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Agency Advisor (Adoption Panel Advisor)
Agency Advisor (Adoption Panel Advisor) Adoption South East, a Regional Adoption Agency, is recruiting a Part-Time Agency Advisor to manage our Adoption Panel Team and provide a key quality assurance role in the recruitment of prospective adoptive parents and in our adoption matching practice. Adoption South East (ASE) has an exciting opportunity to lead its Panel Service and play a critical role in developing and supporting improved practice. The postholder will play a central role in ensuring that the ASE Adoption Panel operates effectively and efficiently, giving written and verbal advice to the Adoption Service, the Adoption Panel and to the Agency Decision Makers across the ASE Partnership. Adoption South East £57,555.00 - £63,123.00 pro rata Remote- Infrequent travel to the ASE area REQ0000071 22.5

CoramBAAF welcomes the launch today of the long awaited kinship allowance pilot in seven local authorities

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CoramBAAF welcomes the launch today of the long awaited kinship allowance pilot in seven local authorities. Backed by £126 million, the kinship allowance will reach around 5,000 children, and we therefore welcome this investment in kinship families knowing the financial challenges many face. Kinship carers in the seven local authorities will receive an allowance equivalent to what foster carers receive. Each local authority will receive a package of funding and support, enabling local authorities to tailor delivery to local needs.

New report from the National Kinship Care Ambassador to inform development of kinship local offers

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Kinship Ambassador Jahnine Davis has published a comprehensive insight report today - Improving the kinship local offer and approach to kinship care . Drawing on her engagement with key stakeholders since being in post, she sets out “characteristics of promising practice and the considerations needed to design kinship support that is coherent and deliverable”.

Fostering conference 2026, reflections on a remarkable day

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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

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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