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Working together for children in care

CoramBAAF is the UK’s leading membership organisation for professionals working across adoption, fostering and kinship care.

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  • Episode 38 | The AFDiT Framework

    The AFDiT framework is an initiative by Adoption England, in collaboration with the University of Sussex and The British Academy. It aims to improve positive identity outcomes for children in transracial adoption. It was developed through a process of co-creation involving social work practitioners, individuals with lived experiences of transracial adoption, and organisations including CoramBAAF and Adoption South East.

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  • Crossing cultures

    Dr Lynn Snow considers the importance of intercultural communication in healthcare and children’s social care, emphasising how understanding diverse cultures enhances collaboration and trust. It highlights how a strengths-based approach leverages cultural differences to provide more personalised and effective care.

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  • Add our banners to your email signature

    We have designed a banner for you to add to your email signature to help raise awareness about private fostering awareness day. Simply download the file below, pick your banner, and add it to your email signature. Remember to hyperlink to our Private Fostering Awareness Day page!

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Learning from Research: Uncovering the legacy of Black British social workers

31 October | 11.30am - 1pm | Zoom
In this session, we will be hearing the oral history of Black social workers in Britain. We will listen to how Black social workers navigated policy U-turns on ethnicity and identity in the UK - what was their perception of these changes, and how did they experience them in practice?

Free for members
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Private Fostering Practice - who are the children?

6 November | 12pm - 2pm | Zoom
Join us for this lunchtime session exploring the needs of children in private fostering arrangements. Listen to the results of CoramBAAF’s first private fostering survey. Hear from local authorities sharing good practice examples of how they are meeting children’s needs in their areas.

Free for members
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EDI Exploring Expertise: Disparity, disability and demand

12 November |11.30am - 1pm| Zoom
Led by Dr. Claire Baker, CoramVoice, this event will look at some of the findings from the recent 'Disability, Disparity and Demand' project. It brings together results from a freedom of information request to local authorities, learnings from the Bright Spot Programme on disability and workshops conducted with young people and leaving care professionals.

Free for members

Starter packs for newly qualified social workers

To help newly qualified social workers, or those that want to refresh their knowledge, we have created a fostering and adoption starter pack. You will receive our top selling titles at a discounted price.

Fostering starter pack

Get 'Fostering now', 'Making good assessments', and 'The child's legal journey through care' for £35 (usually £49.90).

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Adoption starter pack

Get 'Adoption now', 'Making good assessments', and 'The child's legal journey through care' for £40 (usually £54.90).

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