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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.

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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.

Adoption Panel Advisor
Adoption Panel Advisor As Adoption Panel Advisor, the post holder will share overall responsibility for the functioning of the Adoption South East Adoption Panels, providing professional advice on the regulatory framework and adoption practice standards to Social Workers and Managers presenting recommendations on prospective adopter approvals, matches and children with adoption plans by consent to our ASE Panels. There will also be opportunities to provide consultations to social workers and contribute to the development of practice, policy and training in the region. Adoption South East £52,243 - £56,737 per annum, pro rota Virtual 2856 22.5

Education Select Committee publishes report on historical forced adoption

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The publication of the Education Select Committee’s report Historical Forced Adoption last week marks a significant moment for the many people and families affected by these practices. We recognise the work of those with lived experience and who have shared their own deeply personal experiences calling for an apology for policies and practices that forced the separation of mothers from their babies. Read our full statement.

New Supreme Court judgment about adoption

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The Supreme Court today (22 April 2026) handed down their judgment in the appeal In the matter of X and Y (Children: Adoption Order: Setting Aside) [2026] UKSC 13. The judgment affirms the unique nature of adoption as a permanent and final order which cannot be undone.