This practical workshop provides participants with skills and knowledge to facilitate a Bringing Up Great Kids (BUGK) parenting group for kinship and foster carers. It provides participants with everything they need to know about this version of BUGK.

Please note that the prerequisite for this training is successful completion of Foundational Bringing Up Great Kids: Facilitator training.

Kinship and foster carers have a range of needs in relation to their circumstances. In research, they consistently express that they feel:

• Grief and loss of their hopes and dreams/grandparent role/retirement freedom
• Unsupported by government and agencies, particularly in regards to their need for respite, practical help, counselling and contact with other carers
• Anger/sense of injustice in regard to lack of recognition and financial support and the impact of additional financial burden
• Shame/stigma/feeling that they had failed their own children
• Reluctance to engage with agency or government assistance
• The consequences of health issues related particularly to ageing, social isolation and family stress
• Out of their depth with the behaviours of traumatised children and adolescence.

This workshop will provide you with all of the skills and knowledge about how to respond to these needs using the tailored tools, resources and activities that have been developed for this program.

About the facilitator

This training is delivered by experienced professional trainers who are well informed in relation to trauma informed intervention and practice. They have a strong understanding of trauma and its impact on children and families and are able to translate this knowledge into practice in a range of professional contexts. A focus on application to practice via discussion and strategy is always an important component of the workshops.

Other information

• Timezones: all course and workshop times are displayed in Sydney/Melbourne/Canberra time zones. Please ensure you convert to your current time zone.
• Payment: All workshop payments must be made by credit card.
• Group bookings: Invoicing is only available for group bookings of 5 or more for the same workshop date. Contact us through support@childhood.org.au for group bookings.
• Resources: Included with this training are access to the Bringing Up Great Kids: Kinship and foster carers manual, relevant worksheets, tools, activities and resources within the registration cost of the workshop.

This training is suitable for all professionals who have completed Bringing Up Great Kids: Facilitator training and who provide a parenting program that sensitively supports kinship and foster carers and the children they look after.