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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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The Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund to continue beyond March 2025
CoramBAAF welcomes today’s announcement of the continuation of the ASGSF. We recognise how reliant families are on the therapy that it provides. We share concerns about the delays in the announcement and the continued delay in applications opening.
Read moreThe secure base model
Our Deal of the Month for April is now available! Get 'The secure base model', for £15.95 throughout April (usually £20.95). Scroll to the end of the page and click 'BUY BOOK'. The discount will be visible on the checkout page.
Buy nowReflections from CoramBAAF’s first panel conference: Courageous and curious conversations – the role of panel
CoramBAAF’s inaugural panel chairs and advisers conference brought together over 110 professionals to discuss collective decisionmaking, child-centred recommendations, and the role of personal judgement in panel work. Elaine Dibben reflects on how the conference encouraged meaningful networking, highlighted key challenges and insights from experts, and reinforced the value of panels in safeguarding and supporting children’s welfare.
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Upcoming training and events
Child Permanence Report (CPR) England: Briefing session
2 April | 9am - 9.55am | Zoom
The Child’s Permanence Report is an essential tool in enabling the adoption agency to plan for the future life of a child. The sessions include and overview of the key objectives of the CPR, the development work and what's new in the updated form. Alternative sessions are available.
The AFDiT Framework: Briefing session
10 April | 12pm – 1pm | Zoom
This short briefing session is part of our Forms England release and sits alongside our recent event and launch on the Child's Permanence Report (CPR) England: Briefing session. Whether you are a prospective adopter, foster carer, social worker, policymaker or academic we invite you to engage with the AFDiT framework both personally and professionally. AFDiT is about how we ALL are and how we then behave in the context of transracial adoption.
Chairing fostering and adoption panels
8 April | 9.45am - 4pm | Zoom
We will explore general planning for and facilitation of panels and complex meetings in the children’s sector; including time management and group facilitation whilst holding the child at the centre of thinking, recommendations and decision making.
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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