Please see here for a recent press release on regional adoptions agencies from Charlotte Ramsden, Chair of the ADCS Health, Care and Additional Needs Policy Committee.’ http://adcs.org.uk/care/article/comment-on-regional-adoption-agencies
Read More...The 26th of November saw CVAA host its annual Members’ Event at the Alrington Conference Centre in London. Members attending the event were introduced to CVAA’s new CEO Maggie Jones and were also given the opportunity to listen to and egage with some fantastic speakers. CVAA would like to thank Hugh Thornbery, for providing an update on the […]
Read More...The first of its kind, the Adopting Together model offers tailored support to adopters through specialised assessment, training and therapeutic support. 10 of 11 children featured at the first Adopting Together profiling and recruitment event in June were linked with prospective adoptive parents The first placements were made through Adopting Together in October 2018 […]
Read More...CVAA’s Chair, Ray Shostak, and Vice Chair and CEO of After Adoption, Lynn Charlton, had a very productive meeting with the Minister this week. They were able to highlight the expertise within our membership and the valuable work carried out by VAAs, and the crucial role they play in the adoption system. We look forward […]
Read More...The CVAA Trustee Board are pleased to announce the appointment of Maggie Jones as the new CEO of CVAA. Maggie joins CVAA from Foundation, a social care and housing charity operating across the North of England and brings a wealth of experience in both leading substantial service delivery organisations and the development of infrastructure support […]
Read More...The Quarter 1 and Quarter 2 ASGLB data for 2017/18 is now available to download from the CVAA website. The key headlines are: • The number of children waiting at the end of September 2017 was 2550. This is a 4% decrease from June 2017 when there were 2650 children waiting with a placement order not […]
Read More...This January CVAA were delighted to be at SSAFA’s London offices exploring early permanency for our final PIF funded Practice Excellence event. We looked at what the data tells us about timelines and the effect of the introduction of early permanence (EP) schemes. Elaine Dibben, CoramBAAF, provided a background to EP and a national perspective across […]
Read More...This December CVAA brought together VAA adoption practice managers to discuss how we can best achieve equality of outcomes for all children awaiting permanence. We looked at what the data tells us about the types of children currently awaiting permanence, and what their journeys look like, and Dr Matt Woolgar built on this by presenting the specific challenges faced […]
Read More...The Adoption Leadership Board has today published a report outlining what Adoption Leadership Board and Department for Education data tells us about the latest trends in adoption. This report highlights that after a fall in adoption decisions and placement orders following judgements in 2013, numbers have stabilised and there has been no continuing decline. At the […]
Read More...Last week, representatives of 25 voluntary adoption agencies gathered in London for CVAA’s annual members’ meeting. The day’s discussions were opened by Robert Goodwill, Minister of State for Children and Families, who answered members’ questions on the ASF and the regionalisation programme. Delegates also heard from Professor Judy Sebba, Director of the Rees Centre for […]
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