Equipping you to care well: TBRI® Caregiver Training Many churches are already responding generously to the needs of vulnerable children and families—opening homes, forming wrap-around teams, and walking alongside carers with prayer, presence, and practical support. As this care grows, so does the opportunity to deepen our understanding and strengthen our capacity to love well. …
A resource to grow in awareness and explore the role of the local church in Out-of-Home Care = foster care, kinship care, and residential care. Out of Home Care and the Church is a video series exploring the significant role the local church can play in actively loving and serving children and families who are experiencing the …
Explore your potential next steps towards Foster Care. If you’re wondering if Foster Care is for you, even if you’re still unsure, Foster Care: First Steps is for you. ‘First Steps’ will help deepen your understanding of a faith-based and holistic approach to Foster Care and help you to consider your readiness to pursue it. …
Help your team understand behaviour through the lens of trauma — and create safe, inclusive spaces for every child. Every child deserves a safe, nurturing place to belong. Equip your team to understand and respond to children from “hard places” — with compassion, confidence, and connection. The Homeward Project Trauma-Informed Training is a flexible, ready-to-run …
Engaging in the Out-of-Home Care space is a weighty undertaking, inspired by a clear biblical mandate and full of potential for healing and restoration. It can however be complex and challenging, full of both joy and pain. We need to move far beyond good intentions, wishful thinking, or any quick fix solutions. A sturdy theology …
Building our understanding of trauma, the brain, and attachment helps us be better positioned to provide healing environments for children who have experienced relational trauma. This video takes an introductory look at some key areas including: Keep exploring these topics further: If you are a Children’s or Youth Ministry leader who wants to build your …
Let’s take a look at some of the most common foster care myths and misconceptions, concerns and questions. I can’t foster because I’m single. Families come in all shapes and sizes. You can be single, married, later in life and be able to provide a loving home for a child or young person. I need …
Communicating thoughtfully about Out-of-Home Care. As a leader talking about Out-of-home Care – foster care, kinship care, permanent care or guardianship – from the platform or within your church community, you may bring your own lived experience of the system and those navigating it, or you might be brand new to the space. If it’s …
We cannot overemphasise how important it is to have an understanding of trauma if you are opening your home and life to a child through home-based care. There is a high threshold for removal of a child from their home, so to put it simply, they have experienced some hard things. It has been reported …
We’ve compiled a list of books and other foster care resources to help you dig deeper into various aspects of Out-of-Home Care. Click on the links below to navigate the types of resources. Please be aware that several of these books contain very strong themes and content that may be disturbing or triggering. We encourage …
Ensuring your church is a safe environment for all children. We all want our churches to be safe places for everyone, particularly children and young people. A foundation for this is ensuring that you have robust Child Safety Policy and Procedures in place. Your denomination likely has resources available to support you in this area. …
Understanding of some of the science around the brain, trauma, and the power of relationship for healing, helps us shift our approach to children who have been impacted by relational trauma (or complex developmental trauma). Trauma The term trauma is being used more frequently and often in unclear ways. Trauma is not an event (e.g. …
Guidelines for considering Out-of-Home Care in your children’s and youth ministry programs. When designing and offering church programs for children and young people, there are some key considerations that will show support for Foster Carers and the children and young people in their care. This will not only be helping them to meet their obligations, …
