Assessment, learning and development: adopting an integrated approach

Make materials work harder for you Pre-approval training Assessment Pre-approval training Induction training Assessment evidence PDP Induction training Ongoing PDP

An integrated professional development framework Pre-approval The Skills to Foster training and assessment materials Induction Pathways through Fostering Development Advanced training on specific topics

The Skills to Foster and professional development Introduces key topics Start of an ongoing process of professional development Setting the foundations for induction and development level training

What’s new? Revised and updated to reflect the needs of the modern foster care workforce. Added flexibility to the course. Empowering trainers to respond to the needs of their fostering service and to the needs of the group.

Exercises in the Record and Resource Book are mapped to the TSD Standards. A complete chart also appears in the appendices

Advantages of the Skills model Takes greater account of sons and daughters’ views Requires closer examination of support networks Involves applicants in the process

Advantages of the Skills model Requires analysis and verification of evidence – objectivity Evidences if applicants meet a standard or not

Advantages of the Skills model Reinforces the professional tasks of fostering Accepts applicants are not a ‘finished product’

MATRIX TO MAP EVIDENCE TO SKILLS The Skills to Foster Assessment Training, Support and DevelopmentStandards forFoster Care ObservationDiscussion with applicant Personal ReferencesEmployer’s referenceThe Skills to Foster training Support network visits / interviews Qualifications and Certificates Sons and daughters’ interviews Family profileOther Understanding the role of the foster carer 1.3 Working with a fostered child’s family 2.3a,2.3b, 4.3b, 5.6a XXX 1.4 Confidentiality 1.4c, 1.4c, 4.3c XX 1.5 Working with a team 2.4a, 2.4c, 4.4a XX 1.6 Organised, reliable, dependable 2.5a,2.5b XXXX 1.7 Promotion of equality and diversity 1.2b, 5.8a XX 1.8 Communication skills 4.1b,4.1c, 4.2a, 4.2b XXXX

A post approval professional development curriculum for foster carers Safer Caring Contact Attachment Education Health Behaviour

Offering choice Publications Training –Face to face –Online –Train the trainers

The Skills to Foster training + The Skills to Foster assessment + Pathways through Fostering + Additional information from fostering service = TSD Standards met