Putting the Care Pledge into Practice
- Leaving Care | Residential Children's Care | Foster Care | Adoption | Social Care
To mark the third anniversary of the Care Experienced...
Adoption
What are the key issues and challenges in adoption placement and support? See our archive of features, case studies and research.
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Legal Update: Post-commencement adoptions
- Children's rights | Social Care | Fostering and adoption | Adoption
Alexandra Conroy Harris, legal consultant at CoramBAAF, sets...
Legal Update: Social media and adoption
- Children's rights | Social Care | Fostering and adoption | Legal | Adoption | Foster Care
Alexandra Conroy Harris, legal consultant at CoramBAAF, on...
The reports and investigations set to shape direction of Care Review
- Social Care | Residential Children's Care | Leaving Care | Foster Care | Adoption | Guide To...
Experts highlight the review of residential care, social...
Trauma-informed Practice: Special Report
- Health | Mental health | Children's Services | Social Care | Mental Health | Residential Children's Care | Foster Care | Attachment & Neglect | Child Sexual Abuse & Exploitation | Preventing Care Proceedings | Youth Offending | Leaving Care | Adoption | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities
Adverse childhood experiences can have far-reaching negative...
Four decades of adoption & fostering
- Social Care | Fostering and adoption | Foster Care | Adoption
Adoption and fostering charity CoramBAAF celebrated its 40th...
Sibling relationships in the care system
- Social Care | Fostering and adoption | Residential and specialist care | Children's Services | Children's rights | Families/Parenting | Legal | Residential Children's Care | Foster Care | Adoption
Children’s services and courts face serious challenges when...
Therapeutic Care: Special Report
- Health | Mental health | Children's Services | Families/Parenting | Social Care | Residential and specialist care | Fostering and adoption | Mental Health | Residential Children's Care | Foster Care | Adoption
With rises in children coming into care and reporting mental...
Commissioning: Social care placements
- Commissioning | Social Care | Residential Children's Care | Adoption | Foster Care
It is time for councils to create a level playing field...
Post-adoption contact arrangements
- Children's rights | Legal | Adoption
In light of a recent Court of Appeal judgment, Kamena...
Adoption register suspension - will it make matching harder?
- Fostering and adoption | Adoption
A system for matching hard-to-place children with adopters...
Regional adoption agencies: initial successes, emerging challenges
- Social Care | Adoption
Evaluation of regional adoption agencies highlights mixed...
Special Report: Commissioning Care
- Social Care | Foster Care | Residential Children's Care | Leaving Care | Adoption
Commissioners play a pivotal role in ensuring vulnerable...
Legal Update: Case highlights foreign adoption complexities
- Children's rights | Fostering and adoption | Legal | Adoption
A Supreme Court judgment has highlighted the complexities of...
Review triggers debate over the role of contact in adoption cases
- Fostering and adoption | Adoption
Review finds poor contact with birth families can cause...
Post-adoption support boost
- Fostering and adoption | Adoption
Freedom of Information data reveals extent of council "match...
Investigation reveals increase in adoption placement breakdowns
- Fostering and adoption | Adoption
FoI data shows a rise in adoptions breaking down over the...
Legal Update: Adoption of children from other countries
- Legal | Adoption
British citizens have three main types of intercountry...
Absolute adopter
- Fostering and adoption | Adoption
Neil Puffett talks to Sue Armstrong-Brown, chief executive...
Adoption agencies go regional
- Fostering and adoption | Adoption
The first regional adoption agencies are set to launch, but...
Legal Update Court Report: Adoption orders
- Legal | Adoption
R (On the Application of EL) v Essex County Council [2017]...
Your guide to the Children and Social Work Act
- Education | Sexual health | Social Care | Fostering and adoption | Leaving care | Safeguarding and child protection | PSHE Education | Foster Care | Leaving Care | Adoption | Preventing Care Proceedings | Child Sexual Abuse & Exploitation
What the act means for everyday practice across the...
Legal Update: Fall in adoption placement orders
- Fostering and adoption | Legal | Adoption
A decline in the number of adoption placement orders has...
