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This course explores how good quality, challenging supervision can contribute to a high quality of care provided by foster and kinship carers and to establishing and maintaining effective working relationships. We will explore the at times conflicting role of the supervising social worker, who needs to balance providing support with the need to at times have difficult conversations too.

FREE EVENT
An exciting and lively discussion hosted by CoramBAAF to explore the issues that the sector faces as the Independent Review of Children’s Social Care finalises its recommendations. This hybrid event will be live streamed, attendees can watch online with opportunities to put questions to the panel discussion.

Foster carers are increasingly being asked to care for a parent and their child during care proceedings, and to contribute towards the assessment of parenting capacity. This type of arrangement is complex, involving different tasks and responsibilities. This course will consider the foster carer's key role in providing parent and child arrangements and ensuring successful outcomes for children.

This course will explore the support needs of special guardianship families, how to carry out assessment of support needs which are sensitive to the needs of kinship care families, and the how these needs may be most effectively met.

This course will explore; best practice, regulation and practice guidance, assessments, eligibility criteria and access to therapeutic support services, the impact of early trauma, identity issues, and the benefits and challenges of contact.

This Good Practice Guide considers various aspects of disruption in both fostering and adoption placements and is an important tool for those involved in making permanent placements for children.

FREE FOR MEMBERS
This webinar will give a brief history of The IRM (Independent Review Mechanism), and how has the service changed since it began. The session will be facilitated by Maureen O'Loughlin, IRM Contract Manager.

FREE EVENT FOR MEMBERS ONLY
Wellbeing for Professionals sessions will offer an opportunity to meet and share experiences with professionals from across the country, as well as a pause for reflection. The sessions will be led by therapeutic social worker Hedwig Verhagen.

FREE EVENT FOR MEMBERS ONLY
Wellbeing for Professionals sessions will offer an opportunity to meet and share experiences with professionals from across the country, as well as a pause for reflection. The sessions will be led by therapeutic social worker Hedwig Verhagen.

FREE EVENT FOR MEMBERS ONLY
Wellbeing for Professionals sessions will offer an opportunity to meet and share experiences with professionals from across the country, as well as a pause for reflection. The sessions will be led by therapeutic social worker Hedwig Verhagen.

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The aim of this course is for participants to increase their knowledge and develop confidence in discussing some aspects of neurodiversity including Autism, Dyslexia and ADHD. Key questions we will ask on the course are ‘What is neurodiversity?’ and ‘How can we work more effectively with neurodivergent children and young people?’.