Training Calendar 2016
Sefton Fostering and Adoption Service
Domestic Abuse Awareness 15 Bereavement and Loss 15 Parenting the ‘Theraplay’ Way 15 Dealing with Anxiety, Worries or Stress 16 Child Sexual Exploitation 16 Emotional Health Awareness including Self Harm 16 Delegated Authority – Who Decides? 16 Tax and Benefits for Foster Carers 17 E-Safety – Safeguarding Children in the Digital Age 17 Planning to support placements under stress 17 Foetal Alcohol Syndrome Awareness 17
Introduction to Attachment 8
Helping Children to Understand Their Story 8
Transitions and Endings 9
Allegations and Safer care 9
Safety in the Home 9
Recording for Foster Carers 9
Safety Courses Condensed 9
Calendar 2016 (Overview) 10
Core Courses 12
Working with Attachment in Mind 12
Living in Care – Young People’s Voices 12
Contact 12
Autism, ADHD and other Challenges 14
The Benefits of Play with a Dysregulated Child 14
Buckle Up and Hang On for the Ride – The Art of Parenting Teens 14
Parent and Child Arrangements 14
Other Training 14
arenting a Child who has P been Sexually Abused 15
Basic First Aid 8
Paediatric First Aid 8
Safeguarding 8
Priority Courses 8
When it is Your Family – Successes and Complication in Kinship Fostering 7
Managing Contact for Kinship Carers 7
Kinship Plus 7
Child Development 13
I ntroduction to Parenting a Child who has been Sexually Abused 13
Foster Carers Training 6
Identity and the Adopted Child – Promoting Emotional Security and Traumatic Survival 19
aintaining Links – M The Role of Contact in Adoption 18
I ’m Hurting Inside – Strategies to Support the Adopted Child in School 18
hen the Honeymoon is over! W Understanding Dysregulated Behaviour in Adopted Children 18
eeting the Health and Education Needs M of Looked After Children 13
Relationships that Hurt and Relationships that Heal: Conference with Dr Margot Sunderland 4
Training for Kinship Carers 7
Training for Adopters 18
Equality and Diversity 13
Welcome 3
Contents
At Sefton Council we consider training to be a crucial part of the support we offer you as foster carers, adopters and adults acting as Special Guardians. It is recognised that you are caring for children who have additional needs. The courses keep you up to date with practice developments and are designed to support you in your rewarding and challenging role.
Welcome
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Close family and friends often play a crucial part in caring for the children placed by Children’s Services. Every effort is made to include members of your support network in training events. If you believe it will benefit them, just ask!
Extended Family
We have sections for mainstream fostering, and kinship fostering and adoption. If you are a Special Guardian you are entitled to attend courses you think would support you in the care of your child. More information about the courses is available on request to help you select courses that will fit your family’s needs.
Finding the Right Courses for You
0151 934 4419
trainingfa@sefton.gov.uk
Please see back cover for the list of venues. Maps can be sent to you on request.
Finding our Venues
We hear of other training opportunities at times with short notice. Providing us with a current email address means we can circulate details of extra courses as they come up. Please contact us if there are specific courses you would like to access but can’t see our plan. We would love to hear from you.
Keeping in Touch
We are aware that most carers who wish to attend training are currently caring for a child. We would ask that you use your support network to enable you to attend training. Wherever this is not possible, we ask that you contact your social worker to let them know the specific needs of your child and what support is required. We may be able to provide some support from one of our placement support workers.
Childcare
and Relationships
that Hurt
Relationships
Places are FREE for teachers, support staff, foster carers, adopters, special guardians, social workers, therapists living/working in Sefton. An admin charge will be made for non-attendance. Places can be purchased by professionals living or working outside Sefton at a cost of £50 per place.
