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Learning from Research Webinar: Securing Safety

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Securing Safety is a research project that explored the rate, cost and experience of the relocation of adolescents exposed to or at risk of extra familial harm. In this webinar you will learn about this important research and its implications for local practice and policy from Dr Lauren Wroe, Assistant Professor (Research) and Dr Delphine Peace, Research Assistant at Durham University.

Exploring Expertise: Bright Spots Programme

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The Bright Spots Programme, supports local authorities to systematically listen to their children in care and care leavers, about the things that are important to them. The session will be delivered by Dr Claire Barker, Coram Voice.

Learning from Research Webinar: Watch Me Play!

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The webinar will explore the basics of the Watch Me Play! model which has been developed by Dr Jenifer Wakelyn, Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist and colleagues at the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust over many years. The model explores the advantages that result from regular sessions of play for babies and young children in care or those who have left care.

Dennis and the big decisions

Bookshop product- 978 1 907585 17 3 - Paul Sambrooks

In this second book in the Dennis series, Dennis and his sister are being looked after by a duck foster family after they had to leave their mum and dad. But they miss their parents and want to know if they would ever go home, and who would look after them as they were growing up. What was going to be best for Dennis and his little sister? Where would they live, and who would look after them? There were big decisions to be made…

Panel Advisors: Their role and responsibilities for fostering and permanency panels

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Panel advisors have a complex role in managing the relationship between the agency and the panel, quality assuring and feeding back to all involved in panel work. This open course will enable panel advisors to examine this role in detail and build on effective practice as they carry out their role and responsibilities including: quality assurance; inducting new panel members; contributing to the appraisals of panel members; feeding back issues to the agency and working with the agency decision maker.

Exploring Expertise: “Square peg in a round hole” – Kinship Care

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In this Exploring Expertise webinar, join Alexandra Conroy-Harris, Legal Consultant and Ann Horne, Kinship Consultant at CoramBAAF who will explore the legal and regulatory framework that can result in unregulated placements, explore possible legal solutions, and reflect on best practice around approval of kinship foster carers in the context of National Minimum Standards.

Therapeutic Interventions: Making the right choices

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This half day course is aimed at professionals who work with children and families who may benefit from a therapeutic intervention and would like to increase their understanding of different therapeutic approaches.

Learning from Research Webinar: Permanency Planning for Children in Care – Are we on track?

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Permanency Planning has become a core topic in the operation of the looked after children system. The term focusses on the importance for every child having a family for life. This webinar will reflect on the development of permanency planning and its evidence base. It will also explore the current challenges in delivering a permanence plan for every child and whether the current evidence indicates that we are on track in doing so. Presented by Dr John Simmonds OBE, Director of Policy, Research and Development, CoramBAAF.

Caring for children who have experienced domestic abuse

Bookshop product- 978 1 913384 13 5 - Hedy Cleaver and Wendy Rose

This Good Practice Guide shines a spotlight on the thousands of children who have experienced or witnessed domestic abuse prior to coming into care – its possible effects, the care these children need, and how best to assess, prepare and support them and the families caring for them.