Making Good Adoption Assessments

10 hours CPD

For

Adoption practitioners and managers (Voluntary Adoption Agencies, Regional Adoption Agencies and Local Authorities) and Independent Professionals.

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Why you should attend

Learning outcomes:

• To explore best practice in the completion of the Prospective Adopter’s Report (PAR)
• To practice and develop an integration of critical assessment tools and techniques within adoption assessments and current best practice
• To explore ways to consider prospective adopters in terms of their capacity to look after children in a safe and responsible way that meets the child’s needs
• Apply learning in the context of the legal framework
• To develop critical thinking and reflective practice in the completion of adoption assessments
• To consider ways of identifying prospective adopter’s competencies and strengths and areas they have or will need to develop

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Details

The two-day training (10 & 11 February 2021) will cover: 

• Current Adoption Landscape
• Assessment components and adopter characteristics
• Practice implications for the two-stage adopter's assessment
• Analysis and intuitive reasoning in assessment: from gut feelings to conscious competence
• Building relationships
• Adult attachment
• Assessing children
• Analysis and learning
• Considering discrepancy
• Hypothesis, critical thinking and reflective practice
• Assessment tools

This training is delivered by specialist trainers at CoramBAAF. Please note that seats are limited. 

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Instructions

A member of staff will be in touch with attendees one week prior to the event to share a pre-event delegate pack.

Log in at 09:30 am. 

If you have any questions regarding this course, please contact our Practice Programme Manager Petra Jodlova.

CVAA accept online payments only. In case you do not have instant access to your company card, we suggest using your personal card instead to book a training event and claim it back with your agency in your expenses. Requesting an invoice to pay for our standard practice events is not possible.

The event starts in 105 days 12 hours 39 mins 19 secs