Upcoming Event: Special Guardianship – an Agenda for Change

Special Guardianship - an agenda for change

Over the last decade there has been remarkable change in the use of special guardianship.  It has become the main route for children out of the care system following care proceedings, overtaking adoption.  But practice and policy have not yet aligned themselves to the implications of this transformation.

The Centre for Child and Family Justice Research at Lancaster University, Kinship (formerly Grandparents Plus) and CoramBAAF are delighted to invite you to a webinar that places special guardianship centre stage. It focuses on what changes are needed and how they may be implemented. You will hear from:

• Sir Andrew McFarlane, The President of the Family Division
• Josh MacAlister, Chair of the Independent Children’s Social Care Review
• Krish Kandiah, Chair of the Adoption and Special Guardianship Leadership Board
• Maxine Campbell, special guardian and Project Worker, Kinship
• Steve Walker, Director of Strengthening Families, Protecting Children Improvement Programme, Leeds City Council
• Professor Judith Harwin, Professor in Socio-Legal Studies, Lancaster University

Extracts will be shown from the new training film Special Guardianship – an Agenda for Change and its sister film The First Day of Forever – Becoming a Special Guardian (made by Lancaster University, Grandparents Plus and CoramBAAF, and funded by the ESRC - see here for details) and there will be a question and answer session. 

For more information and to register for the event, please click here.