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September 2008
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September 2008 FULLY BOOKED
Next course 2009 | Edinburgh | Securing Children's Futures:
Good Practice in Permanence Planning and Family Placement
Part-time course
This new course is aimed at social workers and managers in children and families teams and other specialist settings, and family placement workers from across the statutory, voluntary and independent sector.
View further details on this course.
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01/09/08
FULLY BOOKED | London | The panel administrator:
their role in adoption & fostering panels
One day workshop
The Theme focuses on effective adoption and fostering panels which are crucial to delivering a good adoption and fostering service. They also play an important part in services for looked after children.
For full details on the workshop itinerary view the flier in Word or PDF.
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03/09/08 | Leeds | Induction for New Panel Members
Fostering: morning, Adoption: afternoon
One day workshop
This workshop will give an overview of panels’ legal and regulatory framework, outline relevant research, address dilemmas and difficult issues in panel work, and share good practice in working with other panel members and applicants. It will also help your agency fulfill its training requirements for OFSTED inspection.
For full details and booking form open the Word file or PDF file
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04–05/09/08
FULLY BOOKED | Manchester | Assessing Foster Carers
Two day workshop
This workshop will explore different models of assessment, the nature of the assessment relationship we create, and the process. It will also help participants and their agencies meet the national minimum standards.
For full details on the workshop itinerary view the flier in Word or PDF.
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04/09/08 | Edinburgh | Assessing Gay & Lesbian Carers
One day workshop
With a national shortage of adoptive and foster placements, agencies need to ensure that they do not deter lesbian and gay applicants from offering themselves as potential carers. Proposed new legislation in Scotland, likely to be enacted in 2009, will allow fostering and joint adoption by unmarried couples, including same-sex couples.
For full details on the workshop itinerary view the flier in Word or PDF.
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08/09/08 | Newcastle | Allegations Against Foster Carers
One day workshop
This workshop will address such questions as; What is the difference between a complaint, a concern and an allegation? It will be of interest to fostering social workers and managers, and members of fostering panels.
For full details and booking form open the Word file or PDF file
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08/09/08 | Liverpool | Fostering: Recipes for Success
Conference
This is advance notice of a forthcoming conference which will celebrate the accumulated knowledge, talent and commitment of foster carers and their agencies. It will give you the opportunity to hear about exciting work that enhances foster carers’ skills, so they can help children heal, enjoy and achieve in life.
For full details and booking form open the Word file or PDF file
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09/09/08 |
Rhyl |
Kinship Care
One day workshop
Participants will be able to consider the current practice, research and identify current dilemmas in the assessment, supervision and support of family and friend carers. It will also consider the implications arising from departmental policy and procedures.
For full details and booking form open the Word or PDF |
10/09/08 | Birmingham | Practical Attachment Course
One day workshop
A workshop with the option of attending a further 3 study days which is designed to support family placement workers, link workers and children’s social workers who support children with complex needs and their carers.
For full details on the workshop itinerary view the flier in Word or PDF.
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10/09/08 | Belfast | Fostering changes: how to improve relationships and
manage difficult behaviour
One day workshop
Caring for looked after children can be an immensely stressful and
complex task. This workshop is a “taster day” for family placement
workers considering running this comprehensive training programme for
foster carers. Participants will explore the content of the course and
consider how they might offer this training to foster carers in their
Agency, in addition to sampling some of the content.
For more information contact the Northern Ireland office on 028 9031 5494, fax 028 9031 4516 or email northern.ireland@baaf.org.uk
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11/09/08
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London |
Whose information is it anyway?
Conference
This conference will bring together many perspectives of the complexities and challenging issues presented when sharing information from childcare records.
It will seek to address the ethical, legal and practical issues surrounding the disclosure of information to post care adults within the constraints of the Data Protection Act 1998 and explore how these can be managed to ensure that post care adults can obtain the information they need about their family background and time in care.
More details and booking form here
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11 to 12/09/08
FULLY BOOKED | London | Making good fostering assessments
Two day workshop
This two-day workshops will provide an opportunity for workers to update their knowledge and skills and to share ideas and good practice with colleagues.
For full details on the workshop itinerary view the flier in Word or PDF.
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12/09/08 | Birmingham | Panel Administrators – Their role in Adoption & Fostering Panels
One day workshop
This workshop will cover the entire panel process and give an overview of the legal and regulatory framework surrounding panel work.
For full details on the workshop itinerary view the flier in Word or PDF.
