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Bad week for Gloucestershire continues to get worse

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I wrote on Wednesday about Gloucestershire social workers getting a hard time from His Honour Judge Wildblood QC, and it is only Friday and they are getting another. For many of the same issues

C1 and C2 (Children :Section 20 of the Children Act) 2015

http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/OJ/2015/B149.html

  1. This is the third case that I have seen this week where this Local Authority has allowed there to be protracted use of the accommodation of children under section 20 of The Children Act 1989. Without descending into full legal analysis of the statute ‘section 20 accommodation’ arises when a parent agrees that a Local Authority should arrange where a child is to live. With their mother’s agreement, therefore, the two children involved in this case went to live with foster carers in September 2013 and have remained with the same carers for over two years. In its own case summary the Local Authority says:…

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High Court judge praises social worker’s ‘outstanding contribution’ to radicalisation case

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The 16-year-old girl was taken into local authority care after videos of executions and photos of corpses were found on electronic devices belonging to family members and herself Source: High Court judge praises social worker’s ‘outstanding contribution’ to radicalisation case

Children and Families Act factsheets

by National IRO Managers Partnership (NIROMP), posted in News

The Children and Families Act 2014 became law on 13th March 2014.  The new system started on 1st September 2014. "Uemploy" supports people with a learning disability to employ their own personal assistant (PA). They have written 8 helpful factsheets about the Children and Families Act and special education needs (SEN).  The factsheets focus on the parts of the Act relating to people … Continue reading Children and Families Act factsheets

Good practice in social care: child disability

by National IRO Managers Partnership (NIROMP), posted in Good practice / Performance / Improvement, News

Ofsted example of good practice in social care This example was first published in 2011 by Ofsted. It shows how the Bridges Resource Centre in Wokingham used flexible and effective approaches to communicate and consult with children and young people with special educational needs and a complex mixture of communication difficulties. ...we train all our … Continue reading Good practice in social care: child disability

Social work manager struck off for failing to properly supervise team

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A former SERCO social worker has been removed from the HCPC register after failing to address issues during a year-long suspension. The manager of the children with disabilities team had been employed by private provider Serco at the time of the allegations in 2012 but was referred by Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council after the team … Continue reading Social work manager struck off for failing to properly supervise team

Inquiry launched into mental health of looked-after children

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MPs will scrutinise the current provision of mental health services of looked-after children, and the level of training and support available for social workers The report states that there are serious and deeply ingrained problems with the commissioning and provision of Children’s and adolescents’ mental health services and has emphasised the need for national priority … Continue reading Inquiry launched into mental health of looked-after children

Children’s minister pledges to improve special guardianship orders

by National IRO Managers Partnership (NIROMP), posted in News

Improvements will be made to special guardianship orders (SGOs) in the wake of concerns about their use, children’s minister Edward Timpson has said. “It is now a decade since [SGOs] were introduced by the last Labour government, and it is time for us to have a close and proper look at the consequences of their … Continue reading Children’s minister pledges to improve special guardianship orders

Educational outcomes of children in foster care

by National IRO Managers Partnership (NIROMP), posted in Education, News, Publication / Research / Resource

New research finds limited evidence that being in foster care is to blame for the poor educational outcomes of children Findings from research  A literature review undertaken collaboratively by researchers in the School for Policy Studies and Graduate School of Education University of Bristol and the Rees Centre for Research in Fostering and Education and Education Department, University of Oxford has just … Continue reading Educational outcomes of children in foster care

Gender stereotypes

by National IRO Managers Partnership (NIROMP), posted in Education, Safeguarding

Gender stereotypes make teenagers more accepting of violence Teenagers' opinions about when violence is acceptable or not can be influenced by the way they perceive men and women and the relationships between them. Simply telling young people that violence is wrong won’t stop it happening. Schools need to teach children about gender and sexuality first … Continue reading Gender stereotypes

Fears raised over ‘damaging’ special guardianship placements

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Research commissioned by the Department for Education suggests that there is a desire among family courts to push for a placement within the wider family as a result of legal rulings from 2013 calling on local authorities to provide evidence that all alternatives to adoption have been considered. See Children & Young People Now article: … Continue reading Fears raised over ‘damaging’ special guardianship placements