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Social Care News: Fostering - Course to develop the skills ofcarers

Two Hertfordshire foster carers have become the first in the country to gain a new qualification. Wendy Yates and Paula Wareham have successfully completed the BTEC Advanced Skills in Foster Care.

Aimed at foster carers, the online learning course teaches essentialskills and has been developed in association with the BritishAssociation of Adoption & Fostering.

"The course was brilliant and through it I understand a lot more aboutwhy children in care have a lot of difficulties and the best way to dealwith them," said Yates, who fosters teenagers.

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