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Safe Care Training (Evening Session)

Audience: Foster Care
Single session

Brief overview

This course aims to enable participants to increase their understanding, review current practice and consider strategies to manage the risks inherent in foster care; taking into consideration the new approach to managing risk that encourages a risk sensible, rather than a risk averse attitude.

Learning outcomes

On completion of the course foster carer’s will:

  • be able to review safer caring principles and practices in order to keep everyone in the foster home safe – and to identify any gaps or areas for development
  • have identified strategies to prevent the risk of abuse, re-abuse and to minimise the possibility of allegations
  • have gained knowledge, understanding and guidance on dealing with allegations or complaints
  • understand how to develop a safer caring policy for the child or young person in their care
  • understand the concept of delegated authority and the importance of ensuring that this is included in the placement plan for the child or young person in placement
  • have explored and discussed the issues surrounding the use of the Internet, in particular social media and also mobile phones; in regard to safer caring

This course will be delivered using a variety of methods including group work, a quiz, scenarios, discussions, directed learning and Q&A

Prices

Dates

  • Session - 16/03/2026 18:00  -  21:00

Event type

Online

Address

Online

Delivered by

  • External Presenter

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