New report from CORC, NSPCC and Loughborough University, Improving Children’s Social Care Services: Results of a feasibility study, funded by the Nuffield Foundation. The report can be downloaded at source here. It sets out the findings of a feasibility study that aimed to understand how to define ‘good’ children’s social care services and how to assess … Continue reading Improving Children’s Social Care Services: Results of a feasibility study
Your Family, Your Voice, is an alliance of families and practitioners that has been developed by Family Rights Group to counter the stigma and negative presumptions about families whose children are subject to, or at risk of, state intervention. The Alliance is leading a Knowledge Inquiry to look in detail at one part of our … Continue reading Call to Action – Knowledge Inquiry: Children who come into the care system under a voluntary arrangement
By Liane Davey. Originally published on January 31st, 2017. Source: Harvard Business Review There’s no point in collaboration without tension, disagreement, or conflict. https://t.co/0L3af2ZeUz — Harvard Biz Review (@HarvardBiz) 1 February 2017 Collaboration is crumpling under the weight of our expectations. What should be a messy back-and-forth process far too often falls victim to our … Continue reading Collaboration: ‘If Your Team Agrees on Everything, Working Together Is Pointless’
This post is intended to draw attention to the learning from a Serious Case Review (SCR) published by Croydon Safeguarding Children Board about a child who for the purpose of the review was named 'Claire'. Claire was taken into care and placed with foster carers. She was then sexually abused by her foster carer. The report was … Continue reading Looked After Reviews & Child Protection Conferences – Learning from SCR ‘Claire’
Trauma sensitive practice with children in care By Judy Furnivall Originally Published 13 Aug 2014. Source: Iriss An enhanced understanding of trauma can enable practitioners and managers, from all the agencies working with children in care, to improve their practice with severely distressed children and to reduce the negative impact of trauma not only on … Continue reading Trauma sensitive practice – Iriss
Source: Eight-year-olds Identified in Infancy as at Risk of Harm: Report of a Prospective Longitudinal Study Research Report: July 2016 By: Rebecca Brown, Harriet Ward, Jenny Blackmore, Caroline Thomas and Georgia Hyde-Dryden: Loughborough University About the study Findings from this study raise important questions about child protection policy and practice. In particular they raise issues concerning … Continue reading Eight-year-olds identified in infancy as at risk of harm: report of a prospective longitudinal study
By Dr Bruce Perry, adapted from the Foreword to his book, Life Story Therapy with Traumatized Children, by Richard Rose. EXTRACT A fundamental and permeating strength of humankind is the capacity to form and maintain relationships – the capacity to belong. It is in the context of our clan, community and culture that we are born and … Continue reading ‘Without a life story, a child is adrift, disconnected and vulnerable’ – Dr Bruce Perry on the value and power of the Life Story approach
Das reBoot – Court of Appeal find reverse gear (once again) https://t.co/NSdVWeF7km — suesspicious minds (@suesspiciousmin) 26 January 2017 A major theme in family case law over the last 2-3 years has been misuse of section 20 – voluntary accommodation, with all sorts of guidance being provided, culminating in the President of the Family Division giving … Continue reading Misuse of section 20 – suesspiciousminds
Headline measures 2,000 children waiting to be adopted at 30 June 2016 has improved:Â 10% decrease from 31 March 2016 when there were 2,210 children waiting with a placement order not yet placed with an adoptive family. Child timeliness has improved:Â The time taken between a child entering care and being placed with a family for children … Continue reading Adoption figures fall again
The role of Independent Chair and Reviewing Officer serves an important function in reviewing and quality assuring plans for children, providing inspections of residential units and chairing Child Protection Case Conferences and Reviews. The successful applicant will be able to work under pressure, have an understanding of legislative frameworks and be able to engage with … Continue reading Featured Job: Independent Chair – Safeguarding and Review
