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2025 – a big year for CoramBAAF’s forms

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We have been updating and revising a number of our core forms as well as developing a new one with partners. We are reaching the exciting point of being ready to share these updates and revisions with our members and forms licence holders.

From Form C to Form K: the new standard for assessment

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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.

Social Worker - Assessment and Support Islington's Permanency Team
Social Worker - Assessment and Support Islington's Permanency Team There are three social worker positions available in Islington’s Permanency team. One in the assessment side and two in the support side of the team. As an Assessing Social Worker in the Permanency Team at Islington Council, the postholder will play a pivotal role in finding the right permanent carers for children who cannot live with their parents. The postholder will undertake detailed assessments with family members and friends who want to offer permanent care for a child under Special Guardianship Orders. As a social worker in the support side of the team the postholder will provide practical and emotional support to special guardian carers (SG) following an Order being made. Islington Council 41,580 - 49,638 3 Elwood Street, 777 35
Fostering Supervising Social Worker
Fostering Supervising Social Worker We are seeking someone with the necessary drive, enthusiasm, ambition and commitment to complement our already well-established team, help maintain our therapeutic approach and family feel ethos in fulfilling our mission to provide a New Chapter for every child and a place to call home. The postholder will be expected to manage a maximum caseload of 12-14 fostering households, help cover duty when the Placement Officer is on annual leave and be on the out of hours rota. The postholder will work constructively with a diverse range of foster carers, ensuring that our therapeutic approach is embedded in everyday practice and the care provided to our children and young people. New Chapters Fostercare £30,000 to £38,000 Shrewsbury, Shropshire CB01 37.5
Independent Panel Vice Chair and Independent Panel Members
Independent Panel Vice Chair and Independent Panel Members We are seeking to appoint to the following roles: Experienced Independent Panel Vice Chair and Independent Panel Members from a range of disciplines, particularly from a medical/health or education background. The panel has an oversight of recruitment and assessment of prospective adopters. Panel members together make recommendations on the suitability of applicants. The post holders should have relevant knowledge of the diverse needs of children who are Looked After and adopted. The post holders should be passionate about making a difference to the lived experience of children. Barnardo's Adoption Midlands and South West Discussed at interview Usually virtual, approxminately once per month, during working hours Variable

Adoption Support Plan (2025): a new comprehensive tool to support children and their families

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We are thrilled to publish the new Adoption Support Plan (ASP) England. The ASP and accompanying guidance for social workers, Independent Reviewing Officers (IROs), and adopters have been developed by CoramBAAF building on work completed by Adoption England and feedback gained through a pilot of the form by five RAAs during 2024 and consultations with Adoption UK and relevant CoramBAAF forums.