Managing contact for kinship families – the emotional journey workshop
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Who is this workshop for?
Kinship carers are family or friends who step up, often during an unexpected crisis, to care for a child when their parents aren’t able to.
This workshop is open to all kinship carers living in England.
When birth parents and family members want to have contact with the child, or children, managing contact arrangements can be tricky and complicated. It can create both practical and emotional challenges for everyone involved. And contact will also change over time, as children get older or circumstances change.
If you would like to explore the emotional aspects of contact, this is the workshop for you. It will help you plan a positive and helpful experience for kinship children. So, together you can try to maintain family relationships.
What will be covered?
In this workshop, you’ll learn about:
- the emotional impact of contact
- the different perspectives from the kinship carer, parent and child
- how to support your kinship child
- seeking the support you need
- making contact the best it can be
After the workshop you will receive information and the presentation slides by email, along with a feedback survey.
How to join the workshop
All workshops will be held online using a free platform called Zoom. Please note that numbers are limited for each session to around 20-25 people to allow you to meet other kinship carers.
You can access Zoom through a desktop computer, laptop, tablet or even your phone. You may need to download Zoom before you join – please factor in time to do that. The best experience will be through a computer or laptop. Watch a video on how to join a Zoom meeting.
To join the workshop, click on the Zoom link in the email we sent you.
Please make sure you:
- join on time – late joiners might not be admitted after 15 minutes
- have a pen / pencil and paper to make notes
"[The workshop] helped me to reflect on my grandchildrens’ feelings after attending contact. It also reminded me that what works well with one child may not work well with their siblings eg age difference."
Kinship carer who attended a 'Managing contact' workshop
What happens if you need to cancel your place?
We understand that life gets in the way sometimes, so if you need to cancel your place please do try and let us know as soon as possible.
You’ll be able to do this through:
- the email confirmation you received when you first booked
- or by emailing us on: workshops@kinship.org.uk
Who runs this workshop?
The workshop is run by Julia Davis.
Please note that Julia (the workshop facilitator) has worked with Kinship and kinship carers to develop these workshops. Julia is contracted for these workshops and others on ‘Understanding trauma and attachment in children’ and ‘Preparing for sensitive conversations with kinship children’.
Kinship is not responsible for other content produced outside of these workshops.
About Julia:
Julia is a social worker and play therapist who works with children and young people who have experienced loss, trauma and change within their family. She has worked for many different organisations including local authority teams, fostering and adoption services and the voluntary sector. Julia works with children and young people and their families using a trauma and attachment-based approach to her work and she has a particular interest in creative therapy and therapeutic life-story work. She is the author of ‘Preparing for Adoption‘ JKP, 2015 and works as an independent trainer and practitioner.
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