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Are you looking for an educational institution that offers training or further education for couples who would like to take in a foster child?

Here on Ausbildung-Weiterbildung.ch, the Swiss education platform, you will find a list of suitable schools. Benefit from comprehensive, free, online and non-binding course brochures, which you can order using the inquiry form.

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Taking in foster children - a huge responsibility with numerous requirements

The number of foster children in Switzerland today is currently around 15,000 - and rising... Practically all of these foster children come from difficult backgrounds, have had a difficult past and were at times in a vulnerable situation. Many of them have experienced impairments of various kinds, some have suffered severe losses and experienced serious deficits. Their injuries from past relationships are often felt for a long time. As a result, they were unable to cope with important developmental tasks in the past - something they can feel well into adolescence or adulthood. Their history is marked by excessive demands and suffering. This is why they need a home with security, safety, consistency, trust, reliability and love.

Anyone who wants to take in foster children faces great challenges, but also the great opportunity to offer a child or young person a home that they so desperately need. This task requires a great deal of time, patience, energy, responsibility and social skills. Foster parents or couples who would like to take in foster children in the future have the opportunity to be trained on important topics in a course. Courses train (prospective) foster parents in the areas of social pedagogy, developmental psychology and attachment theory. Topics such as inner attitude, the needs of children and adolescents, participation, conducting conversations, crises and crisis interventions, difficult parenting situations, de-escalation, dealing with resistance, trauma, psychiatric disorders, personality development and mental hygiene are also part of such courses.

Would you like to take in foster children or have you already taken in one or more children and would like to gain confidence in dealing with them? Then find out about the latest courses on offer in your region and order free, non-binding information brochures directly from Ausbildung-Weiterbildung.ch!

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SOZB School for Social Support
The SOZB School for Social Support enables committed adults to make a well-founded lateral entry into a social profession. Providing professional support, encouragement and encouragement to people in challenging situations - this is what the practical, part-time and forward-looking training courses enable you to do. The traditional school offers adults high-quality training with a certificate. At the same time, our courses are preparation for the professional examinations leading to the recognized qualifications of "Social Support Worker with Federal Certificate" or "Migration Specialist with Federal Certificate".
The school has also been running courses for foster parents and various further training courses since 2017.
To find out more about our courses, register for one of our information events via our homepage.
Strengths: Good support for moving lives. We enable committed adults to make a sound career change into a social profession.
Region: Zürich
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