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Could you foster a child/young person who has arrived into Northern Ireland without their parents or legal Guardian?

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The Health and Social Care Trusts are seeking to recruit foster carers who enjoy being with, caring for and are able to support vulnerable children and young people from a range of ethnic, linguistic religious and cultural backgrounds.

The children come from a number of countries across Africa, the Middle East, Eastern Europe and Asia. Most of them are teenagers however some children are younger.
If you would like to find out more on how you could become a carer to an unaccompanied child or young person we would appreciate hearing from you.
Please contact

Regional Adoption and Fostering Services
Tel 0800 0720137
Or contact us through the website
www.adoptionandfostering.hscni.net

Early Intervention Family Support Service Celebrations in Enniskillen

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Action for Children Early Intervention Family Support Service is celebrating 10 years of delivering support to children and families in NI. To mark the occasion they had a party in the Lakeland Forum, Enniskillen for children and their families. Entertainment was provided by the “Party Bees” and a delicious cake was donated by Yummy Mummy Cakes and Bakes Enniskillen.”

For further information about the service please feel free to contact Karen McHugh, Family Support Practitioner and Omagh Hub Co-ordinator or Team Leader Lisa McGarvey Tel: 028 66324181 or 028 82259495

Adverse Childhood Experiences Training

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ASCERT is currently delighted to be  working alongside The Safeguarding Board of Northern Ireland to deliver their Adverse Childhood Experiences training. This training is the fourth workstream within the Early Intervention Transformation Programme (EITP).

The EITP is a Delivering Social Change / Atlantic Philanthropies Signature Programme. The training comprises of a 3 hour Level 1 awareness session, 3 hour Level 2 skills-based session, and a 2 day Train the Trainer.

The delivery of the Level 1 is well under way and has been really well received. The delivery of the Level 2 training will commence in September. The Level 2 training is only available for those who have completed the Level 1 course or Karen Treisman ACE training.

The ACEs training is a province wide initiative. The project completes in March 2020 and it is hoped that a legacy of Adverse Childhood Experiences training will continue to up-skill those practitioners working with children and young people who are being impacted by Adverse Childhood Experiences. In order to sign up for the training please go to https://www.ascert.biz/training-consultancy/community-training/

Blackie River Community Groups Celebration Event

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On Saturday 3 August, students and staff from Blackie River Community Groups entertained family and friends in Belfast City Hall. Students were celebrating their graduations, while staff celebrated Blackie’s 25th anniversary.

Blackie River Centre offers a range of community based services, including education.  The centre offers a range of courses at all levels of study, encouraging career progression and CPD.

Click here to read more and view photographs….