Eastern Fostering Services's 3 core mandatory training courses are:
Paediatric First Aid
Safeguarding and Safer Caring
Understanding Distressed Behaviour
To be renewed every 3 years.
Safeguarding and ... (SCFeafs)
Paediatric Firs... (FIRSTeafs)
Understanding dis... (CCBeafs)
Courses for Applicants
If you are an applicant in assessment, please complete the following prior to attending Panel:
Paediatric First Aid
Safeguarding and Safer Caring
Health and Safety in the fostering home
And if applicable:
Pets in the fostering home
Being a fostering family (children under 10)
Being a fostering family (children over 10)
Paediatric Firs... (FIRSTeafs)
Safeguarding and ... (SCFeafs)
Health and safety ... (HSeafs)
Pets in the Foste... (PETeafs)
Being a fosterin... (BFFCeafs)
Being a fosteri... (BFFYPeafs)
Recommended courses
We also recommend completing the following topics - either online or via different learning methods:
Foster carer records
Keeping data safe
Missing from care
Online Safety
Allegations
Disclosures
Children’s Rights
Diversity and equality
Child exploitation: such as County lines, CSE, Bullying, Extremism, radicalisation and terrorism, Knife crime awareness, Honour based violence and forced marriage, Female genital mutilation.
