Training & events programme

OPEN TO ALL
CoramBAAF is excited to publish the updated Child's Adoption Report and Annex B (CAR/B). The CAR/B and accompanying guidance, is an essential tool in enabling the adoption agency to plan for the future life of a child. Adopted adults have a legal right to have a copy of the document. In this short we briefing session we will be introducing the form, covering the development of the CAR/B and what's new.

Been a medical advisor in the UK a while ? Already attended our child and adult health assessment workshops previously?
Feeling like you’re not sure what’s going on outside your patch? Wanting to learn from others in your role?
Then the Medical Advisor Update day is for you!

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CoramBAAF is excited to publish the new Kinship Care Assessment (Form K) Wales. The change in name to 'Form K' reflects the national policy reform agenda and a growing awareness of the complexity and importance of kinship care when children can’t remain at home with their parents. The new assessment amplifies the voice of the child and  focuses on the relationship between them and the prospective kinship carer, drawing out strengths and highlighting support needs. It enables a relationship-based and reflective assessment process that gathers and analyses the information required to inform decisions about a child’s future care.

OPEN TO ALL
CoramBAAF is excited to publish the new Kinship Care Assessment (Form K) Wales. The change in name to 'Form K' reflects the national policy reform agenda and a growing awareness of the complexity and importance of kinship care when children can’t remain at home with their parents. The new assessment amplifies the voice of the child and focuses on the relationship between them and the prospective kinship carer, drawing out strengths and highlighting support needs. It enables a relationship-based and reflective assessment process that gathers and analyses the information required to inform decisions about a child’s future care.

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Hear from Emeritus Professor Keith Moultrie on the latest research regarding safeguarding in the context of adoption and special guardianship. The event will explore the implications of this research for social work and safeguarding practices, and discuss ways on how to improve support and reduce breakdowns.

The responsibilities of a Chair can be considerable. Whereas some duties may be clearly outlined in related practice guidance along with the qualities that ensure effective chairing, not all Chair responsibilities are so helpfully detailed or provided. This workshop will explore general planning for and facilitation of panels and complex meetings in the children’s sector. It will explore time management and group facilitation whilst holding the child at the centre of thinking, recommendations and decision making. It will enable Chairs of meetings to consider good practice and approaches to effectively managing the flow of information, summarising and the formation of key action plans.

This open course aims to give new and recently appointed fostering and adoption panel members an opportunity to develop their role as effective panel members and to consider the tasks and responsibilities involved. This will be within the context of the current legislative framework and emerging messages from research. Fostering and adoption/permanency panel work is challenging to all concerned in the process. This course is intended to share issues, dilemmas and best practice.

We are delighted to announce a date for our Adoption Conference. This conference is set to become a key event in the calendar of social work practitioners working with adoption families. It is a conference that brings together practice and ideas that are current, relevant to you, and which matter. To stay up to date with future announcements, including our launch and early bird sale please join our save the date list.

This two-day open course will provide practitioners and particularly those who may be new to undertaking, quality assuring or considering fostering assessments with an opportunity to develop knowledge, skills and practice in completing fostering assessments. This workshop may also provide a refresher for those wanting to reflect and build on knowledge skills and best practice in the completion of fostering assessments.

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This Exploring Expertise webinar will introduce practitioners to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) Better Records Together campaign and its implications for children’s social care practice. Drawing on the ICO’s new care records standards and research with care-experienced people, the session will explore how organisations can improve the way records are created, managed and shared.