This open course aims to give new and recently appointed fostering and adoption panel members an opportunity to develop their role as effective panel members and to consider the tasks and responsibilities involved… Read More

Sarah Johal, National Adoption Strategic Lead, will be speaking on the delivery of the National Adoption Strategy published by the Department of Education in the summer… Read More

The WISERD Annual Conference 2022 call for papers deadline has been extended to Friday 11th February… Read More

Join us to experience work from local young people, care-experienced professional artists, and a few special surprises… Read More

Please join us for the first online meeting of the academic year to hear about two projects with care-experienced young people and to contribute your ideas for the 2021-2022 programme… Read More

The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child mandates that children have the right to share what they think and feel and to be listened to and taken seriously… Read More

This event will be a unique opportunity to reflect on the achievements of the Children Act over the past 30 years. The Children Act 1989 has been heralded the world over, described as… Read More

Motivational Interviewing is a refined guidance communication style originating in the counselling field. It aims to guide clients in the process of changing many types of unhealthy behaviours including drugs and alcohol use… Read More

The training will explore young people, self-harm and suicide. It will outline young people’s mental health, the issues that young people experience and the reasons why young people self-harm, the difference between self-harm and suicide and ways to support young people who do so… Read More

The training will explore LGBT issues and young people. The process of coming out, issues for young people such as bullying, gender identity and sexuality. How to support young people whether gay, lesbian, bi-sexual, transgender or questioning young people… Read More