Our legal consultants develop a range of practice notes, briefings and other resources to support our members in their work. They also support the exchange of ideas and good practice at our regular practice forums.
Getting started in...
As the UK’s leading membership organisation for professionals working across adoption, fostering and kinship care we want to equip professionals like you with the knowledge, best practices, and resources needed to improve the lives of children and young people. This is why we are launching a free breakfast webinar series to help you get started in adoption, fostering and kinship care.
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Getting started in: Legal aspects of permanence – including early permanence
12 June | 9am - 9.55am | Zoom
In this session, we will be exploring the legal aspects of permanence and early permanence with our Legal Consultants Alexandra Conroy Harris, and Augusta Itua.
Adoption & Fostering journal
Adoption & Fostering is the only quarterly peer-reviewed journal dedicated to adoption, fostering and kinship issues. Over the years, it has gained an international reputation as one of the world’s leading sources of knowledge for academics, practitioners and all those concerned with childcare practice and research.
Read our latest legal notes
The legal notes from Volume 48 (Issue 1, March 2024) of our 'Adoption & Fostering' journal are now available. Members, remember to sign in to your website account for free access to all edition and issues of the journal.
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- Youth justice, ethnicity, school exclusion, and care experience – reducing criminalisation and achieving better outcomes
- Improving our core forms: what's new and what's next
- Improving our core forms: an overview of recent updates
- President of the Family Division gives final judgement on Somerset case
- Somerset ruling: FAQs
Responses to consultations & inquiry submissions
- CoramBAAF submission in response to recommendations for best practice in Public Law Working Group (December 2023)
- CoramBAAF response to the mandatory reporting of child sexual abuse consultation (November 2023)
- CoramBAAF submission in response to APPG Inquiry into Corporate Parenting (September 2023)
- CoramBAAF response to consultation on Working Together to Safeguard Children statutory guidance (September 2023)
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Agency Decision Maker Group
This new group is a dedicated informal space for Agency Decision Makers to discuss, share and reflect on cases, practice and procedures with peers.
Find out moreCoramBAAF Conversations
Our podcast series is dedicated to exploring topics related to adoption, fostering and kinship care. We invite children's social care professionals and experts by experience to join us to share best practices, their experiences and knowledge.
Using your legal department in social services
Listen to a discussion between our legal consultant, Alexandra Conroy- Harris, and our adoption consultant, Jane Poore, about how to use your legal department in social services.
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Accessing care records
Listen to Augusta Itua, our legal consultant, in conversation with Dr Julia Feast OBE. They talk us through the current barriers and support available to care experienced people wanting to access their records.
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Access to records for care-experienced and adopted people
This participatory session aims to shape forthcoming best practice guidance for managing care-experienced and adopted people’s records in England and Wales and improve the culture and processes involved.
Sign in to watchSomerset, the impact
Alexandra Conroy Harris, our legal consultant, presented the issues that were identified in the Somerset case, shared how local authorities can avoid these in the future, and what to do about cases currently in progress in this Exploring Expertise webinar from 15 March 2022.
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