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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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Episode 23 | Hot topics and a step into the past
Live from this year's Annual Health Conference, Michelle Bell interviewed our poster presenters about the work that they are currently undertaking in the health sector.
Listen hereCoramBAAF Members’ Week 2024: Listening to the voice of the child
We are excited to announce that this year's Members’ Week will take place between 23 – 27 September. Throughout the week, you'll have access to a diverse mix of live events, blogs, podcast episodes, journal articles, pre-recorded bitesize workshops, and more.
Register hereTransport, terminology and tiredness: reflections from research
Dr Lynn Snow shares her reflections whilst travelling in Europe as part of her Churchill Fellowship research. Her experiences of terminology and tiredness lead her to think about the unfamiliarity and newness that children and young people in care can face.
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Making plans for staying in touch
9 September | 10am - 4pm | Zoom
This course is an opportunity to consider what we know about staying in touch from research, including what works well, the voices of those with lived experience, and aspects that may present challenges or need more support.
Private fostering practice
10 September | 9.45am - 4pm | London
This course explores private fostering laws and practices, focusing on working with children in such arrangements. It covers roles of parents, foster carers, and authorities, addressing challenges and dilemmas.
Effective supervision and reflective practice for supervising social workers
19 September | 10am - 4pm | Zoom
This course is designed to support those who have previously attended “The role of the supervising social worker in supervising and supporting foster carers” and now looking to develop their practice further.
Introducing the Outbound Permanence Service
This webinar was designed for local authorities that may be new to the Outbound service and want to find out what we offer and hear some initial guidance on how to approach overseas placements.
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Kinship care and Special Guardianship: what it is and what it means
This short, colourful booklet is part of CoramBAAF’s series of publications for children and young people, which aim to explain concepts in adoption and fostering that they may find difficult to understand.
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Where did my Dinosaur go?
The meerkats Mia and Kit do not like their new home, not one bit of it! They don’t like their new routine, their new bedroom, or new foods for dinner – and most of all, they definitely do not like their new carer, Becky the capybara. But when the meerkats stay with Becky, they discover that a new home can be OK, and sometimes it’s alright to trust new people.
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Adoption 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.
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Assessing 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.
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