Gender identity awareness for foster carers - FC0102
This course is for foster carers, fostering team managers, supervising social workers and fostering support workers. This half-day course is accredited for Foster Carers Continuous Practice Development and provides the participant with 2 CPD hours.
Please note that the courses will be hosted as virtual classroom sessions. Learners enrolling for these sessions will need their own laptop/PC or smart device to log on to the session.
Aims
To raise awareness of issues around gender identity and enhance participants ability to respond confidently and sensitively in practice.
Objectives
At the end of the course participants will be able to:
- Identify the relevance of gender identity issues in assessment situations.
- Outline the legal protection set out in the 2010 Equalities Act and the Gender recognition Act 2004, and the implications for their practice.
- Describe how to respond confidently and sensitively to gender identity issues as they meet them in their practice.
Trainer
Dr Lewis Turner, Project Manager at LGBT Lancashire
Delivery Dates & Venue