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Member Services Team Assistant
Member Services Team Assistant The Member Services Team Assistant will provide administrative assistance to the Member Services Team, including both membership and the forms licence scheme. The postholder will monitor the Membership and Licences inboxes and respond to general enquiries and direct more complex enquiries to the appropriate colleague/team. The postholder will help to maintain and update member/customer records in the CRM database and assist with payment chasing of membership and licence invoices. CoramBAAF £13,468 per annum (£26,936 FTE) Coram Campus, London - Hybrid of office and home working 17.5 hours per week

CoramBAAF welcomes the Government apology for historical adoption practices 

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The Government has today announced an apology for historical forced adoption practices in England. CoramBAAF welcomes today's announcement. This is a long overdue apology which recognises the role of the state and public institutions in these practices in England, and the lifelong impacts on those affected. Practices, mainly between 1949 and 1976, but not exclusively, saw many thousands of mothers being separated from their babies through coercive practices, a denial of choice and a culture of shame. 

Senior Information and Library Officer
Senior Information and Library Officer The Senior Information and Library Officer post is designed to increase our focus on developing and delivering high-quality library and information services to CoramBAAF colleagues, members and visitors. The role is ideal for someone who wants to build on their existing knowledge, skills and experience in a small, friendly and busy team, and who would relish the being part of an evolving service and taking on responsibility for supervising volunteers. The post holder will join CoramBAAF at an exciting time as we move forward with our Library Management System replacement project and plans to develop our specialist library, which is now located in a newly renovated space as part of the Institute for Children on the Coram campus. CoramBAAF £32,400 per annum (£36,000 FTE) Coram Campus, London WC1N 1AZ (with some flexibility for home working) 31.5 hrs per week (0.9 FTE) - We are open to considering flexible working requests/working patterns within requirements to be present on campus

Law Commission Kinship Care Consultation Paper published today

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The Law Commission has published its Kinship Care Consultation Paper today. It sets out the key issues they have identified with the legal frameworks that govern different types of kinship care arrangements. Alongside reflections and analysis, the paper also sets out their provisional proposals for reform.

Medical Advisor
Medical Advisor The Independent Review Mechanism for England (IRM) provides, on behalf of the Secretary of State for Education, review panels for potential and current foster carers and adopters when agencies have decided not to approve them as a foster carer or adopter, or to terminate or change the terms of their approval. As an IRM Medical Advisor the postholder will be provide written medical advice to caseworkers, panel members and the Contract Manager about individual applicant and their suitability to foster/adopt as well as ad hoc advice on occasions.
The Independent Review Mechanism for England (IRM) £40 per hour per report and £115.00 if sitting on the panel Home based Flexible

Private Fostering in England: why the 2026 survey matters

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In this short read our Kinship Consultants Ann Horne and Clare Seth discuss Private Fostering Arrangements and the importance of raising awareness and knowing more about private fostering to improve outcomes for this often hidden group of children.