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New guidance for members on the use of NMS published
CoramBAAF has published a briefing note clarifying the use of National Minimum Standards (NMS) in England as a benchmark for deciding on the suitability of foster carers including kinship foster carers
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Deal of the month
Buy 'Dealing with Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder' and 'Parenting a child affected by parental substance misuse' together for just £14 this June.
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Interview with author Alison Rennie Parkinson
Co-author of 'The Adopter's Handbook on Education (Scotland)', Alison Rennie Parkinson has spent most of her professional life in adult education but it was navigating the education system for her adopted twins that led her to join Adoption UK in Scotland and go on to support other parents going through the same experiences.
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Assessing adult relationships
22 Jun 2021 | ONLINE
The purpose of this open course is to give participants an opportunity to consider what good practice in assessing adult relationships is, exploring their own values and assumptions and to consider the importance of attachment styles; motivation; sex and sexuality; and loss and infertility.
Connected Persons and Special Guardianship Orders
1 Jul 2021 | ONLINE
This open course will be an opportunity to explore personal and professional values and thresholds in respect of assessing connected persons, including tools to assist in assessing the child’s and the Connected Persons’ continued relationship with the birth parents and any possible risks posed to the child and carer and how these can be managed.
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The adopter’s handbook on education (Scotland)
This is a must-read book for any parent seeking to support their adopted child through school in Scotland. It contains information advice and ideas on: choosing and starting a new school; working with a child's school and teachers; financial and other support available for previously looked after children; and rights, special needs support, exclusion and alternative provision.
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Child care law Wales
This quick reference guide provides a quick introduction to the main legal provisions for the care of children in Wales. Designed to provide a basic framework, it presents a summary of the main statutes, regulations and court rules, with sections on all the main strands of law relating to parents, children and local authority responsibilities.
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Things foster carers need to know: FULL SERIES
In today’s world, foster carers may have to respond to a wide range of sensitive and difficult issues that their fostered children or young people may encounter. As a carer, you may find these subjects hard to discuss, have little personal experience of them, or not know how best to approach them. This series of informative and accessible pamphlets will enable you to broach sensitive topics, respond to your child’s difficulties, recognise if your child is exposed to problematic situations, and safeguard and support them.
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Devising and updating risk assessment and management plans in fostering
Assessing and managing risk is an essential part of ensuring that children in foster care are kept as safe as possible, and is central to the statutory framework and to Ofsted inspection. This practical guide, in association with CoramBAAF’s Form R, is designed to help social workers and foster carers to complete and update individual safeguarding plans for fostered children in England.
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