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15/09/08 | Bristol | Kinship Care
One day workshop
This training day will explore
the role of family and friends who provide care for children.
Participants will examine models of assessments,
supervision of relative and friend foster carers, and panel procedures.
For full details on the workshop itinerary view the flier in Word or PDF.
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16/09/08 | Rhyl | Best Practice in Assessment – the new PAR (Prospective Adopter Report)
One day workshop
To consider:
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18/09/08 | Cookstown | Fostering changes: how to improve relationships and
manage difficult behaviour
One day workshop
Caring for looked after children can be an immensely stressful and
complex task. This workshop is a “taster day” for family placement
workers considering running this comprehensive training programme for
foster carers. Participants will explore the content of the course and
consider how they might offer this training to foster carers in their
Agency, in addition to sampling some of the content.
For more information contact the Northern Ireland office on 028 9031 5494, fax 028 9031 4516 or email northern.ireland@baaf.org.uk
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18/09/08 | Cardiff | Best Practice in Assessment – the new PAR (Prospective Adopter Report)
One day workshop
To consider:
Best practice in using the new forms
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To consider the new format for compiling and presenting the assessment of prospective adopters ( replacing BAAF Form F -Adoption)
- Best practice in using the new forms
- strategies to enable recovery and to promote resilience
For full details and booking form open the Word or PDF |
23/09/08 |
Rhyl |
Children who Foster
One day workshop
This workshop will identify who the 'children who foster' are and to use research to give an understanding of the child/young person’s perspective of foster care. Participants will have an opportunity to share views on the impact foster care has on the family. They will also be able to discuss concerns about family boundaries and possible ambiguities.
For full details and booking form open the Word or PDF |
24/09/08 | Lisburn | Inter–country adoption assessment
One day workshop
This workshop will explore the legislation, regulations and guidance
underpinning inter–country adoption and the impact of professional
and personal values and assumptions. Participants will consider the
specific capacities needed to parent a child with an ethnic, linguistic
and cultural heritage different from one’s own and how to assess the
evidence that an applicantmeets the above requirements.
For more information contact the Northern Ireland office on 028 9031 5494, fax 028 9031 4516 or email northern.ireland@baaf.org.uk
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25/09/08
FULLY BOOKED | London | Placing children with gay and lesbian carers and adopters
One day workshop
For full details and booking form open the Word file or PDF file
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26/09/08 | London | Two Development Days for Medical Advisers and Specialist Nurses in Adoption & Fostering
Development day
Medical Advisers and increasing numbers of specialist nurses have a significant part to play in ensuring that health needs of children looked after by local authorities are fully assessed and met. These roles can be isolating.
View the flier for fuller details and booking form in Word or in pdf.
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29/09/08 | Leeds | Children relinquished for adoption – law and practice in making adoptive placements with consent (or agreement, if under six weeks)
Evening Seminar
It will look at law and practice in their placement for adoption and adoption – the role and duties of adoption panels, IROs, and CAFCASS officers, including a discussion of case law about adoption agency responsibilities towards birth fathers without parental responsibility and birth relatives.
For full details and booking form open the Word file or PDF file
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30/09/08 | Edinburgh | Minute Takers
One day workshop
This workshop will provide participants with information about the child care framework in Scotland; the specific requirements of fostering and adoption panels and different approaches and techniques when minute taking. An opportunity will be given to practice these techniques.
For full details and booking form open the Word or PDF
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28/01/09 | North West | Independent Reviewing Officers and
the Effective Chairing of Meetings
One day workshop
This workshop will provide IROs with the opportunity to review their role and responsibilities in relation to chairing meetings effectively and to share best practice with colleagues from other agencies.
For full details on the workshop itinerary view the flier in Word or PDF.
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October 2008
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01-03/10/08 | Birmingham | Training the trainers
Three day workshop
This three-day course is specifically designed for family placement specialists who are involved in the preparation and training of foster carers and adoptive parents both before and after approval. It is recognized by the inspection bodies as meeting the post-qualifying training requirement of the national minimum standards in adoption and fostering
For full details on the workshop itinerary view the flier in Word or PDF.
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02/10/08
FULLY BOOKED | London | Supervision of foster carers
One day workshop
This workshop will provide an opportunity for family placement workers to review their role and responsibilities in relation to foster carers, and consider the development of best practice with colleagues from other agencies.
For full details on the workshop itinerary view the flier in Word or PDF.
