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CoramBAAF is the UK’s leading membership organisation for professionals working across adoption, fostering and kinship care.
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*NEW* Digital book subscription scheme
The key benefit of our digital book subscription scheme is to support a wider readership of bestselling CoramBAAF titles, as our members have requested, at a discounted price.
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In celebration of our upcoming Members’ Week (23-27 September), our training team is excited to announce a special summer sale. Get 25% off selected open courses!
Find out moreTell us about private fostering in your area
We are asking our members to take part in our private fostering survey to learn more about private fostering in their local authority, as information about privately fostered children is limited and the numbers are not known.
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Undertaking a foster carer annual review
15 July | 9.45am - 4pm | Zoom
We explore how to ensure the review meets the needs of the Fostering Service to be legally compliant, but also of carers to feel valued and supported, whilst keeping children at the centre of the process.
Getting best-evidenced mental health support to care-experienced young people
22 July | 2pm - 3.45pm | Zoom
This talk will present findings from the ADaPT project – an active implementation study spanning 28 mental health teams across England.
The role of the supervising social worker
15 August | 10am - 4pm | Zoom
This course provides supervising social workers the opportunity to develop their practice and confidence in these areas. It will include a review their role and responsibilities in relation to foster carers and promote the development of best practice.
Introducing the Outbound Permanence Service
This webinar was designed for local authorities that may be new to the Outbound service and want to find out what we offer and hear some initial guidance on how to approach overseas placements.
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Kinship care and Special Guardianship: what it is and what it means
This short, colourful booklet is part of CoramBAAF’s series of publications for children and young people, which aim to explain concepts in adoption and fostering that they may find difficult to understand.
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Where did my Dinosaur go?
The meerkats Mia and Kit do not like their new home, not one bit of it! They don’t like their new routine, their new bedroom, or new foods for dinner – and most of all, they definitely do not like their new carer, Becky the capybara. But when the meerkats stay with Becky, they discover that a new home can be OK, and sometimes it’s alright to trust new people.
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Adoption by foster carers
Adoption by foster carers is an area of practice that has attracted controversy and divergent views prevail. This Good Practice Guide explores some of the issues behind the contradictory views. It challenges practitioners to reflect on the established “practice wisdom” and adopt a more open-minded and child-centred approach.
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Assessing children and families for adoption support in England
This practice guide aims to enhance the quality of post-order adoption support assessments, and thereby improve outcomes and well-being for adopted children and families. It will help social work practitioners to carry out assessments that are informed by the best available evidence and practice wisdom.
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