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Learning from Research: Expressions of self research project
This session serves as an introduction to the Expressions of Self research project and covers the findings and implications.
Relinquished babies
We will look at the relevant statutory frameworks and recent case law, the challenges of working with relinquished babies and their parents, some of the complexities of the background histories of relinquished babies, the importance of counselling for relinquishing parents, care planning and the support needs of relinquished children and their adopters.

Assertive advocacy
Equipping social workers to challenge their child’s school to ensure better outcomes, particularly in professional PEP meetings. Uphold a child or young person’s legal rights and ensure that they are fairly treated.

Caring for a child with significant health needs
Many children cared for by adopters , foster carers, and kinship carers have additional health needs. We will explore how social workers can assess and support potential parents and carers in these circumstances.

Viability and support plans for children living in the UK and being placed overseas to live with kinship carers
Aimed at local authority professionals who are involved in the placement of children currently living with kinship carers in the UK; being placed overseas with kinship carers.

Placing children living in the UK overseas on a Special Guardianship Order
Aimed at local authority professionals who are involved in the placement of children currently living in the UK with kinship carers overseas on a Special Guardianship Order.