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Learning from Research: Family experiences of Family Group Conferences

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FREE FOR MEMBERS
Coram’s Impact and Evaluation team have been working with Family Rights Group and Lorna Stabler from Cardiff University to explore what barriers and enablers impact family access to Family Group Conferencing (FGC) in England. They spoke to professionals from six local authorities and their FGC services, as well as parents and carers who had been offered FGC in these six areas. They also conducted a national survey of FGC services to learn about their offering and the families using their service.

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Planning for permanence

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This open course course will enable participants to increase their understanding of the role of permanence in children's lives. By reflecting on best practice, it will help those attending to form permanence plans that are geared to improving the outcomes for children and young people, including their emotional, cognitive and physical development.

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Sibling assessments: beyond together or apart

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This open course will offer a comprehensive approach to undertaking sibling assessments. It will explore who the key contributors to sibling assessments are and how assessors can plan assessments and engage these contributors in the process. Most importantly it will explore how to gain the views of the children, observe sibling interactions and draw conclusions on the quality of sibling relationships as well as focusing on the individual needs of each child and of the sibling group.

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Managing allegations and responding to concerns

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The safety of children in care is paramount. Therefore it is essential we investigate and respond to allegations, complaints and concerns about foster carers in a timely way and ensure children’s voices are heard and their needs met. This course will provide an opportunity to consider how we can manage allegations and concerns, with the rigour and challenge needed, whilst also considering the need for foster carers to receive sensitive support, that enables them to manage risks and keep everyone in the fostering household safe.

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Exploring Expertise: Weekend fostering - a new approach to building lasting relationships for children in care

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FREE FOR MEMBERS
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. This event offers a chance to explore what's possible in fostering and how we bring more loving adults and relationships to the lives of care-experienced young people.

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Anti-racist practice and cultural humility in social work

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Our social work practice must be guided by the values and principles of anti-racist practice and cultural humility. This means embedding them into all aspects of our work with families, bringing self-awareness of our own biases, assumptions and privileges, and centering families’ lived experience. 

This course is an opportunity to understand key concepts and consider why anti-racist practice and cultural humility matter. You will be supported to explore how you can build relationships with families that honour diverse perspectives and recognise unique needs, and explore tools to enable you to better understand the identities of children and their families. You will then consider how this understanding can be applied to your practice to develop culturally appropriate assessments and interventions that reflect the lived realities of children and families and take account of their intersecting identities.

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CoramBAAF Kinship Care Conference 2025: Developing a kinship local offer - What can we learn?

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EARLY BIRD SALE
The Kinship Care Conference is a key event in the calendar of social work practitioners working alongside kinship families. The day aims to create a supportive and collaborative learning experience to empower practitioners with up to date knowledge and current best practice. We are delighted to announce Jahnine Davies, Kinship Ambassador, will be speaking to us at the upcoming event. Register your interest to stay informed with the launch and early bird sale.

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