The government has launched a new online tool for schools across the country to give parents and carers the best possible advice and tips on preparing children for adult life. Children now grow up in a world where computer technology and life on the internet is the norm.Ā With access at theirĀ fingertips, it can be even … Continue reading Preparing children for adult life
The Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) and Cafcass have issued a joint note on the Assessment of Special Guardians for children in care proceedings applications. EXTRACT "In short, Special Guardianship Orders should neither be recommended nor endorsed nor determined expediently where the test and bar for a carer to pass is lower than … Continue reading Assessment of Special Guardians
OCTOBER 30, 2015Ā BYĀ 1 CROWN OFFICE ROWĀ UK Human Rights Blog EXTRACT The Prevent and Channel Duties "In many public services: health, education, strong views are being exchanged about the aims and scope of these duties. In family law circles, there is a particular, indeed acute, concern that we are imposing responsibilities on social workers which they … Continue reading Radicalism & the Family Courts ā Marina Wheeler
These powerful short films were created with young people. Valerie Dunn, who is a Research Associate in the Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, led the project. The first animation film called āMy name is Joeā is about enteringĀ care and depicts the worries and anxieties young people can face e.g. visits with family, schoolĀ lifeĀ and views … Continue reading Residential care: trilogy of short films by young people
The government has commissioned Sir Martin Narey, former Head of the Prison and Probation Services in England and Wales and CEO of childrenās charity Barnardoās, to undertake an independent review of children's residential care. Announcing the review at Prime Ministerās questions, the Prime Minister said: "We need to make sure that our residential care homes … Continue reading Review of Childrenās Residential Care
Ā Judge allows publication of article about children in care
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Tickle v Council of the Borough of North Tyneside and others [2015] EWHC 2991 (Fam) (19 October 2015) ā read judgment
Before the court were cross applications by a journalist and the local authority regarding care proceedings which the former wished to report. The individual in question was a mother (representing herself in these proceedings) who had had a number of children taken into care in the past. Her life had been āblightedā historically by serious mental health problems which have at times made it unsafe for her to care for her children. At the time of this application, it seemed, those times appeared to be behind her. Be that as it may, she and her children had been through the care system on a number of occasions.
She had shared this experience on social media sites, and hadā¦
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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: Beyond the Adoption Order: challenges, interventions and adoption disruptionĀ
Police chief urges leniency around childrens home incidents Abstract Olivia Pinkney, children and young peopleās lead at the National Police Chiefs Council (NPCC) and deputy chief constable of Sussex Police, has stated that local police services and childrenās homes providers shouldĀ work together to reduce the number of times officers are called out to residential … Continue reading Childrens home incidents
Cambridgeshire Council has proposed a higher risk care strategy for its vulnerable children Public services in Cambridgeshire are facing cuts of Ā£120m over the next five years.Ā Cambridgeshire County Council has said the cuts are needed because the authority will be getting less money from central government.Ā The biggest reduction is expected to fall on the council's … Continue reading Care strategy for vulnerable children
Important messages here from young people: For todayās #carematters young people talk to us about social workers. ā The Who Cares? Trust (@WhoCaresTrust) October 27, 2015 //platform.twitter.com/widgets.js āWhen I was 4-6 I remember lots of people in a room all talking about me. I didnāt know what was going on.ā YP #Carematters ā The Who … Continue reading Young people talk to Who Cares Trust about social workers
