AFKA Scotland are launching a free, online toolkit to support practitioners with children and young people’s transitions to permanence, and to help them stay connected with the people important to them during transitions and beyond. To find out more about the toolkit and how it can help you and your team, two free online events …
20 June 2023: 11.00am – 3.00pm, University of Stirling This event is being held to offer practitioners and managers across Scotland who are working with, or developing services for birth parents to come together and share best practice, ideas and learning. This will be the final piece of work coming out of the Supporting Roots …
Supporting the Workforce – NQSW Learning Sessions August 2023 – November 2023: 9.00am – 11.30am £300.00 + VAT per delegate We are offering a block of 6 sessions, run over a 10 week period and participants should attend each session. These online sessions will support newly qualified social workers and those newer to …
AFKA Scotland is delighted to be again hosting an annual health conference and this year it will follow two themes: Health Needs in Kinship Families and Health Services for Unaccompanied Young People. This event will be chaired by Dr Lesley McDonald, Consultant Paediatrician and Clinical Lead, Health For All Team, NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde. …
AFKA Scotland and Adoption UK Scotland has published an Evaluation Report on the activities of AWS 22. AWS 2022 final report
It was with much excitement that our staff, members and guests took part in the first in-person Legal Conference since 2019 at the Landmark Hotel, Dundee last month. From the buzz in the room and the noise levels, it was clear that “virtual meetings” are virtually successful but face-to-face conferences have a very particular energy …
Are you a social worker or social work manager in Scotland? We’d like to listen to your experiences of voluntary care arrangements, and invite you to tell children, young people and parents who may be interested in taking part too: celcis.org/vca pic.twitter.com/isX02Gx2Cv CELCIS https://twitter.com/celcistwee…
CLOSING DATE: Friday 16 December 2022 The Association for Fostering, Kinship and Adoption (AFKA) Scotland is seeking to appoint a Treasurer for its Board of Trustees. The Board meets at 5.30pm one evening every second month and the Treasurer also meets with the finance subgroup between meetings. The Board consists of eight Trustees drawn from …
AFKA Scotland is excited to again host AWS starting 14 November 2022 in collaboration with Adoption UK and with the support of Scotland’s Adoption Register. All planned events and are now available for booking – to secure your place, book an event AWS 2022 programme CoramBAAF has a variety of books to help support agencies …
Essential Skills for Children and Families Social Workers As we get back to our core practice after COVID, there are many newer social workers who could benefit from brief learning sessions on the essential areas of children and families’ social work practice. We are offering a block of 6 sessions, run fortnightly and participants should …