Understanding impact of abuse and reviewing care placement options
- Social Care | Fostering and adoption | Safeguarding and child protection | Foster Care | Residential Children's Care | Adoption | Child Sexual Abuse & Exploitation
Review assesses the evidence on the impact of abuse on...
Legal Update: Special guardianship orders
- Children's rights | Families/Parenting | Social Care | Family courts and Cafcass | Fostering and adoption | Safeguarding and child protection | Legal | Adoption
Serious case review highlights need for rigorous assessments...
Ofsted aims for more accurate measure of social care services
- Ofsted | Social Care | Residential Children's Care | Adoption
The way local authority children's services are inspected is...
Meet the matchmaker: a day with adoption social worker Hannah Barrs
- Children's Services | Social Care | Fostering and adoption | Adoption
Finding the right match for children who need a new...
Adoption matchmaker: Andy Leary-May, Link Maker Systems chief executive
- Social Care | Fostering and adoption | Interview | Adoption
Derren Hayes meets Andy Leary-May, co-founder and chief...
Good Practice
Proven strategies benefit adoptive parents
- Adoption | Children's Services | Families/Parenting
Social workers deliver adoption-specific parenting skills...
Agency helps children develop more secure attachments
- Health | Mental health | Social Care | Fostering and adoption | Mental Health | Adoption
“Outstanding”-rated adoption agency Family Futures provides...
Positive support for adopters
- Fostering and adoption | Adoption
Project helps adoptive parents and children form loving,...
Behind the Inspection Ratings: Adoption
- Ofsted | Fostering and adoption | Inspections | Adoption
As the number of children being placed for adoption...
Behind the Inspection Ratings: Adoption services
- Ofsted | Fostering and adoption | Adoption
The standard of adoption services across local authorities...
How councils unite to sign up adoptive parents
- Children's Services | Social Care | Fostering and adoption | Adoption
Four local authorities in the North West pool their...
Research
The Discharge of Care Orders: A Study of England and Wales
- Social Care | Family courts and Cafcass | Foster Care | Residential Children's Care | Adoption
This study by researchers from the University of Bristol set...
Preliminary Evaluation of the Virtual Reality Pilot Programme: The Cornerstone Partnership
- Social Care | Safeguarding and child protection | Fostering and adoption | Child Sexual Abuse & Exploitation | Foster Care | Adoption
This study provides summary findings from a preliminary...
ICT-Supported Social Work Interventions with Youth: A Critical Review
- Social Care | Safeguarding and child protection | Children's Services | Health | Mental health | Mental Health | Residential Children's Care | Foster Care | Adoption
This study conducted a systematic review of information and...
Evaluation of the University of Kent’s Consortium Project to Explore How Technology Can Support Young People in Care
- Social Care | Fostering and adoption | Kinship care | Leaving care | Residential and specialist care | Adoption | Foster Care
This project, led by the University of Kent, brought...
The Educational Aspirations and Psychological Wellbeing of Adopted Young People
- Education | Fostering and adoption | Adoption
Local authorities in England and Wales have a legal duty to...
The Support Needs and Experiences of Newly Formed Adoptive Families: Findings From the Wales Adoption Study
- Fostering and adoption | Adoption
This research paper focuses on the support needs of newly...
The Influence of Adoption on Sibling Relationships
- Fostering and adoption | Adoption
Researchers from Cardiff University wanted to explore how...
Identifying Inequalities in Child Welfare Intervention Rates
- Fostering and adoption | Safeguarding and child protection | Foster Care | Adoption
Academics from the universities of Coventry, Sheffield,...
Adding Evidence to the Ethics Debate: Investigating Parents' Experiences of Their Participation in Research
- Participation | Foster Care | Adoption
This paper explores the views of parents and carers involved...
Permanence for disabled children and young people through foster care and adoption: A selective review of international literature
- Special Educational Needs | Disabled children and young people | Families/Parenting | Family courts and Cafcass | Fostering and adoption | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities | Adoption
Review discusses concerns and policy directions regarding...
Beyond the Adoption Order: Challenges, Interventions and Adoption Disruption
- Ofsted | Social Care | Fostering and adoption | Adoption
Researchers examine the rate of adoption disruption and the ...
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