Training and events

Aims and objectives:

PACE is an approach developed by Dr Dan Hughes and a key part of the Dyadic Development Psychotherapy, Parenting and Practice Model (DDP). PACE stands for Playfulness, Acceptance, Curiosity and Empathy. 

PACE is not a strategy or a tool, rather it is a way of being that can help children who have been traumatised in past relationships start to feel safe and build deeper emotional connections with the adults around them.  

About this webinar:

Jessica Bondy is the founder of the new charity ‘Words Matter’ which is campaigning for proper recognition of childhood verbal abuse. She will be speaking about why she set up the charity, her personal experience of verbal abuse, and the research Word’s matter has conducted and is now using to evidence the need for change.  

Let’s build children up, not knock them down. Words matter.

Aims and objectives:

• To provide a good understanding of the background legislation, principles and procedures involved in this type of fostering.
• To examine the impact of parent and child placements on fostering households
• To consider knowledge and skills needed to assess parenting in this setting
• To identity service and personal action plans to support best practice.

Booking details:

Member rate £110 plus VAT

Non-member rate £149 plus VAT

The Fostering Services (England) Regulations 2011 specify that all fostering services must have a fostering panel. It is considered good practice that panel members receive training to ensure that they have a clear understanding of what their responsibilities are.

Aims and objectives:

• To ensure the child’s voice is heard when allegations are made
• To provide participants with a clear understanding of why allegations happen and the processes to be followed
• To illuminate positive practice methods around safer caring
• To highlight the importance of self-care for foster care

Booking details:

Member rate £110 plus VAT

Non-member rate £149 plus VAT

Aims and objectives:

• explore supervision in the context of the role of the supervising social worker
• encourage participants to explore their approach to the supervisory role
• explore practice dilemmas
• improve confidence for practitioners undertaking this role

Booking details:

Member rate £110 plus VAT

Non-member rate £149 plus VAT

Participants will have the opportunity to develop their understanding of the Panel’s role in contributing to the quality assurance of the service via discussion and group exercises on how the agency may quality assure/ the effectiveness of their Panel.

The cost to members of The Fostering Network is £132.00 (inclusive of VAT).

To purchase a place on this open access course please click on this link