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Foster Care Standards – FAQs Do the Training, Support & Development Standards apply to all Foster Carers? Yes. The Standards are a national benchmark and will give you the recognition you deserve, as well as ensuring that your knowledge and skills are up to date. The framework which accompanies the Standards will help you to set out your personal development plan for the future and acknowledge that your learning and development is an ongoing process. How do I study? Training is not just attending courses. Foster Carers are individuals who all learn in different ways and the Standards recognise this by allowing you to be flexible in the way that the Standards are evidenced. The workbook which accompanies the Standards sets out a simple way to show how examples of meeting every day challenges can be used to evidence the skills and knowledge that you have. How will the Training, Support & Development Standards be assessed? You will progress through the workbook with your link worker/supervising social worker, planning ways for you to learn each of the areas within the Standards. You will then record examples of how your learning has been put in to practice and what the outcomes of your learning have been. The final workbook will then be assessed by someone in your Local Authority Foster Care Service or your Independent Fostering Agency. Do the Standards lead to a qualification? No, but the Standards for Foster Care have been carefully mapped to units within the Health and Social Care NVQ. This means that if you choose to take the NVQ qualification, you will be able to use the work that you have done in completing the Standards as evidence towards meeting the knowledge requirements of the core units of the NVQ at each level. Similarly, if you are already working towards your NVQ you will not have to duplicate your learning in completing the Standards. What happens if I fail? The Standards have been developed in a way which makes them accessible and achievable for all Foster Carers. They should easily sit within your existing annual review and should help you identify future development opportunities to enhance your existing skills.
How can you find out more? The new Foster Care Standards will be available from May 2007, with the supporting workbook being published from June 2007. CWDC are producing a range of products to support the Standards including: • A Standards book containing information on the principles and purpose of the standards including their content and structure. • A guide for Foster Carers. • A guide for Managers, Supervising Social Workers and Trainers. • A workbook for Foster Carers. All these resources will be available to download free at http://www.cwdcouncil.org.uk/projects/fostercare.htm Alternatively to request your free pack or to find out more contact the Foster Care Team: • Tel – 0113 244 6311 • Email – fostercare@cwdcouncil.org.uk
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