VAAs in the adoption system: what is our place and how we contribute? Short and Smart – 75mins Session – FREE

Who this is for

Leaders of VAAs and RAAs; Partner organistions; Government and inspectorate officials and Children’s Social Workers

Details

Join this short, engaging webinar to explore what the latest data from Voluntary Adoption Agencies tells us. Hear directly from leaders in the adoption sector about the issues and priorities shaping their work today, including cross-sector collaboration.

Book your place to hear recent VAA data, discuss what it means for the adoption sector, and put your questions to the presenters.

Learning 0utcomes 

• Get an overview of the latest data and trends in adoption, in particular from the perspective of VAA
• Introduced to some current challenges, debates and opportunities for the adoption sector

About the trainers

Satwinder Sandhu

Satwinder is the CEO of CVAA UK. He is a leader in the adoption sector, influencing national and international practice and policy. He is a qualified social worker with  thirty-years of work experience in adoption, fostering and children in public care. Satwinder is passionate about how adoption needs to modernise and focusing this evolution on the needs, and experiences, of adopted people.  Satwinder is a TEDx speaker and a member of numerous sector Boards, including the Rees Centre, University of Oxford.

Sarah Johal MBE

Sarah is the National Adoption Strategic Lead for Adoption England, working with Regional Adoption Agencies (RAAs) across England. Previously, she was Head of One Adoption West Yorkshire, England’s first RAA. Sarah has more than 30 years’ experience as a social worker and has worked for Leeds City Council to develop fostering, adoption and kinship services. She is a firm believer in listening to adopters, adopted people and birth parent and in developing services based on research and evidence of what works well.

Aditi Sharma

Aditi is Head of Policy at CVAA UK. She is an activist with more than 30 years’ experience leading national and global campaigns for social justice and human rights, with a particular focus on Africa and Asia. Aditi is also an adoptive parent and brings this personal experience to her policy work advocating for the rights and wellbeing of adopted children.

Instructions

A member of staff will contact attendees one week before the event as a reminder  — THERE WILL BE NO EVENT PACK FOR THIS SESSION, and because this is a SHORT AND SMART EVENT NO RESOURCES WILL BE SHARED.

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