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  • Coram-i Innovation Forum hears about the innovation helping children and young people nationwide

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    Coram-i Innovation Forum hears about the innovation helping children and young people nationwide

    2 Feb 2024

       Over one hundred children’s sector professionals came together on Friday on the Coram campus to hear about some of the exciting innovation happening across the country aiming to improve outcomes for children and young people. The Forum marked the publication of the Coram Innovation Incubator’s (CII) 2024 Innovation…

  • Reimagining Case Management Systems

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    Reimagining Case Management Systems

    6 Sep 2023

    The Coram Innovation Incubator is delighted to be hosting the second session in our webinar series with North Yorkshire Council, showcasing the development of a new technology solution to help social workers keep children safe, on Monday 2nd October from 3:30pm-5pm. During this webinar, Jonny Hoyle, Development Lead for…

  • “You won’t see things around you in the same way again”

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    “You won’t see things around you in the same way again”

    8 Jun 2023

    “Objects & Their Stories” is a new course developed by Coram-i and CoramBAAF designed for foster carers and social workers to help support their personal and professional development. In this blog, Morven Nelson reflects on her experience of attending the sessions. About me I’m a Life Story Co-ordinator and…

  • The CII Innovation Collective 2022-23

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    The CII Innovation Collective 2022-23

    27 Mar 2023

    This year’s CII Innovation Collective is now available to download   Every year the Coram Innovation Incubator produces the CII Innovation Collective which collates and reports on innovative projects and approaches which have been developed to tackle key challenges facing our sector. You can now read the 2022-23…

  • The CII Innovation Forum 2023

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    The CII Innovation Forum 2023

    8 Mar 2023

    The Coram Innovation Incubator is delighted to invite you to a special Innovation Forum for children’s services leaders. The event takes place on Friday 24th March at the Coram Campus in London and…

  • Data visualisation in Children’s Social Care

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    Data visualisation in Children’s Social Care

    9 Feb 2023

    The use of quantitative data in children’s social care is still in its infancy when compared with other sectors, and this immaturity means that developments in the various methodologies designed to act as an aid to human decision making, and indeed the understanding of whether our interventions work, is suboptimal.

  • “Everyone should do this course!”

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    “Everyone should do this course!”

    10 Aug 2022

    Earlier this year Lorna Jackson was one of the first people to complete a new course developed by Coram called “Objects & Their Stories”. The sessions, presented by Coram-i and CoramBAAF, are designed for foster carers and social workers to help support their personal and professional development. In this…

  • Independent Review of Children’s Social Care Final Report

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    Independent Review of Children’s Social Care Final Report

    23 May 2022

    The Independent Review of Children’s Social Care Final Report has been published today. The Department for Education commissioned review calls for a fundamental reset of the children’s social care system, with an investment of £2.6bn to fund a five-year programme of reform, to include more support for vulnerable…

  • The 2nd Coram Innovation Incubator Annual Innovation Report

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    The 2nd Coram Innovation Incubator Annual Innovation Report

    4 Apr 2022

    The Coram Innovation Incubator (CII) today released its second annual innovation report “The Art of the Possible in Children’s Services: A Coram Manifesto”. The report is based on the national innovation survey, distributed to all children’s services providers at the end of 2021, which sought to assess where…

  • The Art of The Possible

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    The Art of The Possible

    31 Mar 2022

    The Coram Innovation Incubator (CII) is determined to support the children’s social care sector to identify and implement the solutions which can make a tangible difference to the lives of children and young people. With rapid advancements in technological capabilities over recent years, digital innovation offers a…