Our monthly Exploring Expertise webinars give practitioners the opportunity to hear from leading figures in practice and research on innovative developments and examples of 'best practice' in the family placement sector. Presentations include Q&A sessions to enable attendees to delve deeper into the subject matter and explore connections to their own practice.
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EDI Exploring Expertise: Towards a shared understanding of anti-racist practice
16 December 2025 | 2.00pm - 3.30pm | Online
We are delighted to be working alongside the Racial Justice Family Network to bring together a panel of experts for a conversation on what anti-racist practice looks like in day-to-day practice, the tools that support its implementation, and the pathways toward a more fair and equitable system for all children, young people and families.
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Members can watch our webinar recordings from the previous 12 months below or head over to our YouTube channel to view earlier ones
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Exploring Expertise: Keeping children in care connected to their cultures- Key messages from international and national research informed practices
A positive sense of cultural identity is critical to wellbeing, yet children in out-of-home care often lose their cultural identities and connections. There is little evidence to guide out-of-home care agencies to support culturally meaningful foster care. The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, includes the right of children to maintain connections with family, community, and culture. For many international countries including Australia the focus has been on responding to supporting First Nations children reconnect to their family, country and culture. For other children, cultural connections are often given less priority despite its importance. Language and data impacts how culture is understood and measured.
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Exploring Expertise: Weekend Fostering - a new approach to building lasting relationships with children in care
The Weekenders Programme by Now Foster is a new approach to fostering that offers consistent weekend care, building lasting relationships between new foster carers and children in care. This session will introduce the programme’s approach, how it operates across Greater London to support children in care orders, kinship and SGO care, and what we've learned so far. Designed in partnership with care-experienced young people, Weekenders responds directly to their needs and hopes, and one of those young people will join us for the session.
Watch hereFASD - Supporting children and families through research-informed practice
9 September 2025
Watch hereLearning from evidence on Parenting Through Adversity for parents of babies and children 0-10
8 July 2025
Watch hereDisparity, Disability and Demand - The experiences and numbers of children in care and care leavers
12th November 2024
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The recordings of our Exploring Expertise and Learning from Research webinars are available to members only for 12 months after publishing. After this time period they are uploaded to our YouTube channel to be available to all.