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We are thrilled to publish the new Adoption Support Plan (ASP) England. The ASP and accompanying guidance for social workers, Independent Reviewing Officers (IROs), and adopters have been developed by CoramBAAF building on work completed by Adoption England and feedback gained through a pilot of the form by five RAAs during 2024 and consultations with Adoption UK and relevant CoramBAAF forums.
To align with the national policy reform agenda and address the complexity and importance of kinship care, we have collaborated with carers, practitioners, managers and parents to review Form C resulting in the creation of Form K to enable comprehensive assessments of prospective kinship carers.
We have been updating and revising a number of our core forms as well as developing a new one with partners. We are reaching the exciting point of being ready to share these updates and revisions with our members and forms licence holders.
The recently published coroner's report into the death of a child while being carried hands-free in a baby sling carrier, follows a number of deaths worldwide of babies linked to incorrect positioning in harness and sling type carriers. CoramBAAF encourages our members to make parents and carers aware of good sources of child safety advice when using slings.
CoramBAAF has just published a new Good Practice Guide and companion guide that together address the critical issue of child sexual abuse in foster care, kinship care, adoption, and special guardianship. These guides explore the challenges professionals face, practical strategies for safeguarding, and the importance of reflective practice to better protect vulnerable children.
Vicky Walker, Production Editor for the ‘Adoption & Fostering’ journal takes us through the articles for the final instalment of Volume 48. She outlines the key themes of this edition - wellbeing, adolescence and the role of the government.
Dr Lynn Snow reflects on her visit to the Salt River Maricopa tribal nation, where she explored their adoption, fostering, and kinship agency. She shares insights into the generational trauma experienced by the nation and raises important questions about how we can improve our support and practices.
It is important to help children understand what will happen to them, and why, by whom, and how these decisions will be made. Dennis Duckling will help you navigate and communicate these issues with children.
The Racial Justice Family Network (RJFN) is a collaborative network which brings together social work and legal professionals, judges, academics, and people with lived experience to promote anti-racist practice in family justice.
In October, Pause published a paper highlighting the experiences of birth mothers who have children placed in kinship care. It draws on their learnings from working with over 1,800 birth mothers over the past decade, as well as in-depth conversations with a group of four women who have children placed in kinship care.
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