Our monthly Exploring Expertise webinars give practitioners the opportunity to hear from leading figures in practice and research on innovative developments and examples of 'best practice' in the family placement sector. Presentations include Q&A sessions to enable attendees to delve deeper into the subject matter and explore connections to their own practice.
Exploring Expertise: Learning from experience in overseas placement
15 October 2026 | 12.00pm - 1.00pm | Online
Overseas placements can feel like a step into the unknown but exploring these placements can begin the journey toward a lasting, stable, and loving home. It is vital that professionals build their confidence in international placement to maximise positive outcomes for the children they work with.
In this session, we will be joined by two social work managers and independent social workers, Nahreen Khatun and Halima Mostofa who will share their experience of placing children in Bangladesh from Tower Hamlets Council initially on a SGO and then on a local Guardianship Order. Covering all aspects from viability to placement, we will explore the challenges practitioners face in a real-world setting and how to navigate them successfully
Our recordings
Members can watch our webinar recordings from the previous 12 months below or head over to our YouTube channel to view earlier ones
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Exploring Expertise: The Artist's Book – working with families and professionals
This event introduces artists’ books as a creative method for supporting self-expression and helping individuals articulate emotions and experiences that words often struggle to capture. Participants will hear about the use of artist’s books as a creative tool for reflection, storytelling and well-being. The presenters will share examples from their work with mothers whose children have been placed for adoption, as well as their experience of using this approach with professionals in social work, law and therapeutic contexts. Social workers and those working with families will have the opportunity to learn about how simple book-making techniques can help people process experiences, express identity, and build confidence.
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Exploring Expertise: Shades of Bias – Challenging Discrimination, Oppression and Racism in Social Work and Beyond
The British Association of Social Workers, in partnership with CoramBAAF and the Racial Justice Family Work, invite you to explore Shades of Bias (SoB). Shades of Bias is a versatile case study template designed to enable critical reflection on how discrimination, oppression and racism manifests in social work and beyond.
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Exploring Expertise: The ICO’s “Better Records Together” Campaign and new care records standards
Access to information about time spent in state care is a fundamental right for care-experienced people seeking to reclaim memories and better understand their family history and identity. However, the process is often inconsistent, overly complex, and lacking in adequate support.
The Information Commissioner’s Office’s (ICO) Better Records Together campaign responds to evidence that many care-experienced people face significant barriers when accessing their records. These include requests met with cold bureaucracy, a lack of compassion, long delays, poor communication, and excessive or unexplained redactions.