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Training & Workshops

Our Practice Programme delivers practice workshops, evidence seminars, bespoke training sessions, and conferences on cutting-edge topics, and caters to adoption professionals in all types of agencies and organisations.

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21st
Jan
2025
Online

Adoption Panels: How to be a Confident Panel Member

Expert-led training session co-delivered by Elaine Dibben, an independent Social Work Consultant

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6 CPD
29th
Jan
2025
Online

Therapeutic Innovations: Arts-Based and Body-Focused Interventions for Supporting Adoptive Families

Practice webinar co-delivered with senior adoption practitioners at Coram

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3.5 CPD
5th
Feb
2025
Online

Holding the Story: The Journey of a Child Impacted by Familial Substance Misuse, from Utero through to Adoption

Expert-led training session co-delivered by Joanna Parker, Integrative Arts Psychotherapist MA UKCP Regd Clinical Supervisor, Trainer and Consultant

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6 CPD
25th
Feb
2025
Online

Transracial Adoptions: Latest Practice in Assessments, Matching and Placements

Expert-led training co-delivered with Jan Way MBE and Lorna Ramsay from CoramIAC

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6 CPD
27th
Feb
2025
Online

Assessing yourself: The Role of the Social Worker in undertaking Equitable Assessments

Practice session co-delivered with Satwinder Sandhu, the CEO of CVAA

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6 CPD
6th
Mar
2025
Online

Adoption Assessments of Second-time Adopters: Considering Best Practice

Practice webinar co-delivered with senior practitioners at ARC Adoption

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3.5 CPD
12th
Mar
2025
Online

Non-violent Resistance (NVR) for Professionals: Supporting Adoptive Parents to support their Children

Expert-led training session co-delivered by Joanna Parker, Integrative Arts Psychotherapist MA UKCP Regd Clinical Supervisor, Trainer and Consultant

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6 CPD
18th
Mar
2025
Online

Adoption Services and Ofsted, Inspections of Voluntary Adoption Agencies (VAA’s) and Recent Developments

Expert-led practice session co-delivered with OFSTED Inspectors

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3.5 CPD
19th
Mar
2025
Online

Adoption Services and Ofsted, Inspections of Regional Adoption Agencies (RAA’s) and Local Authorities (LA’s) and Recent Developments

Expert-led practice session co-delivered with OFSTED Inspectors

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3.5 CPD
24th
Apr
2025
Online

Working with Traumatised Adopted Children and Adults and Calming the Autonomic Nervous System (ANS) (Repeat Session due to High Demand)

Practice Workshop led by Jay Vaughan, CEO of Family Futures - Working with Traumatised Adopted Children

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3.5 CPD
29th
Apr
2025
Online

Supporting the Traumatised Adopter: Primary Trauma from the Challenges of parenting their Child

Expert-led training session co-delivered with Fi Newood, Psychotherapist and a Fostering and Adoption Specialist

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6 CPD
30th
Apr
2025
Online

Sibling Placements (Title tbc)

Practice Session: Co-delivered by Leigh Smith from Adoption Focus and practitioners from Yorkshire Adoption

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3.5 CPD
23rd
Oct
2025
Online

Individualised Recruitment and Therapeutic Placement Strategy for Children waiting the longest

Practice webinar co-delivered with Senior Adoption Practitioners at St David's Adoption Service and Cardiff University

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3.5 CPD