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In the year ending March 23, according to the Department of Education data, there were 7290 unaccompanied-asylum seeking children and young people in care. We know there are more who are illegally placed in hotels or incorrectly age-assessed as adults. Many of these children and young people are vulnerable and experiencing discrimination. In this open course, we will explore their legal rights, think about their needs, how these can best be met and with what support.

This year’s Members’ Week will explore key topics and best practices that mirror the journey of children and young people through the care system.

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Designed for frontline social workers, social work supervisors, managers and professionals working directly with children and young people. In this sessions, participants will learn about legal and statutory requirements for social workers working with Muslim children, their families, or alternative carers. We will further explore cultural religious awareness, identity & intersectionality and supporting best practice. Our presenters are Kusha Anand and Sariya Cheruvallil-Contractor of Coventry University.

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The issue of the adultification of Black girls in England has received more attention in recent years with the high-profile case of Child Q who was strip-searched by police officers in her school in London. This session covers Sylvia Ikomi's PHD research into the adultification of Black girls in state care and her Churchill Fellowship interviews and focus groups with experts on the topic, as well as professionals, that have observed the dynamics of this issue within their own work in the social care sector.

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Why are care-experienced children and young people over criminalised, and how can we better support them? This session explores the reasons behind the unnecessary criminilisation of vulnerable young people and how a joined up approach from Social workers, foster carers, kinship carers, lawyers and advocates can help end it. We will be hearing from Dr. Laura Janes and Kate-Aubrey Johnson who produced the dare to care guide as well as Will Kerridge from Drive Forward Foundation. Joining our panel will be care-experienced campaigners from the Drive Forward Policy Forum.

Private Fostering Awareness Day is dedicated to raising awareness about private fostering. The objective is to inform the public about what private fostering entails and its significance. Start raising awareness today!

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In this session, we will be hearing the oral history of Black social workers in Britain. We will listen to how Black social workers navigated policy U-turns on ethnicity and identity in the UK - what was their perception of these changes, and how did they experience them in practice?

The National Kinship Care Strategy states “if a kinship carer needs help to manage contact with a child’s parents, they could receive training and be offered mediation support”. Ann Horne considers our Members’ Week events, and how we reflected on what resources are available for maintaining connections in kinship arrangements.