CoramBAAF is excited to publish the new Kinship Care Assessment (Form K) England. The change in name from Form C 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.
From Form C to Form K: the new standard for assessment
To align with the national policy reform agenda and address the complexity and importance of kinship care, we have collaborated with carers, practitioners, managers and parents to review Form C resulting in the creation of Form K to enable comprehensive assessments of prospective kinship carers.
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Undertaking a kinship assessment: A guide to collecting and analysing information for Form K (England)
Undertaking a kinship assessment is designed to help social workers gather relevant and proportionate assessment information to complete robust and evidence-based assessments of prospective kinship carers and identify support needs to mitigate risk and vulnerabilities. It can be used by assessing social workers using CoramBAAF Kinship Care Assessment (Form K) (England) published in 2025. Form K can be used to assess any prospective kinship carer and to enable approval as a kinship foster carer (connected carer/family and friends) or to recommend special guardianship orders.
Find out moreKinship Care Assessment (Form K) England: Briefing session
Open courses and commissioned training
Browse our open course programme or get in touch about our commissioned and bespoke training opportunities. Take a look at the training below to develop your skills and knowledge in regards to completing a Kinship Care Assessment.
Kinship assessment practice
This course is an opportunity to explore personal and professional values and thresholds in relation to kinship carers and explore what good kinship assessment practice looks like. It will include how to robustly assess and analyse strengths and vulnerabilities, and the importance of careful support planning to mitigate assessed risks.
Undertaking a kinship assessment
This course is an opportunity to explore the unique context of kinship care and assessment of prospective kinship carers. Participants will explore professional and personal values and gain knowledge of what constitutes a robust kinship assessment within the legal and regulatory framework. The course will consider different assessment tools that can be used in kinship assessment practice, triangulation of information and effective support planning.