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.
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11/09/08

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.
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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.
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18/11/08

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.
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