Worcestershire Virtual School are delighted to be working with The Family Place to deliver four fully funded courses, specifically for parents and carers that are supporting Previously Looked After Children (PLAC) or those in kinship arrangements.

The Family Place service

The Family Place is a specialist therapeutic service providing assessment, therapy, training, and professional consultation to organisations including schools, colleges and early years settings. 

They provide therapy interventions for children, young people and families who have experienced early years developmental trauma, including adoptive, foster, SGO and kinship care families. All trainers are highly qualified clinicians and have deep understanding about the real challenges facing parents and carers.

For more information, visit: 

• The Family Place

Courses

The courses available include:

• Making sense of the impacts of early neglect on children - Overcoming barriers and moving forward
• Managing aggression in children and young people

You can find out full details on each of the courses, available dates and how to book here:

• The Family Place Training Courses (Word)

How to book

Please note: there are only 5 places available per course, we will be monitoring demand via waiting lists.

To book a place, email: Ruby via virtualschool@worcestershire.gov.uk and provide the following details:

• name
• contact email and telephone number
• which course(s) you would like to attend

By booking a place you accept the following conditions:

• Worcestershire Virtual School will share the details that you provide (name, email, contact number) to The Family Place
• The Family Place will provide you with the zoom details to join the course you are due to attend (known as your joining instructions)

West Midlands Virtual Education Training

West Midlands has a range of virtual training available for free to foster carers, adoptive parents, special guardians, kinship carers and those carers of children with a child arrangement order. These include:

• An introduction to attachment and trauma and the impact of education
• Understanding post-16 education options
• Supporting reading in the primary years
• An introduction to emotion coaching
• Understanding the SEN process
• An introduction to therapeutic play
• Supporting sensory needs in an education environment
• Supporting play and development in the early years at home
• Promoting emotional self-regulation
• An introduction to PACE
• Supporting reading in Key Stage 3
• Supporting phonics development

Find out full details here: 

• West Midlands Virtual Education Training Leaflet (PDF)

How to book

You can book onto the courses using the link below:

WMVS - Book Training Courses