Future Childcare Training

group courses

helping children move

Children and young people who are accommodated are too often denied their chance to maintain and build attachments to others. The psychological, emotional and physical health of these children are jeopardised as a result. Well-managed moves can reduce some of the damage done to these children. This one-day course will enable all those involved with children’s placements to reflect on practices and build a greater understanding of how we can help children and young people with the moving on process and make it sensitive to their individual needs.

introduction to safe caring

This one-day safe caring course aims to familiarise participants with the potential risks associated with caring for children and young people particularly those who present emotional and behavioural concerns. It is particularly important when ‘parenting’ a child who may have experienced trauma, loss and abuse in the past, to formulate clear consistent ways of working with the child/young person, with view to providing a safe environment for all.

maintaining placements

There has been a great deal of Government and professional concern outlined in several Government and Quality Protects documents over recent years concerning the high level of placement disruptions and numbers of moves which children are experiencing when accommodated. We are all aware of the damaging and disastrous effect that change and disruption can have on children and young people - and also often adults and carers.

practical ways to manage attachment problems

Many children in foster care and even some children who are not accommodated do not have normal healthy attachments with their carers or parents. These children’s attachment problems frequently originate in their birth families. However, frequent moves, instability in foster homes/adoptive home, give children further problems of developing trust and a sense of age appropriate autonomy. These things massively affect the way they behave and can lead to very distorted, unhappy relationships that ultimately disrupt family life.

supervising contact

This course has been designed as a practice guide to all those who are involved in the supervision of contact between family members within a range of situations and circumstances. This course takes a refreshing look at a subject in which professional decisions have a crucial impact on the future for the child.

working in a residential unit

It is crucial for all children, regardless of age, to be given the opportunity to experience stability, security and a sense of belonging so that they can develop appropriately, nourish and maintain their levels of self esteem and overall well being. This is a major task for all carers and becomes increasingly more difficult to achieve as the age of the child and the time spent away from the birth home increases. Workers in Residential Units are under enormous pressure and need recognition, training and practical advice to complete this task successfully.