquished babies and their parents, some of the complexities of the background histories of relinquished babies, the importance of counselling for relinquishing parents, care planning and the support needs of relinquished children and their adopters.
20 November 2023 - 10am - 4pm
Online via Zoom
From £126
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Caring for a child with significant health needs
Many children cared for by adopters , foster carers, and kinship carers have additional health needs. We will explore how social workers can assess and support potential parents and carers in these circumstances.
1 November 2023 - 10am - 1pm
Online via Zoom
From £48
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Viability and support plans for children living in the UK and being placed overseas to live with kinship carers
Aimed at local authority professionals who are involved in the placement of children currently living with kinship carers in the UK; being placed overseas with kinship carers.