Adopters and Foster Carers

This course covers laws, guidance, and procedures to protect and safeguard children both nationally and locally. It provides essential information to ensure the safety and wellbeing of children in their care, equipping Fosters Carers with the knowledge needed to fulfil their responsibilities effectively.

This course equips male carers with the knowledge and skills to create a safe environment for children. It addresses specific challenges male carers may face, emphasises safeguarding practices, and highlights the importance of positive male role models, ensuring children's well-being and safety.

This course focuses on creating safe, secure environments for children, covering risk assessment, safeguarding practices, and strategies to prevent harm. Carers will be equipped to protect children, promote their wellbeing, and handle safety concerns effectively. There will be space for questions.

This session covers child exploitation, including sexual, criminal, trafficking, county lines, and online grooming. Participants will identify risks, understand vulnerabilities, and recognise manipulative behaviours. It emphasises safeguarding strategies, positive language, and contextual awareness to support and protect vulnerable young people effectively.

This foster care training course aims to improve the recording practices of Foster Carers. It is linked to the Induction Standards for Foster Carers, enhancing documentation skills and ensuring accurate, comprehensive records to support the care and development of foster children.

This course focuses on the health of children and young people from birth to becoming a care leaver. We consider not only physical health but also emotional and social well-being. It includes discussions on puberty and sexual health, encouraging open and sometimes-embarrassing conversations.

When children enter care or are adopted, they often experience loss and bereavement from being separated from their birth family. This course helps you understand and manage their emotions, offering strategies for effective communication with your child or young person.

This course, for foster carers and adopters, enhances your knowledge and understanding of attachment, focusing on the emotional health of children in your care. This introduction to therapeutic parenting, provides insights and strategies to support the well-being of looked-after young people.

This training introduces foster carers and those working with looked-after children to emotion coaching, developed by John Gottman. Emotion coaching helps children recognise and manage their emotions, particularly during misbehaviour. It involves validating emotions, setting limits, and problem-solving to develop effective behavioural strategies.

Gill Tree will lead this course, equipping carers with strategies to manage challenging behaviours without aggression. The training focuses on de-escalation techniques, building positive relationships, and fostering a calm, supportive environment to promote cooperation and reduce conflict.

This course covers the definition and forms of domestic abuse, including coercive control. It examines its prevalence, especially among young people, and identifies controlling behaviours. The course explores the impacts on children, trauma triggers, recovery strategies, and support for foster carers and children.

Therapeutic Parenting Training is a psychoeducational group for adults caring for children who have experienced trauma and loss. Carers will learn strategies to support emotional healing, manage challenging behaviours, and create a nurturing environment, fostering resilience and stability for children in their care.

This course equips carers with essential knowledge to prevent and respond to fires. It covers fire prevention strategies, emergency procedures, and use of safety equipment. This training enhances carers’ ability to create a safe environment, protect, and care for foster children effectively.

This session provides a relaxed, informal setting for foster parents to connect, share experiences, and offer mutual support. Over coffee, participants discuss challenges, celebrate successes, and build a sense of community, fostering a supportive network for those involved in foster care.

This session provides specialised resources and training for carers. It focuses on understanding and addressing unique challenges, ensuring children receive tailored care. This support enhances carers' skills, promotes children's development, and fosters a nurturing, inclusive environment for their growth and well-being.

This group, exclusively for male carers, provides an opportunity to connect with other foster carers. It helps build fostering knowledge through peer interactions, sharing experiences, and offering mutual support, encouraging a sense of community and enhancing the overall fostering experience.

This course equips foster carers with the skills to handle accusations appropriately, covering procedures, legal aspects, and support systems. It ensures carers can respond effectively, protect all parties involved, maintain trust, safeguard children, and uphold the integrity of the fostering system.

This networking event, attended by a variety of professionals, provides information on housing, mental health, education, and benefits for young people. It aims to help carers understand these options and assess the needs of their young person effectively. Your questions will be welcomed.

A reflective, psychologist-led space created for foster carers. These confidential sessions offer support, insight, and connection—drawing on clinical supervision to explore challenges, celebrate strengths, and build resilience. Whether you're seeking reflection or peer connection, your voice matters. Connect, reflect, and grow together.

This session helps participants learn and develop resilience strategies and tools for themselves and the children and young people they work with. It includes defining resilience, methods to build it, resilience strategies, and helpful tools, along with signposting to further support. There will be space for questions and answers.

We understand that fostering can be incredibly rewarding, but also challenging at times. That’s why we’re creating a space for you to meet, share, and support one another. These informal sessions are designed to help you connect with others who understand the unique highs and lows of fostering.

This support group provides a relaxed, informal setting for SGO carers to connect, share experiences, and offer mutual support. Over coffee, participants discuss challenges, celebrate successes, and build a sense of community, fostering a supportive network for special guardians.

The STAR Programme, conducted over two sessions, helps South Gloucestershire's Children's Services embed our Practice model. It integrates Signs of Safety, Trauma-Informed practice, and Systemic approaches to improve service delivery and child welfare, with opportunities for questions and discussions throughout the training.

The Virtual School session serves as an opportunity for you to access the Virtual School. It's a platform to raise any questions or concerns you may have, ensuring you receive the support and information needed for you on your educational journey.

Eligibility: This course is open to foster carers