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Right or wrong decisions
Dave Hill, President of the Association of Directors of Children’s Services, discusses Right or wrong decisions – how do we spot the difference and act on that knowledge to increase the number of right decisions.
Experience of adopting through Coram
Listen to Will talking about his experience of adopting a child through Coram, as the UK celebrates LGBT Adoption & Fostering week. “We say everyone is different, some people have a mum and dad, one mum, one dad, two mums, two dads”. “Coram look at you as a couple, it doesn’t matter about sexuality.”
Coram-i Improvement Services
Coram-i can work with your organisation to improve its performance in delivering permanence for looked after children. Find out about our Improvement Services in this leaflet
The meaning of permanence
Dr John Simmonds, OBE (Director of Policy, Research and Development) discusses how he has come to understand permanence and what it involves at a Coram-i seminar. Powerful research and examples are presented to highlight how this concept can be utilised to inform practice and decision-making when considering the needs of looked after children.
Culture and leadership to support service quality throughout the UK
Coram-i has been working in partnership with Kent County Council since 2012, helping it to improve its adoption service from an inadequate Ofsted judgement (2011) to a Good judgement (2017).
The challenge of achieving permanence for children in care
This seminar brought together researchers, in conjunction with representatives from the voluntary and public sector, to explore what permanence means to them and the aligned challenges in achieving this for vulnerable children. Speakers used their knowledge and experience to give perspectives on a wide range of issues, including Special Guardianship Orders, calculating the cost of permanence and local authority partnerships.