The training was excellent. Ian is very friendly, approachable and professional. I really enjoyed all of this training and learnt so much. I would recommend Simply Fostering training to anyone working with children.
Josephine-Playgroup support worker
I enjoyed the energy and pace at which the training was presented. I thought it was a very honest and candid delivery, which felt safe and comfortable even when the subject matter is very serious (child protection). I thought it was thorough and gave a good insight and tools to enable me to work in a safer manner.
Jenny-Residential Worker
Ian’s training is professional, enjoyable, open and frank. The use of his professional and personal experience in a refreshingly unique way to get all of the learning points across. Best training I have been to for years…..
Kate-Supervising Social Worker
The training was great – I have the up most respect for Ian, as a teacher and a trainer and as an individual, he was prepared to share his personal experiences, which really helps you when trying to understand the kids we work with.
Dave-Children’s Support Worker
The trainer was excellent, direct and to the point, but light hearted at the same time.
Derek-Foster Carer
The trainer delivered the the information with a twist, as he could provide us with points from both sides and could answer all of our questions about children in the care system. His ideas and thoughts were valued and even when the group was going off track, he would guide us back to the important bits we needed to focus on. The training on attachment was brilliant and I will definitely be thinking about that now when I am working with my foster child.
Karen-Foster Carer
The training was very enjoyable, informative and inspirational. The trainer was great and very good at putting things across with lots of examples, keeping the group focused all of the time.
Lesley-Residential Worker
Ian Johnson was great. Very personable, engaging and down to earth. My interest was maintained throughout the three days training. I especially liked hearing him speak from his personal experience of abuse and linking this to the theory we were also learning about. I now have a much better understanding of some of the issues and challenges and the training has also made me consider things that I had not previously thought about in terms of safeguarding and risk assessment.
Julie- children’s residential worker
The delivery of the course was excellent and ‘made real’ by the Ian’s real life personal experiences.The group work was well engaged and the Ian extracted good questioning from everyone. Even though I had done a previous skills to foster course not that long ago, I took so much more information from this course because of the way it was presented and the trainers style had me engaged from the start to the finish and I really enjoyed the course.
John-Experienced Foster Carer
