Kinship care and Special Guardianship: what it is and what it means

This short, colourful booklet is part of our series of guides for children & young people, which aim to explain concepts in adoption & fostering that they may find difficult.

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Legal Briefing: Sussex Family Justice Board - Quality Circle

7 May | 9am-10.30am | OPEN TO ALL

Quality Circle facilitate collaboration among social workers, lawyers, the judiciary, health professionals, & others improve the local family justice system.

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Exploring Expertise: Children and Families Across Borders

14 May | 11.30am - 1pm | FREE FOR MEMBERS

We will consider the challenges of managing child protection cases with an international element, collaborating with foreign authorities, & more.

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The meerkats Mia & Kit do not like their new home, not one bit! They don’t like their new routine, bedroom, or food – & most of all, they do not like their new carer, Becky.

But when the meerkats stay with Becky, they discover that a new home can be OK!

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A National Voice, the National Children in Care Council, has launched a new campaign to make sure all care leavers in England receive the full support they are entitled to.

Find out more about how you can get involved in The Grand Campaign.

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📢 New research analyses the rates and patterns of early permanence in London finding that it has some of the lowest rates of children placed for adoption.

Find out more ➡️ socialworktoday.co.uk/News/early-per… Coram CoramBAAF Coram-i Dr Carol Homden

Great CoramBAAF session coming up on 7th May 2024 at 9.00am - 10.30am on Zoom about the work of Family Justice Quality Circle - want to know more? set one up in your area? Look now further

🗓️ MAY 7 - ONLINE

The family justice system is made up of professionals from different backgrounds and coming together to discuss issues, share ideas and learn is vital

In this webinar hear from those involved in the Sussex Quality Circle

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Ellie Simmonds, born with achondroplasia, feels driven for change after Bafta nod. The ex-Strictly star also featured in 'Ellie Simmonds: Finding My Secret Family' where she traced her birth mother.

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Max Stanford, Coram's head of Impact and Evaluation, writes on new Coram research identifying the barriers and drivers of early permanence adoption placements in London. Children & Young People Now
#BetterChancesforChildren
#WeAreCoram #EarlyPermanence
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Every month we release a free chapter from one of our bestselling publications. For April, we are sharing the introduction and Chapter 3 from 'Group work with adopted children and young people’.

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

9 May | 10am – 4pm | Zoom

This course will include a review of the role and responsibilities, in relation to foster carers, and promote the development of best practice.

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🔍 Calling all kinship carers! Heather Mithen is conducting research on your experiences. Interested in sharing?

📝 Interview/focus group discussing your journey as a #kinship carer.
🕰️ About an hour.
💰 Receive a £15 voucher.

Contact [email protected] or 07456292095.

💜 This Care Experienced History Month ( #CEHM ), we want to see our two campaigns, #GoneTooFar & #EndTheCareCliff , made history.

➡️ Read more: becomecharity.org.uk/become-the-mov…

💚Qwell/Kooth, free digital mental health support and online counselling, access it here: qwell.io Kooth

💚Support for LGBT+ parents Proud 2 b Parents proud2bparents.co.uk Proud2bParents

94% of local authorities are members, is yours?

Take advantage of your organisation's membership by creating a personal website account. This will give you access to a range of membership benefits, including recordings, access to our journal, and more.

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Agency decision maker group

This new group is a dedicated informal space for Agency Decision Makers to discuss, share and reflect on cases, practice and procedures with peers.

Next meeting: 16 May 8.30am - 9.30am

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🎧NEW EPISODE🎧

Episode 8: Grandparent Special Guardians’ lived experiences of the role and family dynamics

Dr Dennis Golm is joined by author Stacey O'Sullivan, & CoramBAAF Kinship Consutant Ann Horne, to talk about Stacey's research.

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Get our Good Practice Guide, 'Beyond together or apart - Planning for, assessing and placing sibling groups' for £14 throughout April.

Add the book to your basket and checkout, the discount will be visible at the checkout page.

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Watch our latest recording!

This webinar was designed for local authorities that may be new to the Outbound service and want to find out what we offer and hear some initial guidance on how to approach overseas placements.

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