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Read about some exciting training opportunities being delivered in November and some interesting developments for KCASS. You can view the latest newsletter here

We’re thrilled to announce further training sessions for kinship carers! Thanks to our collaboration with Children’s Health Scotland, they will be covering two popular and relevant training topics for kinship carers in November. The first... Read More

Staf is Scotland’s national membership organisation for all of those involved in the lives of young people leaving care. They have produced a toolkit which Kinship Carers may find informative if you click on the... Read More

We were delighted to offer an information session on FASD, delivered during September which is FASD awareness month. Our colleagues at the FASD hub Scotland delivered the training tailored specifically for Kinship Carers. The session... Read More

We’re supporting Challenge Poverty Week this week (4 – 10 October) by sharing this blog – Challenging Poverty in Kinship Care – from our partners at Child Poverty Action Group Scotland: http://ow.ly/A9QN50GlZOR. It’s important to... Read More

As part of September’s FASD Awareness Month, our friends at FASD Hub Scotland have produced a FASD Guide for Kinship Carers. The leaflet includes information about Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder and how to access support... Read More

Read about some exciting opportunities in our September newsletter here

Happy Birthday to us! Its our 1 year Anniversary today, during this time we have responded to over 2000 enquiries from Kinship Carers and professionals. We have offered over 15 sessions for Kinship Carers and... Read More

As part of FASD (Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder) month in September, the FASD Hub Scotland and the Kinship Care Advice Service Scotland (KCASS) invite all Kinship Carers to this 90 minute session on FASD. It... Read More

KCASS is excited to be offering training for Kinship Carers which focuses on the principles of Non-Violent Resistance when tackling children’s difficult behaviours. This Connective Parenting course is aimed at kinship carers only. The course... Read More

View our training plan for both Kinship Carers and Professionals. All sessions offered have been influenced by feedback received via Survey Monkey from Kinship Carers and Professionals . There are also spaces still available for... Read More

You can now view a recording of our latest training session Therapeutic Parenting delivered to Kinship Carers in June 2021. A discussion based workshop with an opportunity to share and learn strategies and techniques. View... Read More

KCASS is now offering a two part online training course where there has been experience of trauma. The training consists of two, 4 hour webinars to help Kinship Carers support their children within the school... Read More

Read about what is happening at KCASS over the summer and what we have been working on over the last two months. You can also link into our new information leaflet which highlights the contact... Read More

Due to high demand we have increased the number of spaces available for this course. If you missed out because the course was full you can now book online for this training being offered by... Read More