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.
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Episode 17 | What is a sibling assessment?
Listen to Joan Hunt and Helen Little talk about sibling assessment and the impact they have on children and their sibling relationships. They discuss how sibling assessments have been conducted in the past and the variables this generated. As well as covering, what sibling assessments have looked like since the introduction of CoramBAAF's Sibling Assessment Report (SAR) and how it promotes consistency across reports, and the encouragement of a multi-disciplinary approach to capture multiple voices.
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Episode 16 | Post adoption depression
Post adoption depression: What is it? Who does it affect? What are we doing about it? These questions and more form part of Doctor Lynn Snow's Churchill Fellowship research. In this conversation, Jane Poore, Adoption Consultant, is joined by Doctor Lynn Snow to answer some of these questions.
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Episode 15 | Therapeutic interventions
In this episode, Helen Little is joined by Hetty (Hedwig) Verhagen. They talk about what therapeutic interventions mean, why there was a need to develop the course, and how social workers, foster carers, adopters and others can benefit from signing up for the course.
Watch nowEpisode 14 | The secure base model
Ellen Broomé welcomed Gillian Schofield and Mary Beek to talk about the new edition of their bestselling publications, 'The Secure Base Model' and 'Promoting Attachment and Resilience'.
Episode 13 | Working with children who have experienced neglect
CoramBAAF Publishing Manager, Jo Francis discusses the complexities of diagnosing neglect in looked after children and how its impact can manifest itself differently from child to child.
Listen hereEpisode 12 | The key principles of kinship care support
To end #KinshipCareWeek, Ann Horne and Clare Seth -our Kinship Consultants - go through some of the key principles of kinship care support in our latest podcast episode.
See moreListen to earlier episodes
Episode 11 | Accessing care records
Episode 10 | How 16- and 17-year-olds feel they should be supported
Episode 9 | What is a health assessment?
Episode 8 | Using your legal department in social services
Episode 7 | The role of the supervising social worker
Episode 6 | Effective adoption panels
Episode 5 | Managing allegations, concerns and complaints against foster carers
Episode 4 | Endorsement of PACE
Episode 3 | Mental Health Awareness Week
Episode 2 | Child to parent violence and aggression
Episode 1 | Meet Charmaine Orchard
If you would like to recommend a topic or idea for a future podcast episode please contact ellyse.partington@corambaaf.org.uk. Please be aware that the views, language choices, and referenced research in each episode solely belong to the participants.