www.margotsunderland.org
• Director of Education and Training at the Centre for Child Mental Health in London •A Child Psychotherapist with over thirty years of experience working with children, teenagers and parents •T he author of over twenty books in the field of child mental health
Dr Sunderland is:
To book a place email trainingfa@sefton.gov.uk or call 0151 934 4419 If you work for a Sefton school email franstoddart@sefton.gov.uk or call 0151 934 3353
Promenade, Southport, PR9 0DZ
9.30am – 4.30pm Southport Convention Centre
9 March 2016
Supporting the Traumatised Child in School Dr Margot Sunderland
that Heal:
• Level Three remains under review and notification of training requirement for it will be distributed when the criteria is agreed
• To renew your registration as a foster carer and retain these payments you need to maintain at least 12 hours Continual Professional Development (CPD) each year
• To achieve Level Two you need to have fostered for one year, had a successful Annual Review, completed all the Level Two courses and the Level Two Portfolio
• To achieve Level One Skills Payments, you need to have completed all the Priority courses and the Training Support and Development Standards Portfolio
The requirements for the Skills Payments Scheme have been revised and simplified:
• Core courses within 24 months of approval.
• Priority courses within 12 months of approval; &
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10-12 Merton 10-12
10-12 Merton 10-12
Thu 26 May Thu 23 June Wed 13 Jul Tue 23 Aug
10-12
10-12 Merton 10-12
Thu 20 Oct Thu 24 Nov Thu 15 Dec
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Ainsdale
Ainsdale
10-12 Merton
Thu 22 Sep
Ainsdale
Ainsdale
Ainsdale
10-12
Thu 28 Apr
Ainsdale 10-12 Merton
10-12
Thu 25 Feb
Merton
Fri 25 Mar
10-12
trainingfa@sefton.gov.uk
If you would like to attend but can’t make these dates please get in touch. Alternative dates can be made available.
Foster Carers Skills Scheme Thu 21 Jan
The workshops also support foster carers completing the level two workbook to take time to explain in detail how they carry out the fostering task.
All mainstream foster carers are expected to complete:
These sessions are to offer support for foster carers undertaking the induction workbook required in the Fostering National Minimum Standards to be completed within one year (Kinship carers have 18 months to complete).
Fostering Service Workbook Workshops 2016
It has been agreed that all mainstream fostering households should complete at least 12 hours of Continual Professional Development (CPD) each year. This is usually three of our courses. However, this can be met through relevant training at work, specialist training, external courses or independent study if evidence is provided.
Foster carers need to attend training as part of the requirements of their registration.
Mainstream Foster Carers Training
Trainers: Angela Sitoe (Training Development Officer) & Vivienne Taylor (Fostering Social Worker)
Date & Time / Venue: Fri & Sat 27 & 28 May, 10am – 4pm, Crosby
• What is attachment and what does it mean for you?
• What are allegations and how can you and your family work towards ‘safer caring’?
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Trainers: Angela Sitoe (Training Development Officer), Gemma Cheatham (Childcare Social Worker) & Alison Filson (Experienced Family Support Co-ordinator)
Date & Time / Venue: Thu 17 March, 10am – 1pm, Formby
• Taking care of you
• Things don’t stand still – Time to review?
• Its complex – Supervising a loved one and managing risk in close relationships
• What do you need to keep written records of?
• How can you help children to understand their story?
Course content: • Importance & drawbacks of contact
Managing NEW Contact for Kinship Carers
0151 934 4419
trainingfa@sefton.gov.uk
Trainer: Angela Sitoe (Training Development Officer) & Vivienne Taylor
Date & Time / Venue: Wed 29 June, 6pm – 8pm, Crosby
• Time to share your views and experiences of what you find most difficult and what has worked for you
• Use of restorative approaches to manage conflict within your family
Course content: • What the research says about kinship care
NEW When it is Your Family – Successes and Complications in Kinship Fostering
Skills scheme To be eligible for the skills scheme you need to attend all the priority and core courses listed in the mainstream section as this equips you to deal with the needs of a range of children.
We have reduced the expectation placed on kinship carers as 3 hours continual professional development each year. You are welcome, indeed encouraged, to take part in other fostering courses.
Ongoing Training
Course content: • How can you help keep children in your care safe?
Kinship Plus
There are 8 priority courses for foster carers. First Aid remains to be a requirement. We have developed a 2 day course Kinship Plus, which brings together the key messages from the priority courses after you have become an approved foster carer.
Priority Courses
You asked us for some sessions that bring together kinship carers / connected persons to share experiences and reflect on positive ways of caring for our children. We realise that for some kinship carers, you have become foster carers because of life events within your family; keeping up with the training requirements can feel like an extra burden.
