How can Training benefit you as a foster carer?
- Helps provide understanding of emotional, social, and cognitive impacts of trauma.
- Supports to recognise and respond to child abuse and neglect.
- Provides Therapeutic parenting models.
- Keeps you trauma informed
Did you know the Department of Communities offers free training for Foster Carers? The Learning and Development – Family & Foster Carer Learning offers an extensive range of courses covering different topics applicable to foster carers. They are available in a mix of online and face to face settings and will all go towards meeting your training requirements!
They offer the below training opportunities:
- Attachment Disruption & Trauma (3 sessions)
- Heartbeat (First Aid)
- P.A.C.E. – A Daniel Hughes Approach
- Therapeutic Crisis Intervention for Families (TCIF) (4 sessions)
- Caring for Aboriginal Children – General
- Circle of Security (3 sessions)
- eSafety
- Protective Behaviours, an Introduction
- ADHD – 101 – NEW
- ADHD – Emotional Regulation & Sleep – NEW
- ADHD – Forum – NEW
- All the Colours of the Rainbow – NEW
- Bringing Up Great Kids – Family Carers – NEW
- Cultural Day for Family Carers – NEW
- Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
- Men Who Foster – Celebration
- Pamper Day – Female carers
- Therapeutic Crisis Intervention – applying the skills
- Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and Trauma – NEW
- Education Panel – Planning & Support – NEW
- Harmful Sexual Behaviours
- Introduction to Webinars
- Moorditj Family Yarns – 3 webinars
- Navigating the Holidays – NEW
- NDIS – Navigating the System – NEW
- Pre-natal Substance Exposure – NEW (Pending)
- Special Guardianship Orders (SGO’s) – NEW
- Talking about Racism
- Therapeutic Crisis Intervention – refresher
- Trauma and Adolescent Development – NEW
- Understanding Behaviours that Challenge – NEW
How to register for training:
| Online Modules | Family & Foster Carer Development Workshops |
| Enrolment Process:
You will need to obtain a ‘moodle’ account to be able to access these courses. Most courses are then available via self-enrolment. Your ‘moodle’ account will also allow you access to any webinars, but you will need to contact us to enrol in a webinar. To obtain a ‘moodle’ account please contact: Phone – 6277-4600 |
Enrolment Process:
Enrolment to these workshops is via: Online – complete the online enrolment form, Mail – complete an enrolment form and post, Email – fosterworkshops@communities.wa.gov.au Phone – 6277-4600 |
You can access the calendar and enrolment information from this link – https://moodle.communities.wa.gov.au/course/index.php?categoryid=203
All the workshops have a Creche available!
You can learn more about what The Family & Foster Care Learning Team can offer carers, on the webinar below:
The following will be discussed during this webinar:
- An overview of our team and services we provide
- Some specific information on our core learning programs
- An overview of other learning opportunities
- Q & A
Feel free to reach out should you need any support in doing this or have a particular training in mind we can help you access!
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