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.
Episode 89 - Inerview with Katherine SacksJones the CEO of Become
Episode 90 - An interview with Sue Armstrong Brown, CEO of Adoption UK
Conversations - Nicola
Episode 88 - Police Report on CCVAB & New Regulation
Conversations - Sophie
Episode 87 - Sally Donovan
Episode 86 - Rosie the Adoption Social Worker (pt2), Pol and the lads
Podcast Special - Martin Barrow, Corvid 19 and Foster Care
Episode 85 - We chat to Cat and Pol about when to talk to children about their Adoption.
Episode 81 - Scott & Al talk #YouCanAdopt, Marketing and #InfoBanter
Episode 84 - All things lockdown and an interview with Rosie the Adoption Social Worker
Episode 83 - An interview with Special Guardians and Adopters Together
Conversations - Clarissa
Episode 82 - Scott & Al chat to Solicitor Sarah Brown
Conversations - Andrew
Ep 80 - #LGBTHistory Satwinder Sandhu on Social Work Process
Conversations - Bea
Adoptee Conversations - Fran
Episode 78 - Live Podcast, Recruitment and a new Government
Podcast Special - Adoption UK Scotland's FASD Hub
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