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Children and families support

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    Positive behaviour support

    £10.00 Excl. VAT

    By understanding PBS and implementing person-centred strategies, participants can create supportive environments that empower individuals, promote their well-being, and comply with legal requirements, ensuring a compassionate and effective approach to care.

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    Assessment and approval of adopters

    £30.00 Excl. VAT

    Adoption plays a vital role in providing permanent, stable homes for children who are unable to live with their birth families.

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    Assessment and approval of foster carers

    £20.00 Excl. VAT

    Do you work with children in need and their families? Do you need to sharpen up your awareness of the different stages of the foster care process? If you’re involved at any stage (and in any capacity) of the assessment of children or the approval process for foster carers or just need to brush up on your Children Act guidance or knowledge, then this is the ideal course for you.

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    Children’s workforce induction

    £70.00 Excl. VAT

    The Children’s Workforce Development Council (CWDC) was set up to promote the training needs of everyone whose work is mainly with children, young people and families. When it closed in 2012, its work transferred to the Teaching Agency, Children’s Improvement Board and the Department for Education.

    This comprehensive induction bundle straddles the work of all these agencies and sets out the first things you need to know when working in child’s or young person’s development.

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    Common assessment framework (CAF / early help) covering CAF assessment

    £20.00 Excl. VAT

    The Common Assessment Framework (CAF or Early Help) is a standardised, shared assessment and planning framework used to help early identification of a child or young person’s additional needs.

    It’s also used to promote co-ordinated service provision to meet these needs and is a key element of the Every Child Matters: Change for Children Programme.

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    Effective communication with children and families

    £20.00 Excl. VAT

    If you work with young people and families, you’ll know how important effective communication with children can be. Good communication builds trust and can make a real difference to how effectively services are delivered and their long-term success.

    This course will help you sharpen your skills and deepen your knowledge around effective communication with children and families.

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    Framework for the assessment of children and their families

    £30.00 Excl. VAT

    Use of the assessment framework provides evidence to help, guide and inform judgements about children’s welfare and safety from the first point of contact, through the processes of assessment, planning and review.

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    Lead professional role

    £20.00 Excl. VAT

    Understand the lead professional role – purpose, selection, responsibilities, coordination, multi-agency plans, sharing information proportionately, advocating, and planning transitions.

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    Private fostering

    £20.00 Excl. VAT

    Private fostering is a crucial part of taking care of many young people in the UK. In this course, we’ll explore what private fostering means and the laws related to it.

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    Teenage pregnancy

    £30.00 Excl. VAT

    As adults who work with teenagers there are ways we can support them through pregnancy and parenthood that give them the best chance at success in later life.

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    Understanding child development

    £20.00 Excl. VAT

    There are many theories and ideas for how children grow and develop into adults. In this course we take a look at some of the most prominent and see how they can help us interact with children in our daily lives.

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