Foster carer core training modules
Foster carers training modules can be completed via the following elearning, classroom or virtual training.
Allegations
- Managing allegations (AC Education)
Attachment
- Attachment and brain development (KCA)
- Attachment and loss (AC Education)
- Understanding attachment and trauma (Learning management system - LMS)
- Attachment theory (Enable)
Behaviour management
- Behaviour and physical environment (KCA)
- Managing challenging behaviour (AC Education)
Contact
- Contact in foster care (KCA)
- Promoting positive contact (AC Education)
Equality and diversity/cultural competency
- Equality and diversity (KCA)
- Equality and diversity (LMS)
- Equality and diversity (AC Education)
Child development
- Introduction to child development (KCA)
- Understanding child development (AC Education)
Educational achievement
- Promoting the achievement of looked after children (AC Education)
First aid (mandatory training to be refreshed every 3 years)
- Emergency childcare (LMS)
Support the health of looked after children
- Supporting health of LAC (LMS)
Internet safety
- E-safety (Enable)
- Online safety and cyberbullying (AC Education)
- Social media, selfies, and sexting (AC Education)
Moving onto adoption
- Permanency for foster carers who wish to adopt (AC Education)
- Transitions: the move to permanence (AC Education)
Play therapy
- Play therapy (AC Education)
Positive physical interventions/de-escalation
- De-escalation (AC Education)
Safeguarding (mandatory training to be refreshed every 3 years)
- Safeguarding children level 2/3 (Enable)
- Introduction to safeguarding (AC Education)
Safer Care (mandatory training to be refreshed every 3 years)
- Safer caring (KCA)
- Safer foster care (AC Education)
Child sexual exploitation
- Child exploitation (Enable)
- Keeping them safe (Enable)
- Child sexual exploitation (AC Education)