Private Fostering Training

There are some simple and effective measures professionals can take to identify child trafficked children and better safeguard this group of children. The training will cover an array of topics and throughout the session there will be use of interactive case studies and participants will be encouraged to bring live cases that the group can discuss.

Booking training with CFAB couldn't be easier, you choose a date and a venue and we come to you to deliver.

For further details regarding this training and what we can offer you and your team, and for bookings, please contact us on 020 7735 8941 or email us.

An administration charge of £50 will be made for any cancellations 4 weeks or less of the training date. A charge for any pre-paid transport tickets will be charged irrespective of the 4 weeks cancellation notice. Cancellation requests must be made via email.

Training Objectives

The practitioner will be able to:

Know how to identify children who may be privately fostered from overseas and who are highly unlikely to register with the Local Authority
Understand types of private fostering into the UK
Understand issues of parental consent and child view
Understand how to gather information about family overseas
Understand the process involved in working with country of origin
Understand legal and immigration issues in relation to children who are privately fostered and may be visa over stayers
Understand their duties and responsibilities towards children who may have been privately fostered from overseas
Understand how to return and reintegrate privately fostered children to their family and/or country of origin

Did you know...?

The case of Victoria Climbié highlighted the risks faced by children forced into these arrangements 10 years ago, but unbelievably the same unregulated arrangements continue and are woefully inadequate.