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  • Home
  • Adoption
    • Who Can Adopt?
    • Being An Adoptive Parent
    • Types of Adoption
    • The Adoptive Process
    • Support for Adopters
    • Frequently Asked Questions
    • Adoption Tracing & Contacting Birth Relatives
  • Foster Care
    • Who Can Foster?
    • Being a Foster Carer
    • Types of Foster Care
    • The Fostering Process
    • Support for Foster Carers
    • Frequently Asked Questions
  • Training and Support
    • Training for Adoption
    • Training for Foster Care
      • Attachment, Trauma and Development
      • Baby Massage
      • Basic First Aid
      • Building Our Children’s Developing Brain
      • Care of the under 2’s
      • Caring for children and young people with ADHD
      • Child Protection Awareness
      • Child Sexual Abuse Awareness Training
      • Core Issues in Foster Care – Stranger Foster Carers
      • Core Issues in Fostering – Kinship Foster Carers
      • Core Skills for Dually Approved Carers
      • Emergency First Aid
      • Exploring Sensory Disabilities (including Visual & Hearing)
      • Foetal Alcohol Syndrome Disorder (FASD)
      • Fostering in a Digital World App Demo & Workshop
      • Impact of domestic violence on children and young people
      • Infant Mental Health
      • International Cooking with the Urban Chef
      • LGBTQ Awareness
      • Making the Move – From Foster Care to Adoption
      • MAP 1 Kinship Training
      • Mindfulness for Foster Carers
      • Narrative Model and Life Story Work
      • PAUSE Workshop (Teen Coaching)
      • Play and Communication Skills with Young Children
      • Promoting Children’s Emotional Health
      • Promoting Positive Contact (Family Time)
      • Recognising the Role of Men in Foster Care
      • Safeguarding Children – Level 2
      • Scaffold Programme
      • SET Connects Therapeutic Services Workshops
      • Sexual Behaviours in Children
      • Sexual Health & Relationships
      • Solihull Approach training for Foster Carers ‘Understanding your foster child’s behaviour’
      • Substance Misuse and Support Services for Foster Carers
      • Supporting Primary-age children’s homework
      • Talking to Teenagers
      • The Impact of Parental Mental Health Problems on Children
      • Therapeutic Crisis Intervention in Fostering (TCIF)
    • Online Training – Covid-19 Resources
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Latest News

24th December 2020HSC Foster Carer discusses fostering at Christmas on BBC Ulster
28th October 2020“We just love fostering” Newry couple reflect on 6 years as HSC Northern Ireland foster carers
12th October 2020IT’S ADOPTION WEEK 2020!
5th October 2020Jacob (14) and Henry (9) really need you…
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