School of Child Protection and Safeguarding (SPG) / Foster Care
Foster Care
Course Overview Foster care is a child protection intervention that provides temporary family-based care for children who cannot safely remain with their biological parents due to abuse, neglect, abandonment, exploitation, parental illness, death, conflict, displacement, or other circumstances that
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Learning objectives
By the end of this course, participants should be able to:
● Explain the principles, purpose, and legal framework of foster care.
● Differentiate foster care from adoption, kinship care, and residential care.
● Apply child protection and safeguarding principles within foster care.
● Support children's emotional, physical, educational, and social development.
● Demonstrate trauma-informed and attachment-based caregiving practices.
● Collaborate effectively with biological families, social workers, and community services.
● Manage common behavioural and emotional challenges experienced by children in foster care.
● Develop permanency and transition plans that promote children's best interests.
● Monitor and evaluate foster care placements to ensure quality and safety.