This session will take place online on 1 October 2024, 12-1.30pm. Our focus will be Kinship Care. Guest Speakers include Cathy Ashley, Chief Executive - Family Rights Group and Sharon McPherson Co-founder of Families In Harmony, campaigner for racial equity in policy and practice plus investment in race related kinship care research. There is still time to register your place if you … Continue reading Community of practice: Kinship Care session confirmed
Author: National IRO Managers Partnership (NIROMP)
We are a national leadership group for Independent Reviewing Officers (IROs) and IRO Managers. We are made up of an elected Chair and elected Regional Leads who represent their region at a national level (two from each of the nine government regions within England).
At long last – care leavers given social housing exemption
Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government and Ministry of Defence Published24 September 2024 UK Armed Forces Veterans, domestic abuse victims and care leavers are to be given better access to social housing. Government has pledged the biggest boost to affordable and social housing in a generation. These groups will be exempt from rules which require … Continue reading At long last – care leavers given social housing exemption
The Impact of Social Media on Staying in touch #Adoption
We are delighted to share with you the details of the next webinar in the Culture Change series, The Impact of Social Media on Staying in touch, taking place on Tuesday 24th September from 12:30 – 13:30. You are invited to join by signing up via Eventbrite here, or by using the link below on … Continue reading The Impact of Social Media on Staying in touch #Adoption
Maintaining Relationships Standards in Adoption England
Adoption England are inviting IROs and IRO managers to give feedback to help in the development of Maintaining Relationships Standards in Adoption England. The survey closes 27th of September. Please make time to add your views. Please see link to the survey and QR code- https://surveys.leeds.gov.uk/s/MR-standards-survey/ Survey questions have been categorised based on the individual's relationship to adoption i.e. those … Continue reading Maintaining Relationships Standards in Adoption England
Adoption Matching Bitesize Sessions
Published by NIROMP 03-09-24 in collaboration with Adoptionengland.co.uk Dear colleague, We are delighted to share with you the Adoption Matching Bitesize Sessions for the Matching Learning Programme with Adoption England. The bitesize sessions will allow for an in-depth examination of a wide range of topics related to family finding and matching and will endeavour to … Continue reading Adoption Matching Bitesize Sessions
Research on Supervised Family Time: IRO Focus Group Invitation by Dr. Georgia Philip
Dear IROs, Dr Georgia Philip is a Lecturer in Social Work at University of East Anglia. She is proposing research to explore supervised parental contact for looked after children. The research has been purposefully designed to include the perspectives of Black and Global majority families, fathers, carers. Georgia will host a focus group early September … Continue reading Research on Supervised Family Time: IRO Focus Group Invitation by Dr. Georgia Philip
IRO Briefing: Adoption South East
Date 12-08-24. Source: Adoption South East Please see the attached word document with details about the Adoption South East restructure. Please could you circulate this to the relevant people. ASE Restructure - IRO (Independent Reviewing Officers) briefing Download
Permanence – key principles and practice in Adoption, Fostering and Kinship
Please see below information about Coram BAAF’s “getting started in…” series. Getting Started In… The Getting Started in series of free short breakfast briefing sessions developed for newly or recently qualified social workers about permanence. They are aimed at helping social workers who may be more recently qualified or just want to find out more understand the key … Continue reading Permanence – key principles and practice in Adoption, Fostering and Kinship
Culture Change Series – Adoption England & UEA – Free workshops
Date 09-04-24 Source Adoption England Workshop Descriptions: The webinar series will allow for an in-depth examination of a wide range of topics related to planning and supporting safe and meaningful connections between adopted children and their birth families after adoption. The UEA team will be joined by guest speakers, particularly people with lived experience of … Continue reading Culture Change Series – Adoption England & UEA – Free workshops
Confirmed – NIROMP Community of Practice Session: Kinship Care with Guest Speakers Cathy Ashley and Sharon McPherson
Published date: 02-04-2024 We are delighted to announced the following rescheduled session. 4 June 2024, 12-1.30pm. Focus: Kinship Care. We will have presentations from Guest Speakers Cathy Ashley, Chief Executive - Family Rights Group in collaboration with Sharon McPherson Co-founder of Families In Harmony, campaigner for racial equity in policy and practice plus investment in … Continue reading Confirmed – NIROMP Community of Practice Session: Kinship Care with Guest Speakers Cathy Ashley and Sharon McPherson
