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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

You only have one political representative – but it’s their job to listen to you. Use our letter template here to contact your political representative to let them know how important it is that they... Read More

Book online for the latest training being offered by KCASS. Therapeutic Parenting for Kinship Carers on 23rd June 2021 from 10am – 2pm. Book early here as numbers are limited. Training for kinship carers who... Read More

Read about and link into the training being delivered during May and June for Kinship Carers and during May for practitioners. We held our first Advisory Group meeting and have added new uploads to the... Read More

Date:                            Thursday 20th May, 2021                      Time:                           10.00am – 2.00pm Facilitator:                    Rhona Pollock, KCASS Legal representative Online Platform:         MS Teams Cost:                            Free This course is aimed at social work practitioners undertaking assessments... Read More

Kinship Carers can now sign up for a free training session on the subject of Trauma and Recovery on 25th May 2021 from 10am – 1pm. This session will be run by Anne Wilson Head... Read More

Anne Wilson from Children’s Health Scotland gives an introduction to trauma, what it is, how it affects children’s behaviours and techniques to support recovery. For more videos from KCASS please visit our YouTube page