EDI Exploring Expertise: Disparity, disability and demand - The numbers and experiences of children in care and care leavers

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Care experienced children and young people need their workers to be curious about disability and to have conversations with them to hear their views and experiences. In this webinar, we will be exploring what we do, and importantly, do not know about children in and leaving care with a disability or long-term health condition in England.

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.

You can read more about this project, along with its implications for policy and practice, using the following links: Full report, Summary, Infographic Summary

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN

• Improving existing services and data collection: How local and national policy needs to adapt to capture better data on children in care with a disability
• Learning from care experienced children and young people on disability: Hear about how care-experienced children and young people experience disability in relation to social and health services
• Enhancing policy and practice: Discover the 19 recommendations made for government, local authorities and organisations in the children and families sector

PRESENTERS

Dr Claire Baker, Senior Practice Adviser, Coram Voice

For over 20 years, Dr Claire Baker has specialised in research focusing on the experiences and outcomes for young people in and leaving care. She now works part of her time as independent researcher. She also supports the Bright Spots programme and was part of the team which developed the care leaver survey.

WHO’S IT FOR?

This session is for health professionals, social workers, team managers, heads of service and anyone interested in learning from the expertise of care-experienced children and young people with a disability. It will also have a focus on policy and practice at both local and national levels

FEES

OPEN TO ALL

Places on this event are limited, so early booking is recommended.

CONTACT

Telephone 020 7520 7520/0310

Email events@corambaaf.org.uk

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