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06/10/08
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London |
Family health legacy
Conference
The tension between the value of genetic knowledge to the child and the ethics and responsibilities of acquiring and sharing such knowledge presents real dilemmas in practice. This conference addresses the application of genetic knowledge in the interests of the child and within the boundaries of good practice. It will address controversial areas of practice such as ethnicity testing, the genetics of mental health and the ethics of sharing third party information.
More details and booking form here
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06/10/08 | Cardiff | Neglect – Implications for Permanent Placements
One day workshop
This workshop aims to provide an overview of the research in relation to the impact on children of living in neglectful environments. It will also explore how such environments impact on children’s future relationships and the implications of this for assessing and supporting permanent carers.
For full details and booking form open the Word or PDF |
08/10/08 | Rhyl | Neglect – Implications for Permanent Placements
One day workshop
This workshop aims to provide an overview of the research in relation to the impact on children of living in neglectful environments. It will also explore how such environments impact on children’s future relationships and the implications of this for assessing and supporting permanent carers.
For full details and booking form open the Word or PDF |
10/10/08 | Belfast | Safer caring
One day workshop
Foster caring is not a safe profession. It involves risks. Safer caring
involves assessing and managing the complex risks that face children,
foster carers and their families. This workshop will explore this two
part training programme for foster carers: Caring for the carers and
Protective foster care.
For more information contact the Northern Ireland office on 028 9031 5494, fax 028 9031 4516 or email northern.ireland@baaf.org.uk
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13/10/08 | Leeds | Contact
One day workshop
Contact is often a hotly argued issue during care proceedings. As children settle into permanent placements, there can be very divergent views about the purpose, format and frequency of contact.
For full details on the workshop itinerary view the flier in Word or PDF.
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14/10/08
FULLY BOOKED | Leeds | Legal Advisors to Adoption & Permanence Panels
One day workshop
This workshop willl look at guidance on the duties of the legal advisors to adoption agencies and panels. There will also be an opportunity to address dilemmas and share good practice.
For full details on the workshop itinerary view the flier in Word or PDF
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14/10/08 |
Rhyl |
Permanency in Foster Care
One day workshop
This workshop will explore permanence in foster care and to identify areas of good practice. It will provide an opportunity to share practice dilemmas when seeking permanence in foster care. Also discuss how foster carers experience the challenges and rewards of offering permanent family life to children.
For full details and booking form open the Word or PDF |
15/10/08 | Bristol | Placing children with gay and lesbian carers and adopters
One day workshop
For full details on the workshop itinerary view the flier in Word or PDF.
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16/10/08 | Lisburn | Trauma and recovery
One day workshop
This workshop will explore the 3 part training programme for foster
carers: Trauma, resilience and healing. The course is designed to
enable foster carers and adoptive parents to help children adapt to
developmental impairments caused by trauma, build resilience and
provide an environment that will enhance recovery.
For more information contact the Northern Ireland office on 028 9031 5494, fax 028 9031 4516 or email northern.ireland@baaf.org.uk
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20 to 21/10/08 | London | Life Story Work
One day workshop
This two-day workshops will enable participants to explore how on-going life story work contributes to children’s and young people’s understanding of their past, present and future.
For full details on the workshop itinerary view the flier in Word or PDF.
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20/10/08 | Liverpool | Siblings – Together or Apart?
One day workshop
This workshop will look at decisions made about permanent placement of siblings and the lifelong consequences of this. It will also cover research, assessment and good practice.
For full details on the workshop itinerary view the flier in Word or PDF.
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21/10/08 | Cardiff | All Wales Child Protection Procedures (2008) – implications for carers and their support workers
One day workshop
This workshop will enable participants to increase their knowledge and understanding of key issues in safeguarding arising from findings and recommendations of enquiry reports. Also how to effectively develop and support foster and adoptive carers skills to prevent recurrence and promote recovery in children who are looked after or have been adopted. And to make use of knowledge and tools to promote safer recruitment, assessment and supervision of foster carers and prospective adopters.
For full details and booking form open the Word or PDF |
22/10/08 | Belfast | Learn the child
One day workshop
This workshop will explore the resource pack “Helping looked after
children to learn”. This training course explores how the long term
effects of trauma in childhood affect learning and how carers and
teachers can help looked after children derive full benefit from their
life at school.
This workshop will also be of value to teachers and education
welfare officers who wish to extend their knowledge and skills in
relation to Looked after Children.
