Caring for care leavers in employment

It is well known that care leavers may face significant disadvantage growing up which can affect their long-term life chances. 

Having an awareness of the challenges and barriers that care leavers often face, while not making stereotypical assumptions, can help employers to offer opportunities and give support that is appropriate and effective. This can make a difference to care leavers in building successful careers. 

This course offers knowledge, skills and confidence to managers who may be supporting care leavers as part of their team.

Who should attend?

Supervisors, managers, mentors, buddies who are either responsible for or support care leavers within the workplace.

Course Objectives
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• What do we mean by the words care leaver? 
• Why do children go into care and where are they placed?
• When do they leave care?
• Terminology, stigma and discrimination
• Trauma – its impact on the brain, Adverse Childhood Experiences
• The power of relationship, manager and employee – hope and recovery
• Managers intervention and your self-care
• Compassionate leadership and formal performance processes 

Duration
4.5 hours

For more information on any of the training offered by the Rees Foundation, please get in touch with us by calling 0330 094 5645 or by emailing [email protected]