Learning from Research: The mental health of children and young people in state care in England

Around two-thirds of children are taken into State care due to experiences of severe maltreatment such as abuse or neglect. Consequently, being taken into care is an intervention for this vulnerable group of children, with the expectation that State care will then ameliorate or stabilise their mental health.

In this session, we will be exploring the role of foster care in permanence with our Fostering Consultant, Emma Fincham. This six part series is tailored specifically to recently qualified social workers, students and those wanting to find out more about adoption, fostering and kinship care.

In this session, we will be exploring the role of kinship care in permanence with our Kinship Consultants Clare Seth, and Ann Horne. This six part series is tailored specifically to recently qualified social workers, students and those wanting to find out more about adoption, fostering and kinship care.

Join us at our webinar to discuss the key findings of the Coram Family & Childcare annual Childcare Survey 2024. Two months on from the roll-out of the first phase of the funded childcare expansion, we will also reflect on the challenges and successes of the expansion so far.

Join Coram Hempsall's for a critically important conference to start from the child and explore the continuum of learning and development from birth to seven years of age. There will be a stellar line-up of speakers coming together to analyse and investigate the nature of effective, appropriate, and responsible early education practice. This special hey! conference will also launch the 5th Edition of ‘Starting from the Child?’ by Prof. Julie Fisher, in conjunction with Open University Press.

In this joint annual lecture organised by TCRU (Thomas Coram Research Unit) and Coram, Professor Rick Hood will explore the significance of welfare inequalities in relation to social work and social care.