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Securing Children’s Futures (SCF12)

Bookings are now being accepted for our SCF12 course which will start in June 2026. This post qualifying course is aimed at social workers and managers in children and families’ teams, family placement teams as well as other specialist settings across the statutory, voluntary and independent sector. Applicants will require the support of their employer to attend as well as validate their work. It is imperative that sponsoring agencies ensure their nominated student(s) have the motivation, capacity and commitment to complete the course.  Please note this course will be delivered virtually using Microsoft Teams.

Prospective Adopter’s Report (Scotland) 2019 – partially updated

We are delighted that the updates to the PAR S Scotland form is now available for you to download on the form licences section of the CoramBAAF Website. The new form reflects updated duties towards siblings and keeping in touch with people that children and young people consider important. Thank you to all the Practitioners …

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AWS – Conversation Café

During Adoption Week Scotland in November 2024, we held a ‘Conversation Café’ and thought members would be interested to view the Report produced. The event provided an opportunity for people to discuss some key areas identified by the Independent Care Review in 2020 as ‘What Matters’ to children, young people and families; these were organised …

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Legal Conference Roundup: 1 November 2024

This year’s annual Legal Conference saw us returning to the Malmaison Hotel in Dundee for members and staff to meet and enjoy presentations from our excellent speakers on the topic of Children’s Rights: Our Responsibilities.

Adoption Week Scotland – Full Programme Launched

The full list of events for this year’s Adoption Week Scotland is now available.  Events include a great range of fun family activities, information sessions about various aspects of adoption and fostering, a special education workshop, an introduction to our new brothers and sisters resources, and much more.

Legal Conference: 1 November 2024 – Limited Spaces Available

This Conference will examine the implications of the legislation on practice and policy. Importantly, it will ready us for the challenge set down of keeping the experiences, views and best interests of children at the heart of what we do.  We are excited to announce that this year’s conference will be chaired by Lynda Brabender, KC and speakers include:
Sheriff Principal Anwar, Sheriff Principal, Glasgow and Strathkelvin
Fraser McKinlay, Chief Executive Officer, The Promise
Alistair Hogg, Head of Practice and Policy, SCRA
Dr Helen Whincup, Senior Lecturer, University of Stirling
Marie Clark, KC, Arnot Manderson Advocates
Jamie Speirs, Senior Solicitor, Scottish Child Law Centre

Permanently Progressing Research and Webinar: 1 October 2024 – Book Your Place Now!!

We are excited to share that the ‘Permanently Progressing Middle Childhood’ (Phase 2) Research is here. Following the same cohort of children, Phase 2 (2020-2024) is revisiting the children in middle childhood to see where they are and how they are doing. Practitioners will be interested in the key findings, please click here to read and …

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Kinship Care in a Digital World – free workshop on findings from the project

Throughout June 2024, AFKA Scotland undertook focus groups with kinship carers and kinship practitioners from across Scotland to find out more about the challenges of caring for kin in a digital world and how supports might be improved for kinship carers. On 21st August between 10.00am and 12.30pm, the University of Edinburgh will host a …

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