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Community Care Inform

Community Care Inform is a fantastic resource available to DBC staff working with adults and children & families in Darlington. It provides a wealth of online resources created by sector experts enabling professionals to make robust, evidence based decisions and to keep on top of their CPD. It includes:

  • learning tools - podcasts, videos, webinars, group learning tools and case studies to support different learning styles
  • practice guidance - in-depth guides on a huge range and variety of topics as well as at a glance summaries and top tips
  • legal - summaries of the most significant cases with key points for practice plus comprehensive and accessible legislative guidance
  • research - the latest and most relevant social care research summarised, with key practice points highlighted.

You can also log each learning event you complete on the website in your own CPD log. You can also  record training accessed via other sources & you can easily download all of the information so you have an easily accessible record of your CPD.

Welcome to Community Care Inform

If you have received your subscription to CCI but you aren't sure where to start then why not join one of their weekly interactive demonstrations! This short half hour session will give you hints & tips of how to make the most of your subscription.

To book a place please click on the following link: Weekly Demonstration [external website]aler

Local Authorities, Care Orders, Consent & Deprivation of Liberty: J v Bath and North East Somerset Council & Ors [2025] EWCA Civ 478

This significant Court of Appeal case concerned J, a 14-year-old boy, who had multiple disabilities and could not communicate through words. He was living full-time in a specialist placement which involved measures that amounted to confinement and restrictions on his liberty. 

The local authority had previously applied to the High Court for a deprivation of liberty order but the judge had ruled it wasn’t required.

This decision was appealed on J’s behalf and the Court of Appeal ruled that the High Court judge had been wrong, and local authorities will need to ensure they apply to courts for a deprivation of liberty order for children in a similar situation To read more click on the following link: CC Inform [external website]

Trauma Informed Practice with Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children & Young People

Join our upcoming live webinar to enhance your understanding of trauma and trauma experiences for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children.

In this one-hour session, Dr Wuraola Bolaji will explore the challenges faced by unaccompanied asylum-seeking children (UASC), including the complexities of being looked after and leaving care. 

This session will explore trauma-informed practice and how it can be used effectively in social work interventions with UASC. This session will also explore self-care and how to manage the impact of working with trauma.

Dr Wuraola Bolaji is a psychoanalytically trained doctor of social work. She is a trauma-informed practitioner, educator and thought leader. Wuraola has several years of experience managing looked-after children and leaving care teams. She is currently a senior lecturer at the University of Hertfordshire MSc and BSc social work programmes. Wuraola is passionate about improving outcomes for students, care-experienced young people and unaccompanied asylum- seeking children (UASC).  

It will be held on Wednesday 2 July 2025 from 10:30-11.30am

To book please click on the following link: Eventbrite [external website]

When you arrive on the event booking page you will see the tickets marked as £35. As a Community Care Inform Children subscriber you are eligible to attend for free. To register your free place,
simply follow the online instructions and enter the following promo code when prompted: Inform020725 

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