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We are a living wage employer
Coram and CoramBAAF is now an accredited living wage employer. By making sure all our colleagues receive wages that align with the true cost of living, we aim to set a positive example for others.
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Neurodiversity Celebration Week: promoting acceptance and understanding
Neurodiversity Celebration Week is a worldwide initiative that challenges stereotypes and misconceptions about neurological differences.
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What is the Outbound Permanence Service?
From 1 April 2024 the Outbound Permanence Service will become a membership benefit. Sandra Latter explains how you can use the service as part of your membership.
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Trauma-informed support for birth parents to end repeat removals
9 April | 11.30am - 1pm | Zoom
If we want to reduce the number of children in care, more needs to be done to ensure that no family experiences the trauma of the removal of a child more than once. At this participatory session, we will explore learnings from the past 10 years of providing support to parents who have had children removed from their care.
Introducing PACE principles in practice
19 April | 10am - 4pm | Zoom
The aim of PACE is to allow the child to establish a positive and reciprocal relationship with their parents or carers and to experience relationships as 'safe'.
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Safer Internet Day: Safeguarding in the online world
Safer internet day is a global initiative to promote safe, responsible and positive use of digital technology for children and young people. CoramBAAF Adoption Consultant, Jane Poore, and, Dr. Vicki Walker, discussed the complexities of safeguarding in the digital world.
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All BooksThe adopter's handbook
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.
Read moreAssessing children and families for adoption support in England
This practice guide aims to enhance the quality of post-order adoption support assessments, and thereby improve outcomes and well-being for adopted children and families. It will help social work practitioners to carry out assessments that are informed by the best available evidence and practice wisdom.
Read moreAdoption by foster carers
Adoption by foster carers is an area of practice that has attracted controversy and divergent views prevail. This Good Practice Guide explores some of the issues behind the contradictory views. It challenges practitioners to reflect on the established “practice wisdom” and adopt a more open-minded and child-centred approach.
Read moreUnlawful placements in kinship care
In many situations, the reality of the placement becoming unlawful speaks more to the limitations of the regulations themselves, than whether the placement is the best place for a child to live. In an effort to help practitioners navigate these challenges, we have published the following a practice note.
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