Exploring Expertise: Post Commencement access to Information and Intermediary Services
Accessing information through adoption records and intermediary services can play a vital role in helping people address the lifelong impact of adoption. Adopted people may use these services as they seek to address unresolved losses, make sense of the past, and fill in gaps in their identity. This webinar will consider the framework for providing information and intermediary support services to adopted adults and those affected by their adoption. It will focus primarily on the legal framework applying to adoptions made on or after 30 December 2005 (Post Commencement adoptions) enabling practitioners to consider the practice issues when providing information from the adoption record.
The reference source material will be the Adoption: Access to Information and Intermediary Services Practice Guide published by Adoption England, delivered by the guide's co-author, Leonie Jordan.
WHAT YOU’LL LEARN
· Principles and research to inform practice approaches
· Increased confidence in making decisions about what to share and with whom
· Preparing information for the Agency Decision Maker
PRESENTER
Leonie Jordan, Legal consultant
Leonie Jordan is a lawyer who has worked in local authorities, private practice and the voluntary sector. She was the legal adviser to the Improving Adoption Services for Adults (IASA) Project and is a one of the authors of the recently published Adoption: Access to Information and Intermediary Services Practice Guide.
WHO'S IT FOR
This session will be valuable for social workers and other practitioners in providing services for adopted adults and their birth relatives who are seeking information from adoption records, potentially with a view to tracing and making connections. It will also be of interest to practitioners writing permanence reports, to increase their understanding of the long term impacts of decisions and written records.
FEES
Members: FREE (don't forget to log in to your account to receive your discount)
Non-members: £20+VAT.
Places on this event are limited, so early booking is recommended.
CONTACT
Telephone: 0207 520 7520 / 0310
Email: events@corambaaf.org.uk
£20.00