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Working With Birth Parents Within Fostering And Adoption

Level 2 Country: England England CPD MINUTES: 90

If you have large groups of learners requiring this training we encourage the use of online training.

Description & Learning objectives

It’s inevitable that in your role as a foster carer, you’ll have to work in close proximity with birth parents. This is often a calm and agreeable situation for both parties. But sometimes it can be tenser. To help you in your role, this course will cover the basics of working with birth parents.

The course will provide an overview of the key legislation (The Children's Act 1989) and will define exactly what parental responsibility and delegate authority both are. It will discuss permanency planning and the various options; it will help you to manage contact effectively, and it will help you work together with birth parents.

 

The learning objectives for this course are as follows:

  • To understand The Children's Act 1989
  • To know what parental responsibility is
  • To know what delegated authority is
  • To understand permanency planning
  • To understand managing contact with the birth family
  • To understand working with birth parents

 

This course is CPD accredited and adheres to the training, support and development standards outlined in The Fostering Services (England) Regulations 2011. It is also tailored to where you live in the UK, adhering to each country’s own individual regulators - namely: Ofsted, The Care Inspectorate (Wales), The Care Inspectorate (Scotland), and The Regulation and Quality Improvement Authority (Northern Ireland).

 

If you have 5 or more learners who require this training, you might like to consider our face-to-face option instead. 

 

Because each of our courses is created by a specialist within this sector, we have the expertise to tailor any course to your specific needs. You can even arrange for your own documentation policies or procedures to be included in your Learning Management System.

 

To discuss these options before making your booking - or to ask any other questions - please just get in touch via our live chat.

What to expect

Some subjects have less or more modules

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Course

This is your course. Designed using interactions, gamification, videos, reading & reflective practises

02

Quiz

An assessment to gauge how much knowledge you have retained. In some course this unit is within the course

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Handbook

A comprehensive handbook that you can download - based on the course - to support you in the future if you need a recap. In some courses, this unit is within the course

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LOR

The learning outcome review is designed to ascertain what the learner has learnt & how the knowledge will be implemented day to day

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