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Tuesday, March 14, 2017

| CYP Now

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.

A critical review of qualitative research into the experiences of young adults leaving foster care services

Tuesday, March 14, 2017

| CYP Now

This paper qualitatively analyses children and young people's narratives (drawn from nine studies) of their experiences of transitions from care to independent living.

Promoting private fostering

Wednesday, January 3, 2024

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Clare Seth, CoramBAAF kinship care consultant, on how to raise awareness of private fostering.

Future of foster care: innovation in recruitment and retention

Tuesday, May 26, 2015

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Three out of four children in care are fostered, but the recruitment and retention of foster carers remain key challenges. Charlotte Goddard examines some of the latest pioneering practice.

Four decades of adoption & fostering

Tuesday, January 5, 2021

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Adoption and fostering charity CoramBAAF celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2020. As another year gets under way key figures from the organisation reflect on past achievements and priorities for 2021.

Commissioning: Foster care relative costs

Thursday, January 2, 2020

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Children’s services commissioners need to take into account the relative costs of in-council foster placements, says Andrew Rome.

Peterborough contract collapse: key reasons and its implications

Analysis

Tuesday, January 28, 2020

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Seen as a blueprint for future charity and council partnerships to deliver children’s services, the £126m contract between Tact and Peterborough City Council has ended after just three years. Experts assess what can be learned.

Preliminary Evaluation of the Virtual Reality Pilot Programme: The Cornerstone Partnership

Tuesday, March 31, 2020

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This study provides summary findings from a preliminary evaluation of the Cornerstone Partnership’s Virtual Reality Programme (CVR), which aimed to improve outcomes for children in care and children who have experienced attachment-related trauma.

Commissioning Care – Research evidence: Sufficiency report

Tuesday, June 21, 2022

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This report provides analysis of all up-to-date local authority sufficiency strategies with a focus on identifying the main perceived challenges for councils to meet their sufficiency duty, what actions are being undertaken or planned to improve commissioning outcomes, and perceived negative consequences associated with using certain commissioning or market shaping approaches.

Charities push for Staying Put

Analysis

Tuesday, January 5, 2021

| CYP Now

Better funding and tackling bureaucracy are needed to help more over-18s stay with their foster carer.

Clash over prioritising adoption

Analysis

Tuesday, January 28, 2020

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Minister’s call for councils to prioritise adoption over other forms of care branded "perplexing" by experts.

Trauma-informed commissioning delivers savings

Tuesday, May 30, 2023

| CYP Now

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

Tuesday, September 26, 2023

| CYP Now

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

Legal Update: Cultural matching in foster care

Tuesday, September 26, 2017

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Reports of a child being placed with "inappropriate" foster carers spark fears that placement options for children could be more limited.

Legal Update: Financial support for foster carers

Tuesday, October 31, 2017

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A recent finding of the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman has provided a helpful reminder for councils of their duties towards friends and family foster carers.

Keep Fostering - National Implementation Service

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

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.

(In)Sufficient?: ethnicity and foster care in English local authorities

Tuesday, March 14, 2017

| CYP Now

This paper examines the issue of ethnicity in the context of the sufficiency duty to secure adequate local placements for looked-after children.

Reviewing the literature on the breakdown of foster care placements for young people: complexity and the social work task