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Competency Based Assessment of Foster Carers

28 April 2008, Glasgow (1 day course)

£80 + VAT (including lunch)

This course is linked to Assessing Foster Carers – the Fostering Network's popular range of assessment tools designed specifically to help all those involved in competency-based assessments of foster carers.

This course is for:

all those involved in competency-based assessments of foster carers.

About this course

The assessment of prospective foster carers is a central task for agencies but continues to reflect ad-hoc approaches within the same fostering team. Standard 13 of the UK National Standard for Foster Care recommends that agencies make explicit the skills and competencies required by foster carers, and introduce a more transparent assessment process.

This course will help agencies implement the recommendations of the UK National Standards for Foster Care, and firmly place the assessment process within a framework of equal opportunities and anti-discriminatory practice.

This course will enable participants to:

  • clarify the criteria against which to assess prospective foster carers
  • explore ways participants’ own values and attitudes affect the assessment process
  • describe some key messages from research relevant to assessing foster carers
  • clarify how agency practice matches a set of standards for workers assessing carers
  • consider a range of methods, techniques and tools used in assessment
  • discuss competency-based approaches to assessment and identify diverse ways of gathering evidence.

Book a place on this course

If you would like to book, please download a booking form and return to the address given on the form.

Please contact us if you are interested in finding out more about any of our courses and we will let you know the course fees, all course details and how to book on a course: call 0141 204 1400 or email joy.crawford@fostering.net.