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Adoption & Fostering journal #22 | The Reflective Fostering Programme – A group intervention for foster carers
In this episode, we chat to Professor Nick Midgley (University College London) and Expert by Experience, Jackie Tripp, a kinship carer about the Reflective Fostering Programme, an intervention designed to help carers support the children in their care. The Programme was evaluated as part of a large-scale randomised controlled trial, which showed that it was not only beneficial for carers, reducing stress and burnout and improving the carer–child relationship, but also cost-effective. While Nick outlines the study and its findings, Jackie describes its life-changing impact on her as a participant in the Programme.
Find out moreFostering reforms, England 2026 - what your service needs to know
We have published a Practice Briefing for members that sets out everything that services need to know about what is changing, the implications of these changes, the key areas being consulted on, the government’s call for evidence and how to get involved.
Read the briefingCoramBAAF welcomes the launch today of the long awaited kinship allowance pilot in seven local authorities
CoramBAAF welcomes the launch of the long awaited kinship allowance pilot in seven local authorities. Backed by £126 million, the kinship allowance will reach around 5,000 children, and we therefore welcome this investment in kinship families knowing the financial challenges many face.
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New platform to give care-experienced and adopted people better access to their records
CoramBAAF and the Archives and Records Association (ARA) are today, Monday 9 March, announcing a partnership to make it easier for adopted and care-experienced people to find and access records relating to their adoption and time in care.
Find out moreUpcoming training, events and conferences
Improving the local offer and approach to kinship care
15 June 2026 | 11.30am - 1pm | Online Via Zoom
The event is an opportunity to hear from Jahnine Davies, National Kinship Ambassador, reflecting on the learning in her recent insight report into kinship and what this means for local authorities developing a local offer. She will be joined by senior leaders and managers from local authorities, who will share their experiences and learning from their own journeys developing local offers in their areas.
Life story work: enhancing confidence in direct work with children
4 June 2026 | 9.45am - 4pm | Online
This open course will enable participants to explore best practice in the facilitation of ongoing life story work which will enable children’s and young people’s understanding of their past, acceptance of their present and hopefulness about the future.
CoramBAAF Annual Health Conference 2026
22 June 2026 | 9.30am - 4pm | Birmingham
The annual health conference is a key event in the calendar of medical advisers, doctors and nurses working with care experienced and adopted children. Come along to find out more about how services can provide better mental health support for care experienced children and young people. We will consider some key challenges in practice, and examine the complexities and potential solutions.
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Effective fostering panels
What are the roles and responsibilities of fostering panel members? What regulations and standards determine the functioning of a fostering panel? How can panels implement best practice to improve their work and make better placements? Effective fostering panels answers these and many other questions.
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Recruiting and retaining foster carers
Foster carer recruitment and retention are huge challenges that have attracted much research and reporting, without leading to widespread positive change. But some key best practice has been learned. What forms of recruitment have proved most useful, and what advertising encourages applications? How have some agencies successfully reached a range of diverse applicants? What do carers value most in a fostering service, making them more likely to stay – and what factors may push them to leave?
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Adoption starter pack
Essential reading for newly qualified social workers
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Fostering starter pack - bumper bundle
Save when you purchase five of our best selling fostering titles in our new bumper bundle pack! Essential reading for newly qualified social workers.
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