Guest post by Amy Woodworth -Ā Policy and Campaigns Officer atĀ Become Celebrating the rights of children in care This Care Day, Friday 16 February, is an opportunity to reflect on the rights of each child, and how we all work to defend and enhance them. We know that unfortunately, children in care do not always have … Continue reading Celebrating the rights of children in care #CareDay18
Anne Longfield, the Childrenās Commissioner for England, has responded to the Department for Educationās publication of āFoster Care in Englandā stating: āAll children, including those in foster care, need and deserve the love, care and support of a family. I welcome this review of fostering which shines a light on what being in foster care … Continue reading ‘IROs often raise the alarm about a childās situation …’
Emma Harman, barrister of 3PB, explains the important lessons that can be learned from A Local Authority v G (Parent with Learning Disability) [2017] EWFC B94 . The local authority in this case was heavily criticised for its lack of appropriate support provided to the mother in view of her learning disability needs. It was … Continue reading Local Authority Support for Parent with a Learning Disability
This case involves an appeal concerning the extent to which a family court may exercise its jurisdiction to grant a non-molestation injunction under the Family Law Act 1996 to protect a child subject of a full care order:Ā T (A Child) [2017] EWCA Civ 1889. Case synopsis A care order was made on a child, a … Continue reading Protection of a child from likely harassment and abduction by her mother
Is it time we had a conversation about how written agreements are used to deal with domestic abuse? National Director for Social Care, Eleanor Schooling, discusses the issue in her latest blog https://t.co/RnNLI1XnOc #socialcare #socialwork #domesticabuse pic.twitter.com/14tCz4z3Hj ā Ofsted (@Ofstednews) 28 January 2018 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js Eleanor Schooling, National Director for Social Care writes in her … Continue reading Eleanor Schooling on Written Agreements #domesticviolence
Contextual Safeguarding has been developed at the University of Bedfordshire over the past six years to inform policy and practice approaches to safeguarding adolescents. Initially emerging from a three-year review of operational responses to peer-on-peer abuse, Contextual Safeguarding provides a framework to advance child protection and safeguarding responses to a range of extra-familial risks that … Continue reading Developmental considerations for safeguarding adolescents
First posted September 2016, these discussion pieces are worth a revisit for those who may have missed them: Intention of thisĀ post is to provide a small collection of discussion pieces related to improvement and innovation. Please add comments and ideas for future posts and discussion. Pillars & Foundations: Next practice in children's service Published by:Ā The … Continue reading Some discussion pieces #goodpractice
Adoption is one of the most controversial areas of social policy. Recent policy reform and the use particularly of non- consensual adoption across the UK has prompted questions about the ethics of this increasingly politicised area of practice. Questions have been raised for example about the impact of austerity and poverty, and the high rates … Continue reading #AdoptionEnquiry – Professor Featherstone and Gupta (BASW)
Family Rights Group is facilitating a sector-led Care Crisis Review which: is examining the reasons for the record number of care order applications and high numbers of children in care; aims to identify specific changes that can safely reduce the number of care cases coming before the family court and avert the need for children … Continue reading #CareCrisisReview ā online survey closes Sunday 11 February 2018
Originating source:Ā @researchIPĀ First published by Research in Practice:Ā 08 JANUARY 2018 Ā Author:Ā Caroline Bennett,Ā Assistant Director for Social Care at the Council for Disabled Children(CDC), part of the National Childrenās Bureau (NCB).Ā āA fundamental finding of both the Law Commissionās report and the consultation paper on Mental Capacity and Deprivation of Liberty was that a personās age or … Continue reading Research in Practice | Deprivation of liberty in relation to children and young people
