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The role of the supervising social worker: Supervising and supporting foster carers

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The open course will help to increase the understanding of the supervisory requirements of supervising social workers, in line with fostering legislation. It will look at roles and responsibilities in relation to safeguarding children and young people and how foster carers can be supported and developed in their role.

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Relinquished babies

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This open course will look at the relevant statutory frameworks and recent case law, the challenges of working with relinquished babies and their parents, some of the complexities of the background histories of relinquished babies, the importance of counselling for relinquishing parents, care planning and the support needs of relinquished children and their adopters.

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Outbound Permanence Team | Viability and support plans for children living in the UK and being placed overseas to live with kinship carers

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This half-day training is aimed at local authority professionals who are involved in the placement of children currently living with kinship carers in the UK; being placed overseas with kinship carers. It will provide an overview of the available research and Outbound data for children being placed abroad. There will then be ample time to discuss issues regarding viability and support plans for overseas cases during case studies and group discussion.

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Lunch & Learn | Embracing diversity: supporting trans, non-binary, and gender diverse adopters

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FREE FOR MEMBERS
As LGBTQ+ people are an ever-increasing proportion of adopters, it's crucial that adoption agencies and professionals adapt to the diverse needs and identities of prospective adoptive parents. New Family Social is the UK’s peer support charity for LGBTQ+ adopters, foster carers, and special guardians. Our presentation will shed light on the unique challenges and opportunities that trans, non-binary and gender diverse people experience within the adoption process. This presentation will equip adoption professionals with the knowledge and tools necessary to create an inclusive and supportive environment.

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An introduction to the secure base model

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The Secure Base Model devised by Gillian Schofield and Mary Beek (UEA) focuses on the interactions that occur between caregivers and children, through the provision of a positive framework for therapeutic caregiving, which helps infants, children and young people to move towards greater security and builds resilience.

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CoramBAAF Private Fostering Awareness Day

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WATCH AGAIN
CoramBAAF has listened to and liaised with members and is delighted to announce this national Private Fostering Awareness Day. Join us for a free and open access Breakfast Briefing – An Introduction to Private Fostering from 9am - 9.45am. Our Lunch and Learn webinar starts at 12.30pm and runs for 90 minutes allowing members to hear about promising practice from different local authorities with the focus on raising awareness. Please register your interest here.


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Making good adoption assessments - two-day open course

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This two-day open course will provide practitioners and particularly those who may be new to undertaking adoption assessments with an opportunity to develop knowledge, skills and practice in completing adoption assessments. Practitioners will be enabled to consider thorough, rigorous, consistent and fair approaches across the service in the assessment of prospective adopters. This course may also provide a refresher for those wanting to reflect and build on knowledge skills and best practice in the completion of adoption assessments.

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Outbound Permanence Team | Placing children living in the UK overseas on a Special Guardianship Order: Legal and Practice considerations

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This half-day training is aimed at local authority professionals – both social workers and lawyers - who are involved in the placement of children currently living in the UK with kinship carers overseas on a Special Guardianship Order. It will provide an overview of the legal and practice issues regarding Special Guardianship for children being placed abroad. There will then be ample time to discuss issues regarding Special Guardianship overseas cases during case studies and group discussion.

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Effective Panels: An introduction to the functions and operations of fostering and adoption panels (England)

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This open course aims to give new and recently appointed fostering and adoption panel members an opportunity to develop their role as effective panel members and to consider the tasks and responsibilities involved. This will be within the context of the current legislative framework and emerging messages from research. Fostering and adoption/permanency panel work is challenging to all concerned in the process. This course is intended to share issues, dilemmas and best practice.

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