Learn about ways you might encounter challenging behaviour in children you care for, and how to deal with it sensitively but decisively.
Training and events
Kinship carers tell us their journey can be overwhelming and confusing. To help you navigate this complex system, we run workshops and events both online and in-person. Explore our events below and to stay up to date with new events, join our community.
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Learn about the different kinship care arrangements and the process for formalising your arrangement.
Learn about trauma and attachment and how they might affect the children you care for.
Explore the emotional aspects of contact with birth parents and family members.
Join our Wigan Roadshow to connect with other carers, share experiences and get vital information to help you make the right choices for you.
Learn about drug and alcohol misuse and how it can present itself, and impact children being cared for by kinship carers, as well as the wider kinship family.
Learn about different types of kinship care, what your arrangement means for what decisions you can make and what parental responsibility means.
This free workshop will give you helpful information about financial support you may be able to get as a kinship carer.
Learn practical strategies for coping with difficult emotions and how to recognise when you need a break.
Learn about working with your local authority children's services.
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