Training courses
Involvement of Birth Families in Adoption Planning and Placement Under the New Adoption Framework
Length: Two days
This course can be run as a seminar or workshop. It aims to assist practitioners and policy makers to review the values and principles underpinning their ‘permanency' planning practice, consider the research evidence, and identify good practice in involving birth families to promote the welfare of their children.
Course designed for: panel members, adoption and fostering workers and field social workers in local authorities, and voluntary organisations, child care planning and reviewing officers, managers and policy makers.
The course will:
- Provide an overview of the new legal framework for adoption under the Adoption and Children Act 2002 including Regulations and Guidance;
- Explore relevant research, in particular about contact;
- Look at the duties of local authorities towards looked after children, and government expectations;
- Examine models for working in partnership with birth families and increase skills in developing and sustaining birth family contact;
- Consider the implications of the adoption standards and practice guidance; and
Increase confidence and knowledge about involving birth parents in adoption planning.
