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On Friday 3 March, the Government published its response to the powerful and troubling report by the Joint Committee on Human Rights about The Violation of Family Life: Adoption of Children of Unmarried Women 1949–1976.
The recently announced 'Children's social care: Stable Homes, Built on Love' sets out the Government’s implementation strategy following the Independent Review of Children’s Social Care. The changes proposed include significant changes to the kinship care landscape including a National Kinship Strategy.
Our Policy, Research and Development team are working to review and update our forms. Take a look at which forms we are currently reviewing and updating.
The Government’s response to the Independent Review of Children’s Social Care has been published. Read about CoramBAAF’s engagement and work with the Care Review.
With the re-launch of the Public Law Outline, it is a timely reminder of the need to allow sufficient time for kinship assessment work. Both for social workers to be able to complete robust and authoritative assessments, but also for kinship families to have the time and support to make potentially life changing decisions to care for a child.
Until now our publications have mainly been available in hard copy, but we are delighted to announce that many of our publications will now be available as eBooks.
CoramBAAF Kinship Consultant Clare Seth considers research about mothers who are in prison and the impact on children.
Linda Briheim-Crookall shares the key findings from a recent report by Coram Voice and The Rees Centre at University of Oxford. It is one of the biggest surveys to date that collects the voices of children and young people in care.
Steve O’Loughlin shares his account of chairing one of CoramBAAF’s Black workers support groups - reflecting on the needs of Black workers and ensuring the voices and experiences of Black care experienced children are at the forefront of practice.
John Lewis have got the nation talking about foster carers and the important contribution they make and that has to be a good thing writes Emma Fincham.
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