Training & events programme

FREE FOR MEMBERS
Special Guardianship Orders (SGOs) are increasingly granted as a route for children to leave care. This event will focus on findings from the recent Nuffield foundation study on Special Guardianship Families' experiences and support needs. Hear from Lorna Stabler, who has undertaken extensive research on SGOs, to learn more about these latest developments. and how they can be implemented in practice and shape policy going forwards.

OPEN TO ALL
CoramBAAF is excited to publish the updated Child's Adoption Report and Annex B (CAR/B). The CAR/B and accompanying guidance, is an essential tool in enabling the adoption agency to plan for the future life of a child. Adopted adults have a legal right to have a copy of the document. In this short we briefing session we will be introducing the form, covering the development of the CAR/B and what's new.

This half day course is aimed at professionals who work with children and families who may benefit from a therapeutic intervention and would like to increase their understanding of different therapeutic approaches. Foster carers, kinship carers and adoptive parents who are considering different options for therapeutic support may also benefit from this training.

Safeguarding is a shared responsibility for any of us working with children. This course is an opportunity to reflect more deeply on your role as a panel member when thinking about safeguarding children. It will provide you with an opportunity to re-visit some of the key legislation that governs your role. Using case studies and scenarios, you will be able to explore and discuss what safeguarding means in practice, in the context of the assessment and review of foster carers. You will be able to reflect on your own personal and professional identity and how this may impact on your role as a panel member.

Decision makers in fostering and adoption agencies have a vital but often under-explored role. Many decision makers describe finding themselves in the role with little or no preparation, and with few arenas locally to share dilemmas or discuss best practice. What is the best process for reaching a sound decision? How can you avoid it simply becoming a ‘rubber-stamping’ exercise? What is your role in relation to the quality assurance of the panel’s activities? How should a decision maker appraise a panel chair? What does a reasonable decision look like? How should it be conveyed?

OPEN TO ALL
CoramBAAF is excited to publish the updated Child's Adoption Report and Annex B (CAR/B). The CAR/B and accompanying guidance, is an essential tool in enabling the adoption agency to plan for the future life of a child. Adopted adults have a legal right to have a copy of the document. In this short we briefing session we will be introducing the form, covering the development of the CAR/B and what's new.

Been a medical advisor in the UK a while ? Already attended our child and adult health assessment workshops previously?
Feeling like you’re not sure what’s going on outside your patch? Wanting to learn from others in your role?
Then the Medical Advisor Update day is for you!

FREE FOR MEMBERS
Hear from Emeritus Professor Keith Moultrie on the latest research regarding safeguarding in the context of adoption and special guardianship. The event will explore the implications of this research for social work and safeguarding practices, and discuss ways on how to improve support and reduce breakdowns.

The responsibilities of a Chair can be considerable. Whereas some duties may be clearly outlined in related practice guidance along with the qualities that ensure effective chairing, not all Chair responsibilities are so helpfully detailed or provided. This workshop will explore general planning for and facilitation of panels and complex meetings in the children’s sector. It will explore time management and group facilitation whilst holding the child at the centre of thinking, recommendations and decision making. It will enable Chairs of meetings to consider good practice and approaches to effectively managing the flow of information, summarising and the formation of key action plans.

This open course aims to give new and recently appointed fostering and adoption panel members an opportunity to develop their role as effective panel members and to consider the tasks and responsibilities involved. This will be within the context of the current legislative framework and emerging messages from research. Fostering and adoption/permanency panel work is challenging to all concerned in the process. This course is intended to share issues, dilemmas and best practice.