Assessing Parenting Capacity

Overview

This course aims to develop practitioners’ knowledge and understanding of parenting assessment and analysis and the importance of multi-agency working.

Who is Assessing Parenting Capacity aimed at?

Foster Carers

Course Length

1 day

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the course practitioners will:

• be able to confidently identify parenting capacity and areas of concern in assessment to ensure that children and young peoples outcomes improve and they remain safe.

• have gained an awareness of types of resistance including, disguised and non compliance, aggression and hostility

• have explored what constitutes hostile, aggressive or conflictual encounters

• have considered barriers and challenges in working with resistance and challenging families