Information for Foster Carers
CWDC Standard 3
Understand health and safety, and healthy care
This standard is about all the things you need to know to do your job as a foster carer safely, and not to put yourself, your family or the children and young people you look after in danger. It is also about providing ‘healthy care’.
- Legislation, policy and procedures - Outcomes a, b
- Accommodation - Outcomes a, b, c
- Healthy care and medication - Outcomes a, b, c, d, e
- Personal safety and security - Outcomes a, b, c
- Risk assessment - Outcome a
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1. Legislation, policies and procedures
Reference
- Health and safety - Devon Foster Carer Handbook
Skills to Foster
before September ’09
- a) 1.1, 2.1, 3.1 Sessions 1, 4, 5 Workbooks
- b) 1.1,1.2, 3.1, 3.4 All Sessions Workbooks
after September ’09
- none
NVQ
- a) 32, 34, 36, 315 H&S chart
- b) All units
Current courses
2. Accommodation
Reference
- Health and Safety checklist
(105KB - pdf help) - Safe care strategies (21KB - pdf help)
- Home safety - Fire and Rescue Services
Skills to Foster
before September ’09
- a) 1.1, 1.3, 3.1, Sessions 1, 4, 5 Workbooks
- b) 1.1, 1.3, 3.1 Sessions 1, 4, 5 Workbooks
- c) 1.1, 1.3, 3.1 Sessions 1, 4, 5 Workbooks
after September ’09
- none
NVQ
- a) 32, 34 Knowledge specifications for all units
- b) 32, 34 Knowledge specifications for all units
- c) 32, 34 Knowledge specifications for all units
Current courses
3. Healthy care and medication
Reference
- Health - Devon Foster Care handbook
Skills to Foster
before September ’09
- a) 1.1, 1.2, 1.4, 2.1, 2.2, 3.4, 4.3 Sessions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
- b) 1.1, 2.1, 3.1 Sessions 1, 3, 4 Workbooks
- c) 1.1, 1.2, 1.4, 2.1, 2.2, 3.4, 4.3 Sessions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
- d) 1.1, 2.1 Sessions 1, 4
- e) 1.1, 1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 4.3 Sessions 1, 2, 3, 4
after September ’09
- a) 2.10
NVQ
- a) 32, 33, 34, 36, 37, 39, 310, 311, 312, 313, 314, 315, 316
- b) 32, 34, 36, 37, 313, 314, 315, 320, 325, 375
- c) 32, 33, 34, 36, 37, 39, 310, 311, 312, 313, 314, 315, 316, 325
- d) 32, 34, 374
- e) 31, 32, 33, 34, 36, 37, 316, 357, 358, 375
Training certificates
- Sexual Health and Teenage Pregnancy
- Child and Adolescent Mental Health Awareness
- Substance Misuse in the Family – including Foetal Alcohol Syndrome
Current courses
- Welcome day for newly approved carers
- First Aid
- Health Matters
- Understanding the mental health and emotional needs of children and young people
- HIV and Hepatitis Awareness
- Sexual Health Awareness
- Substance misuse and young people
- Depression and anxiety in children and young people
Training workshop in support group
E learning sessions
4. Personal safety and security
Reference
- Violence, aggression and challenging behaviour - Devon Foster Care handbook
- Further good practice - Devon Foster Care Handbook
- Protecting from abuse and neglect, Standard 9 (295KB - pdf help) - Fostering Services National Minimum Standards. (Use 'Find')
Skills to Foster
before September ’09
a) 1.1, 1.3, 1.4, 2.1, 3.2, 3.3, 4.1 Sessions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
- b) 1.1, 1.3, 1.4 Sessions 1, 2, 5 Workbooks
- c) 1.3, 1.4, 2.1, 3.4, 4.3, 4.4 Sessions 1, 2, 5
after September ’09
- a) 5.6, 5.8, 5.10
- b) 4.9
- c) 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.9
NVQ
- a) 31, 32, 33, 34, 36, 311, 317, 318, 326, 395, 3116, 3117
- b) 31, 32, 34, 36, 316, 326
- c) 31, 32, 33, 34, 316, 325, 326, 327,
Training certificates
- ADHD and Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Brief Solution Focussed Therapy
Current courses
- Welcome day for newly approved carers
- A pro-active approach to conflict
- Working with children and young people who self-harm
Training workshops in support groups
E learning sessions
5. Risk Assessment
Reference
- Missing children - Child protection (Safeguarding) procedures
- Young people who use substances - Child protection (Safeguarding) procedures
- Drugs and solvents - Foster Care Handbook
- Disclosure of abuse - Child protection (Safeguarding) procedures
Skills to Foster
before September ’09
- a) 1.3, 1.4 Sessions 2, 4, 5 Workbooks
after September ’09
- a) No references
NVQ
- a) 31, 32, 34, 36, 342 Knowledge specifications
E learning session
