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The presentation will use data from the Bright Spots Programme, a joint partnership between Coram Voice and the University of Oxford, funded by the Hadley Trust. This session examines the views of over 1,200 children (4-10yrs) and young people (11-18yrs) in kinship foster care in 38 local authorities comparing their well-being indicators with those in unrelated foster care. Our presenters are Julie Selwyn, Professor of Education and Adoption Rees Centre, Department of Education, University of Oxford, and Linda Briheim, Head of Policy and Practice Development at Coram Voice.

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Part three of our Lunch & Learn series in collaboration with Adoption England. The Nuffield-funded Expressions of Self research project aimed to listen to minoritised looked-after children and young people’s narratives on ethnicity, religion and identity, to inform policy and practice about their needs. In this session, we will use young people’s stories of identity and negotiating their identity to showcase learnings for frontline social workers. We will explore the different kinds of impact that their identities can have on young people’s journeys through care. Our presenters are Dr Sariya Cheruvallil-Contractor, Kusha Anand (PhD) and Assistant Professor Alison Halford of Coventry University.

This new title in the Parenting Matters series provides authoritative, clinical guidance for carers and adopters on why child to parent violence and aggression can occur and what can be done about it.

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Part 4 of our Lunch & Learn series in collaboration with Adoption England. This event addresses the numerous challenges the LGBTQ+ community faces while caring for children, including discrimination, lack of inclusive support, and societal stigmatisation. Our Presenter is Charlotte Andrew from Proud2B Parents.

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This session aims to provide adoption services and practitioners an overview of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD). It aims to help fostering and adoption services by providing strategies and resources to assist adoption agencies who are working with children or young people with a FASD diagnosis. Our presenters are Sandy and Martin Butcher, co-founders and co-chairs of the Hertfordshire FASD Support Network. Our Chair is Alice Sewell a trainer at NationalFASD.

Essential reading for newly qualified social workers

This Good Practice Guide is designed to be a practical text for busy social workers and other practitioners in a range of services responsible for safeguarding children. With its easy to digest format and authoritative advice, this guide is a vital companion for all those working for and concerned with children’s welfare.

Creative Life Story Work is a new approach to helping care-experienced children and young people understand their own life stories. The approach is led by Blue Cabin, a North East of England -based charity which transforms outcomes for care-experienced children and young people, and is based on the Rose model of Therapeutic Life Story Work. Between 2020 and 2021, Creative Life Story Work was rolled out in three local authorities in the North East of England: Gateshead, Darlington and South Tyneside, with funding from What Works Centre for Social Care. This session focuses on an introduction to CLSW and research conducted by Coram impact and evaluation and Ipsos Mori.