Search the site

Fostering conference 2026, reflections on a remarkable day

News and updates-

In this blog, our Fostering Consultant, Emma Fincham reflects on our inaugural fostering conference. A day that brought together over 115 professionals working in fostering services across local authorities, and agencies, to discuss the upcoming fostering reforms.

New platform to give care-experienced and adopted people better access to their records

News and updates-

CoramBAAF and the Archives and Records Association (ARA) are today, Monday 9 March, announcing a partnership to make it easier for adopted and care-experienced people to find and access records relating to their adoption and time in care. The initiative will develop a free, easy to navigate online resource, to be launched later in 2026. The platform will detail the location of adoption and care records in the UK and signpost to organisations who can support those wishing to access their records.

Adoption Support Worker
Adoption Support Worker Our adult adoption support service works primarily with adopted adults and birth families. Adopted adults can access their records and receive an intermediary service and be supported through a reunion. Birth families are supported at the time of losing children to adoption, helped to stay in touch through letterbox and can potentially also have an intermediary service towards reunion. We are looking for a Social Worker or Counsellor, who has experience of working directly with those affected by adoption. The postholder will have experience and knowledge of adoption law and practice and able to liaise with partner agencies to deliver the service in North and West Yorkshire.
PAC-UK Part of Family Action £32,635 - £36,158 FTE Hybrid working with travel across Yorkshire 1712 37

Members' Week blog: why is analysis so important in social work

News and updates-

In this accessible resource, we return to some of the key themes relating to CoramBAAF's updated guidance across our core forms. We will cover why analysis is a core social work skill, child-centred decision-making, anti-racist practice, the features of good analysis and useful resources when undertaking an assessment.

Social Worker / Senior Practitioner
Social Worker / Senior Practitioner This 12 month fixed term post is based in the Recruitment and Assessment Team. The postholder will be joining a dynamic and progressive team where children are at the centre of everything we do. The role involves assessing applicants for their suitability as adoptive parents and Early Permanence carers and to support families through the different stages of the adoption process until an Adoption Order is granted. Coram Ambitious for Adoption Social Worker: £29,510.45 - £31,767.62 per annum (FTE £39,725.60 - £42,764.10) Senior Practitioner: £32,596.57 - £35,178.45 per annum (FTE £43,880 - £47,355.60) Coram Campus, Bloomsbury, London, WC1N 1AZ 26 hour per week

Fostering panels must remain a core part of a reformed and improved fostering process.

News and updates-

Since the Fostering reforms announcement on 3 February, we have been listening to our members and using your feedback to inform our consultation response. We have engaged with over 1,300 professionals at the forefront of fostering services; professionals who will be delivering these reforms every day in their work with vulnerable children and families. Today, we sent a joint letter to the Minister for Children and Families to raise concerns about the proposed removal of panels for approval of foster carers clear.