Wow - Research in Practice have put together a fabulous range of resources. Do visit the RiP website and encourage others to visit. The resources will be of great support to practitioners working on making positive post-adoption contact plans and supporting birth relatives and adopters through contact planning for their child. The materials bring together knowledge from research and practice - drawing on … Continue reading Contact after adoption – RiP
Category: Care / Permanence
What does this latest section 20 judgment mean for social workers?
Caroline Lynch and Andrea Hopkins from the Family Rights Group explain what the latest ruling on consent in section 20 means for social workers The good practice guidance that has been established in the case law remains valid, and a measure against which the ‘necessity and proportionality’ of local authority actions will be judged. Source: … Continue reading What does this latest section 20 judgment mean for social workers?
Urgent call for evidence
Urgent call for evidence: views, experiences and perceptions of children in care and care leavers (NCB/ Children's Commissioner) This call is part of work led by the National Children’s Bureau and requested by the Children’s Commissioner to: Gather information on mechanisms used to seek the views, experiences and perceptions of children in care and care leavers. … Continue reading Urgent call for evidence
Guest post: “Caring Teams” by ECLCM
Guest post by: ECLCM Twitter: ECLCM Facebook: ECLCM The key elements required to comply with the ECLCM vision of an acceptable STAYING CLOSE placement ECLCM believe that for a Staying Close placement to have a realistic chance of being successful and to mirror as far as is possible the security and support offered by a good … Continue reading Guest post: “Caring Teams” by ECLCM
“Adoption without parental consent is wrong in principle”
First posted December 2015. The Family Justice Council held its 9th Annual Debate and panel discussion on Tuesday 24 November 2015. The topic for debate was adoption. The motion read: “Adoption without parental consent is wrong in principle” The event was chaired by the Rt. Hon. Sir James Munby, President of the Family Division of the High Court, and … Continue reading “Adoption without parental consent is wrong in principle”
Eight-year-olds identified in infancy as at risk of harm: report of a prospective longitudinal study
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
Transition planning : foster care to adoption
This piece was first posted on 13/02/2016. Findings from small-scale research Worth reading this research paper by Sophie Boswell and Lynne Cudmore, child psychotherapists. The paper considers children's attachment and emotional needs and the role of foster carers during the transition from foster care to adoption. The research findings are explored in the light of an attachment and loss in … Continue reading Transition planning : foster care to adoption
Trauma sensitive practice – Iriss
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
Eight-year-olds identified in infancy as at risk of harm: report of a prospective longitudinal study
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
‘Without a life story, a child is adrift, disconnected and vulnerable’ – Dr Bruce Perry on the value and power of the Life Story approach
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
