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Head, Heart, Hands - Aberlour Fostering

Tuesday, March 14, 2017

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Head, Heart, Hands was a UK-wide, three-year programme that aimed to improve foster care by enabling seven fostering organisations to explore a social pedagogy approach.

Agency helps children develop more secure attachments

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Tuesday, February 25, 2020

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“Outstanding”-rated adoption agency Family Futures provides therapeutic support for adoptive parents and children.

Behind the Inspection Ratings: Adoption services

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Tuesday, October 25, 2016

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The standard of adoption services across local authorities and the voluntary sector has steadily improved in recent years, bucking the overall trend in Ofsted inspections, social care report shows.

Good Practice: How Harrow's partnership with Coram is boosting its adoption success rate

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Monday, October 31, 2011

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Harrow Council's Adoption Service now has a 100 per cent success rate in finding adoptive parents for children with adoption plans

Ask the Experts: Worries about new employer

Best Practice

Tuesday, August 29, 2017

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Our expert panel offers advice on sharing expertise, an unhappy foster child, privacy for a gay colleague and illness at nursery.

Good Practice: How museums in Norfolk are reaching out to looked-after children

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Monday, August 8, 2011

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A museum programme is helping vulnerable young people gain confidence, self-knowledge social skills

Parents on the Ball

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Tuesday, April 12, 2016

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Programme revolving around local football clubs to boost parenting skills.

Trauma-informed commissioning delivers savings

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Tuesday, May 30, 2023

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Struggling council transforms how it commissions placements for children in care with the focus on reducing trauma and addressing complex needs.

How artists help children to explore their life stories

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Tuesday, September 26, 2023

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Creative Life Story Work sees care-experienced children work with artists to process their experiences in ways that improve their wellbeing and relationships.

No Wrong Door

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Thursday, June 29, 2017

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North Yorkshire Council creates children's home "hubs", offering specialist professionals, outreach work, foster care and supported accommodation.

Positive support for adopters

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Tuesday, August 29, 2017

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Project helps adoptive parents and children form loving, secure attachments and promote resilience.

Keep Fostering - National Implementation Service

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Tuesday, March 14, 2017

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Keep is a training programme that has been delivered to more than 2,000 foster carers, kinship carers and special guardians in England since 2009.

Guide helps foster better awareness of pet benefits

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Tuesday, February 17, 2015

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Following uncertainty by children's services into whether looked-after children should be cared for in homes where pets are kept, a fostering expert has put together a guide to help councils develop more animal-friendly policies.

AdCAMHS, East Sussex

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Tuesday, April 12, 2016

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Therapeutic programme that supports adopted children and their adoptive families who are struggling emotionally.

How group work boosts skills of foster carers

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Tuesday, October 1, 2013

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Foster carers are trained in how to look after vulnerable children.

How councils unite to sign up adoptive parents

Best Practice

Tuesday, January 7, 2014

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Four local authorities in the North West pool their resources in effort to find new adoptive families.

Foster care for adolescents with complex needs in Sweden

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Tuesday, March 30, 2021

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Laurelle Brown visited Sweden in 2018 to assess how child protection services cater for the needs of older children coming into care and what the UK could learn in terms of support for foster carers.

Match Foster Care

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Tuesday, March 14, 2017

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Aims to improve fostered children's placement stability and bring their outcomes into line with non-looked-after peers.

Prospective adopters use technology to see the reality of childhood trauma

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Tuesday, March 31, 2020

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Virtual reality technology used to improve understanding of child trauma.

Liverpool on journey to sustainable children’s home sector

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Wednesday, December 1, 2021

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Liverpool, like many areas, has seen rising demand for, and costs of, children’s residential care placements.

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Head, Heart, Hands - Aberlour Fostering

Agency helps children develop more secure attachments

Behind the Inspection Ratings: Adoption services

Good Practice: How Harrow's partnership with Coram is boosting its adoption success rate

Ask the Experts: Worries about new employer

Good Practice: How museums in Norfolk are reaching out to looked-after children

Parents on the Ball

Trauma-informed commissioning delivers savings

How artists help children to explore their life stories

No Wrong Door

Positive support for adopters

Keep Fostering - National Implementation Service

Guide helps foster better awareness of pet benefits

AdCAMHS, East Sussex

How group work boosts skills of foster carers

How councils unite to sign up adoptive parents

Foster care for adolescents with complex needs in Sweden

Match Foster Care

Prospective adopters use technology to see the reality of childhood trauma

Liverpool on journey to sustainable children’s home sector

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