Kinship Carers Kinship Carers Courses
Trainers: Jenny Stuart (Lead Practitioner Therapeutic Team, Psychotherapist) & Angela Sitoe (Training Development Officer)
Date & Time / Venue: Tue 14 Jun, 10am – 2pm, Ainsdale
• The role of foster carers in safeguarding children’s memories
• The challenges of parenting children who have experienced trauma
• Practical ways and resources to support the child to connect with their feelings and stories in a way that feels safe
Course covers: • The coping and survival strategies children have developed in the face of early trauma
Helping Children to Understand their Story
Trainer: Kevin Newman (Accredited First Aid Trainer)
Date & Time / Venue: Thu 16 Jun, 6pm – 9pm, Crosby Thu 10 Nov, 10am – 1pm, Ainsdale
• How to offer emergency First Aid (resuscitation, bleeding, burns and choking)
• How to assess casualties
Course covers: • The principles of First Aid
Basic First Aid
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Trainer: Chris Taylor (Writer, trainer and organisational consultant)
Date & Time / Venue: Tue 21 Jun, 5.30pm – 8pm, Crosby
• Nurturing attachments through secure care giving
• What happens when things go wrong: insecure attachments
• Understanding attachment behaviour
• An outline of the theory of attachment
Course covers: • Reflection on our own experiences of attachment
Introduction to Attachment
Trainer: Kevin Newman (Accredited First Aid Trainer)
Tues & Wed 18 & 19 Oct, 9.30am – 4.30pm, Ainsdale
Date & Time / Venue: Mon & Tue 2 & 3 May, 9.30am – 4.30pm, Ainsdale
Date & Time / Venue: Mon 21 Mar, 6pm – 9pm, Crosby
Trainer: Angela Sitoe (Training Development Officer)
• The contents of first aid kits, action planning, primary surveys
• The role of foster carers in safeguarding children
• How to resuscitate babies and children
Course covers: • How to respond to diabetic emergencies, head injuries, seizures, bleeding, burns and choking, sprains, strains and fractures, poisoning, bites and childhood conditions
Course covers: • The definitions and indicators of abuse
• How to respond if a child discloses
Paediatric First Aid
Safeguarding
Priority Courses At least one carer to attend Paediatric First Aid course if you care for a child under 12. Partner can attend basic course. First Aid and Safeguarding to be renewed every three years.
Foster Carers Priority Courses
trainingfa@sefton.gov.uk
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Trainer: Declan Barry (Specialist health and safety trainer)
Date & Time / Venue: Sat 14 May, 9.30am - 2.30pm, Merton
• How to keep the home safe
NEW
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Trainer: Angela Sitoe (Training Development Officer)
Date & Time / Venue: Wed & Thu, 24 & 25 Aug 10am – 4pm, Merton
This courses condenses 4 courses in 1. It covers Recording, Safety in the Home, Safeguarding and Allegations and Safer Care.
• Allegations how you and your family can work towards ‘safer caring’
• How you can keep your home safe to avoid accidents/injury
• What records do you need to keep as a foster carer
Course covers: • The role of a foster carer in safeguarding child
Course covers: • Fire safety and electrical issues within the home
• How to identify hazardous substances
Priority – Safety Courses Condensed (2 days)
Trainers: Sarah Collett (Business Development Officer - Foster Talk) & Angela Sitoe (Training Development Officer)
Date & Time / Venue: Mon 28 Mar, 10am – 2pm, Ainsdale
Trainer: Angela Sitoe (Training Development Officer)
Date & Time / Venue: Tues 19 Apr, 10am – 1pm, Ainsdale
• Practice guidance and Sefton’s recording policy
• The legal context to foster carer recording
• Risk sensible, not risk averse: the need for a realistic and proportionate approach to risk so children and young people can grow and learn
• The feelings that could be encountered during the allegations process
• The support available to foster carers once an allegation has been made
Recording for Foster Carers Course covers: • Why fosters need to record and what should be recorded
Course covers: • The processes involved in allegations
Allegations and Safer Care
Safety in the Home
Trainer: Angela Sitoe (Training Development Officer)
Date & Time / Venue: Mon 29 Feb, 6pm – 9pm, Crosby
• How to acknowledge and deal with the experiences the foster family experience when a child leaves
• How to help prepare a child for a new beginning
Course covers: • Children’s journey of grief
Transitions and Endings
Foster Carers Priority Courses
