Understanding blocked care and the pace model: a training session for foster carers
Venue
Patchway Children's Centre, Epney Road, Patchway
Event Tutors
Luke Dunning
Admin Contact
Fostering Business Support (FosteringBusinessSupport@southglos.gov.uk)
Target Audience
Adopters / Connected Carers / Foster Carers / SGO's / Short Break Carers
Event Types
Course (daytime)
Course categories
Adopters and Foster Carers
Adopters and Foster Carers subcategories
Professional Development
Event description
During the training session foster carers will get a chance to explore the concepts of ‘blocked trust’ and ‘blocked care’ and how these may pose barriers to building relationships with the children they care for. The Dan Hughes model of PACE (Playfulness, Acceptance, Curiosity, Empathy) will be introduced as one way we can begin to build positive relationships with children.
Tutors
Ruth has spent over 14 years working as an Educational Psychologist working with children and young people with a range of needs. I have worked for a number of different authorities and started working with South Gloucestershire Educational Psychology Service at the start of this academic year. I have worked with the Virtual School supporting our children and young people in care for the past four years.
Luke Dunning has worked as an Educational Psychologist for five years supporting children and young people with a range of special educational needs as well as those with difficult early life experiences and I currently work for South Gloucestershire Educational Psychology Service. Most of my experience in this area however comes from being in foster care myself and the difficult early life experiences which led to this.
Tutors
Ruth has spent over 14 years working as an Educational Psychologist working with children and young people with a range of needs. I have worked for a number of different authorities and started working with South Gloucestershire Educational Psychology Service at the start of this academic year. I have worked with the Virtual School supporting our children and young people in care for the past four years.
Luke Dunning has worked as an Educational Psychologist for five years supporting children and young people with a range of special educational needs as well as those with difficult early life experiences and I currently work for South Gloucestershire Educational Psychology Service. Most of my experience in this area however comes from being in foster care myself and the difficult early life experiences which led to this.
Learning outcomes
- To understand the concept of blocked trust and why children may experience blocked trust.
- To understand the concepts of blocked care, and how and why as adults we can find ourselves in a state of fatigue around care.
- To understand the Dan Hughes PACE model and how this can help us.
Start Date
Tuesday 8 October 2024
End Date
Tuesday 8 October 2024
Closing Date
Saturday 5 October 2024
Times
10:00 - 13:00
Maximum Places
16
Cost
£0.00
Number of Sessions
1
Certificate expiry
No
Pass/Fail event
No