For more information contact the Northern Ireland office on 028 9031 5494, fax 028 9031 4516 or email northern.ireland@baaf.org.uk
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23/10/08 | Bristol | Neglect – when is enough, enough?
One day workshop
This workshop will seek to clarify what is neglect; its association with emotional and psychological abuse; and the consequences for the child.
For full details on the workshop itinerary view the flier in Word or PDF.
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23/10/08 | Rhyl | All Wales Child Protection Procedures (2008) – implications for carers and their support workers
One day workshop
This workshop will enable participants to increase their knowledge and understanding of key issues in safeguarding arising from findings and recommendations of enquiry reports. Also how to effectively develop and support foster and adoptive carers skills to prevent recurrence and promote recovery in children who are looked after or have been adopted. And to make use of knowledge and tools to promote safer recruitment, assessment and supervision of foster carers and prospective adopters.
For full details and booking form open the Word or PDF |
28/10/08 | Lisburn | Transitions and endings
One day workshop
The workshop will explore this new training programme, identifying
ways to help foster carers and the children in their care to face the
change and loss of the child moving to other carers or to adopters in
a managed and constructive way, without this becoming a
destructive and damaging ending.
For more information contact the Northern Ireland office on 028 9031 5494, fax 028 9031 4516 or email northern.ireland@baaf.org.uk
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29/10/08
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London |
Achieving permanence in foster care
Conference
This conference will explore the very different pathways that children take when local authorities make a plan for permanence in foster care. It will also provide a framework for recruiting, approving and supporting foster carers when placements are planned
to be permanent.
More details and booking form here
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November 2008
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04/11/08 | Belfast | Building identity
One day workshop
The workshop will explore this new training resource, focusing on
issues of identity and stability for looked after children and ways of
helping these children make sense of their lives. Topics include
identity and child development; life story work; family ties and
contact.
For more information contact the Northern Ireland office on 028 9031 5494, fax 028 9031 4516 or email northern.ireland@baaf.org.uk
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04/11/08 | Cardiff | Understanding the needs of children affected by trauma
One day workshop
To consider:
- the impact of stress on child development
- implications for the child's behaviour
- strategies to enable recovery and to promote resilience
For full details and booking form open the Word or PDF. |
06/11/08 | Rhyl | Understanding the needs of children affected by trauma
One day workshop
To consider:
- the impact of stress on child development
- implications for the child's behaviour
- strategies to enable recovery and to promote resilience
For full details and booking form open the Word or PDF |
07/11/08 | Birmingham | Allegations Against Foster Carers
One day workshop
Allegations against foster carers produce tremendous anxiety for all concerned. Even when not substantiated, the experience can cause foster carers to resign. Investigations can be extremely complex and delicate, involving several different agencies
For full details on the workshop itinerary view the flier in Word or PDF.
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10-11/11/08 | Newcastle | Assessing Foster Carers
Two day workshop
This course will help participants and their agencies meet the national minimum standards.
For full details and booking form open the Word file or PDF file
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11/11/08 | Leeds | Disruption and permanent Placements
One day workshop
The disrupting of a permanent placement, be it adoption or fostering, is a devastating life event for children, which may have long-term consequences for their emotional welfare and life chances.
For full details on the workshop itinerary view the flier in Word or PDF.
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12/11/08 | Antrim | Birth children in foster and adoptive families:
involvement in assessment
One day workshop
The needs of existing children in families who foster or adopt are an
important consideration in the assessment process. The workshop will
explore the existing tools to aid the process as well as provide the
opportunity to practice child friendly techniques for engaging children
in order to establish their views and plan for their needs in the approval
of carers and the matching process.
For more information contact the Northern Ireland office on 028 9031 5494, fax 028 9031 4516 or email northern.ireland@baaf.org.uk
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13/11/08
FULLY BOOKED | London | The panel administrator:
their role in adoption & fostering panels
One day workshop
The theme focuses on effective adoption and fostering panels which are crucial to delivering a good adoption and fostering service. They also play an important part in services for looked after children.
For full details on the workshop itinerary view the flier in Word or PDF.
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18/11/08
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London |
The right decision at the
right time – Making good decisions for children in care
Conference
Making decisions about children in care – where
practitioners have to hold in mind a multitude of
considerations, tasks and perspectives – can be difficult
and challenging. And this work often takes place in an
environment where the risks of making the wrong
decisions can be very significant for the child and their
family.
