The Youth Justice Legal Centre (YJLC) have recently collaborated with the Youth Justice LegalCentre ('YJLC') on a guide about 'county lines' and trafficking. Aimed at criminal lawyers and professionals working with children, the provides both information and practical guidance on county lines gangs, child trafficking and modern slavery defences for children. For more information on child trafficking, … Continue reading Child trafficking and ‘county lines’
Published date: 24 February 2018 |Please read NIROMP's full response to the review of Fostering in England: NIROMP briefing & comment on - Fostering in England - February 2018 Introduction This briefing considers ‘Foster Care in England’, a report of the independent review of foster care by Sir Martin Narey and Mark Owers’. The report … Continue reading NIROMP Briefing & Comment – Foster Care in England 2018
In 2016 BASW commenced this Enquiry into adoption in all four jurisdictions of the UK, enabling important comparisons between the different care and judicial systems. It delves into sensitive and complex areas of practice and takes an approach that seeks to encourage further discussions and debate about improvements. The Enquiry aimed to create safe spaces … Continue reading Report raises serious questions about the impact of government policies & financial austerity
The largest study of its kind, has revealed 83 per cent of looked after children and young people feel being in care has improved their lives. The 'Our Lives Our Care' report, published by the charity Coram Voice and the University of Bristol, measured the views of 2,263 people across 16 local authority areas. [...] … Continue reading New study reveals 83% of looked after children & young people feel being in care has improved their lives but …
Anne Longfield, the Children’s Commissioner for England, has responded to the Department for Education’s publication of ‘Foster Care in England’ stating: “All children, including those in foster care, need and deserve the love, care and support of a family. I welcome this review of fostering which shines a light on what being in foster care … Continue reading ‘IROs often raise the alarm about a child’s situation …’
Contextual Safeguarding has been developed at the University of Bedfordshire over the past six years to inform policy and practice approaches to safeguarding adolescents. Initially emerging from a three-year review of operational responses to peer-on-peer abuse, Contextual Safeguarding provides a framework to advance child protection and safeguarding responses to a range of extra-familial risks that … Continue reading Developmental considerations for safeguarding adolescents
First posted September 2016, these discussion pieces are worth a revisit for those who may have missed them: Intention of this post is to provide a small collection of discussion pieces related to improvement and innovation. Please add comments and ideas for future posts and discussion. Pillars & Foundations: Next practice in children's service Published by: The … Continue reading Some discussion pieces #goodpractice
Adoption is one of the most controversial areas of social policy. Recent policy reform and the use particularly of non- consensual adoption across the UK has prompted questions about the ethics of this increasingly politicised area of practice. Questions have been raised for example about the impact of austerity and poverty, and the high rates … Continue reading #AdoptionEnquiry – Professor Featherstone and Gupta (BASW)
Family Rights Group is facilitating a sector-led Care Crisis Review which: is examining the reasons for the record number of care order applications and high numbers of children in care; aims to identify specific changes that can safely reduce the number of care cases coming before the family court and avert the need for children … Continue reading #CareCrisisReview – online survey closes Sunday 11 February 2018
This narrative review has led to a number of new insights, particularly in relation to the ways in which sibling relationships and placements are conceptualised. Thanks to Strathprints and the University of Strathclyde for allowing free access to this paper - shared here for education (not for profit) purposes. Download: Sibling relationships in adoptive and fostering … Continue reading Sibling relationships in adoptive and fostering families
