For Parents & Carers

Family rights group advice services

The Family Rights Group provide a free and confidential advice service via telephone and online discussion boards. Their expert advisors have extensive experience in legal and social work practice, they help families to understand the law and child welfare processes, as well as better understand the concerns of social workers.

ADVICE FOR PARENTS – CLICK HERE

ADVICE FOR PRACTITIONERS – CLICK HERE

ADVICE FOR FAMILY & FRIENDS CARERS – click here

LIFELONG LINKS

Family Rights Group is working alongside local authorities to implement Lifelong Links, the aim of which is to build lasting support networks for children in the care system. This short film, produced by Hertfordshire County Council and their young people, explains more.

grandparents plus

Grandparents Plus is a national charity (England and Wales) dedicated to supporting grandparents and other relatives raising children who aren’t able to live with their parents. For further information about their services:

foster carers

Interested in fostering? contact your local council 

Need information about the cost of fostering? here

Information about training and support for foster cares: here

Information about types of foster care: here

Information about claiming benefits while fostering: here

LATEST POSTS

• Final call: UEA evaluation of the DfE 2015 Regulations and Guidance for long-term foster care #IROs #Research
  Dear Colleagues, This is the final opportunity for managers of IROs and looked after children/fostering services to contribute to important ADCS supported … Read more
• In celebration of the dedication and commitment of kinship carers #Kinship Care …
  You Love Who You Love by Beverley Campbell. https://twitter.com/FamilyRightsGp/status/1182693479924883459?s=20 NIROMP are proud supporters of the work of the Family Rights Group. Beverley … Read more
• Consultation on Children Cases in the Family Court – Interim Proposals for Reform
  The Family Division of the Courts and Tribunals Judiciary is examining proposals to reform children cases in the Family Law Court. The … Read more
• Landmark collection of reports published today: “The genie is now out of the bottle” says Ian Dickson
  Ian Dickson, chair of the #CareExpConf group officially presented the reports at Liverpool Hope University to the Professor in Social Work Michael … Read more
• NIROMP response to No Place at Home APPG Report
  You can download the full APPG report: No Place at Home NIROMP key messages to IROsDownload pdf version NIROMP KEY MESSAGES slideshare The … Read more
• Re D – the Supreme Court, 16/17 year olds, parental consent and confinement
  In Re D [2019] UKSC 42, the Supreme Court has held (by a majority) that where a 16 or 17 year old child cannot … Read more
• Independent Reviewing Officers – raising the #VoicesOfChildren : Our Playlab Tips and Tools
  CREATIVE COMMUNICATION as part of CARE PLANNING AND REVIEW Creativity is a vital part of the IRO skillset. Through creative and imaginative … Read more
• Call to Action: ‘Planning and Supporting Permanence in Long-Term Foster Care’ – a survey for managers of Independent Reviewing Officers
  Dear Colleagues, Some of you may not yet know about the important Nuffield research currently being undertaken by Professor Gill Schofield and … Read more
• Improving the role of adult mental health services in multi-agency child protection
  Yvette Stanley,  Ofsted's National Director for Social Care. First posted on: 20 August 2019  Yvette Stanley discusses the important role of adult mental … Read more
• The violation of Article 8: Strand Lobben and others v. Norway
  On 10th September 2019, the European Court of Human Rights gave judgement in the case of Strand Lobben and others v. Noraway. … Read more
• Call to Action: ‘Planning and Supporting Permanence in Long-Term Foster Care’ – a survey for managers of Independent Reviewing Officers
  Dear Colleagues, Some of you may not yet know about the important Nuffield research currently being undertaken by Professor Gill Schofield and … Read more
• NIROMP in partnership with the PSW Network – launch of a national research and practice improvement project
  A NATIONAL RESEARCH AND PRACTICE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT ON DIGITAL PROFESSIONALISM AND ONLINE SAFEGUARDING The national Principal Children and Families Social Worker (PCFSW) … Read more
• What makes an effective case record?
  Author: Yvette Stanley, Ofsted. Originally posted on: 24 July 2019  In October last year, Yvette Stanley blogged about how good-quality supervision is central to … Read more
• Voices of children – children’s experiences of instability #CareExperienced
  ‘Children’s Voices: Children’s experiences of instability in the care system’ is published alongside the Children’s Commissioner’s third annual Stability Index, which measures … Read more

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