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Judicial decisions in care proceedings
Professor Judith Masson, Professor of Socio-legal Studies at the University of Bristol, discusses Judicial decisions in care proceedings: law, prediction and choice.
How do others deal with the idea of an acceptable risk?
Professor Sir David Spiegelhalter, Winton Professor for the Public Understanding of Risk at the University of Cambridge, discusses How do others deal with the idea of an acceptable risk?
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.”
An Investigation into the Impact of Arts & Cultural Education on Children Looked After (2016)
The team was commissioned by A New Direction to conduct an exploratory literature review to investigate the nature and impact of arts and cultural education on looked after children. The report was used to gain a better understanding of incorporating arts based activities into looked after children’s lives, and has been shared with the Department for Education and Arts Council England to support funding for A New Direction.
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