INEQE Safeguarding Group Apps
Bromley Private Fostering Awareness 1.0
The Private Fostering Awareness app is a go-to guide that fitsrightin your pocket. Not everyone is aware of when a child isbeingprivately fostered, or of what private fostering even is.Therefore,this app has been created as a resource and trainingtool to helpmulti-agency professionals and communities develop anunderstandingof what private fostering is, why it may happen andtheir role inidentifying and engaging with families caring for achild in apotential private fostering arrangement. This includestraining onissues such as those faced by children from overseaswho are livingin the UK with somebody other than their parents orlegal guardian.Users are also provided with a Digital Certificateupon successfulcompletion of a 'Competence Test', which assessesyour understandingand helps address knowledge gaps. Overall, useof the app aims tocreate greater levels of 'confidence incompetence' for keypractitioners to equip them with the confidenceto identify andreflect on children in such situations to ensureamutually-beneficial outcome for all involved.
