Course overview of Family And Friends Connected Persons Care
Kinship care, also called connected persons or family and friends care, is where children are looked after by people they already know. Although, there are different types of kinship care - formal or informal. However, all provide an opportunity for children to feel loved and cared for by people with whom they already have a connection.
However, there are special challenges in looking after related children. This Family And Friends Connected Persons Care course gives Family & Friends carers and those who support them a way to understand those challenges. It also provides practical guidance on managing the difficult feelings and behaviour that often go with Family & Friends care.
Course content
This course will cover:
- What is kinship care?
- Why is kinship care used?
- The assessment process
- Your role as kinship carer
- The impact on the child
- Managing contact
- How you can support the child
- Taking care of yourself
Already have your own LMS? You can purchase any of our courses as SCORM files to download and add to your own system.
Aims of Family And Friends Connected Persons Care course
By the end of this training you will be able to:
- Describe Kinship care
- Understand what a child might need from kinship care
- Understand how kinship care can affect a child
- Understand key issues in looking after children related to them
- Know how to help children in kinship care to recover from trauma
- Understand how you can help a child who is finding it difficult to be away from their birth family
What audience is this online course suitable for?
This Family And Friends Connected Persons Care course has been designed specifically for people who want to know more about kinship care.
Whilst it provides focus for people working in Children's Services, it will also be useful to a wider audience of people who would like to know more about Connected persons care.
Furthermore, we can deliver this course either: online, as a webinar, or as a face-to-face programme. However, if you have your own LMS and would like this course as a SCORM file, please get in touch.