report

Reform special guardianship to protect and support children and their carers, says new review

There are significant gaps in the assessment, preparation and support for special guardians according to a new review, led by CoramBAAF, which calls for urgent reform across a number of priority areas to better support carers and children. One of the calls for change includes ensuring family members who might become carers have direct experience of looking after the child before the court order is made.

Information

Private Fostering Week - an update

As a result of continuing challenges to our resources, we have with great regret decided that we can no longer initiate Private Fostering Week.

Report

CoramBAAF and Coram Children’s Legal Centre provide kinship care recommendations to Parliamentary Taskforce

CoramBAAF and Coram Children’s Legal Centre have provided evidence on current practice in kinship care assessments and recommendations for improvements to the cross-party Parliamentary Taskforce on Kinship Care. The Taskforce was launched in December 2018 to raise awareness about, and support for, children in kinship care, and will produce a report with recommendations from the sector by autumn 2019.

report

Celebrating Soul Workers

The 1980s saw the start of significant developments in family finding for black children in public care in England. Following the publication of John Simmonds’ discussion paper on the importance of identity, it seemed timely to catch up with some of the pioneering social workers who identified and championed new approaches, revisit the work they did and consider what we can learn for work today. This article, written by Savita de Sousa, is based on interviews with black social workers involved in these developments over the years.

Mic

CoramBAAF and CCLC stands with The Children’s Society and ECPAT UK to urge the Home Office to do more to help trafficked children

CoramBAAF and CCLC have co-signed a letter to Sajid Javid calling on him to introduce independent legal guardians to support all separated and trafficked children and not just those suspected as victims of modern slavery. It follows the publication of the third interim report on child trafficking advocates, as part of the review of the Modern Slavery Act 2015.