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Reform special guardianship to protect and support children and their carers
A new review, led by CoramBAAF, calls for urgent reform across a number of priority areas.
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Annual Stability Index reveals that the care system in England is struggling to cope with rising demand from teenagers
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Agency decision makers: Their role and responsibilities for fostering and permanency panel
10 September 2019 | Leeds
Based on the very latest guidance and research, this workshop will explore the issues and dilemmas faced by decision makers in adoption and fostering agencies and provide useful templates for self-audit and future decision making.
Chairing meetings with confidence
10 October | London
This workshop will explore general planning for and facilitation of panels and complex meetings in the children’s sector and the importance of holding the child at the centre of thinking, recommendations and decision making.
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Effective fostering panels 2019 edition
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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Parenting Matters: Parenting a child with toileting issues
This book is part of CoramBAAF’s Parenting Matters series which explores many of the health conditions commonly diagnosed in looked after children. This title provides authoritative, clinical guidance for carers and adopters on why toileting issues can occur and what can be done about it.
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Complying with the GDPR and DPA 2018
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018 require services, including fostering services, to ensure that they hold and process personal information safely and securely. This Good Practice Guide will give local authorities and independent fostering services in England confidence about how best to comply with the requirements around data protection.
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Matching a child in an early permanence placement: the importance of identity
The matching of a child’s ethnicity, culture, religion and language with those of their prospective adopters has been a longstanding and challenging set of policy and practice questions. This discussion paper addresses this challenge by focusing on 16 key messages, inviting the reader to reflect on the importance of the development of a child’s identity over time and then into adulthood.
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Coram offers state-of-the art conference and meeting facilities in the heart of Bloomsbury. Our versatile meeting spaces are suitable for a range of events and can accommodate from 4 –160 delegates.
Take advantage of 25% OFF and FREE mince pies for any December 2019 booking. But hurry, offer ends on 3rd September!