Training & events programme

FREE FOR MEMBERS
Despite ongoing national reforms to the kinship care agenda, there is still a dearth of knowledge relating to the assessment, engagement and support needs of African and Carribbean kinship care families. Sharon McPherson, co-director of Families in Harmony, set out to explore this knowledge gap by conducting an exploratory mixed method approach in Jamaica – the country of origin for the largest population of Windrush migrants- which included semi-structured in-person one-to-one interviews with around 10 kinship caregivers and 20 professionals.

Cultural competence involves ensuring our attitudes, communication and behaviours recognise and respect cultural differences. As social workers, in whatever our role, it’s essential we are continually working towards cultural competence in our practice. In this open course, you will be supported to explore some of the key concepts within cultural competence and anti-oppressive practice, and then apply this learning to your practice. It will include exploration of how personal and professional identities can impact on the decisions we make in our professional roles.

Join us for an engaging event designed to inform and connect health professionals from across the country. You'll have the opportunity to get up to date on critical topics, gain valuable insight, share your perspective and be part of the conversation.

This open course aims to challenge your understanding of the meaning of diversity and intersectionality. This training will be a highly interactive exploration of equality, diversity and inclusion.

Let's acknowledge and celebrate difference. Understand neurodiversity as a natural variation to ‘the norm’ rather than as something that is disordered, dysfunctional or deficient. This session is an introduction to aspects of neurodiversity including autism, dyslexia and ADHD. It will give an overview to increase participants' knowledge and develop confidence in the subject.

In the year ending March 23, according to the Department of Education data, there were 7290 unaccompanied-asylum seeking children and young people in care. We know there are more who are illegally placed in hotels or incorrectly age-assessed as adults. Many of these children and young people are vulnerable and experiencing discrimination. In this open course, we will explore their legal rights, think about their needs, how these can best be met and with what support.

This course is aimed at social care professionals who are engaged in the assessment of prospective adoptive parents, foster carers and kinship carers and who wish to increase their awareness and confidence in considering gender issues in assessment, analysis and decision making.