Brent Mandatory Courses

Child Development & Attachments

• Attachments - 1 hour
• Child Development - 1 hour 20 minutes

Contextual Safeguarding

• County Lines - 1 hour 45 minutes
• Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE) - 2 hours
• Gang Awareness - 1 hour 
• Knife Crime Awareness - 1 hour 40 minutes 
• Missing from Care - 1 hour 40 minutes

Equality and Diversity

• Diversity and Equality - 1 hour 30 minutes

GDPR

• Keeping Data Safe (GDPR) - 1 hour 40 minutes 

Health and Safety and Risk Assessments

• Health and safety in the fostering home - 1 hour 

Managing Behaviour and De-escalation Techniques

• Managing a child's anger - 1 hour 50 minutes
• Understanding distressed behaviour - 2 hours 
• Positive Parenting - 1 hour 15 minutes

Managing Concerns and Allegations

• Allegations - 2 hours 30 minutes
• Disclosures - 1 hour 20 minutes

Professional Boundaries & Record Keeping

• Foster Carer Records - 1 hour

Safeguarding

• Advanced Safeguarding - 4 hours 30 minutes
• Recognising and responding to abuse - 1 hour 15 minutes

Safer Caring

• Safeguarding and Safer Care - 2 hours 20 minutes

SUDI (Sudden Unexpected Death of an Infant)

• Safer infant sleep - 1 hour 30 minutes

Trauma-Informed Practice

• Helping children cope with trauma - 45 minutes
• Therapeutic Parenting with PACE - 1 hour 15 minutes

The Professional Role of the Foster Carer

• Caring for the whole child - 2 hours
• Communicating with Children - 45 minutes
• Stress Management and Emotional Resilience - 1 hour
• Caring for a child of a different ethnicity - 1 hour 40 minutes
• Starting your journey as a foster carer - 45 minutes
• The language of care - 30 minutes