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As the UK’s leading membership organisation for professionals working across adoption, fostering and kinship care we want to equip professionals like you with the knowledge, best practices, and resources needed to improve the lives of children and young people. This is why we are launching a breakfast webinar series to help you “get started in adoption, fostering and kinship care.

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Around two-thirds of children are taken into State care due to experiences of severe maltreatment such as abuse or neglect. Consequently, being taken into care is an intervention for this vulnerable group of children, with the expectation that State care will then ameliorate or stabilise their mental health. Despite this, numerous research studies indicate that mental health concerns in this vulnerable child population remain high. This session, presented by Dinithi Wijedasa of Bristol University, will highlight practice and policy-relevant findings from two ESRC-funded research studies.

This short, colourful booklet is part of CoramBAAF’s series of publications for children and young people, which aim to explain concepts in adoption and fostering that they may find difficult to understand.

Separation, loss, grief and change are expected parts of the experience of children in placement. How do those charged with the responsibility of planning for these children address their needs? This essential reference book - a 'must-read' text for more than 20 years - contains the theoretical knowledge base and skills necessary for understanding, working with and planning for children and their families.

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We know that young people with experience of local authority care have far greater rates of mental health difficulties than their non care-experienced peers. Yet, paradoxically, there is growing evidence that care-experienced young people are likely to find it more difficult to receive an accurate diagnosis and access to NICE-recommended best-evidenced mental health care. This talk will present findings from the ADaPT project – an active implementation study spanning 28 mental health teams across England. Our presenter is Dr. Rachel Hiller

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Early bird sale ends 31 May! We are holding our first kinship conference on 4 July. The day will include contemporary insights from researchers, senior leaders, carers and professionals in the children and families sector, to explore the current kinship reform agenda. With keynote speaker David Johnstone, Children's Minister.

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.

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

What happens when IVF goes wrong? Published as part of the Our Story series, in Frozen Mike Butcher recounts his, and his wife Lesley’s, experience of undergoing IVF treatment. But when Lesley suffers a near-fatal reaction to the treatment, the couple’s lives and plans for a family are thrown into turmoil. After an escalating series of setbacks and heartache, Mike and Lesley are almost resigned to giving up their dreams of parenthood – until they pick up a flyer from a local adoption agency.

This Good Practice Guide is designed to give comprehensive advice on the preparation and writing of social work court reports in a range of different Scottish child care cases. It covers a variety of topics that need to be considered, including types of courts and cases; sources of information; parental responsibilities and rights; disclosure issues; content and layout of reports; and legal requirements.