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Key details
- Attendance
- Part Time
- Award
- Certificate of Higher Education
- Course Length
- 2 years
- Course Start Date
- September 2025
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Course Overview
How does trauma impact on children and young people who come into care? What can foster carers do to build therapeutic relationships with the children they care for?
Our unique CertHE in Therapeutic Fostering is designed to deepen your understanding of trauma-related behaviours and explore why the fostering relationship itself is such a powerful therapeutic tool in supporting young people who have experienced trauma.
This course is delivered by friendly and experienced experts from our renowned Centre for Research on Children and Families.
It’s taught online, offering high-quality materials to guide your independent learning, complemented by live online workshops where academic staff will help you apply your learning directly to your fostering practice.
As the first university-delivered course in the UK focused on therapeutic fostering, this programme offers a uniquely tailored learning experience and the chance to earn a qualification from a world-leading centre of fostering and adoption research.
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Careers
After the Course
The knowledge and skills you'll gain from the course are primarily intended to support you in developing as a foster carer. The course should equip you with an understanding of trauma and its impact on young people and with the tools that you need to support young people with trauma-related behaviours. The knowledge and skills you learn are transferable too, particularly for those of you working in or considering a career in the helping professions, such as social work or teaching.
Entry Requirements
- This course is open to
UK fee-paying students. The entry point is in September each year.
- Typical UK Entry Requirements
Students need to have approval and be nominated by their employing local authority.
- Admissions Policy
Our Admissions Policy applies to the admissions of all postgraduate applicants.
- Admissions Policy
Our Admissions Policy applies to the admissions of all postgraduate applicants.
- Intakes
This course is open to UK applicants. The annual intake for this course is in September each year.
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Fees and Funding
Tuition fees for the Academic Year 2025/26 are:
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UK Students: £3,000 per year
Further Information on tuition fees can be found here(opens in a new window).
How to Apply
How to apply
Applications for Postgraduate Taught programmes at the University of East Anglia should be made directly to the University.
Applications open on 1st June 2025.
To apply please use our online application form(opens in a new window).
Further information
If you would like to discuss your individual circumstances prior to applying, please do contact us:
Postgraduate Admissions Office
Tel: +44 (0)1603 591515
Email: admissions@uea.ac.uk(opens in a new window)
International candidates are also encouraged to access the International Students(opens in a new window) section of our website.