Care & parenting skills
Raising Teenagers in Care
After completing this course, you should better understand the particular challenges (and positive rewards) that come from fostering a teenager. We will try to dispel some of the common unfair perceptions about fostering teenagers.
What you will learn
- The changes that teenagers go through physically, mentally and emotionally.
- What teenagers need from you as a foster carer during this time in their lives.
- Ways to prepare yourself for a new placement or for a foster child leaving care.
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.