Training and Consultancy Services Relaunched
Families are Best have recently reviewed and relaunched our Training and Consultancy Services. Our comprehensive training brochure, containing details of all of our current training courses and information about other areas in which we are able to develop and provide training tailored to the needs of your organisation, can be downloaded here:
For further information or to discuss your agency's particular requirements please contact:
Graham Pellew, Deputy Chief Executive, Families are Best, 7 Colwick Road, West Bridgford, Nottingham NG2 5FR.
Tel: 0115 955 8811, fax: 0115 955 8822, email: training@ccsnotts.co.uk
The Society’s Research and Development
Programme began in 1995, following a successful Application
for a Section 64 Grant from the Department of Health, which
funded ‘Project 16-18’.
The Project, the first of its kind, secured
the views of young adopted people about the range of adoption
services that they had received, and their suggestions for
improving those services.
Following
the overwhelming success of ‘Project 16-18’, which
resulted in two National Conferences and an International
Presentation, the Society further developed its Research and
Development Services through the establishment of ‘AQUO
– Adoption – A Quality Option’ again funded
by a Section 64 Grant Application from the Department of Health.
The AQUO project tested a model of consultancy between the
Voluntary and statutory sector with the aim of appraising
and improving the delivery of adoption services in the Statutory
Sector. This consultancy model, piloted over a two-year period,
produced significant training and practice resource material
which has been readily purchased by Local Authorities and
Voluntary Adoption Agencies throughout the United Kingdom,
USA and Canada.
The learning, change and development which
took place and benefited the participating Agencies, was highly
successful and the Government’s Adoption Task Force
commended the resources and tools that emanated from the Project.
The Society successfully applied to the Department of Health
for further funding up until 31 March 2002 to further develop
the resources, which form the basis of the Training and Consultancy
initiatives across the Statutory and Voluntary Sector to provide
assistance in achieving the National Adoption Standards.
Comments on Families are Best Training
'Excellent - uncovers preconceptions, hidden meanings, assumptions, personal bias'
Jenny Gwilt, Former Professional Adviser – Adoption, DfES
'This training confirmed what we already know, but sometimes forget. There can be no assumption or compromise in the safety of children'
Team Manager, Local Authority
'The training materials were well prepared and presented'
Adoptive parent
'You kept my interest throughout the day - relevant and stimulating discussion'
Manager, Voluntary Adoption Agency
'A good balance of delegate activity and formal presentation'
Team Manager, Local Authority
'The day was very well structured and presented'
Children's Services Manager, Local Authority
'A excellent combination of directive training and small group work'
Local Authority Medical Adviser
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