This exploratory research study aimed to increase understanding of how to meet the needs of children and young people with learning disabilities who experience, or are at risk of, CSE. Specifically, the research undertook to: scope and detail current provision, including the scale of interventions for this group of children and young people explore the … Continue reading ‘Unprotected, overprotected’
Source: Children & Young People NowĀ |Ā ByĀ Andy McNicoll on February 17, 2017 Camden appointsĀ social workers to posts 'modelled on the IRO role in childrenās services' as part of government pilot scheme. āHold the system to accountā The IRO role in childrenās services was established on a statutory basis in 2004. Councils must fill it with registered … Continue reading Council trials āIndependent Reviewing Officersā in adult services
National IRO Managers Partnership / NIROMP Our mission is to help bring about improvements in practice and policy. Holding children at the centre of what we do through our work with and for them, we aim to lead and promote excellent care and services. Official Briefing - Children & Social Work Bill / CSWB Sharon … Continue reading NIROMP – Official Briefing – Children & Social Work Bill
Average social work caseloads vary by as many as 43 cases in different parts of England, new statistics published for the first time today show. Annual workforce statistics produced by the Department for Education have for the first time included detail on average children's social work caseloads in each of the 152 local authorities. While … Continue reading DfE figures reveal massive variation in children’s social work caseloads | Children & Young People Now
Not sure this is the last nail in the coffin of HRA damages claims piggy-backing on care proceedings, but the bag of nails certainly isnāt full any more. Ā The High Court have given judgement ā¦ Read full piece at source: Human rights, damages and costs - important case
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 aboutĀ 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
This piece was firstĀ posted on 13/02/2016. Findings from small-scale research Worth reading this research paperĀ byĀ Sophie Boswell and Lynne Cudmore,Ā child psychotherapists. The paper considers children'sĀ 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
This post was first published on 25/10/2015. It raises important issues for practice and therefore merits a re-post. 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: … Continue reading Beyond the Adoption Order
Source ā BBC NewsĀ Campaigners will challenge the government's handling of the arrival of unaccompanied child refugees from Europe, at a High Court hearing later. They say ministers have not worked with local councils to find enough places for vulnerable children. Separately, the daughter of the man called "Britain's Schindler" has criticised the ending of … Continue reading High Court challenge to UK’s child refugee efforts
A merger between two private firms -Ā Acorn Care Education Group andĀ the National Fostering Agency Group (among the largest providers of foster placement services to councils in England, Scotland and Wales), is to be investigatedĀ due toĀ concerns it has created a monopoly. Following an initial investigation, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has announced it will proceed … Continue reading Ā£400m fostering services merger faces investigation
