ZFoster Care Forum: Restorative Practice

Target Group / Level

Foster carers in direct or indirect contact with children and young people within families and care settings. 

Please note: Those foster carers requiring an understanding of the skills required to conduct formal restorative processes, i.e. restorative conferences, family group conferences, mediation, should undertake the 3 Day Restorative Practice Conferencing Course.

Course Overview

Sutton Children’s Services is adopting a restorative approach to working with families and is implementing restorative practice across the social care workforce. This training will provide participants with an overview of the theory and evidence-base of restorative practice and how restorative practice can be implemented in different settings to resolve conflict, restore relationships and repair harm. This training will equip attendees with the skills to undertake informal restorative processes, such as restorative conversations.

Learning Outcomes

The course will enable participants to have a thorough understanding of: 
• What is restorative practice and how is it different from restorative justice? 
• The history and the social discipline theory underlying restorative practice. 
• The principles and values of restorative practice. 
• The different models of restorative practice and how it can be used in family and care settings. 
• The use of restorative questions and restorative conversations.