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02-03/12/08
Fully booked | 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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03/12/08 | 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
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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