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- Embedding a trauma-informed approach to support staff wellbeing in children’s social care: Strategic Briefing (2021) | Research in PracticeThis briefing considers what a trauma-informed approach looks like at an organisational level and why the approach is important for the organisation, the … Continue reading Embedding a trauma-informed approach to support staff wellbeing in children’s social care: Strategic Briefing (2021) | Research in Practice
- Care Review: panel of Experts by Experience announcedThe Care Review has officially started, and now has a website. Members of the Experts by Experience group are revealed, including: Jerome Harvey-Agyei, founder … Continue reading Care Review: panel of Experts by Experience announced
- Free event: Racial disproportionality in youth diversion | Centre for Justice InnovationRacial disproportionality in youth diversionTuesday, 30 March 202110:30 – 12:00Free, online In his 2017 review of racial disparity in the criminal justice system, … Continue reading Free event: Racial disproportionality in youth diversion | Centre for Justice Innovation
- Dame Rachel de Souza’s first message as she begins her term as Children’s Commissioner for England | Children’s Commissioner for EnglandWhen I hand over in six years time, I want to look back at six years in which adults in power in this … Continue reading Dame Rachel de Souza’s first message as she begins her term as Children’s Commissioner for England | Children’s Commissioner for England
- Born into care: A focus on maternal mental health | Nuffield FoundationThe Family Justice Data Partnership’s initial report on infants and newborn babies subject to care proceedings under Section 31 (s.31) of the Children … Continue reading Born into care: A focus on maternal mental health | Nuffield Foundation
- Message from the President of the Family Division: publication of the President’s Public Law Working Group reportThe President has welcomed and endorsed the publication of the President’s Public Law Working Group (PLWG) report. Please follow the link below to … Continue reading Message from the President of the Family Division: publication of the President’s Public Law Working Group report
- Hurry: Nuffield Family Justice Observatory consultation on supervision orders closes 8th March #ImportantDear all, The Nuffield FJO is launching a new consultation seeking views about supervision orders and their use in care proceedings. The survey relates to those cases … Continue reading Hurry: Nuffield Family Justice Observatory consultation on supervision orders closes 8th March #Important
- Transitions from care to adulthood: persistent issues across time and place —Transitions from care to adulthood: persistent issues across time and place. Join colleagues for this Seminar on 8th March. Read more at source: … Continue reading Transitions from care to adulthood: persistent issues across time and place —
- ADCS Safeguarding Pressures Research Phase 7 | ADCS #SGP7Source: ADCS Safeguarding Pressures Research Phase 7 Published 24 February 2021 For over a decade ADCS has collected both qualitative and quantitative data … Continue reading ADCS Safeguarding Pressures Research Phase 7 | ADCS #SGP7
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- THE ADOPTION AND CHILDREN (CORONAVIRUS) (AMENDED) REGULATIONS 2020
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- Care Review: Sector responds to long-awaited announcement amid concerns over appointment of chair
- RACISM, RACIAL DISCRIMINATION – EDUCATION & ACTIVISM
- A Care Review in England? Whose views count?
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