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Foster carers role in life story and creating memories - FC0061
This training is mainly for foster carers. However, supervising social workers, fostering support workers and adopters can apply.
Please note that the sessions will be hosted as a virtual classroom session. Learners enrolling for these sessions will need their own laptop/PC or smart device to log on to the session.
Aims
This course aims to explore how direct work with children and young people can help them to understand and make sense of their past, cope with current uncertainties, develop a clearer sense of identity and contribute to plans for their future.
Objectives
At the end of the course participants will be able to:
• Be aware of the impact of children’s earlier experiences on their capacity to express their feelings and needs.
• Be aware of the importance of life story work for looked after children, and its emotional impact on children and all those supporting and caring for them.
• Be aware of how to apply an holistic approach to life story work being done with the child or young person rather than for or to them.
• Describe and use a range of life story work tools with children and young people.
• Demonstrate improved communication skills in order to engage in a positive and meaningful way with children and young people
Trainer
Care Business Associate Training
Delivery Dates & Venue
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