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Charity to deliver government-funded national kinship care training

1 min read Social Care
National charity Kinship has been awarded an 18-month contract by the Department for Education to deliver a national training and support programme for kinship carers in England as part of reforms put forward in the government's response to the Care Review.
The funding is designed to give kinship carers greater support. Picture: AdobeStock/ Halpfpoint
The funding is designed to give kinship carers greater support. Picture: AdobeStock/ Halpfpoint

The programme follows the government’s response to Josh McAlister’s Independent Review of Children’s Social Care in England, which included a commitment to developing a National Kinship Care Strategy.

DfE has given Kinship £3m to develop a training support programme, delivering both online and in-person training as well as resources on its advice hub, Kinship Compass. Resources and training will be developed alongside kinship carers and made available to all carers in England, regardless of whether they are subject to legal order around the care of a child.

There will also be a focus on engaging with underserved carers, including informal carers and those from minority ethnic communities. Kinship will partner with national organisations including the National Association of Virtual School Heads, BookTrust, the Anna Freud Centre, Place2Be and Kinship Carers Liverpool to deliver support.

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