Theme
This course explores how good quality, challenging supervision can contribute to a high quality of care provided by foster and kinship carers and to establishing and maintaining effective working relationships. We will explore the at times conflicting role of the supervising social worker, who needs to balance providing support with the need to at times have difficult conversations too.
Further areas explored include foster care reviews and managing allegations. This training will combine theory, practical exercises and opportunities to reflect, to meet the learning needs of both social workers new to the role and those who are more experienced.
Learning objectives
- Understand and apply the regulatory context and purpose of foster carer supervision.
- Explore ‘Professional Curiosity’ when supervising carers: moving away from concept of carers self-reporting to evidence based practice and recording
- Consider the interface of the role with safeguarding duties and outcomes for children in care
- Increase confidence in balancing the conflicting roles of supervising social workers
- Consider connections between effectiveness of the supervision and factors such as placement stability and the quality of the foster care experience, for both children and the carers
- Increase confidence in manage allegations and standards of care and capability issues
Who should attend?
This course is aimed at supervising social workers and social work managers in fostering and kinship care services.
See future dates for this course or commission the course for your organisation and we can come to you.