This conference provides an important opportunity for
participants to learn about these issues from a range of
perspectives including the views of children in care, local
authorities and research on good decision–making and to
discuss the wider implications and relevance to current
practice dilemmas.
More details and booking form here
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19/11/08 | Birmingham | Communicating with Children and Life Story Work
One day workshop
This workshop will explore how direct work with children can help them understand and integrate their past, make sense of the present, and develop a clearer self-identity for the future.
For full details on the workshop itinerary view the flier in Word or PDF.
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20/11/08 | Cookstown | Fostering assessment: revised BAAF Form F
One day workshop
A revised version of BAAF Form F (Fostering) is currently being introduced
in England and Wales and will be introduced in Northern Ireland and
Scotland (with region specific guidance) in the summer of 2008. This
workshop will explore the changes to the assessment report and the
implications for gathering evidence and presenting information to panel
on prospective foster carers.
For more information contact the Northern Ireland office on 028 9031 5494, fax 028 9031 4516 or email northern.ireland@baaf.org.uk
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24/11/08 | Newcastle | Panel Administrators
One day workshop
This workshop will cover the entire panel process and give an overview of the legal and regulatory framework surrounding panel work.
For full details and booking form open the Word file or PDF file
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25/11/08 | Cardiff | Meeting the Child’s Needs by working with birth parents
One day workshop
Participants will consider the legal requirements and context for working with birth parents and to be clear about how our own values and feelings impact on work with birth parents. Also to promote understanding of the contribution which birth parents can make to the well-being children from whom they are separated.
For full details and booking form open the Word or PDF |
27/11/08 | Rhyl | Meeting the Child’s Needs by working with birth parents
One day workshop
Participants will consider the legal requirements and context for working with birth parents and to be clear about how our own values and feelings impact on work with birth parents. Also to promote understanding of the contribution which birth parents can make to the well-being children from whom they are separated.
For full details and booking form open the Word or PDF |
December 2008
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02-03/12/08 | North West | Communicating with Children and Life Story Work
Two day workshop
This workshop will explore how direct work with children can help them understand and integrate their past, make sense of the present and develop a clearer self-identity for the future.
For full details on the workshop itinerary view the flier in Word or PDF.
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02/12/08 | Belfast | Assessment skills for social workers new to family
placement teams
One day workshop
Sound and relevant assessment is the vital basis for successful family
placements of looked after children. This workshop will explore
different models of assessment. Participants will identify ways of
gathering evidence to demonstrate competence and consider how to
present evidence to panels.
For more information contact the Northern Ireland office on 028 9031 5494, fax 028 9031 4516 or email northern.ireland@baaf.org.uk
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03/12/08 | Leeds | Allegations Against Foster Carers
One day workshop
This workshop will address such questions as; What is the difference between a complaint, a concern and an allegation? It will be of interest to fostering social workers and managers, and members of fostering panels.
For full details and booking form open the Word file or PDF file
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04/12/08 | London | Special guardianship
One day workshop
Special guardianship is a relatively new option for permanence for children, both those who are looked after, and those who are not. It is important that agencies have clear policies and procedures for ensuring that the needs of both groups of children are met.
For full details and booking form open the Word file or PDF file
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08/12/08 | Cardiff | Assessing Adoption Support Needs and Preparing the Adoption Support Plan (ASP)
One day workshop
Participants will consider the current context of adoption support and the importance of comprehensive and informed assessment of need (ASP). They will also consider the role of assessment in meeting the life long needs of those affected by adoption.
For full details and booking form open the Word or PDF |
09/12/08 | Rhyl | Assessing Adoption Support Needs and Preparing the Adoption Support Plan (ASP)
One day workshop
Participants will consider the current context of adoption support and the importance of comprehensive and informed assessment of need (ASP). They will also consider the role of assessment in meeting the life long needs of those affected by adoption.
For more information contact the Rhyl office on 01745 336 336. |
11 to 12/12/08 | London | Making good adoption assessments
Two day workshop
This two-day workshop will provide an opportunity for workers to update their knowledge and skills and to share ideas and good practice with colleagues.
For full details on the workshop itinerary view the flier in Word or PDF.
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12/12/08 | Birmingham | Professional Advisers to Adoption Panels
One day workshop
This workshop will help panel advisors look at how they quality assure the work of panel, appraise performance and feedback issues.
For full details on the workshop itinerary view the flier in Word or PDF.
