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Coram-i · Data analysis · Sharing Learning
Data visualisation in Children’s Social Care
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.
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Adoption support · Creative Therapies · Evaluation · Events · Professional Development · Sharing Learning · Social Work · Young People
Is life story work working?
Sarah Taylor, Head of Coram’s Impact and Evaluation Team, reflects on a recent Coram conference on models of life story work and their outcomes Social workers, researchers, therapists and others gathered recently on Coram’s Bloomsbury campus to share new evidence and ideas on how life story work can and should…
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Coram-i · Fostering · Permanence · Sharing Learning
Coram-i and Croydon Council
We are pleased to announce that the contract between Coram-i and Croydon Council has now come to a successful end. In 2018 the London borough of Croydon decided to end its dependence on external agencies for the provision of its foster carers. The LA, with a looked after population of…
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Family Drug & Alcohol Court · Parents & Carers · Sharing Learning
Family Drug and Alcohol Court
By Dr Sheena Webb Children with adverse experiences Most children involved with the Family Drug and Alcohol Court (FDAC) have experienced a long period of instability and adversity prior to entering the service. Returning to a safer home environment, with parents who are no longer using substances, is clearly beneficial…
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Coram-i · Fostering · Sharing Learning · Young People
Understanding why I was taken into care…
Coram-i has undertaken an innovative area of work supporting a local authority to complete Historical Letters for looked after children in permanent foster placements, similar to Later Life Letters in Adoption. Historical Letters in Fostering give older children access to the reasons why they were taken into care and factual…
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Coram-i · Fostering · Sharing Learning
Permanency Planning and Long Term Fostering Innovation Project
In November 2017, Coram-i held a seminar as part of its project on Permanency Planning and Long Term Fostering, which is funded by the Department for Education’s Children’s Social Care Innovation Programme. The event brought together the four pilot sites involved in the project (Manchester City Council, Northamptonshire County…