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CoramBAAF at Community Care Live 2024!

News and updates-20 Aug 2024 - 13:18

Join us at Community Care Live on October 8 and 9 for a unique opportunity to connect with fellow social workers, gain fresh insights, and rediscover your passion for the profession.

Administrative Assistant (Advice and Information)
Administrative Assistant (Advice and Information) Contract: 6 months fixed term (with possibility of extension) The Administrative Assistant (Advice and Information) provides important administrative support to our small, friendly Advice and Information Team, which includes CoramBAAF members’ Advice Line, The Outbound Permanence Service and the Information Service. CoramBAAF members’ Advice Line covers all aspect of adoption, fostering, kinship and related areas. The Outbound Permanence service provides specialist advice by email, supported by legal research, country-specific written guidance and individual consultations where required, to local authorities making arrangements for children to live with relatives and friends overseas. The Information Service supports the advice line and CoramBAAF members with up-to-date information, research, resources and statistics. CoramBAAF £10,000 per annum (£25,000 FTE) Coram Campus, 41 Brunswick Square, London WC1N 2QA (with some working from home/hybrid possible) 14 hours per week (Part-time)

Announcing new dates for our 2025 training programme

News and updates-28 Aug 2024 - 08:07

The training courses for the first six months of 2025 are now available for you to book. This programme offers an extensive range of courses designed to support the professional development of social workers, social work managers, children's social care professionals, and healthcare professionals. 

Exploring and assessing motivations to adopt

News and updates-2 Sep 2024 - 12:14

What motivates applicants is an important part of assessment, as it can be key to future adoption success. But do social workers understand how fertility treatment can affect applicants? Are workers and panel members aware of possible unconscious bias when assessing LGBTQ+ or single applicants? What should workers consider when assessing those wanting to adopt for environmental or religious reasons?

Publication trends in ‘Adoption & Fostering’

News and updates-6 Sep 2024 - 10:41

Dr Dennis Golm walks us through the peaks and trends that he has noticed in his time as Editor-in-Chief of the 'Adoption & Fostering' journal. From intervention to attachment, from technology to mental health, Dennis shares the topics that our writers and readers and most interested in.

Independent Social Worker
Independent Social Worker Barnardo’s wish to recruit Independent Social Workers to help with our adoption work in the South West, Midlands, London, South East, East Anglia and Thames Valley areas. The post holders will be qualified and experienced Social Workers who have experience of carrying out adoption assessments. The postholders will work independently as external consultants on a freelance basis and will be supported by a Practice Manager and will be invited to training events and external consultant forums on a regular basis. Barnardo's Adoption Midlands, South West and South East Fee to be paid per assessment plus travel expenses and occasional overnight stays South West, Midlands, London, South East, East Anglia and Thames Valley areas Variable