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Second point is to say that I am trying to develop a measure to understand adoptee quality of life for 16-25 age group, but I don't think this can be done without talking to adoptees older than that. If it turns out there is a lot more that needs to be considered, I will have to adapt the method.

Yes of course. I also reject the "adoption triangle" and any notion that each side has to "resolve" itself to the other. What I wanted to do with the mixed groups is bring contrasting perspectives together, and my inspiration for this approach was the BASW Adoption Enquiry basw.co.uk/policy-and-p...

The focus group will be:

Thursday 9 Jan 1:30-3pm Leeds (or online if participants request this)

You can also find out more information about the project on the website here: sites.google.com/sheffield.ac...

#adoptee
#adoptees
#adoption
#firstfamily
#birthfamily
#birthmum
#birthdad
#adoptionuk

#adoptee
#adoptees
#adoption
#firstfamily
#birthfamily
#birthmum
#birthdad
#adoptionuk

Tuesday 7 Jan 1-2:30pm Sheffield
Tuesday 14 Jan 1-2:30pm Leeds
Thursday 16 Jan online

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"rebalancing the whole children’s social care system in favour of early intervention, giving every family the legal right to be involved in decisions made about children entering the care system." Anyone got any concrete idea what this means? How will they improve involvement? Parent peer advocacy?

I agree the idea's very far removed from what social workers are trying to do. As someone who's spent many a Saturday afternoon holding a placard, I feel like I get why someone might be angry & want to do something! Also I identify with anger about rising child removal rates.

I'd have probably stopped and talked to them, because behind the off-the-wall conspiracy theories may be some genuinely inexplicable experiences of child removal. SWs are so disconnected from the people we serve & the child welfare system can defy the logic of "support", so I'm not surprised.