*NEW* Digital book subscription scheme
We are introducing a digital book subscription scheme where agencies can pay to receive an electronic copy of a book, which can be shared amongst staff, accessed and read online.
Digital book subscription scheme
How does it work?
Select a title from the list below and we will provide a quote for a subscription based on the number of people who would like to access the title. If you would like to pick more than one title, please let us know in the comment section of the form.
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Deal of the Month
Get our popular Good Practice Guide, ‘Working with children who have experienced neglect’, for £17 throughout July (usually £21.95).
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Read our Editor's Exclusive
Every month we release a free chapter from one of our bestselling publications. For July, we are sharing the introduction and Chapters 1 and 3 from ‘Dogs and pets in fostering and adoption’.
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June's bestsellers
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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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Undertaking a fostering assessment in England
This guide is designed to help social workers to manage and complete a comprehensive and evidence-based assessment of prospective applicants who want to foster a child or children. It is to be used by assessing social workers to complete a Prospective Foster Carer’s Report using the CoramBAAF Form F (for England).
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Undertaking checks and references in fostering and adoption assessments
The assessment of foster carers and adopters is amongst the most important aspects of family placement work. Undertaking checks and references is key to these assessments, and a core task for social workers. This Good Practice Guide details the range of checks routinely undertaken across the UK.
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Effective adoption panels
2022 EDITION Effective adoption panels provides guidance on the roles and responsibilities, as well as the laws and regulations, connected to adoption panels. It is the only guide designed to help panels make sound and effective recommendations.
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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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The 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.
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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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Adoption & Fostering
The only quarterly peer-reviewed journal with a specific focus on adoption and fostering.
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