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.
Adoption Conversation: Tiegan
Webcast: Contact conversation with Adoptee Tiegan
Episode 99b - An interview with Sarah Naish
Webcast - An interview with Sarah Johal the head of One Adoption Yorkshire
Webcast: Post Adoption Order Contact with Prof Beth Neil
Adoption Conversations: Mimm
Episode 99 - Matching in Adoption
Conversations - Fiona
Episode 98 - An Interview with Dr Jennifer Nock
Episode 97: Lockdown Stories and InfoBanter
Conversation: Julian
Podcast Extra: An interview with Pat Henley from Families in Care
Episode 96 - An interview with Birth Mum Clarissa
Episode 95 - An interview with Louise Bomber
Episode 94 - An interview with Lucy Peake CEO of Grandparents Plus
Episode 93 - Podcast Live!
Episode 91 - Adopter Mental Health with Simone Harch
Episode 92 - Adoption in Lockdown
Episode 89 - Inerview with Katherine SacksJones the CEO of Become
Episode 90 - An interview with Sue Armstrong Brown, CEO of Adoption UK
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