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The NHS Long Term Plan
Our Health Group Development Officer, Ellie Johnson, responds to the publication of the government's 10-year plan for the NHS.
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January deal of the month
To kick off the new year we've reduced the price of two important adoption titles - The primal wound and Coming home to self. Now just £12 each!
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Special Guardianship review
The Nuffield Family Justice Observatory has commissioned CoramBAAF to undertake a rapid review on Special Guardianship to support the Family Justice Council as it seeks to revise the protocols and guidance for the family courts and local authorities.
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The neuroscience of adoption and fostering – A day with Dr Margot Sunderland
13 February 2019 | Birmingham
This conference will combine theory and practice, leaving professionals (including adopters and foster carers) with practical solutions to some of the challenges that children bring when they have experienced poor parenting in early life.
VIDEO: Beyond Together or Apart - brothers and sisters are for life
Hear from the speakers at our recent conference on planning for, assessing and placing sibling groups - Beyond Together or Apart - brothers and sisters are for life.
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Effective adoption and fostering panels in Scotland
NEW EDITION. What are the roles and responsibilities of adoption and fostering panel members? What laws and regulations determine how these panels function? How can panels help to make better placements? This book answers these and many other questions and is the first and only definitive guide for members of both adoption and fostering panels.
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The adopter’s handbook
NEW 2018 EDITION. Thinking about, or in the process of, adopting a child? Read this book to prepare for the experience of adoption, find the right resources to help you and feel more in control through the ups and downs along the way.
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Devising a placement plan
NEW 2018 EDITION. This guide has been written to help social workers understand the process for completing the Placement Plan and how it links to the Care Plan, and the health and education plans required by the Care Planning, Placements and Case Review (England) Regulations 2010.
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Beyond together or apart - Planning for, assessing and placing sibling groups
This thought-provoking Good Practice Guide for social workers challenges the reader to place at the forefront of thinking and planning the importance of sibling relationships and their life-long impact and to plan accordingly...to think beyond together or apart.
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