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Groundbreaking conference to bring together residential childcare experts and foster carers

A conference being held in Cardiff next week is set to bring together foster carers and residential childcare staff for the first time in a bid to improve outcomes for children in care and when they are leaving care.

The 'Knowledge Exchange Event' is being held on September 9 at Cardiff University and health and social services minister, Professor Mark Drakeford, will attend.

The conference is being hosted by CFW's Looked After Children's Network, CASCADE (Cardiff University’s Children's Social Care Research and Development Centre) and the Care Council for Wales.

Steve Elliott, (pictured) who chairs the Looked After Children's Network said: "We have been working towards this event for a long time and we welcome the chance to get

practitioners together to share their knowledge. It can only mean that the result will be better practice for everyone who is involved in caring for children and young people - both in residential care and in foster care. We are grateful for the support of our partners in getting the Exchange Event organised and look forward to yet more collaborative working in the future."

The conference will also explore the development of a common learning framework that will span across the residential childcare and foster care workforces.

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