Knowing where to report concerns about unsafe practice by otherprofessionals and how to raise concerns about a child's safety are someof the skills foster carers need to be trained in during their first twoyears in post.
The Training, Support and Development Standards for Foster Care cover arange of topics from keeping children safe from harm to knowing how tocommunicate effectively.
They aim to give foster carers the skills to help them look afterchildren in their care and fall into seven categories.
Jane Haywood, chief executive of the Children's Workforce DevelopmentCouncil, which developed the standards, said they were compiled becausethere was inconsistency in the training of foster carers.
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