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The Adoption and Fostering Podcast

Al Coates & Scott Casson-Rennie

Conversation & discussion on contemporary Adoption & Fostering

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Episode 161 - Vicky Swift and Digital Contact

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2023/04/01

Hello and Welcome to the A&F podcast, this week we're really pleased to have Social Worker and project lead from the National Adoption Strategy Team looking at digital contact. Vicky outlines the work that is going on across the sector as well as the specific trials that are currently being carried out in terms of 'letter swap' a digital contact system. It's an exciting project that has the potential to drag the system into the 21st century so we're really pleased to hear what she has to say. The

30:06

Conversations - Adoptive Parent Eliza

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2023/03/25

Hello and welcome to conversations from the A and F podcast. In this episode we speak adoptive parent Eliza. Eliza shares her experience of a adoption with her partner and her experience of good support as she has tried to coordinate contact with her child’s large sibling group who are all living in different permanency arrangements. As always if you’ve experience of adoption, fostering or special guardianship from any perspective personal or professional and would like share that on the podcast

01:00:04

Episode 159 - International Adoption, Social Media...

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2023/03/18

In this episode we asked for questions and topics as a guest had pulled out at the last moment. We mansplain our way through assessment of need, international adoption and unpack a whole load of social media thinking. You can find the Regs we spoke of here HR would like to apologise to Helmut from Austria As always if you’ve experience of adoption, fostering or special guardianship from any perspective personal or professional and would like share that on the podcast please get in touch through

51:48

A and F Conference - Birth Parent Angela Frazer-Wicks

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2023/03/11

One of our contributors at the annual Adoption & Fostering Podcast Conference was Angela Frazer-Wicks, birth parent and chair of trustees at the Family Rights Group as well as a key note speaker and campaigner. She shares her experience of maintaining links with her children after their adoption, the challenges of an inconsistent system and professional support as well as navigating the feelings of all parties to the adoption. It is a fantastic insight to a world that can be opaque for

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Wednesday Webcast - LGBTQ+ Fostering & Adoption Week...

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2023/03/09

We thought we'd do a #WednesdayWebcast on LGBTQ+ Fostering & Adoption Week and more......... Who knows where that will all go! We talk, cost of living, Ukrainian children and Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children. As always if you’ve experience of adoption, fostering or special guardianship from any perspective personal or professional and would like share that on the podcast please get in touch through the Facebook page or twitter or email us at AandFpodcast@gmail.com Listen/subscribe on iTunes

01:00:52

Episode 158 - Jay Vaughan MBE CEO of Family Futures

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2023/03/04

In this episode, after a much needed catch up, we speak to Jay Vaughn MBE from Family Futures (starting at 19:17). Jay is the CEO and co founder of Family Futures and asked to come onto the podcast to share news about their new venture into fostering. We chat about that as well as reflect on the wider issues that impact on children in this community including the ASF, therapy and helping children. As always if you’ve experience of adoption, fostering or special guardianship from any perspective

01:00:29

Conversations - Adoptee Rodney

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2023/02/25

Hello and welcome to conversations from the A and F podcast. In this episode we speak adult Adoptee Rodney, he shares his experience of adoption in New Zealand in the 1960’s and then moving to the UK in the 70’s. As a young adult he reconnected with his maternal family, a complicated and challenging experience that raised more questions than it answered. As always if you’ve experience of adoption, fostering or special guardianship from any perspective personal or professional and would like share

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Episode 157 - Post Adoption Social Worker Nick Burke

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2023/02/18

In this episode we're really happy to speak to Nick Burke a post adoption social worker. Nick speaks from a personal perspective across a range of issues that impact on adoption and social workers and it's fantastic to get a real live social worker on the podcast. We discuss a whole range of issues that are unique to adoption and post adoption support. The discussed BASW report can be found here. As always if you’ve experience of adoption, fostering or special guardianship from any perspective

01:12:35

Episode 79 - LGBT History Month, a chat with Tris and...

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2023/02/14

Due to a lack of pre planning and a coherent podcast release schedule we thought we'd gloss over the fact that we didn't manage to release a shiny new episode and re release this one. Which was cracking BTW. It’s LGBT history months so we thought we’d add our bit and Al has a chat with Scott and his husband Tris about their perspectives and experience of being amongst the cohort of adoptive same sex couples in the mid 2000s. They straddle a time before that was a possibility and we discuss their

01:08:49

Episode 156 - Adoption Counts: Maintaining Family Links

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2023/02/11

In this episode we speak to Victoria Ntizoglou and Claire Hardman social workers for the RAA Adoption Counts (starting 11:20) . As a service they've been innovative in their system approach to how they support children and adults in maintaining family links and connections pre and post adoption. They speak from their broad experience and offer fantastic insight to the issues that they navigate in what is essential work for a progressive adoption service. They were also knowledgeable across the

