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Author: National IRO Managers Partnership (NIROMP)
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Preparing children for adult life
The government has launched a new online tool for schools across the country to give parents and carers the best possible advice and tips on preparing children for adult life. Children now grow up in a world where computer technology and life on the internet is the norm. With access at their fingertips, it can be even … Continue reading Preparing children for adult life
Assessment of Special Guardians
The Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) and Cafcass have issued a joint note on the Assessment of Special Guardians for children in care proceedings applications. EXTRACT "In short, Special Guardianship Orders should neither be recommended nor endorsed nor determined expediently where the test and bar for a carer to pass is lower than … Continue reading Assessment of Special Guardians
Radicalism & the Family Courts – Marina Wheeler
OCTOBER 30, 2015 BY 1 CROWN OFFICE ROW UK Human Rights Blog EXTRACT The Prevent and Channel Duties "In many public services: health, education, strong views are being exchanged about the aims and scope of these duties. In family law circles, there is a particular, indeed acute, concern that we are imposing responsibilities on social workers which they … Continue reading Radicalism & the Family Courts – Marina Wheeler
Residential care: trilogy of short films by young people
These powerful short films were created with young people. Valerie Dunn, who is a Research Associate in the Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, led the project. The first animation film called ‘My name is Joe’ is about entering care and depicts the worries and anxieties young people can face e.g. visits with family, school life and views … Continue reading Residential care: trilogy of short films by young people
Review of Children’s Residential Care
The government has commissioned Sir Martin Narey, former Head of the Prison and Probation Services in England and Wales and CEO of children’s charity Barnardo’s, to undertake an independent review of children's residential care. Announcing the review at Prime Minister’s questions, the Prime Minister said: "We need to make sure that our residential care homes … Continue reading Review of Children’s Residential Care
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Transparency in the Family Court
Judge allows publication of article about children in care
This blog is by 1 Crown Office Row barristers’ chambers. The blog’s editorial team is
General Editor: Adam Wagner
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Tickle v Council of the Borough of North Tyneside and others [2015] EWHC 2991 (Fam) (19 October 2015) – read judgment
Before the court were cross applications by a journalist and the local authority regarding care proceedings which the former wished to report. The individual in question was a mother (representing herself in these proceedings) who had had a number of children taken into care in the past. Her life had been “blighted” historically by serious mental health problems which have at times made it unsafe for her to care for her children. At the time of this application, it seemed, those times appeared to be behind her. Be that as it may, she and her children had been through the care system on a number of occasions.
She had shared this experience on social media sites, and had…
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Beyond the Adoption Order
Discord and disruption in adoptive families Dr Julie Selwyn presented this lecture for Cardiff University's Children's Social Care Research and Development Centre in association with the BAAF (British Association for Adoption and Fostering). Read the full report: Beyond the Adoption Order: challenges, interventions and adoption disruption
Childrens home incidents
Police chief urges leniency around childrens home incidents Abstract Olivia Pinkney, children and young people’s lead at the National Police Chiefs Council (NPCC) and deputy chief constable of Sussex Police, has stated that local police services and children’s homes providers should work together to reduce the number of times officers are called out to residential … Continue reading Childrens home incidents
