This online training course from Anchor is designed to help foster parents better understand how the family courts work.
You will gain a greater understanding of the process to help you guide and support children and young people.
The learning objectives of the course are as follows:
- To describe how to prepare for a hearing and how to conduct yourself around the courtroom
- To demonstrate an understanding of “significant harm” and the “threshold criteria”
- To identify the range of orders available in child protection and their application within the court
- To demonstrate an understanding of the law relating to adoption and permanency planning, particularly the Adoption and Children Act 2002
- To explain the significance of case law and its importance for the legal process
- To demonstrate skills in giving evidence in a confident manner, using clear and simple language and understand how to avoid pitfalls and withstand cross-examination