Training for Foster Carers
Develop skills and knowledge beyond Panel Approval to provide the best foster care possible.
Better outcomes for you and for your children.
Learn skills to manage challenging behaviours, support children's emotional well-being, and navigate complex situations.
Expert-led foster carer training is provided by Elrose and the team at FAACTS that offers practical strategies and insights.
Empower yourself with continuous professional development. This helps you stay informed about best practices and legal requirements, ultimately leading to better outcomes for both carers and children.
How we can help you
Supportive training services for foster carers
At FAACTS, we understand the challenges and rewards that come with fostering, and we are committed to providing comprehensive supportive services to foster families.
Our range of services is designed to ensure you have the tools, knowledge, and support needed to succeed in your fostering role.
New to fostering?
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Introduction to Fostering
If you’re interested in becoming a foster carer, we help you with ‘appetiser-style’ insights for training, covering:
Overview of the fostering role and responsibilities.
Understanding the different types of foster care placements.
Debunking common myths about fostering.
Practical foster care scenarios by real foster carers.
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Skills to Foster™
A comprehensive program for aspiring Foster Carers.
This training covers essential topics such as understanding the needs of foster children, managing challenging behaviours, safeguarding, and building positive relationships.
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Safer Care and Allegations
Learn how to manage, assess and understand risk, harm and benefits within fostering.
Helping you understand what is meant by allegations; the differences between allegations, complaints and standards of care issues; while also introducing the allegations process and possible outcomes.
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Attachment and Loss
Looking at a child’s behaviour from an attachment viewpoint can help find alternative explanations, make sense of difficult situations, have empathy with the child, and develop parenting strategies that can help reduce a child’s distress.
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Recording and Reporting Skills
Good writing supports the positive care of children. Learn how to create a fully comprehensive written narrative of a child’s journey through care.
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Child Protection and Safeguarding
Assist foster carers in actively safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children through positive relationships with children, and generating a culture of openness and trust, while being aware of and alert to possible signs and symptoms indicating that a child may be at risk of harm.
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Contact (Family Time)
Enable carers to understand the complexity of issues involved in planning and managing family time with birth parents and to develop the knowledge and skills to play their part with confidence.
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Trauma and Resilience
Assisting you to understand trauma-informed thinking and behaviour in terms of how it affects a child’s development, also helping you to gain a greater understanding of what childhood trauma and attachment means for children in their everyday lives.
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Equality, Diversity and Cultural Competence
Providing foster carers with a sound level of understanding and ability to promote equality, diversity, and rights of the children and families they work with.
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PACE Model of Parenting
Offering a different parenting approach that can be especially effective for supporting children that lack secure emotional bases - which is an ideal approach for you.
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Birth Children
How your training is delivered
Flexible Formats
Training sessions are delivered in various formats, including in-person workshops, online modules, and webinars, ensuring accessibility and convenience for all participants.
Expert Instructors
Sessions are facilitated by experienced professionals who bring practical insights and real-world experience to the training, enhancing learning and engagement.
Interactive Learning
FAACTS incorporate interactive elements such as group discussions, role-playing, and case studies to make the training engaging and practical.
Ready to elevate your skills as a Foster Carer?
About the FAACTS team
Relying on Over 20 Years of First-hand Fostering Experience to Provide Ongoing Training and Support to Foster Carers.
With over 20 years of personal fostering experience, our Director, Elrose Lindsey, leads FAACTS in providing unparalleled training, mentoring, and support.
Our lived experiences make us the best advocates for foster carers, offering practical insights and empathetic guidance to help you navigate your fostering journey successfully.
FAACTS is accredited and assured with:
Skills to Foster®
Children Workforce Development Council® (CWDC)
ParentAssess®
Graded Care Profile II®
CoramBaaf®
Social Work England (SWE) Registered
What our clients say about us
“Elrose provided us with exceptional support during a challenging time with our Independent Fostering Provider. With Elrose's guidance and expertise, we were able to navigate what was a very testing time for our family, and emerged stronger and more confident in our fostering role.”
—M.A & A.S
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Frequently asked questions
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We won’t be teaching you to suck eggs. What we will do is...
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If the training is beneficial to your fostering role, you should be able to reclaim training costs from your Provider. (It’s important you speak to your SSW to about this).
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Most training sessions will be online due to the nature of the fostering role.
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Yes. FAACTS is able to offer this practical support.
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Foster carers can be supported with form-filling and administrative tasks, ensuring they efficiently manage documentation and comply with regulatory requirements.
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