Training and events

Learn how to use books to discuss emotions and identity with the child or children you care for.

Learn about drug and alcohol misuse, how it can present itself, and the impact it can have on children raised in kinship care and their families.

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.

Learn about life story work – what it is, when to consider it, techniques to carry it out (and get support), as well as how it can help kinship children build a positive self-image.

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.

Learn about different types of kinship care, what your arrangement means for what decisions you can make and what parental responsibility means.

Explore the practical aspects of contact with birth parents and family members.

Learn practical strategies for coping with difficult emotions and how to recognise when you need a break.