Adopters and Foster Carers

This course covers laws, guidance, and procedures to protect and safeguard children both nationally and locally. It provides essential information to ensure the safety and wellbeing of children in their care, equipping Fosters Carers with the knowledge needed to fulfil their responsibilities effectively.

This course equips male carers with the knowledge and skills to create a safe environment for children. It addresses specific challenges male carers may face, emphasises safeguarding practices, and highlights the importance of positive male role models, ensuring children's well-being and safety.

This course focuses on creating safe, secure environments for children, covering risk assessment, safeguarding practices, and strategies to prevent harm. Carers will be equipped to protect children, promote their wellbeing, and handle safety concerns effectively. There will be space for questions.

This session covers child exploitation, including sexual, criminal, trafficking, county lines, and online grooming. Participants will identify risks, understand vulnerabilities, and recognise manipulative behaviours. It emphasises safeguarding strategies, positive language, and contextual awareness to support and protect vulnerable young people effectively.

This foster care training course aims to improve the recording practices of Foster Carers. It is linked to the Induction Standards for Foster Carers, enhancing documentation skills and ensuring accurate, comprehensive records to support the care and development of foster children.

This course focuses on the health of children and young people from birth to becoming a care leaver. We consider not only physical health but also emotional and social well-being. It includes discussions on puberty and sexual health, encouraging open and sometimes-embarrassing conversations.

When children enter care or are adopted, they often experience loss and bereavement from being separated from their birth family. This course helps you understand and manage their emotions, offering strategies for effective communication with your child or young person.

This course, for foster carers and adopters, enhances your knowledge and understanding of attachment, focusing on the emotional health of children in your care. This introduction to therapeutic parenting, provides insights and strategies to support the well-being of looked-after young people.

This training introduces foster carers and those working with looked-after children to emotion coaching, developed by John Gottman. Emotion coaching helps children recognise and manage their emotions, particularly during misbehaviour. It involves validating emotions, setting limits, and problem-solving to develop effective behavioural strategies.

Gill Tree will lead this course, equipping carers with strategies to manage challenging behaviours without aggression. The training focuses on de-escalation techniques, building positive relationships, and fostering a calm, supportive environment to promote cooperation and reduce conflict.

This course covers the definition and forms of domestic abuse, including coercive control. It examines its prevalence, especially among young people, and identifies controlling behaviours. The course explores the impacts on children, trauma triggers, recovery strategies, and support for foster carers and children.

This course, which is run by a Cyber Protection Officer from Avon and Somerset Police, involves a presentation to give an outline about apps, the risks, highlighting online offences and how they’re committed, and advice and signposts to further support.

Therapeutic Parenting Training is a psychoeducational group for adults caring for children who have experienced trauma and loss. Carers will learn strategies to support emotional healing, manage challenging behaviours, and create a nurturing environment, fostering resilience and stability for children in their care.

This course covers understanding autism, recognising its signs, and addressing the unique needs of autistic children. It includes strategies for effective communication, creating supportive environments, and promoting positive behaviour to ensure the well-being and development of children with autism. Your questions are welcomed.

This course empowers foster carers with coaching techniques and Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) strategies to support and nurture children. Participants will learn methods to enhance communication, build resilience, and foster positive relationships, ultimately creating a supportive and healing environment for children.

This course explores the causes of disproportionate outcomes for African Heritage young people, introduces anti-oppressive concepts, and provides a safe space for carers to reflect, share experiences, and learn together.

This workshop will provide essential knowledge and strategies to support children in your care, addressing substance use and misuse challenges. Enhance your skills, connect with fellow foster carers, and gain insights to create a safe and nurturing environment for your children.

This course equips carers with essential knowledge to prevent and respond to fires. It covers fire prevention strategies, emergency procedures, and use of safety equipment. This training enhances carers’ ability to create a safe environment, protect, and care for foster children effectively.

This session provides a relaxed, informal setting for foster parents to connect, share experiences, and offer mutual support. Over coffee, participants discuss challenges, celebrate successes, and build a sense of community, fostering a supportive network for those involved in foster care.

This session provides specialised resources and training for carers. It focuses on understanding and addressing unique challenges, ensuring children receive tailored care. This support enhances carers' skills, promotes children's development, and fosters a nurturing, inclusive environment for their growth and well-being.

This group, exclusively for male carers, provides an opportunity to connect with other foster carers. It helps build fostering knowledge through peer interactions, sharing experiences, and offering mutual support, encouraging a sense of community and enhancing the overall fostering experience.

This course equips foster carers with the skills to handle accusations appropriately, covering procedures, legal aspects, and support systems. It ensures carers can respond effectively, protect all parties involved, maintain trust, safeguard children, and uphold the integrity of the fostering system.

This networking event, attended by a variety of professionals, provides information on housing, mental health, education, and benefits for young people. It aims to help carers understand these options and assess the needs of their young person effectively. Your questions will be welcomed.

A reflective, psychologist-led space created for foster carers. These confidential sessions offer support, insight, and connection—drawing on clinical supervision to explore challenges, celebrate strengths, and build resilience. Whether you're seeking reflection or peer connection, your voice matters. Connect, reflect, and grow together.

Eligibility: This course is open to foster carers:
This specialist RSE training helps foster carers feel confident discussing relationships and sex education with young people of any age. Trauma-informed and foster care-specific, it offers 8 hours CPD in small, interactive sessions. Carers gain practical tools and resources, and learn how brief RSE conversations can positively impact young people’s outcomes.

This session helps participants learn and develop resilience strategies and tools for themselves and the children and young people they work with. It includes defining resilience, methods to build it, resilience strategies, and helpful tools, along with signposting to further support. There will be space for questions and answers.

We understand that fostering can be incredibly rewarding, but also challenging at times. That’s why we’re creating a space for you to meet, share, and support one another. These informal sessions are designed to help you connect with others who understand the unique highs and lows of fostering.

This support group provides a relaxed, informal setting for SGO carers to connect, share experiences, and offer mutual support. Over coffee, participants discuss challenges, celebrate successes, and build a sense of community, fostering a supportive network for special guardians.

The STAR Programme, conducted over two sessions, helps South Gloucestershire's Children's Services embed our Practice model. It integrates Signs of Safety, Trauma-Informed practice, and Systemic approaches to improve service delivery and child welfare, with opportunities for questions and discussions throughout the training.

Supporting adult relationships is crucial, as unresolved conflicts between adults or carers can negatively impact children, causing emotional distress and behavioural issues. This course emphasises the importance of fostering healthy communication among adults to ensure a stable and supportive environment for children.

In this interactive workshop, we will explore mental health, its impacting factors, and how to support children and young people. The session aims to provide practical strategies and insights for fostering well-being. There will be opportunity for discussions and questions.

This course covers the unique needs of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children. It includes understanding their backgrounds, trauma, and cultural differences. Learn practical strategies for their support, integration, and wellbeing in a new environment. Engage in discussions and get your questions answered.

The session, led by educational psychologists, aims to expand your understanding of ADHD and attention-related difficulties, including how deficits in executive functioning relate to ADHD. It also covers which children are more likely to experience these challenges and the reasons behind it.

The Virtual School session serves as an opportunity for you to access the Virtual School. It's a platform to raise any questions or concerns you may have, ensuring you receive the support and information needed for you on your educational journey.

Mental health encompasses emotional, psychological, and social well-being. Children and young people face unique challenges and inequalities. Mental health differs from mental ill health. Various models explain mental health, influenced by biological, psychological, and social factors. The session includes support information and a Q&A segment.