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Training
FCA is committed to providing quality training that is accessible and relevant to all our foster carers, in order for them to deal with the many demanding and complex aspects of fostering.
Training is viewed as an important element of FCA’s support package and is provided to foster carers both before their approval and throughout their fostering career.
Training begins as part of the assessment process and prepares foster cares for the responsibilities that come with the role and covers working with FCA. The course follows the Fostering Network’s ‘Skills to Foster’ model.
Following approval/appointment, foster carers will have access to a range of locally provided training , which will cover a number of topics including the following key areas:
- Child protection
- Working with children who have been abused
- Safe caring
- Managing difficult behaviour
- Identity and self esteem
- Valuing diversity and promoting equality
- Recording
- First Aid
- Health and safety
- Health care of fostered children/young people
- Education of fostered children/young people
- Empowering children/young people
- Preparing young people for moving on and adult independence
FCA is committed to supporting foster carers to receive formal recognition of their skills, knowledge and experience. Many of our carers have already achieved or are working towards the National Vocational Qualification (NVQ) Level 3 in Health and Social Care (Children and Young People). Carers are encouraged and supported to do so through locally-based course programmes organised by Outcomes UK.