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Thurs
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15 & 16
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28
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Fri
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6pm-9pm
10am-2pm
10am-12pm
10am-2pm
Managing Contact for Kinship Carers [NEW]
Safeguarding
Parenting a Child who has been Sexually Abused (4 days)
Workbook Workshop - Fostering
Allegations and Safer Care
0151 934 4419
9.30am4pm
Parent and Child Arrangements (2 days) [NEW]
6pm-9pm
Transitions and Endings
9.30am4.30pm
10am-12pm
Workbook Workshop - Fostering
Relationships that Hurt and Relationships that Heal Supporting the Traumatised Child in School [NEW]
10am-12pm
I’m hurting Inside - Strategies to Support the Adopted Child in School [NEW]
10am-1pm
Introduction to Parenting a Sexually Abused Child [NEW]
10am-1pm
10am-12pm
Workbook Workshop - Fostering
Tax and Benefits Workshop for Foster carers
9.30am4pm
Time
E safety- Safeguarding Children in a Digital World
Course
trainingfa@sefton.gov.uk
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FEBRUARY
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Ainsdale
Merton
Ainsdale
Crosby
Formby
Crosby
Southport
Crosby
Ainsdale
Crosby
Ainsdale
Ainsdale
Merton
Formby
Venue
Angela Sitoe and Sarah Collett
Angela Sitoe
Jenny Stuart
Angela Sitoe
Angela Sitoe, Gemma Cheatham and Alison Filson
Joan Hunt
Dr Margot Sunderland
Angela Sitoe
Angela Sitoe
Sarah McAndrew
Pat Lewis
Jenny Stuart
Angela Sitoe
Karl Hopkins
Trainer
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APRIL
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9.30am2.15pm 10am-12pm 10am-4pm
Working with Attachment in Mind (5 days and call back in July) Workbook Workshop - Fostering Kinship Plus [NEW]
5.30pm7.30pm 10am-2pm 6pm-9pm 5.30pm8pm 10am-12pm 6pm-8pm
Child Sexual Exploitation Helping Children Understand their Story Basic First Aid Introduction to Attachment Workbook Workshop - Fostering “When it is your Family” – Successes and Complications in Kinship Fostering [NEW]
10am-4pm
10am11.30am
Autism, ADHD and Other Challenges (call back)
Buckle Up and Hang On for the Ride - The Art of Parenting Teens (2 days) [NEW]
9.30am12.30pm
6pm-9pm
Contact Safety in the Home
9.30am4.30pm
10am-12pm
Paediatric First Aid (2 days)
Workbook Workshop - Fostering
6pm-8pm
10am-2pm
The Benefits of Play with a Dysregulated Child [NEW]
10am-1pm
Autism, ADHD and Other Challenges - A Psychological Perspective [NEW]
Time
Recording
Course
Training Calendar 2016
Crosby
Ainsdale
Crosby
Crosby
Ainsdale
Crosby
Crosby
Crosby
Merton
Formby
Ainsdale
Merton
Crosby
Ainsdale
Ainsdale
Ainsdale
Ainsdale
Ainsdale
Venue
Angela Sitoe and Viv Taylor
Angela Sitoe
Chris Taylor
Kevin Newman
Jenny Stuart and Angela Sitoe
Darin McCrystal
Joan Hunt
Angela Sitoe and Viv Taylor
Angela Sitoe
Chris Taylor
Sefton Educational Psychology Team
Declan Barry
Angela Sitoe and Alison Filson
Kevin Newman
Angela Sitoe
Jenny Stuart
Sefton Educational Psychology Team
Angela Sitoe
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Workbook Workshop - Fostering
Meeting the Health and Education Needs of Looked After Children
Dealing with Anxieties, Worries or Stress
10am-1pm
10am-12pm
10am-1pm
10am-12pm
12.301.30pm
10am-2pm
Safeguarding
When the Honeymoon is over! Understanding Dysregulated Behaviour in Adopted Children
Living in Care Young People’s Voices
Workbook Workshop - Fostering
Planning to support placements under stress
Bereavement and Loss
0151 934 4419
10am-1pm
Foetal Alcohol Syndrome Awareness
10am-4pm
10am-4pm
Equality & Diversity
Priority - Safety Courses Condensed (2 days) [NEW]
10am-12pm
Maintaining Links - The Role of Contact in Adoption
10am-12pm
10am-1pm
Workbook Workshop - Fostering
10am-2pm
Working with Attachment in Mind (call back)
Time
Parenting the ‘Theraplay’ Way
Course
trainingfa@sefton.gov.uk
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Merton
Merton
Merton
Our place
St Peters (Formby)
Ainsdale
Ainsdale
Ainsdale
Ainsdale
Ainsdale
Ainsdale
Merton
Formby
Merton
Formby
Ainsdale
Venue
Tracy Millward
Fostering Managers
Angela Sitoe
Karen Gray and care experienced young people
Jenny Stuart
Angela Sitoe
Genevieve Kilroy
Angela Sitoe
Angela Sitoe
Jenny Stuart
Nicky Walsh and Kate Lindo
Angela Sitoe
Tony Griffin
Ana Pardo and Angela Sitoe
Chris Taylor
Sarah O’Dell
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10am-12pm
10am-1pm
Delegated Authority Workshop - Who decides?
