Court to review whether councils fail children by favouring in-house fostering services
The Community Care highlights that a Judicial review is set to look at issues around whether Local Authorities should favour internal foster placements whilst meeting their duty to find the “most appropriate” placements for fostered children.
Pearson’s BTEC Level 3 Diploma for Residential Childcare (England) provides good practice guidance
Pearson BTEC Level 3 Diploma for Residential Childcare (England) provides good practice guidance, in relation to competence based training and assessment delivery, whilst using assessment standards. This includes: Offering flexible delivery and assessment to meet the needs of the organisation and learner, through the use of a range of methods, for example virtual learning environments (VLEs), […]
The Care certificate was introduced in April 2015
The Care Certificate (2015) was developed, as part of the Cavendish Review work (The Cavendish Review – Gov.uk), jointly by Skills for Care, Health Education England and Skills for Health. It: applies across health and social care links to National Occupational Standards and units in qualifications covers what is required to be caring, giving workers […]
Training and Development
The Education and Training Foundation (website) released a set of aspirational standards in May 2014. The Professional Standards provide a framework for teachers and trainers to critically appraise their own practice and improve their teaching through Continuing Professional Development (CPD). Almost 1,000 sector professionals were involved in the development of the standards to ensure they […]
Some aspects of training and the Fostering National standards (2011)
National standards in foster care NMS 3.8. Foster carers must receive training in promoting positive care and control of children, including training in de-escalating problems and disputes NMS 4.6. Foster carers must receive training around appropriate safer-care practice, including skills to care for children who have been abused NMS 6.7. Foster carers […]