via Rosie Canning - Aspire to More I can remember when I first went to university in 1993 and was astounded when I began to realise that things in careĀ hadnāt changed. Another twenty years, 2013, I met Ben Ashcroft, Ian Dickson, Lisa Cherry and Ed Nixon and we started the Every Child Leaving Care Matters … Continue reading Rosie Canning – Aspire to More #ECLCM
Safeguarding unaccompanied asylum seeking and refugee children The Department for Education (DfE) has published a policy paper setting out the governmentās commitments to safeguard and promote the welfare of unaccompanied asylum seeking refugee children in England. The new strategy includes: updated guidance for councils on caring for unaccompanied migrant children and child victims of modern … Continue reading Safeguarding – some policy updates
Children England has put forward the case for a fair, sustainable funding mechanism for essential childrenās services stating that it is too urgent and too acute to ignore: We propose the establishment of a Children Act Funding Formula, which would distribute national taxation to all authorities with duties under the Children Act 1989 according to … Continue reading The Case for a Children Act Funding Formula – Children England
Read the Local Government Association (LGA) responseĀ to lack of additional children's services funding in #Budget2017 at:Ā Budget 2017: councils react to no extra children's services funding 'Weāve reached a tipping point where this service can no longer be ignored. It is absolutely crucial that the forthcoming Local Government Finance Settlement addresses this funding gap' - LGA.Ā … Continue reading Budget 2017: councils react to no extra children’s services funding – LGA
The Court of Appeal delivered a judgment in Re B (A Child) [2017] EWCA Civ 1579 last month. In it they consider (but do not resolve) the question of how the Family Court should deal with evidence obtained by covert recording. Implication is that covert recordings of both children and adults are admissible in the … Continue reading Covert recordings in family proceedings (Re B (A Child)) – a subjective determination for judges
Cardiff University researchers to drive improvements in social care sector Originally published 16 November 2017 Cardiff University has been chosen as the research partner in a Ā£4.85m initiative to help improve the lives of children who are at risk of abuse or neglect. Read more at source: here Implementing Systemic Models of Social Work 'Sustainable … Continue reading Developments in practice
āSocial work must challenge political and public anxieties about child protectionā Originally published in Community Care on November 15, 2017. There needs to be robust and honest dialogue about the uncertainties and complexities of child protection social work, and the policies needed to achieve real change, says Jo Warner. [...] social workās mandate to intervene … Continue reading New piece by @JoWarner01 #IROConf17
A sector-led review of the rise in applications for care orders and the number of children in care Applications for care proceedings in England and Wales are at record levels. This is one factor contributing to the rise in the number of children looked after in the care system, now at the highest level since … Continue reading Care Crisis Review – Family Rights Group
Michaelaās account of her young life should challenge all professionals working with children and families to focus on the needs of the children and the whole family. A compelling read. Read full post at source: Safeguarding practice? Follow Michaela on twitterĀ @Michaelabooth7
This open access article is worth a read and forms part of the 'Learning from success series - Improving practice and working together across health and social careĀ '. Research has established the potential direct and indirect impacts of mental illness on parenting, the parent-child relationship, and the child, and the extent to which this poses … Continue reading How parents with mental health difficulties and their children can be supported successfully