Workbook Workshop - Fostering
10am-12pm
10am-1pm
10am-1pm
10am-1pm
10am-2pm
10am-12pm
10am-12pm
Workbook Workshop - Fostering
Working with Attachment in Mind (call back)
Emotional Health Awareness
Basic First Aid
Child Development
Identity and the Adopted Child – Promoting Emotional Security and Traumatic Survival [NEW]
Workbook Workshop - Fostering
9.30am4.30pm
10am-2pm
Domestic Abuse Awareness Paediatric First Aid
9.30am4pm
Time
Working with Attachment in mind (3 days and call back in Nov)
Course
Ainsdale
Ainsdale
Merton
Crosby
Ainsdale
Ainsdale
Ainsdale
Crosby
Ainsdale
Ainsdale
Formby
Crosby
Venue
Angela Sitoe
Angela Sitoe
Angela Sitoe
Chris Taylor
Jenny Stuart
Kevin Newman
Sue Kirk
Tracy Millward
Angela Sitoe
Kevin Newman
Maria Morgan
Chris Taylor
Trainer
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trainingfa@sefton.gov.uk
0151 934 4419
Trainer: Chris Taylor (Writer, trainer and organisational consultant)
3 DAY COURSE: Thu, Fri & Sat 6, 7, 8 Oct (17 Nov Call back) 9.30am – 4pm (Call back 10am – 1pm), Crosby
Date & Time / Venue: 5 DAY COURSE: Mon, Tue, Wed, Tue, Wed 16, 17, 18, 24, 25 May (6 Jul Call back) 9.30am - 2.15pm (Call back workshop 10am – 1pm), Formby
• Call back workshop to draw out attachment informed practice
• De-escalation: finding a safe way out of a crisis and relationship repair
• Dealing with power struggles: working with feelings of anger, frustration and loss
• Recognising and responding to children’s unmet attachment needs
• Working for recovery – creating a secure base through relationships
Course covers: • Patterns of attachment and the impact of trauma, neglect and rejection on the brain
Working with Attachment in Mind
Core Courses
12
Trainer: Angela Sitoe (Training Development Officer) & Alison Filson (Experienced Family Support Co-ordinator)
Date & Time / Venue: Wed 11 May, 6pm – 9pm, Crosby
• Carers role in working with birth families and supporting contact effectively
• How supervised contact is managed
Course covers: • Purpose of contact for looked after children and its legal context
Contact
Trainer: Karen Gray (Corporate Parenting and Participation Officer) & care experienced young people
Date & Time / Venue: Mon 19 Sep, 10am – 1pm, Our Place
• The role of foster carers in supporting young people to move towards independence
• Views of young people about the reality of living in foster care
Course covers: • The concept of Corporate Parenting
Living in Care – Young People’s Voices
Foster Carers Core Courses
trainingfa@sefton.gov.uk
0151 934 4419
Trainer: Nicola Walsh (Virtual Head Teacher for looked after children) & Kate Lindo (Lead Nurse for looked after children)
Date & Time / Venue: Thu 14 Jul, 10am – 2pm, Ainsdale
(This session is run in two halves. Morning session covering education; & Afternoon session covering health issues)
• Challenges for looked after children in educational settings
• Process to monitor the progress/gaps in Looked after children’s health/education plans
• Support available for Looked After Children in Education and Health
Course covers: • Role of foster carers in meeting the educational and health needs of looked after children
Meeting the Health and Educational Needs of Looked After Children
Trainer: Tony Griffin (Equality and Human Rights Practitioner)
Date & Time / Venue: Mon 11 Jul, 10am – 4pm, Formby
• How to plan to support a child who is transgender
• Awareness of transgender issues
• Planning to enable children to view difference in a positive light
