Caring for Asylum seeking refugees and unaccompanied children

Target Group:

This course is for foster carers, adopters and Supervising Social Workers. In addition, this course is for Residential Child Care Workers (RCCW) and residential team managers from mainstream, short-breaks and outreach services.

Also relevant for youth workers, education professionals and those in the community voluntary sectors.

Learning Outcomes:

1. An in depth understanding of the experience of being an unaccompanied asylum seeking or refugee child
2. Awareness of the UK asylum seeking process and legal framework
3. Understanding of the needs of asylum seeking and refugee children
4. Know how to meet the needs of unaccompanied asylum seeking and refugee children more effectively
5. Clarity around your own values and beliefs about this client group