Prepare to Foster Training

Prepare to Foster is our three day introductory course for people who are ready to take the next step toward becoming foster parents.

Once you’ve had your home visit with Foster Care Matters and everyone agrees to progress to application, this training is the essential stage that follows. You will be invited to our Prepare to Foster training course along with other prospective foster parents. The course will give you an overview of what is involved in being a foster parent.

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Prepare to Foster

Unlike the traditional ‘Skills to Foster’ course that some other agencies offer, Prepare to Foster includes a therapeutic parenting element, helping you understand children’s emotional needs, the impact of trauma, and the vital role foster parents play in providing safety, healing and connection. It’s designed not just to inform, but to equip you with the insight and confidence needed to support children effectively.

We run regular dates throughout the year across a range of locations to support everyone moving through the application process.

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Transformative Therapeutic Parenting

At Foster Care Matters we know that using therapeutic parenting techniques can support children to begin to recover from their previous trauma, manage their anxiety and achieve their potential in life.

Please don’t be worried about attending this training, as some of our enquirers do tell us they haven’t attended training for a while or ever. Our training is delivered by a friendly, welcoming, and highly experienced team, creating a supportive environment where you can learn, reflect and ask questions freely.

Our therapeutic approach

Our therapeutic parenting approach runs through everything we do and is key in helping children to reduce the impact of their Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES), learn how to trust, feel calm enough to access their education and achieve physical and emotional wellbeing as well as achieving their life goals. We are highly committed to therapeutic parenting and have developed our our Prepare to Foster trianing course to enable you to, help them really matter!

Prepare to Foster Training