Course covers: • Discussion to promote awareness of carers own values
Equality and Diversity
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Trainer: Sue Kirk (Quality Improvement Officer – School Readiness Service)
Date & Time / Venue: Tue 8 Nov, 10am – 2pm, Ainsdale
• Applying ‘Five to Thrive’ – The attachment based approach to positive parenting
• The early years framework – A resource to support identification of progress / gaps /next steps
Course covers: • Looking closely – the place of observations and reflection
Child Development
Trainer: Jenny Stuart (Lead practitioner Therapeutic Service, Psychotherapist)
Date & Time / Venue: Thu 28 Jan, 10am – 1pm, Ainsdale
• Key messages of how we can help children who have been sexually abused
Course covers: • Recognising child sexual abuse and understanding the impact of sexual abuse
Introduction to Parenting a Child who has been Sexually Abused
NEW
Foster Carers Core Courses
NEW
trainingfa@sefton.gov.uk
0151 934 4419
Trainer: Joan Hunt (Independent Social Work Trainer/ Consultant)
Date & Time / Venue: Tue & Wed, 15 & 16 Mar, 9.30am – 4.00pm, Crosby
•M anaging endings and looking after yourself and your family
•P lacement planning, creating a safe environment and managing risks
•C hallenges to fostering families – roles and responsibilities
•D ifferent models of parent and child arrangements
•L egal limits and fostering regulations
Course covers: •M essages from research and serious case reviews
Parent and Child Arrangements (2 days)
Trainer: Joan Hunt (Independent Social Work Trainer/Consultant)
Date & Time / Venue: Mon & Tue, 6 & 7 Jun, 10am – 4pm, Crosby
• What support – working with partner agencies
• Strategies for managing stress
• The power of reflection when working with teens
• Applying the secure base for enhanced parenting
• Understanding the teenage brain
Course covers: • The ever changing world; the risks for the teens and carers and how to keep teens safe
Buckle Up NEW and Hang On for the Ride – The Art of Parenting Teens (2 days)
Other Courses
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Trainer: Jenny Stuart (Lead Practitioner Therapeutic team and Psychotherapist )
Date & Time / Venue: Mon 25 Apr, 6pm – 8pm, Ainsdale
• A range of play techniques – to practise new skills and build on old ones
Course covers: • What are the benefits of play?
The Benefits EW of Play with N a Dysregulated Child
Trainers: Sefton Educational Psychology Team
Date & Time / Venue: Thu 21 Apr, 10am – 2pm, Ainsdale
(This course provides a chance for questions and sharing)
• How this relates to fostered and adopted children in the family context
Course covers: • Overview of practice guidance and research
Autism, NEW ADHD and other Challenges – A Psychological Perspective
Foster Carers Other Courses
trainingfa@sefton.gov.uk
0151 934 4419
Trainer: Jenny Stuart (Lead Practitioner - Therapeutic Service / Psychotherapist)
Date & Time / Venue: Wed & Thu 23, 24, 30 & 31 Mar, 10am – 2pm, Ainsdale
•T he question of therapy and building resilience
•T he impact of trauma on children who have been sexually abused
•H ow we can help children who have been sexually abused
•R ecognising child sexual abuse and understanding the impact of sexual abuse
Course covers: •C reating a safe place for your child
Parenting a Child who has been Sexually Abused
Trainers: Maria Morgan (Social Worker; previously managed a Domestic Violence project)
Date & Time / Venue: Fri 14 Oct, 10am – 2pm, Formby
Course covers: • Why do we grieve?
