This live interactive virtual classroom, delivered through Microsoft Teams, aims to increase participant’s understanding, skills and knowledge when working with parental substance and alcohol use. This course will benefit staff from Children's Services (Social Care and Education), Health, Community Mental Health Team & Youth Offending Team, who are working with children & families or with adults who have children & may be involved in making and/or receiving referrals regarding child care and child protection issues.

Important note: It is essential that you have undertaken the Safeguarding Children and Young People eLearning and the Alcohol and Drugs foundation (Modules 1 & 2) eLearning prior to coming on this course (see additional information under full details), or you may be turned away.

Joining Instructions

Full joining instructions, including links to access the training and guidance will be provided at the bottom of your confirmation email. Please ensure you read these prior to the course start date and keep them in a safe place.

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In this course we will review the effects of attachment on development, how this is different for children with a background of trauma. You will be given the insight to understand the importance of connection and empathy. Finally, the trainer will explain how to develop a dialogue between the parent and child, incorporating Therapeutic Parenting.

This is a 7 Session course that gives an overview of your role as a foster carer alongside the importance of providing a Secure Base. It will address areas of child development, varied behaviours and acceptable strategies.

There will be some reflection on your own behaviours, stresses and the importance of your own self care alongside identifying support available to you within your role as a foster carer.

It is an excellent course for new foster carers and a great refresher for more experienced ones. An excellent opportunity to check your knowledge  and understanding, refresh your resources and meet other foster carers.

Each session will be held on Microsoft teams from 18:00 - 20:00 unless otherwise stated 

 It is a requirement that all foster carers complete their Training, Support and Development Standards within the first year from approval.

Would you like to increase your knowledge and understanding of this complex area of Safeguarding? Do you feel confident in challenging certain practices whilst trying to remain sensitive and respectful to cultural and religious traditions?

This important multi-agency course is being presented by a very experienced external trainer, who has worked closely with local authorities and police forces to combat these behaviours and can bring personal knowledge to this training event. The sessions are spread over four hour time frame with time for breaks.

This course aims to increase the knowledge, awareness, and understanding of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and Breast Ironing and to enable multi-agency practitioners to more confidently identify and safeguard those children at risk.

Important note: It is essential that you have undertaken the Safeguarding Children and Young People e-learning prior to coming on this course (see additional information under full details), or a similar Safeguarding Children awareness course within your own organisation. 

Joining Instructions: This course will be delivered by Microsoft Teams. Full joining instructions, including links to access the training and guidance will be provided as downloadable links at the bottom of your confirmation email. Please ensure you read these prior to the course start date and keep them in a safe place.

Please check your spam/junk mail folders for expected emails not showing in your inbox and take action to ensure these get delivered to your inbox in future.

This live interactive virtual classroom, delivered through Microsoft Teams, aims to increase participant’s understanding, skills and knowledge when working with parents whose Learning Needs can impact on their parenting abilities.

This course will benefit staff from Children's Services (Social Care and Education), Health, Community Mental Health Teams & the Community and Voluntary sector who are working with children & families or with adults who have children & may be involved in making and/or receiving referrals regarding child care and child protection issues.

Important note: It is essential that you have undertaken the Safeguarding Children and Young People eLearning prior to coming on this course (see additional information under full details), or an equivalent CP/Safeguarding Awareness courses within your own organisation or you may be turned away.

Joining Instructions - Full joining instructions, including links to access the training and guidance will be provided as downloadable links at the bottom of your confirmation email. Please ensure you read these prior to the course start date and keep them in a safe place.

Please check your spam/junk mail folders for expected emails not showing in your inbox and take action to ensure these get delivered to your inbox in future.

To provide male carers with a perspective on their role in the care of looked after children. To highlight the key areas that men can influence, how they can influence and why it is important for looked after children to see a positive male role model.

To promote good recording practices in line with the Recording Policy for Foster Carers.

This is a mandatory course.

This Pan Sussex multi-agency training opportunity is aimed at all practitioners and carers working or caring for looked after children or care leavers. This includes foster carers, residential workers, GPs, Health Visitors, School Nurses, Independent Reviewing Officers and Supervising Social Workers.

Messages from practice and research highlights that children and adults who are care experienced have higher rates of physical, emotional, social, and educational need, and are more likely to experience homelessness, teenage pregnancy, prison and problems with their mental and emotional health. They are also more likely to die younger. The majority of children who enter care have suffered significant harm, neglect and trauma, and some are children who have travelled alone from their country of origin to seek asylum in UK.

The training will be delivered by trainers from Health and Children's Services, as live interactive classroom training, delivered through Microsoft Teams. 

Important note: It is essential that you have completed the Safeguarding Children and Young People eLearning and the pre-course learning, prior to coming on this course (see additional information under full details), or you may be turned away.

Please see "Additional Information" via the Full details tab for full joining instructions.

This is a 7 Session course that gives an overview of your role as a foster carer alongside the importance of providing a Secure Base. It will address areas of child development, varied behaviours and acceptable strategies.

It gives insight on how trauma / adverse childhood experiences can impact on the child's emotions, development and behaviour.

There will be some reflection on your own behaviours, stresses and the importance of your own self care alongside identifying support available to you within your role as a foster carer.

It is an excellent course for new foster carers and a great refresher for more experienced ones. An excellent opportunity to check your knowledge  and understanding, refresh your resources and meet other foster carers.

Each session will be held on Microsoft teams from 10:00 - 12:00 unless otherwise stated