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Access to information and Intermediary Services under the Adoption and Children Act 2002
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19/11/08 | Bristol | Getting to grips with the DCSF’s recently published Practice Guidance on Access to Information and Intermediary Services under the Adoption and Children Act 2002
One day workshop
This workshop is centred around the following theme:
In June 2008, the DCSF published a Practice Guidance on Adoption: Access to Information and Intermediary Services for pre and post commencement adoption and also Cross Border and Intercountry issues. The Practice Guidance provides a practical framework for adoption agencies and adoption practitioners to develop good quality services under the Adoption and Children Act 2002, for adopted people, birth relatives and adoptive parents.
For full details on the workshop itinerary view the flier in Word or PDF.
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Achieving permanence in foster care
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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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Adoption assessment: revised BAAF Form F
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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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Adoption Panel Induction
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08/01/09 | London | Adoption Panel Induction
One day workshop
The aims of this workshop are:
- To give new and recently appointed adoption panel members an opportunity to:
- consider the legislation which under pins their work
- consider their tasks and responsibilities
- acknowledge and value the skills and abilities they bring to panel
- develop their role as effective panel members
For full details on the workshop itinerary view the flier in Word or PDF.
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08/05/09 | London | Adoption Panel Induction
One day workshop
The aims of this workshop are:
- To give new and recently appointed adoption panel members an opportunity to:
- consider the legislation which under pins their work
- consider their tasks and responsibilities
- acknowledge and value the skills and abilities they bring to panel
- develop their role as effective panel members
For full details on the workshop itinerary view the flier in Word or PDF.
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Allegations Against Foster Carers
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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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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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All Wales Child Protection Procedures (2008) – implications for carers and their support workers
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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 |
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 |
Are We Going Backwards or Forwards? Planning for Permanence 3 Years On
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05/12/08 | Leeds | Are We Going Backwards or Forwards? Planning for Permanence 3 Years On
Conference
With the implementation of the Adoption and Children Act 2002, regulations and statutory guidance, other legal developments since 2005, and the practice implications for children needing permanence in new families or kinship care.
More details and booking form here Word or PDF.
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Assessing Adopters
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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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Assessing Adoption Support Needs and Preparing the Adoption Support Plan (ASP)
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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.
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Assessing Foster Carers and Adopters
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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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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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Assessing and supporting gay and lesbian carers and adopter
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04/11/08 | Edinburgh | Assessing Gay & Lesbian Carers
One day workshop
This workshop is within the context of a national shortage of adoptive and foster placements, agencies needed 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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Assessment skills for social workers new to family
placement teams
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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 full details on the workshop itinerary view the flier in Word or PDF.
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Attachment and Managing Difficult Behaviour
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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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Birth children in foster and adoptive families:
involvement in assessment
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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 full details on the workshop itinerary view the flier in Word or PDF.
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BME Workshop: Valuing Diversity - what does that mean for me?
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30/01/09 | Glasgow | BME Workshop: Valuing Diversity - what does that mean for me?
One day workshop
This workshop is relevant for all social work practitioners working within family placement teams and children and families teams. Foster carers and adopters who are caring for a child with a different ethnicity are also very welcome.
For full details on the workshop itinerary view the flier in Word or PDF.
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Building identity
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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 full details on the workshop itinerary view the flier in Word or PDF.
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Child Protection Workshop
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12/11/08 to
13/11/08 | Edinburgh | Child Protection Workshop
Two day workshop
This two day workshop, however, is designed specifically for family placement staff who need to be aware of current developments, in particular the findings from enquiries into child deaths and serious case reviews and the implications of these for their day-to-day work.
For full details on the workshop itinerary view the flier in Word or PDF.
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Communicating with Children and Life Story Work
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19/11/08 to
20/11/08 | Birmingham | 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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02-03/12/08 | 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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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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Contact
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13/10/08
CANCELLED | 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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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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Disruption
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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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Disruption and permanent placements
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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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12/01/09 | 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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Fostering assessment: revised BAAF Form F
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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 full details on the workshop itinerary view the flier in Word or PDF.
