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Keynote speech by Sir James Munby (Coram permanence event, Nov 2019)
What is permanence? The lawyer’s first reaction is probably to think of the different legal frameworks by which we seek to achieve permanence. But that is to miss what I suggest is the bigger picture. I want to focus instead on the definition used in Guidance for the Children Act 1989:
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'Creating Belonging' - John Diamond, CEO of Mulberry Bush (Coram permanence event, Nov 2019)
I would like to thank Renuka and the Coram Team for inviting me to speak at this event. The Mulberry Bush is a national charity which runs the MBS in Oxfordshire and extended community services. Clearly residential care is not about creating permanence but it has an important role of preparing children for permanence, by providing children with a sense of belonging through: 1. Stability of placement 2. Opportunities for internalising good individual and group relationships (social /emotional and educational learning) 3. Daily experiences with a highly trained and well supported staff group
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The role of Fostering for Adoption in achieving early permanence for children
In this guide, we set out the development of Fostering for Adoption (FfA) as a route to early permanence and explore current best policy and practice.
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Fostering for Adoption A child-centred solution: A guide for prospective FfA carers
Fostering for Adoption | September 2017 | Elaine Dibben, John Simmonds, Jeanne Kaniuk | 332 DownloadsOur guide is aimed at helping you to decide whether you could be a Fostering for Adoption (FfA) carer and explain the routes to becoming approved as an FfA carer.
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Fostering for Adoption: Practice Guidance
Adoption Fostering for Adoption Professionals Sharing learning | Saturday 1st June 2013 | John Simmonds, British Association for Adoption and Fostering | 2847 DownloadsFostering for Adoption is a Department for Education (DfE) scheme aimed at ensuring that more children can be placed with their potential permanent carers on a fostering basis while the local authority seeks a placement order from the courts
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Fostering for Adoption leaflet for carers
Adoption Fostering for Adoption Parents and carers | Saturday 1st June 2013 | John Simmonds, British Association for Adoption and Fostering | 3115 DownloadsFostering for Adoption aims to place children with their forever family as soon as possible when they cannot live with their birth parents or other family members