Holistic Health and Wellbeing for Children in Care - Training for Foster Carers

Venue
John Lewis Cribbs Causeway, Discovery Room, John Lewis, The Mall at Cribbs Causeway, The Discovery Room
venue
Event Tutors
Elizabeth Dando
tutors
Admin Contact
Fostering Business Support (FosteringBusinessSupport@southglos.gov.uk)
Target Audience
Connected Carers / Foster Carers / SGO's / Short Break Carers
target audience
Event Types
Course (daytime)
Course categories
Adopters and Foster Carers
Adopters and Foster Carers subcategories
CS6 - Attachment and well-being
Event description
Holistic Health and Wellbeing – looking at the health of our children and young people from birth to becoming a care leaver.
Not just their physical health but also their emotional and social health. Looking at the sometimes embarrassing conversations around puberty and sexual health

Liz Dando will be leading the Holistic Health Sessions, which will be tailored to the needs of the age groups.  They will look at the health of the child, what a health assessment involves, what carers can do to support the child in their care, the role of health visitors and the role of school nurses.

Please go to the John Lewis staff entrance opposite the main bus stop, a member of staff will meet you there. Arrive 15 minutes before event starts.

Any questions, call Chris Hill on 07749003099 or email chris.hill@southglos.gov.uk

Learning outcomes
Carers:

* Will know what a health assessment involves,
* Know what to do to support the child in their care
* Understand the role of health visitors and school nurses

As a result of receiving this training, carers will be able to;

1. Identify a range of online resources that are age-appropriate, accessible and relevant to the needs and priorities of children and young people, including how you can use these sites to stimulate conversation

2. Recognise the importance of exploring ‘everyday consent’ so as to build a knowledge foundation ahead of the onset of intimate relationships

3. Identify resources and information sources that can be used to enable children and young people to recognise, in a very practical sense, the boundaries between healthy and unhealthy relationship behaviours (incl. friendship behaviours), including exploring how to respond and who can support

4. Recognising how gendered and sexualised imagery and communication reinforces negative gender stereotypes and gender inequalities – including how this influences friendship and other relationship behaviours


More details to follow



Standard 3: 3.1,3.3, Standard 5: 5.7
Start Date
Wednesday 22 November 2023
End Date
Wednesday 22 November 2023
Closing Date
Monday 20 November 2023
Times
11:00 - 13:00
Maximum Places
16 
Cost
£0.00 
Number of Sessions
1
Certificate expiry
No
Pass/Fail event
No