Working with Fathers in Children's Services Short Course

Kingston University London

Short course

In Surrey

£ 100 VAT inc.

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Description

  • Type

    Short course

  • Level

    Intermediate

  • Location

    Surrey

  • Duration

    3 Days

  • Start date

    Different dates available

This course will be useful for those working in children's voluntary and statutory sectors. The course will familiarise participants with the key knowledge and skills required for working with fathers in social work contexts. You will be introduced to the rationale for working with fathers backed up by sector literature and research and to the key skills and practice models which may be used in individual or group based interventions.

Facilities

Location

Start date

Surrey
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Kingston Upon Thames, KT2 7LB

Start date

Different dates availableEnrolment now open

About this course

The course is facilitated by experienced practitioners who have many years' experience of working with men in children's services, addressing abusive and neglectful fathering and enabling service users to be more child-centred in their parenting.

You will need to discuss your place with the trainers before attending this course. Use the contact us link to the left of this page to make an enquiry and we will contact you.

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Subjects

  • Engagement
  • Relationship Building
  • Building
  • Fathering
  • Child maltreatment
  • Rebuilding trust
  • Healing
  • Skills practice
  • Developing individual
  • Refinement

Course programme

Course description

Day 1: Introduction to contemporary research and our rationale for working with fathers. Initial engagement and relationship building. Introduction to child-centred fathering.

Day 2: Challenging child maltreatment. Rebuilding trust and healing.

Day 3: Continuing skills practice. Developing individual and group programmes within children's services - systems thinking.

Course structure

The course will be delivered by direct teaching, experiential role plays and discussions, skills practice and refinement, case discussion.

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Working with Fathers in Children's Services Short Course

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