Course covers: • Awareness raising of domestic abuse: the types and its impact
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Trainer: Tracy Millward (Adoption Social Worker)
Date & Time / Venue: Thu 29 Sep, 10am – 2pm, Merton
• Indicators a child may need professional help and practical ways to assist children
• Factors that impact on the child
• Do children mourn?
Bereavement and Loss
Domestic Abuse Awareness
Trainer: Sarah O’Dell (Senior Mental Health Practitioner, Certified Theraplay practitioner)
Date & Time / Venue: Mon 4 Jul, 10am – 2pm, Ainsdale
• How simple ‘Theraplay’ techniques can be adapted for use at home
• The goals of ‘Theraplay’ (changing the view of the child as being worthy of relationships that are positive and rewarding)
Course covers: • The principles underlying ‘Theraplay’ – in healthy relationships there should be natural patterns of playful, healthy interaction between parent and child
Parenting the ‘Theraplay’ Way
Foster Carers Other Courses
Trainer: Jenny Stuart (Lead Practitioner - Therapeutic Team, Psychotherapist)
Date & Time / Venue: Tue 19 Jul, 10am – 1pm, Ainsdale
• How to manage it so it does not have a big impact on your daily life
• What anxieties or worries affect you?
Course covers: • What is anxiety?
Dealing with Anxiety, Worries or Stress
Trainer: Darin McCrystal (Lead Practitioner for Child Sexual Exploitation – Corporate Parenting)
Date & Time / Venue: Thu 9 Jun, 5.30 – 7.30pm, Crosby
• Sefton’s child sexual exploitation strategy and action plan
• Risk Factors for child sexual exploitation
Course covers: • Awareness raising of the impact of child sexual exploitation
Child Sexual Exploitation
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Trainer: Jenny Stuart (Lead Practitioner - Therapeutic Team, Psychotherapist)
Date & Time / Venue: Mon 14 Nov, 10am – 1pm, Ainsdale
Course covers: • A basic awareness and management of self-harm, eating disorders, depression, obsessive compulsive disorders
Emotional Health Awareness Including Self Harm
0151 934 4419
trainingfa@sefton.gov.uk
Trainer: Angela Sitoe (Training Development Officer)
Date & Time / Venue: Wed 30 Nov, 10am – 1pm, Ainsdale
• How should the decision making tool support children’s care planning?
• Why is delegated authority important to children’s experience of foster care?
Course covers: • What is delegated authority?
Delegated Authority – Who Decides?
Foster Carers Other Courses
Trainer: Pat Lewis (Tax Adviser – Foster Talk)
Date & Time / Venue: Tues 2 Feb, 10am – 1pm, Ainsdale
• An overview of the impact of staying put on foster carers finances
• An overview of benefits for foster carers
• What support is available for foster carers around tax
Course covers: • The reporting requirements for foster carers in relation to tax
Tax and Benefits Workshop for Foster Carers Course covers: • When do we have disruption meetings?
Course covers: • The risks and benefits to children and young people of communication technology
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Trainer: Karl Hopwood (E-safety Consultant)
Date & Time / Venue: Mon 18 Jan, 9.30 – 4pm, Formby
Date & Time / Venue: Thu 22 Sep, 12.30 – 1.30pm, Merton
• Evaluating measures put in place to safeguard children and young people
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Trainer: Fostering Team Managers & Angela Sitoe (Training Development Officer)
• What could you expect from a disruption meeting?
• The ways in which children and young people are using the varying technologies
• Who attends disruption meetings?
Planning to Support Placements Under Stress
E-Safety – Safeguarding Children in the Digital Age
0151 934 4419
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Trainer: Genevieve Kilroy (Educational Psychologist)
Date & Time / Venue: Wed 7 Sep, 10am – 1pm, Ainsdale
• Ideas of how to parent a child with Foetal Alcohol Syndrome Disorder
• How do you get it and how does it affect children?
Course covers: • What is Foetal Alcohol Disorder?
