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The secure base model
Get The secure base model, for £15.95 throughout April (usually £20.95). Scroll to the end of the page and click 'BUY BOOK'. The discount will be visible on the checkout page.
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Exploring and assessing motivations to adopt
Every month we release a free chapter from one of our bestselling publications. For April 2025, we are sharing the first chapter from our Exploring and assessing motivations to adopt Good Practice Guide. Read the introduction and Chapter 6 on 'The relationship between motivations and expectations'.
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All BooksBeyond together or apart - Planning for, assessing and placing sibling groups
This thought-provoking Good Practice Guide for social workers challenges the reader to place at the forefront of thinking and planning the importance of sibling relationships and their life-long impact and to plan accordingly...to think beyond together or apart.
Read moreThe secure base model
Secure Base is a model of caregiving in fostering and adoption that is based on theories of attachment and resilience while also drawing on child placement research.
Read moreWorking with children who have experienced neglect
This Good Practice Guide is designed to be a practical text for busy social workers and other practitioners in a range of services responsible for safeguarding children. With its easy to digest format and authoritative advice, this guide is a vital companion for all those working for and concerned with children’s welfare.
Read moreThe Role of the Supervising Social Worker
This Good Practice Guide is a vital learning tool and companion for all those starting out in the role of supervising social worker, or needing to keep their skills and knowledge up to date as the role evolves with changes in practice.
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New in our bookshop
Do you want to use any remaining budget (where possible) before it resets at the start of April. Do you want to give staff a choice of which books to purchase? Do you want to buy now and choose later?
Our bookshop team has produced gift cards as handy new payment option when buying our books and guides.Once purchased you will receive an email from our bookshop team that contains your gift card code.
Matching children from England with adopters approved in Scotland
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

Practice Note
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.
Members, sign in to readDigital 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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