Our podcast series is dedicated to exploring topics related to adoption, fostering and kinship care. We invite children's social care professionals and experts by experience to join us to share best practices, their knowledge and experiences.
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Episode 38 | The AFDiT Framework
The AFDiT framework is an initiative by Adoption England, in collaboration with the University of Sussex and The British Academy. It aims to improve positive identity outcomes for children in transracial adoption. It was developed through a process of co-creation involving social work practitioners, individuals with lived experiences of transracial adoption, and organisations including CoramBAAF and Adoption South East.
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Episode 37 | My adoption journey with Al Coates
In celebration of National Adoption Week, Jane Poore is joined by Al Coates. They talk about a range of elements that were part of Al’s journey as a parent, adopter, foster carer, and social worker. In 1999, Al and his wife Paula adopted a sibling group of three, later expanding their family by adopting two children they had fostered, followed by their sibling in 2013. Al became a qualified social worker in 2013 and, two years later, advanced to the role of a social work practice educator.
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Gender, race, and religion: exploring the identity of care experienced children and care leavers
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Complex identity: an intersectional framework for organisations, with Anthony Lynch
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Adoptive parents’ worries and concerns about their adolescent adopted children
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Grandparent Special Guardians’ lived experiences of the role and family dynamics
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The educational experiences of children in care with Dr Karen Kenny
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The impact of the online world on the mental health of care-experienced children
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