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Podcast Special - The Gov’s Response to the Care Review

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2023/02/06

Hello and welcome to this hastily drawn together podcast on the Gov's response to the Care Review. We try to give a brief outline of the key 'pillars' of the review and reflect on the responses from across the sector. As always if you’ve experience of adoption, fostering or special guardianship from any perspective personal or professional and would like share that on the podcast please get in touch through the Facebook or twitter or email us at AandFpodcast@gmail.com Listen/subscribe on iTunes

34:49

Conversations - Kinship Carer Shanayd

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2023/02/04

Hello and welcome to conversations from the A&F podcast. We are opening up our conversations to include anyone connected to the world of caring parenting or working with children who have experienced adversity or have complex needs. In this episode we speak to kinship carer Shanayd, she shares her story of becoming a kinship carer to her niece, the legal process, the impact on her family and the challenges of accessing support. Shanayd now campaigns for better support and works to support and

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Podcast Special - CVAA Report - A home for me?

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2023/02/01

In this special short podcast Al went up to the House of Lords for the official release of the CVAA's report "A home for me? - A comparative review of the value of different forms of permanence for children – Adoption, SGOs and Fostering" You can read it Here As always if you’ve experience of adoption, fostering or special guardianship from any perspective personal or professional and would like share that on the podcast please get in touch through the Facebook or twitter or email us at

52:28

Episode 155 - Sam Turner from Kinship

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2023/01/28

In this episode we add in a little about our trip to the DfE then crack on with the interview with Sam Turner the head of policy and public affairs at the charity Kinship (starting 10:00). We discuss the broader issues around families living with kinship/SGO/CAOs as well as look directly at the specific issues that may be raised in the upcoming Governmental response to the Care Review. As always if you’ve experience of adoption, fostering or special guardianship from any perspective personal or

41:53

Conversations - Rebekah Pierre

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2023/01/21

Hello and welcome to conversations from the A and F podcast. In this episode we speak Rebekah Pierre a care experienced social worker. Bekah came on a webcast in November and shared some of her experiences and views while promoting the Free Loaves on Friday project. In this episode she shares more of her personal story and experiences and perspectives on the care system. As always if you’ve experience of adoption, fostering or special guardianship from any perspective personal or professional and

18:43

Podcast Special - Up to the DfE for the ARG

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2023/01/19

This is a little podcast special, we were up to the Department for Education for a meeting of the Adopter Reference Group. We thought it wise to feedback what happened and some reflections on the ARG now the Leadership Board has ended. Note: it was recorded in a pub yard next to a building site, we sat in the cold crisp shade under blue skies and chatted. It was rather pleasant, but noisy! As always if you’ve experience of adoption, fostering or special guardianship from any perspective personal or

01:22:21

Episode 154 - An interview with Rita Sorenen from the...

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2023/01/14

Lots to catch up on this week with surveys, news and more. We go for a high energy opening and we'll see how that pans out. Here's links to the surveys we discussed: Adoption Support Agencies: proposed regulation changes here Regulating supported accommodation for looked after children and care leavers aged 16 & 17 here We were contacted by Rita from the Dave Thomas Foundation based in the US in relation to the work that they do to promote and facilitate the adoption of older children from the

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Conversations - Maggie May

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2023/01/07

In this episode we speak to Maggie May and she shares her unconventional journey through the foster care system and her decision to be adopted at 14 in Ireland. Maggie May has a unique perspective and also lives with the hidden disability of FASD. She describes the challenges she faced and the impact of the diagnosis on her life. It’s a remarkable story and we’ll definitely be asking Maggie may back on to share the work she does as an advocate for the FASD community and the education and support

01:13:00

2023 in review with Paula Coates and Tris Casson-Rennie

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2022/12/31

In this episode we invite Paula and Tris back onto the podcast and we reflect on some of the challenges, trials, tribulations, lessons and joys of 2022. We of course mention Scott's health incident and the Coates' latest grandchild as well as reflect on a broad range of issues including therapeutic support, what children really want and the top three podcasts of the year. As always if you’ve experience of adoption, fostering or special guardianship from any perspective personal or professional and

01:07:16

Episode 130 - Therapy with Paula Coates & Tris...

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2022/12/30

Here we go the most listened to podcast of 2022 by a fair way! So, following the 'success' and brutal honesty of last year's spousal episode we invited our respective other halves onto the podcast as we start the new year. Last year we looked at the impact of adoption on relationships and this year we're focusing on Therapy. We consider the trials and tribulations of accessing therapy, what therapy works, the impact on our children and the benefit to us. As always, it's a fun and frank exchange we

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