The Step Up Step Down programme supports families on the edge of care, with the aim being to reduce the number of children coming into care and to support the bonds and capacities of families. Read More
Medical Advisers for Adoption and Fostering
Offered by CORAM BAAF, we will use the day for updates on recent changes to national guidance or legislation and any changes to CoramBAAF advice. Read More
Life Story Events
Offered by CORAM BAAF, this open course will enable participants to explore best practice in the facilitation of ongoing life story work which will enable children’s and young people’s understanding of their past, acceptance of their present and hopefulness about the future. Read More
The Role of Panel Members
Offered by CORAM BAAF, this course gives panel members the opportunity to deepen their understanding around this underestimated skill. Read More
Undertaking a Fostering Assessment
Offered by CORAM BAAF, this two-day open course will provide practitioners and particularly those who may be new to undertaking, quality assuring or considering fostering assessments with an opportunity to develop knowledge, skills and practice in completing fostering assessments. Read More
Managing Allegations
Offered by CORAM BAAF, this course will provide an opportunity to consider how we can manage allegations and concerns, with the rigour and challenge needed, whilst also considering the need for foster carers to receive sensitive support, that enables them to manage risks and keep everyone in the fostering household safe. Read More
Supporting Special Guardianship Families
Offered by CORAM BAAF, This course will explore the support needs of special guardianship families, how to carry out assessment of support needs which are sensitive to the needs of kinship care families, and the how these needs may be most effectively met. Read More
Kinship Care
Offered by CORAM BAAF, this two hour training is for professionals within member local authorities, both social workers and lawyers, who are involved in the placement of children currently living in England to kinship carers overseas on a Special Guardianship Order. Read More
Effective Supervision
Offered by CORAM BAAF, this course is designed to support those who have previously attended “The role of the supervising social worker in supervising and supporting foster carers” and now looking to develop their practice further. Read More
Introduction to Neurodiversity
Offered by CORAM BAAF, this course is for professionals working in adoption, fostering and kinship care professionals and those working in education and health settings, who would like an introduction to neurodiversity, and would like to develop their skills in working with neurodiversity in children and young people. Read More
