Adoption England delivers a range of training, events and webinars for professionals working in the adoption sector. Our aim is to provide a diverse range of useful resources for adoption practitioners that will help to make improvements for all of those who are impacted by adoption.
Matching Learning Programme
A series of video webinars from the Matching Learning Programme are available to view, featuring a range of topics related to Family Finding and Matching. These sessions blend practical experience, research-based evidence, and insights from experts with lived experience in adoption, providing a convenient and comprehensive resource for learning and development.
Early Permanence Training Materials
There are a range of video webinars from the Early Permanence (EP) conference in February 2023. The videos support professionals with planning EP practice, with specific guidance for the legal framework of EP and care planning.
Online Webinars
Support for Birth Families - Working Inclusively With Dads
The webinar is hosted by the Early Permanence Practice & Service Development Group on behalf of Adoption England. In the session, our guest speakers Georgia Philip from the University of East Anglia and Emma Crowther-Duncan from PAC-UK explore key research and practice insights on working with birth fathers, including the support available to them.
Watch the webinar
Lunch & Learn Webinar: Transracial Adoption
Responding to the diversity challenge. This training is delivered by Yoni Ejo, founder of Diversity Adopt, and discusses transracial adoption and tools for adopters and practitioners to consider in these circumstances. Yoni offers approaches which give adopters the right tools to support a child in relation to the their identity. Within the webinar Yoni talks about how to use play to support and explore identity.
Watch the training
Lunch & Learn: LGBTQ+ Adoption
This session is designed to enhance understanding of LGBTQ+ individuals experience of adoption by hearing directly from the community in regards to the impact of micro-aggressions, and unconscious bias. This session aims to provide a valuable opportunity to explore prejudice experiences, understand the impact they have on individuals and their communities, and develop strategies to address exclusion within adoption.
Watch the training
Lunch & Learn: Understanding care-experienced young people’s intersectional identities, through their stories
This session is designed to enhance understanding of intersectionality by hearing the voices of over 20 care-experienced children and young people from minoritised backgrounds. The purpose is to ensure frontline social workers have a stronger understanding of the complex identities and needs of children and young people as they journey through care.
Watch the training
Lunch & Learn | Embracing diversity: supporting trans, non-binary, and gender diverse adopters
As LGBTQ+ people are an ever-increasing proportion of adopters, it's crucial that adoption agencies and professionals adapt to the diverse needs and identities of prospective adoptive parents.
By the end of this session, viewers will be better equipped to support and celebrate the unique strengths of trans, non-binary and gender diverse adopters.
Lunch & Learn Webinar: Family finding and adoption assessment – key considerations in relation to diversity and good practice
This session focuses on the challenges facing transracially adopted children and parents from the perspective of a transracial adoptee and adopter. During the session, Yoni emphasises the importance of diversity and good practice in adoption. She discusses key considerations and provides adopters with tools to support a child's identity. Yoni also shares how play can be used to explore and support a child's identity.
Watch the training