Placing children in UK care proceedings with kinship carers overseas on a Special Guardianship Order

THEME

This two hour training is aimed at local authority professionals – both social workers and lawyers - who are involved in the placement of children currently living in the UK to kinship carers overseas on a Special Guardianship Order. It will provide an overview of the legal and practice issues regarding special guardianship for children being placed abroad. There will then be ample time to discuss issues in overseas cases during the case study and group discussion.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

• To have an understanding of the legal framework and eligibility considerations in special guardianship overseas
• To be aware of the common issues that can arise
• To have a wider understanding of practice issues relating to viability, assessment and support in an overseas context

PRESENTERS

Sandra Latter, Outbound Lead and Senior Adviser, CoramBAAF. Sandra has had a long social work career covering several aspects of children and families work including special guardianship and adoption. She has led the development and growth of the Outbound Permanence advice service and been the driving force behind the development of the Outbound training offer, in order to share the team's extensive knowledge and experience in this specialist area of work.

Cathie Jenkins, Outbound Legal Researcher, CoramBAAF. Cathie has had a long career as a local authority solicitor having worked in several local authorities. She has extensive experience of working with international cases in the past. . She helped to set up the Outbound service in 2016, writing several guides to the process and assists here with the legal aspects that underpin this work

For social workers, reflection on this session may contribute to your continuing professional development (CPD).

There are a total of 30 places on this course.

RECOMMENDED READING

Undertaking a Kinship Care Assessment: A guide to collecting and analysing information for Form K (England)

Ann Horne and Clare Seth are Kinship Consultants for CoramBAAF

Paul Adams was the Foster Care Development Consultant for CoramBAAF.

This bestselling guide is invaluable for all those completing kinship assessments in England.  It may be particularly helpful to those who are new to the task, or anyone who wants to ensure they consider and analyse all the information required for these often very complex assessments.

TIME

Registration 9.45 am
Start 10.00 am*
Close 12.00 pm*

*Times subject to change

FEES

Full or associate CoramBAAF member £41.00 + £8.20 VAT - Total £49.20

Non-member £58.00 + £11.60 VAT - Total £69.60

CONTACT

Telephone 020 7520 0310
Email training@corambaaf.org.uk

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