Upcoming training for foster carers
Our expert-led sessions are designed to strengthen your skills, build your confidence, and help you navigate the challenges of fostering. Browse our training opportunities and speak to your supervising social worker to get booked onto the sessions.
New foster carers have to complete Safeguarding, Emergency First Aid, Medication and Health Care, Health and Safety in the Home, Managing Challenging Behaviour and Safer Caring training within the first year. They also have to complete the Training, Support and Development Standards (TSDS).
Find out the details for each training course, and find more information in our Training Programme brochure (PDF, 1.15MB). This PDF is not fully accessible. If you need this information in a different format, contact [email protected].
Upcoming training
| Date | Time | Training course | Trainer | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuesday 7 April to Wednesday 8 April | 10am to 1.30pm | Emergency First Aid | Juan Rangel | Crowndale Centre, 218 Eversholt St, NW1 1BD |
| Wednesday 8 April | 10am to 11.30am | Foster Carer Training - Participation | Rob O'Grady | Crowndale Centre, 218 Eversholt St, NW1 1BD |
| Tuesday 14 April | 10am to 2pm | Attachment and Brain Development | KCA | Crowndale Centre, 218 Eversholt St, NW1 1BD |
| Tuesday 21 April | 10am to 2pm | Wellbeing Session | Meenakshi Kumar | Crowndale Centre, 218 Eversholt St, NW1 1BD |
| Thursday 23 April | 10.30am to 12.30pm | Fostering Induction Group Programme (Newly Approved Carers): Finance, Foster Carer Profiles, Contact & Working with Birth Families | Recruitment Team | Crowndale Centre, 218 Eversholt St, NW1 1BD |
| Monday 27 April | 10am to midday | Getting Ready for School & Attendance, and emotionally based school avoidance | Leonie Holy and Sam Denham | Crowndale Centre, 218 Eversholt St, NW1 1BD |
| Date | Time | Training course | Trainer | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friday 8 May | 10am to midday | The Attachment and Relationship-based Practice Training | David Shemmings | Crowndale Centre, 218 Eversholt St, NW1 1BD |
| Thursday 14 May | 10.30am to 1pm | Understanding Substance Misuse | Alice Lee | Crowndale Centre, 218 Eversholt St, NW1 1BD |
| Friday 15 May | 10am to 2pm | Food, Cookery & Identity | Replenish Culture | Crowndale Centre, 218 Eversholt St, NW1 1BD |
| Tuesday 19 May | 10am to 2pm | Emotion Coaching (Managing challenging behaviour) | KCA | Crowndale Centre, 218 Eversholt St, NW1 1BD |
| Thursday 28 May | 10.30am to 12.30pm | Fostering Induction Group Programme (Newly Approved Carers) - Placement Preparation, Children’s profiles and Match with you | Recruitment Team | Crowndale Centre, 218 Eversholt St, NW1 1BD |
| Date | Time | Training course | Trainer | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friday 5 June | 10am to midday | Oral Health Promotion | Nicola Ramnarine | Online |
| Tuesday 9 June | 10am to 2pm | Reversing the harm-responding to children who may have been sexually abused | KCA | Crowndale Centre, 218 Eversholt St, NW1 1BD |
| Tuesday 16 and Wednesday 17 June | 10am to 1.30pm | Paediatric First Aid | Juan Rangel | Crowndale Centre, 218 Eversholt St, NW1 1BD |
| Tuesday 23 June | 9.45am to 2pm | Emotional Significance of Food (11 spaces) | Jonathan Epps | Zoom |
| Thursday 25 June | 10.30am to 12.30pm | Fostering Induction Group Programme (Newly Approved Carers) - TSDS & Logs | Recruitment Team | Crowndale Centre, 218 Eversholt St, NW1 1BD |
| Date | Time | Training course | Trainer | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wednesday 1 July | 10am to 2pm | Trauma - Mending Hurts | KCA | Crowndale Centre, 218 Eversholt St, NW1 1BD |
| Wednesday 8 July | 9.45am to 2pm | Secondary Traumatic Stress – Mindfulness and Other Strategies for Looking After Yourself (11 spaces) | Jonathan Epps | Zoom |
| Wednesday 8 July | 11am to 12.30pm | Family Led Decision Making | Rob O'Grady | Crowndale Centre, 218 Eversholt St, NW1 1BD |
| Friday 10 July | 10am to 2.30pm | How to be a better corporate parent to our Black and Mixed Heritage Children | Replenish Culture | Crowndale Centre, 218 Eversholt St, NW1 1BD |
| Monday 20 and Tuesday 21 July | 10am to 2pm | Safer Care and Managing Allegations | Sandra Witter | Crowndale Centre, 218 Eversholt St, NW1 1BD |
| Thursday 23 July | 10.30am to 12.30pm | Fostering Induction Group Programme (newly approved carers) - Safer Caring, Working with CLA, CIN & Professional Networks | Recruitment Team | Crowndale Centre, 218 Eversholt St, NW1 1BD |
| Date | Time | Training course | Trainer | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thursday 27 August | 10.30am to 12.30pm | Fostering Induction Group Programme (newly approved carers) - Finance, Foster Carer Profiles, Contact & Working with Birth Families | Recruitment Team | Crowndale Centre, 218 Eversholt St, NW1 1BD |
| Date | Time | Training course | Trainer | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuesday 1 and Wednesday 2 September | 10am to 1.30pm | Paediatric First Aid | Juan Rangel | Crowndale Centre, 218 Eversholt St, NW1 1BD |
| Thursday 3 and Friday 4 September | 10am to 1.30pm | Emergency First Aid | Juan Rangel | Crowndale Centre, 218 Eversholt St, NW1 1BD |
| Tuesday 8 September | 10am to 11.30am | Foster Carer Training - Participation | Rob O'Grady | Crowndale Centre, 218 Eversholt St, NW1 1BD |
| Tuesday 8 September | 10am to 2pm | Promoting positive mental health in foster children and young people | Growing With You | Crowndale Centre, 218 Eversholt St, NW1 1BD |
| Tuesday 15 September | 10am to 2pm | Parent and child fostering | Paul Adams | Crowndale Centre, 218 Eversholt St, NW1 1BD |
| Thursday 24 September | 10.30am to 12.30pm | Fostering Induction Group Programme (newly approved carers) – Placement Preparation, Children’s profiles and Match with you | Recruitment Team | Crowndale Centre, 218 Eversholt St, NW1 1BD |
| Thursday 24 September | 10am to 12pm | Introduction to the Virtual School | Matthew Blood | Crowndale Centre, 218 Eversholt St, NW1 1BD |
How to book training
You can book yourself on to training via the Camden Learning Portal or by viewing our training brochure. If you have any issues gaining access, speak with your supervising social worker.
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