Training Opportunities
Kinship Workshops
1. Raising Kinship Children
Workshop Overview
This workshop will help you learn ways to look after the child in your care:
- Understanding Trauma & the Brain – How things that happen early in life can affect how a child feels and acts.
- Therapeutic Parenting Tips – Easy ideas you can use to make your home feel safe and caring.
- Building Resilience – Ways to help children get through hard times and do well
- Support & Friendship – Meet other kinship carers, share your stories, and help each other
2. Helping your child to understand their past and present - An introduction to life story work
Workshop Overview
In this session, we’ll talk about why it’s important for children to know their past to feel good about who they are today. You’ll learn easy ways to help children understand their story, find helpful resources, and meet other kinship carers to share ideas and support each other.
3. Kinship Drop-in Sessions
Workshop Overview
These friendly sessions are here to help you learn and get support as a kinship carer. We talk about things like keeping in touch with family, school, special educational needs, understanding feelings, and different ways to care for children. You can ask questions and get advice.
Kinship charity training and events
The Kinship Charity has lots of training and events you can join. They have both in-person and online sessions, like workshops and webinars, to help you learn more and get support.