The Adoption and Fostering Podcast
Kids & Family:Parenting
Mark Owers has been close to the decision making and has influenced adoption over the last 10 years within No. 10 Downing Street and the Department for Education. He recently co authored the Fostering Stock Take and now works with agencies on the regionalisation agend. Mark is also an adoptive parent.
There's a lot to dicuss with Mark as he has insight and understanding of a wide range of issues that affect adopters and foster carers but we start with his own adoption story which is quite remarkable and unique.
We talk to Mark about the Fostering Stocktake, that was controversial, and the responses from various groups as well as considering some of the points that were raised in relation to professionalisation, risk management, foster carer/parent roles as well as being sensible in relation to how we care for children.
Adoption is discussed and Regional Adoption Agencies (RAAs) are spoken about with some of the concerns that many familes have discussed as well the challenges that adoption services may be facing are discusion as well as the future of adoption. Contact, support, Facebook, lifestory and birth families are all touched on as we have a really interesting conversation with Mark in relation to modernising adoption.
We had a few intermittent technical issues on the line with Mark, they come and go, so apologies but it's not unbearabe.
As usual Scott and Al enjoy a bit of pre interview banter.
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A and F Conference - Birth Parent Angela Frazer-Wicks
Wednesday Webcast - LGBTQ+ Fostering & Adoption Week and more.........
Episode 158 - Jay Vaughan MBE CEO of Family Futures
Conversations - Adoptee Rodney
Episode 157 - Post Adoption Social Worker Nick Burke
Episode 79 - LGBT History Month, a chat with Tris and Scott (re release)
Episode 156 - Adoption Counts: Maintaining Family Links
Podcast Special - The Gov’s Response to the Care Review
Conversations - Kinship Carer Shanayd
Podcast Special - CVAA Report - A home for me?
Episode 155 - Sam Turner from Kinship
Conversations - Rebekah Pierre
Podcast Special - Up to the DfE for the ARG
Episode 154 - An interview with Rita Sorenen from the Dave Thomas Foundation
Conversations - Maggie May
2023 in review with Paula Coates and Tris Casson-Rennie
Episode 130 - Therapy with Paula Coates & Tris Casson-Rennie
Episode 133 - Meeting Birth Parents, Charlotte and the Somerset Judgement
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