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January 2009
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12/01/09 | Newcastle | Disruption and permanent Placements
One day workshop
The disrupting of a permanent placement, be it adoption or fostering, is a devastating life event for children, which may have long-term consequences for their emotional welfare and life chances.
For full details on the workshop itinerary view the flier in Word or PDF.
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20/01/09 | Leeds | Siblings - Together or apart?
One day workshop
Decisions about permanent placement of siblings have lifelong consequences and can be as complex as the decision not to return a child home to their birth family. This workshop will cover research, assessment and good practice in this fascinating area.
For full details and booking form open the Word file or PDF file
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21–22/01/09 | Preston | Assessing Adopters
Two day workshop
This workshop will explore different models of assessment, the nature of the assessment relationship we create, and the process. It will also help participants and their agencies meet the national minimum standards.
For full details on the workshop itinerary view the flier in Word or PDF.
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22/01/09 | Lisburn | Adoption assessment: revised BAAF Form F
One day workshop
A revised version of BAAF Form F (Adoption) is currently being
introduced in England and Wales and will be introduced in Northern
Ireland and Scotland (with region specific guidance) in the summer of
2008. This workshop will explore the changes to the assessment report
and the implications for gathering evidence and presenting
information to panel on prospective adopters.
For more information contact the Northern Ireland office on 028 9031 5494, fax 028 9031 4516 or email northern.ireland@baaf.org.uk
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30/01/09 | Birmingham | Panel Chairs and Vice Chairs – Their Role in Adoption and Fostering Agencies
One day workshop
This workshop will refresh participants’ legal/regulatory knowledge and share good practice in working with applicants, decision makers and panel advisors.
For full details on the workshop itinerary view the flier in Word or PDF.
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February 2009
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02/02/09 | Blackburn | Contact
One day workshop
This workshop will consider the issues and dilemmas in planning and reviewing contact, give an overview of the research and weigh the perspectives of all parties involved.
For full details on the workshop itinerary view the flier in Word or PDF.
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03-04/02/09 | Newcastle | Communicating with Children and Life Story Work
Two day workshop
This workshop will explore how direct work with children can help them understand and integrate their past, make sense of the present and develop a clearer self-identity for the future.
For full details on the workshop itinerary view the flier in Word or PDF.
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23/02/09 | Manchester | Disruption
One day workshop
This workshop will cover the theory and research around disruption, the building in protectors against disruption when making placements, helping children when disruptions happen and using disruption meetings to learn lessons and aid healing.
For full details on the workshop itinerary view the flier in Word or PDF.
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26/02/09 | Birmingham | Assessing Foster Carers and Adopters
One day workshop
This workshop will explore different models of assessment, the nature of the assessment relationship we create, and the process.
For full details on the workshop itinerary view the flier in Word or PDF.
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March 2009
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02–03/03/09 | Manchester | Attachment and Managing Difficult Behaviour
Two day workshop
This workshop will look at some of the problematic bevahiours children with attachment difficulties may present with and possible strategies to manage these.
For full details on the workshop itinerary view the flier in Word or PDF.
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03/03/09 | Newcastle | Self Harm
One day workshop
This one day workshop will provide a review of current understanding of self-harm, with a focus on utilizing this knowledge in responding to incidents, developing strategies and addressing practice issues.
For full details on the workshop itinerary view the flier in Word or PDF.
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03/03/09 | Glasgow | Minute Takers
One day workshop
This workshop will provide participants with information about the child care framework in Scotland; the specific requirements of fostering and adoption panels and different approaches and techniques when minute taking. An opportunity will be given to practice these techniques.
For further details contact the Edinburgh office on 0131 220 4749.
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11/03/09 | North East | Neglect: responding effectively to safeguard children and young people
Seminar
Neglect presents huge challenges to services and professionals who have to make sense of it from the perspectives of the child, the parents, the legal system and the different professional contexts in which they work.
For full details on the seminar view the flier in Word or PDF.
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18–19/03/09 | Manchester | Assessing Foster Carers and Adopters
Two day workshop
This workshop will explore the different models of assessment, the nature of the assessment relationship we create, and the process. It will also help participants and their agencies to meet the national minimum standards.
For full details on the workshop itinerary view the flier in Word or PDF.
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27/03/09 | Birmingham | Siblings – Together or Apart?
One day workshop
This workshop will cover research, assessment and good practice in this fascinating area.
For full details on the workshop itinerary view the flier in Word or PDF.
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