Please note that the CoramBAAF Bookshop will be closed for Christmas from Thursday 19 December 2024, re-opening on Thursday 2 January 2025. Our last order day for pre-Christmas UK delivery is Tuesday 17 December 2024.
Orders placed after this time can be expected for delivery from 4 January 2025. Happy Holidays from the Publications Team!
New Practice Note
Differences in regulations and guidance between England and Scotland mean that there are some additional things to think about when planning to move children across the national border.
Practice Note
Matching children from England with adopters approved in Scotland
This Practice Note offers guidance on key aspects of children moving cross-border from England to Scotland to be placed with adopters approved in Scotland, specifically addressing common queries received by AFKA Scotland and CoramBAAF’s Advice Line.
Download for freeAdoption & Fostering journal
Adoption & Fostering is the only quarterly peer-reviewed journal dedicated to adoption, fostering and kinship issues. Over the years, it has gained an international reputation as one of the world’s leading sources of knowledge for academics, practitioners and all those concerned with childcare practice and research.
Volume 48 (Issue 2, July 2024) now available
In our latest journal podcast episode, Dr Dennis Golm (Journal Editor) and Jo Francis (Publications Manager) introduce Volume 48 Issue 2 of our Adoption & Fostering journal. They talk us through Dennis' editorial about ‘Breaking the taboo: Let’s talk about child-to-parent violence’, and talk us through each article in this issue.
'Adoption & Fostering'
Read our latest articles
The latest edition of our 'Adoption & Fostering' journal is now available. The articles in this issue cover a range of topics, including: direct and indirect trauma, transitions, parenting, social media, theraplay and attachment.
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All BooksUndertaking 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).
Read moreEffective 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.
Read moreBeing a foster family: what it means and how it feels
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.
Read moreUndertaking a connected person/family and friends assessment
This guide is designed to help social workers to complete a comprehensive, evidence-based assessment of connected people / family and friends who wish to foster or be special guardians to a known child or children.
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*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 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.
Find out moreStarter 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).
Find out moreFostering bumper bundle
Save 20% when you purchase five of our best selling fostering titles in our new bumper bundle pack! Essential reading for newly qualified social workers.
Find out moreAdoption starter pack
Get 'Adoption now', 'Making good assessments', and 'The child's legal journey through care' for £40 (usually £54.90).
Find out moreVisit our eBookstore
Member feedback has suggested that we deliver our books in more formats for easier accessibility. We offer a range of our Good Practice Guides, pamphlet series and much more available in digital only format via our eBookstore. The eBookstore is updated regularly with key titles about adoption, fostering and kinship care.
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Adoption & Fostering
The only quarterly peer-reviewed journal with a specific focus on adoption and fostering.
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