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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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CoramBAAF to host the Racial Justice Family Network to promote anti-racist practice
The Racial Justice Family Network (RJFN) is a collaborative network which brings together social work and legal professionals, judges, academics, and people with lived experience to promote anti-racist practice in family justice. Originally hosted by Nuffield Family Justice Observatory, the RJFN is now hosted by CoramBAAF.
Read moreBirth mothers’ experiences of having children in kinship care
In October, Pause published a paper highlighting the experiences of birth mothers who have children placed in kinship care. It draws on their learnings from working with over 1,800 birth mothers over the past decade, as well as in-depth conversations with a group of four women who have children placed in kinship care.
Read morePublic Law Working Group adoption sub-group report
CoramBAAF welcomes the publication of the Public Law Working Group (PLWG) adoption sub-group report. ‘Recommendations for best practice in respect of adoption' contains a wealth of recommendations across five chapters aimed at supporting the continued modernisation and adaptation of the adoption process.
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Relinquished babies
26 November | 10am - 1pm | Zoom
We will look at the relevant statutory frameworks and recent case law, the challenges of working with relinquished babies and their parents, some of the complexities of the background histories of relinquished babies, the importance of counselling for relinquishing parents, care planning and the support needs of relinquished children and their adopters.
Learning from Research: Permanently Progressing Phase 2 - Middle Childhood
28 November |11.30am - 1pm| Zoom
In this seminar, the research team will explore key findings and what these mean for decision makers, policy makers, professionals who have important roles in children’s lives (including teachers and social workers), and children and their families.
Making good use of the ASGSF to support kinship families
5 December | 9.45am - 4pm | Zoom
This course is aimed at practitioners working with kinship families to equip you with the knowledge and skills to confidently assess a kinship family’s support needs, match to a therapeutic intervention, and understand the scope, eligibility and requirements of the ASGSF in order to make applications to the fund.
Starter packs for newly qualified social workers
To help newly qualified social workers, or those that want to refresh their knowledge, we have created a fostering and adoption starter pack. You will receive our top selling titles at a discounted price.
Fostering starter pack
Get 'Fostering now', 'Making good assessments', and 'The child's legal journey through care' for £35 (usually £49.90).
Find out moreAdoption starter pack
Get 'Adoption now', 'Making good assessments', and 'The child's legal journey through care' for £40 (usually £54.90).
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