These exercises can be used with a range of topics and have been adapted from the Fostering Now Fostering Service Development Exercises[i].

• Emotional work with young people
• Managing risks and benefits of contact with family members
• Meeting the placement needs of children
• Recruitment and retention of foster carers
• The education of looked after children in foster care
• Working with family members

Emotional work with young people

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This learning activity supports:

• Topic 2: Attachment theory and research
• Topic 3: Child development theory and research
• Topic 8: Measuring/monitoring parental capacity
• Topic 9: Communicating effectively with children and young people
• Topic 10: Multidisciplinary working
• Topic 14: Placement stability and permanence

Managing risks and benefits of contact with family members

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This learning activity supports:

• Topic 9: Communicating effectively with children and young people
• Topic 15: Managing risks and benefits of contact
• Topic 16: working with birth parents

Meeting the placement needs of children  

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This learning activity supports:

• Topic 9: Communicating effectively with children and young people
• Topic 13: Matching
• Topic 14: Placement stability and permanence
• Topic 15: Managing risks and benefits of contact
• Topic 16: working with birth parents

Recruitment and retention of foster carers

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Recruitment and retention of foster carers_070514.DOCX

 

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This learning activity supports:

• Topic 10: Multidisciplinary working
• Topic 14: Placement stability and permanence

The education of looked after children in foster care

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The education of  looked after children in foster care_070514.DOCX

 

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This learning activity supports:

• Topic 9: Communicating effectively with children and young people
• Topic 10: Multidisciplinary working
• Topic 14: Placement stability and permanence

Working with family members  

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Working with family members_070514.DOCX

 

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Working with family members_070514.PDF

 

This learning activity supports:

• Topic 2: Attachment theory
• Topic 9: Communicating effectively with children and young people
• Topic 10: Multidisciplinary working
• Topic 14: Placement stability and permanence
• Topic 15: Managing risk and benefits of contact
• Topic 16: Working with birth parents

 

[i] Research in Practice (2005) Fostering Now: Fostering Service Development Exercises