Course description

Form F and beyond: for assessing and supervising social workers, fostering panel members and managers

A fostering assessment decides who gets to care for our children, and the lens we bring to it matters. In this course, we'll look at Form F and beyond, and at how to assess every applicant fairly, with curiosity and without a single cultural yardstick.

This interactive e-learning course has 6 short modules:

• Module 1: The Assessment Framework
• Module 2: What Cultural Competence Means
• Module 3: Interviewing Well
• Module 4: Meeting a Child's Identity Needs
• Module 5: Bias in Analysis and at Panel
• Module 6: Beyond Form F

It includes narration, practical scenarios and a final quiz of 12 questions (80% pass mark). You can learn at your own pace on any device, and you'll receive a certificate when you complete the course.

What will i learn?

• Describe the assessment framework: the 2011 Regulations, the two stages and Form F (2025)
• Explain what cultural competence means in a fostering assessment
• Plan interviews that work across language, family structure and faith
• Assess any applicant's capacity to meet a child's identity needs
• Recognise and challenge bias in analysis, recommendations and at panel
• Carry culturally competent practice into supervision, reviews and matching

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