All the essential information for kinship carers, connected persons and special guardians, delivered by Sarah Naish (CEO of CoECT), Gareth K. Thomas (Special Guardian & CoECT Trainer) & Enza Smith MBE (Kinship Carers UK).
 
You will receive a PDF with a link to watch the recording of this live virtual conference.
 
Schedule from the day:
 
10am–10.15am – Welcome
A quick hello and a run through of the various routes into kinship care.
 
10.15am–11.30am – Beginnings of kinship
Taking things back to the beginning and thinking about where we start when it comes to kinship care.
 
11.30am–11.45am – BREAK
 
11.45am–1.00pm – A place to belong
How to find safety in an unsafe system, looking at kinship/connected person options as a way out of the care system.
 
1.00pm–2.00pm – LUNCH
 
2.00pm–3.00pm –  Inheriting Trauma
Thinking about how we recognise our children's early life trauma, then looking as strategies to support working with these behaviours.
 
3.00pm–3.30pm – Panel Q&A
An opportunity to ask questions.