Training Programme
Training Workshops in Support Groups
Following on from last year’s success in delivering training workshops using carers’ support groups, we have continued with this programme.
Workshops will run for up to three hours from either 10am to 1pm, or 7pm to 10pm and are being arranged by the fostering supervising social workers.
Please contact your fostering social worker who will be able to let you know more about the training and the areas in which support groups take place.
- What is healthy care?
- Play and child and young person development
- Sexual health, the law, contraception and self esteem
- Blood borne viruses and universal precautions
- Healthy eating, what children need
- Promoting self-esteem
- Understanding self-harm
- Surviving Adolescence
- Early years in literacy and numeracy
- Child development
- Resilience
- Attachment
- Supporting children who are anxious, phobic and don’t want to go to school
- Child exploitation online
- Bullying matters
- Separation and loss
- Making learning fun
- Facing up to Facebook
- Adoption
- Save a baby's life
What is healthy care?
- Trainer Nurses for Children in Care
- Exploring what this means, how do carers prepare for children’s health and hygiene.
- Contact Lesley Cuthbert, CIC Nurse - lesleycuthbert@nhs.net
- CWDC Standard 3.3
Play and child and young person development
- Trainer Nurses for Children in Care
- Importance of play, why children do it.
- What children need to develop.
- Contact Lesley Cuthbert, CIC Nurse - lesleycuthbert@nhs.net
- CWDC Standard 5.4
Sexual health, the law, contraception and self esteem
- Trainer Nurses for Children in Care
- Contact Lesley Cuthbert, CIC Nurse - lesleycuthbert@nhs.net
- CWDC Standard 3.3
Blood borne viruses and universal precautions
- Trainer Nurses for Children in Care
- Contact Lesley Cuthbert, CIC Nurse - lesleycuthbert@nhs.net
- CWDC Standard 3.3, 3.4
Healthy eating, what children need
- Trainer Nurses for Children in Care
- Contact Lesley Cuthbert, CIC Nurse - lesleycuthbert@nhs.net
- CWDC Standard 3.3
Promoting self-esteem
- Trainer Devon Psychology Service
- The aim of this course is to understand the importance of developing a positive self-concept, and to look at ways in which foster cares can help vulnerable children and young people.
- Contact Ken Fuller, Senior Educational Psychologist - ken.fuller@devon.gov.uk
- CWDC Standard 3.4
Understanding self-harm
- Trainer CAMHS Placement Support Officer.
- what is deliberate self-harm?
- why do people self-harm?
- how to help: dos, don’ts, and alternatives
- looking after yourself as a parent, carer or friend
- what to do if you think a young person needs support.
- Contact Mel Nash - mel.nash@devon.gov.uk; Sonja Upton - sonja.upton@devon.gocv.uk
- CWDC Standard 3.4
Surviving Adolescence
- Trainer CAMHS Placement Support Officer.
- a brief view into the world of the adolescent
- parenting skills useful in communicating with an adolescent
- connecting, avoiding the bait, listening, encouraging
- managing conflict, talking problems through, discipline, applying consequences
- Contact Mel Nash - mel.nash@devon.gov.uk; Sonja Upton - sonja.upton@devon.gocv.uk
- CWDC Standard 3.4, 5.1
Early years in literacy and numeracy
- Trainer Devon Educational Psychology Service
- Contact Ken Fuller, Senior Educational Psychologist - ken.fuller@devon.gov.uk
- CWDC Standard 5.4, 5.5
Child development
- Trainer Devon Educational Psychology Service
- Contact Ken Fuller, Senior Educational Psychologist - ken.fuller@devon.gov.uk
- CWDC Standard 5.1
Resilience
- Trainer Devon Educational Psychology Service
- Contact Ken Fuller, Senior Educational Psychologist - ken.fuller@devon.gov.uk
- CWDC Standard 5.2
Attachment
- Trainer Devon Educational Psychology Service
- Contact Ken Fuller, Senior Educational Psychologist - ken.fuller@devon.gov.uk
- CWDC Standard 5.1
Supporting children who are anxious, phobic and don’t want to go to school
- Trainer Devon Educational Psychology Service
- Contact Ken Fuller, Senior Educational Psychologist - ken.fuller@devon.gov.uk
- CWDC Standard 3.3, 3.4
Child exploitation online
- Trainer Jane Dibble. Educational Welfare Service
- an awareness-raising session to enable carers to keep children and young people safe while using the internet.
- Contact Jane Dibble - jane.dibble@devon.gov.uk
- CWDC Standard 6.3
Bullying matters
- Trainer Devon Educational Psychology Service
- This course aims to look at a range of interventions and strategies used to reduce bullying.
- Contact Ken Fuller, Senior Educational Psychologist - ken.fuller@devon.gov.uk
- CWDC Standard 6.3
Separation and loss
- Trainer Devon Educational Psychology Service
- This course aims to look at the effects of separation and loss on children and what we can do to help.
- Contact Ken Fuller, Senior Educational Psychologist - ken.fuller@devon.gov.uk
- CWDC Standard 5.1, 5.6
Making learning fun
- Trainer Devon Education Psychology Service
- This course provides:
- an overview of the early years foundation stage (EYFS) and school expectations of children in the early years.
- a discussion of age appropriate development and practical ideas for supporting young children at home.
- Contact Ken Fuller, Senior Educational Psychologist - ken.fuller@devon.gov.uk
- CWDC Standard 5.5
Facing up to Facebook
- Trainer Helen Cowling, Fostering Social Worker.
- Exploring the implications of social networking for fostering.
- Messages from research.
- Impact on contact
- Integrating into safe care practice.
- Contact: Helen Cowling - helen.cowling@devon.gov.uk
Adoption
- Trainer Jakki Parsons, Practice Manager, Adoption
- Preparing children and carers for adoptionplacements.
- Contact: Jakki Parsons - jakki.parsons@devon.gov.uk
Save a baby’s life
Trainer Nicky Knight, foster carer
Contact: Nicky Knight - camelotnk@tesco.net
Unfortunately we are not able to offer every workshop to each support group. However, we hope that by delivering more training locally, more carers will be able to access the training programme.
