Training is exceptionally important throughout your fostering career as it helps develop your skills, knowledge and understanding. It keeps you up to date with the latest policies and procedures to ensure the safeguarding of the child in your care.

Our training takes place in all of our offices and resource centres, so there will always be a facility close to you to accommodate your training. It also enables all our carers to get together and share their own experiences, opinions and advice to other carers in the group.

Some of our carers wrote a few words to describe their training experiences with Sunbeam and how the support has helped them with their fostering career.

“Our training each month is not only great to learn all the different aspects around our children but it is a lovely get together for us all to catch up”

“An excellent opportunity to share ideas, get recent changes in rules and regulations and to keep up to date with relevant issues and information.”

“We have been fostering with Sunbeam for 2 and a half years and we have been supported all the way through. There is always someone at the end of the phone to give you advice. Also guidance on getting the right support for the children both in school and with forward planning.”