Coram-i Resources
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What do we know about Special Guardianship and what do we need to know?
Professionals | Wednesday 25th November 2015 | Professor Judith Harwin, Director, Centre for Child and Youth research, Brunel University London | 30 DownloadsProfessor Judith Harwin (Director, Centre for Child and Youth research, Brunel University London) presents preliminary findings from a national study of special guardianship orders (SGOs) and supervision orders (SOs) funded by the Nuffield Foundation (2015-2017).
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The Challenge of Achieving Permanence for Children in Care
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The Challenge of Achieving Permanence for Children in Care
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The contribution of the voluntary sector
Professionals | Monday 23rd November 2015 | Annie Crombie, Chief Executive Officer of the Consortium of Voluntary Adoption Agencies (CVAA) | 0DownloadAnnie Crombie, Chief Executive Officer of the Consortium of Voluntary Adoption Agencies (CVAA), discusses the role of the voluntary sector in achieving permanence for children.
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Calculating the Cost of permanence: a case based approach
Professionals | Friday 13th November 2015 | Lisa Holmes, Director, Centre for Child and Family Research at Loughborough University | 9 DownloadsLisa Holmes (Director, Centre for Child and Family Research at Loughborough University) presents on the cost calculator for children’s services. This was produced by her team of researchers at Loughborough University and seeks to link children’s needs, the services provided, the costs incurred and the outcomes in terms of children’s welfare.
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The Meaning of Permanence
Professionals | Friday 13th November 2015 | Dr John Simmonds OBE, Director of Policy, Research and Development | 25 DownloadsDr 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.
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Operating in Local Partnerships to Achieve Permanence for Children Now and in their Future Lives
Professionals | Friday 13th November 2015 | Philip Segurola, Director of Specialist Children’s Services at Kent County Council | 5 DownloadsPhilip Segurola (Director, Specialist Children’s Services at Kent County Council) discusses how local authority partnerships have led to improved outcomes for children in Kent at a Coram-i seminar.
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Culture and Leadership to Support Service Quality Throughout the UK
Professionals | Friday 13th November 2015 | Dave Hill, Executive Director for People Commissioning at Essex County Council | 8 DownloadsDave Hill (Executive Director for People Commissioning, Essex County Council) talks about the importance of culture and leadership and the challenges of achieving permanency for children in local authority care at a Coram-i seminar.
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Adopted children and young people’s views on their life storybooks: the role of narrative in the formation of identities
Adoption Professionals | Wednesday 21st October 2015 | Dr Debbie Watson, Sandra Latter and Rebecca Bellew | 18 DownloadsThis paper reports on interviews conducted with twenty children and young people adopted from the care system in England, exploring their experiences and views of their life storybooks and examines the role of life storybooks as a form of narrative that contributes to identity development.
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Relative Experience North East Pilot: final evaluation report
This report represents findings of an independent evaluation of the Relative Experience North East pilot kinship carer support programme, delivered by Grandparents Plus, Family Lives and the Family and Childcare Trust and funded by the Silver Dreams Fund administered by the Big Lottery Fund.