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Independent Reviewing Officers and the Effective Chairing of Meetings
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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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Intercountry permanent placements
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16/01/09 | London | Intercountry permanent placements:
children looked after in England being placed overseas
One day workshop
Theme
An increasing number of looked after children in England needing permanent placements have
relatives living out of the UK. This workshop will
explore how these placements can be arranged
and the legal and practice issues involved.
It will also examine how some children from
England might be placed with approved ‘stranger’ adopters living overseas.
For full details on the workshop itinerary view the flier in Word or PDF.
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Kinship Care
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27/11/08 | London | 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. There will also be an opportunity to look at common issues raised in family and friends placements
For full details on the workshop itinerary view the flier in Word or PDF.
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Learn the child
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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 full details on the workshop itinerary view the flier in Word or PDF.
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Legal Advisors to Adoption & Permanence Panels
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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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Life Story Work
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20 to 21/10/08
FULLY BOOKED | 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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22–23/01/09 | London | Life Story Work
Two day workshop
These 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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08–09/06/09 | London | Life Story Work
Two day workshop
These 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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23–24/11/09 | London | Life Story Work
Two day workshop
These 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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Making good adoption and fostering assessments
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18 to 19/11/08
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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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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Meeting the child’s needs by working with birth parents
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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 |
Minute takers
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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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Mixed Heritage Voices – towards a deeper
understanding of ‘mixedness
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02/12/08 | London | Mixed Heritage Voices – towards a deeper
understanding of ‘mixedness
One day workshop
The themes this workshop will address are:
- ‘Mixed’ Families: assumptions and new approaches
- Thai-British Families
- Young People: identity, difference and belonging
- Adoption and Fostering Issues
- Educational Needs
For full details on the workshop itinerary view the flier in Word or PDF.
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Neglect – Implications for permanent placements
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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 |
10/12/08 -
11/12/08 | Glasgow | Neglect
Two day workshop
This workshop will seek to clarify what is neglect; its association with emotional and psychological abuse; and the consequences for the child. Assessment and decision making in neglect cases is fraught with difficulties as so often the neediness of the parents arising from mental ill health, learning difficulties and social and emotional problems distract from the impact of neglect on the child.
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Neglect: responding effectively to safeguard children and young people
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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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Neglect – when is enough, enough?
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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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Panel Administrators
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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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Panel Administrators: Their Role on Adoption and Fostering Panels
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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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Panel Chairs - Their Role in Adoption and Fostering Agencies
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09/01/09 | London | The panel administrator: their role in adoption & fostering panels
One day workshop
Effective adoption and fostering panels are crucial to delivering a good adoption and fostering service and 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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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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30/03/09 | London | The panel administrator: their role in adoption & fostering panels
One day workshop
Effective adoption and fostering panels are crucial to delivering a good adoption and fostering service and 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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28/09/09 | London | The panel administrator: their role in adoption & fostering panels
One day workshop
Effective adoption and fostering panels are crucial to delivering a good adoption and fostering service and 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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Permanency in foster care
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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 |
Placing children with gay and lesbian carers and adopters
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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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Post–adoption contact – The way Forward
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04/12/08
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London |
Post–adoption contact – The way forward
Conference
Contact in some form between adoptive families and birth families after the granting of an adoption order has become the norm rather than the exception.
This conference will look at recent research on post–adoption contact between
adoptees/adoptive families and birth families, as well as the broader issue of openness within adoptive families.
More details and booking form here
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Professional Advisers to Adoption Panel
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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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The right decision at the
right time – Making good decisions for children in care
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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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Safer caring
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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 full details on the workshop itinerary view the flier in Word or PDF.
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Scottish Health Group Conference & AGM
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25/02/09 | Dundee | Scottish Health Group Conference & AGM
Seminar
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Securing childrens futures
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March 2009 | Aberdeen | 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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Self Harm
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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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Siblings - Together or Apart?
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20/10/08
FULLY BOOKED | 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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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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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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Special guardianship
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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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Supervision of Foster Carers
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11/02/09 | 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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12/05/09 | 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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25/09/09 | 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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Transitions and endings
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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 full details on the workshop itinerary view the flier in Word or PDF.
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Trauma and recovery
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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 full details on the workshop itinerary view the flier in Word or PDF.
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Understanding the needs of children affected by trauma
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04/11/08 FULLY BOOKED | 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 |
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