Fostering or Adoption

FOSTERING OR ADOPTION

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Training for Carers

Initial Training

Our initial training and assessment courses for carers are held in Dundee, approximately once every 3 months. Experienced foster carers and adopters take part as trainers, along with family placement workers. Relevant information is shared with assessing workers and through them with applicants.

Courses are usually run over a period of 3 full Saturdays plus 2 weekday evenings. When and where training/assessment courses are held depends on how many applicants we have at any one time.
Our initial training/assessment course is designed to help all applicants get a clearer idea of what fostering and adoption involves and how it will affect them and their families. The course also helps us to get to know you in a different setting.

If you have asked for a worker to visit you, he/she will be able to give you details about what issues are covered in this course.

Applicants' Children

Fostering and adoption both have implications for your own children, so we aim to provide induction groups for them too. If this is not possible, we will try to offer other appropriate support, such as a link with the children of an experienced foster carer, or with those from an adoptive family. The age of children being placed and the age of your own children, if you have any, would also be taken into consideration.

After Approval

Following approval, all foster carers are expected to complete at least two days training each year. We have an extensive programme of post-approval training for foster carers, including the opportunity for experienced carers to undertake online training in Advanced Skills to Foster run by Akamas. Some of this training is available to interested adopters and permanent foster carers.