Foetal Alcohol Syndrome Awareness
Foster FosterCarers CarersOther OtherCourses Courses
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trainingfa@sefton.gov.uk
0151 934 4419
Trainer: Jenny Stuart (Lead Practitioner Therapeutic Service and Psychotherapist)
Date & Time / Venue: Sat 17 Sep, 10am – 12pm, St Peters (Parish Hall Formby)
Course covers: • What dysregulated behaviour looks like and how to deal with it
Trainers: Sarah McAndrew (Adoption Social Worker) & Angela Sitoe (Training Development Officer)
Date & Time / Venue: Sat 6 Feb, 10am – 12pm, Crosby
• How to advocate for your child in school?
• What is in a good support plan? Who should be involved?
Course covers: • What is a ‘good school’ for a child affected by developmental trauma and attachment difficulties?
When the Honeymoon is Over! Understanding Dysregulated Behaviour in Adopted Children
I’m Hurting NEW Inside – Strategies to Support the Adopted Child in School
Once our team have visited you at home and recommended that you progress into Stage One you will be invited to a 3 day Preparing to Adopt Group. In addition to this you can begin attending courses to help you to explore your readiness to adopt and evidence your learning. We strongly recommend that you attend the foundation courses as soon as possible to support you in your role as adoptive parent(s). We would expect you to complete the foundation courses within the first year. These courses give you an opportunity to forge links with other adoptive families, hear key messages from our team and share experiences.
Adopters Training
Trainers: Ana-Maria Pardo (Adoption Lead Practitioner), Angela Sitoe (Training Development Officer) & Helene Porter (Adopter and Placement Support Worker)
Date & Time / Venue: Sat 9 Jul, 10am – 12pm, Merton
• Search and reunion with their genetic family as adults
• Planning and reviewing contact
• Contact in the teenage years and the impact of social media
• Making the most of letterbox contact
• Who should have contact, siblings, grandparents, parents, foster carers
Course covers: • The benefits and risks of contact
Maintaining NEW Links – The Role of the Contact in Adoption
Adopters Training
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0151 934 4419
Trainers: Tracy Millward (Adoption Social Worker) & Angela Sitoe (Training Development Officer)
Date & Time / Venue: Sat 5 Nov, 10am – 12pm, Crosby
• The fact that identities develop naturally & are taken for granted yet desperately sought after when we are denied them
• The need to promote and value children’s genetic identity (who they are, where they came from, what makes them the same as others and what makes them different)
Course covers: • The importance of adopted children having a dual identity (genetic & adoptive) for the formation of self and promotion of good emotional wellbeing in adolescence and adulthood.
Identity and NEW the Adopted Child – Promoting Emotional Security and Traumatic Survival
Dealing with anxiety worries or stress Foetal Alcohol Syndrome Awareness
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The benefits of play for a dysregulated child Parenting a child who has been sexually abused
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Safety in the home
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Child Development
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Introduction to parenting a child who has been sexually abused
Autism, ADHD and other challenges A psychological perspective
Bereavement and loss
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Working with attachment in mind
Emotional Health Awareness including self-harm
Parenting the ‘Theraplay’ way
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Introduction to attachment
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Helping children to understand their story
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Relationships that hurt and that heal Supporting the traumatised child to learn
Buckle up and hang on for the ride The art of parenting teens
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We firmly believe that continuing learning as adoptive parents will support you in your care of the children as the children’s needs alter.
Adopters Training
Southport Convention Centre, Promenade, Southport, PR9 0DZ 01704 500 036
Our Place, Sefton Care Leavers Centre, 22 Brunswick Parade, Esplanade, Waterloo, L22 5RN 0151 928 1380
Merton House, Stanley Road, Bootle, L20 3JA 0151 934 4419
St Peters Parish Hall, Paradise Lane, Formby, L37 7EH 01704 871 171
Formby Professional Development Centre, 225 Park Road, Formby, L37 6EW 01704 395 352
Crosby Lakeside Adventure Centre, Cambridge Road, Waterloo, L22 1RR 0151 966 6868
Ainsdale Corporate Learning Centre, Sandringham Road, Ainsdale, PR8 2PJ 0151 934 2872
Training Centres
Phone Angela on 0151 934 4419 or 07814 156 492
Post a booking form to Angela Sitoe – Training Development Officer, Fostering and Adoption Service, Merton House, Stanley Road, Bootle L20 3JA
Email trainingfa@sefton.gov.uk
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