Theme
The Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund has been available to children living with special guardians since 2016, and its name was changed in 2023 with the publication of the National Kinship Care Strategy. Although the number of applications made on behalf of children living with special guardians is slowly increasing, the number of applications is still considerably lower than those made for adopted children.
This course is aimed at practitioners working with kinship families to equip you with the knowledge and skills to confidently assess a kinship family’s support needs, match to a therapeutic intervention, and understand the scope, eligibility and requirements of the ASGSF in order to make applications to the fund.
Learning outcomes
By the end of the open course participants will have:
- Explored the legal framework of support to kinship families including the scope and eligibility of ASGSF
- Considered principles of good practice around assessments of support needs and support planning
- Reflected on ways to encourage positive engagement with therapeutic interventions
- Explored different therapeutic approaches most commonly used in ASGSF funded support packages
- Reflected on what to consider when matching the family needs to the ‘right’ therapy and how this looks in practice
- Looked at different outcome measurements of therapeutic interventions as required by ASGSF
Who should attend?
- Social workers completing kinship assessments and support plans
- Social workers completing assessments of support need and support plans
- Managers with responsibility for quality assuring support plans
- Managers with responsibility for the development of the kinship local offer
“Great to hear how kinship support is delivered in other LAs. Really helpful to have time to hear about this from others”
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