Staff & professional development
Effective supervision skills (Staff)
There are many elements to consider when it comes to the supervision relationship between yourself, a supervising social worker, and your foster carers – for example, the foster child’s safeguarding and welfare, regulations, training and development, and emotional support for the carer.
What you will learn
- Why quality supervision is important.
- Relevant regulations by nation in the UK.
- Ways to develop a positive, productive supervision relationship.
- What a high support, high challenge environment is.
- How to address potential issues.
How the course works
The course is broken into manageable online units and includes knowledge checks or quizzes where appropriate. Progress saves automatically, so learners can pause and return on any device.
A certificate is available when all required course elements are completed successfully.
Who it is for
Foster carers, support carers and fostering-service staff who need practical, up-to-date learning in this topic.