Form F (2025) has been updated to improve its language and tone, making it more accessible for both carers and assessors. One of the most important changes is the addition of a new section focused on children’s needs—and how prospective carers can meet them.
Administrative Assistant (Training and Events)
We are a looking for an administrative assistant to join our small but busy, dedicated and friendly team. We arrange over 150 courses a year for more than 3000 people on a wide range of topics supporting practitioners in adoption, fostering and kinship. Courses are delivered online as well as in person. We pride ourselves on working as collaboratively as possible, while also recognising our individual areas of expertise and responsibility. The postholder will play a key part in the effective coordination and smoothly running of our training and events programme.
CoramBAAF
£15,124.20 per annum (£25,207 FTE)
Based in London, hybrid of Coram Campus and home working available
21 hours, over at least three days, to be agreed
In this heartfelt conversation for Foster Care Fortnight, foster carer Paul Calder shares powerful stories that highlight the importance of consistent, compassionate relationships in helping children in care learn to trust and thrive. Through practical examples and emotional turning points, Paul emphasises how small, everyday actions can have lasting impacts on a young person’s sense of belonging and self-worth.
James Bury, CoramBAAF’s Head of Policy, Research, and Development, expresses concern about the cuts in funding to the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund (ASGSF) and the uncertainty about its future.
James Bury, CoramBAAF’s Head of Policy, Research and Development, shares reflections on a key report that has been launched this week. ‘Increasing access to evidence-informed mental health service provision for children in care in England – National recommendations for change’ was authored by Professor Rachel Hiller alongside key academic authors and contributors and has been supported by CoramBAAF, UCL and UK Trauma Council.
Team Manager (Fostering)
As a Team Manager (Fostering) at Community Foster Care the postholder will promote the ambitions and dreams of children, by leading and enabling our team of Supervising Social Workers and Family Support Workers, whilst reporting to the Registered Manager. The postholder will do this by recruiting, enabling and enhancing foster families to provide safe, stable, loving, nurturing family homes. The postholder will harness CFC resources and therapeutic approach to achieve this. We have two Team Manager posts, one based in Lancaster and one in Gloucester. Each will take a lead on managing and developing a specialist area. Therapeutic and Practice Development or Recruitment and Retention of Foster Carers
Community Foster Care
Pay scale: £46,067.19 - £49,956.72 (plus Out of Hours)
Gloucester and Lancaster
CFC Team Manager (Fostering)
37.5 hours per week in Gloucester and 30 hours per week in Lancaster
CoramBAAF’s Annual Health Conference brings together health professionals working with care-experienced and adopted children to focus on improving inclusive practices, with this year’s theme highlighting equality, diversity, and inclusion. Dr. Michelle Bond shares how the event encourages valuable learning, collaboration, and reflection on supporting vulnerable and marginalised groups in healthcare.