Plans to change the way child protection and children’s services are delivered by “bringing in new providers” have been given a mixed reception by the Children's Services sector. Children’s services have been identified by Prime Minister David Cameron as a “standout area” for reform ahead of the autumn Spending Review. Cameron stated that the government will adopt … Continue reading Reform of child protection and children’s services
Courtesy of the Children’s Involvement Team (CIT), Sheffield City Council, worked with Sheffield’s Independent Reviewing Service to develop a Child Centred Review process. Background CIT used an existing child centred review model developed by Helen Sanderson Associates for SEN reviews and, working in partnership with Independent Reviewing Officers (IROs) from Sheffield City Council, developed a … Continue reading Child-centred reviews
Brighton and Hove Safeguarding and Review Service. We believe that work with all children needs to happen at their pace, with workers able to tailor their approach to the meet the child’s communication needs and attachment style. It also requires a commitment by the corporate parent, the local authority, to make sure workers have the … Continue reading Child-focused Care Planning and Review Processes
Courtesy of: Bracknell Forest – SE Region Do you know? training I am an IRO manager in Bracknell Forest in Berkshire. In February half term I attended a ‘Do you know’ training session led by young people in who are care experienced. The IROs in the team had all done the training and I wanted … Continue reading Do You Know? training
This report looks at how services are meeting the needs of young people with learning disabilities who experience, or are at risk of, sexual exploitation and warns that a low level of understanding of learning disabilities can prevent social workers from properly protecting children from sexual exploitation. Source: released by Barnardo's on 10th September and posted on Community … Continue reading Unprotected, overprotected
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. With access at their fingertips, it can be even … Continue reading Groundbreaking move by government
An interesting blog piece written from the perspective of an adoptive parent, Gareth Marr.
“Adopted children are likely to be the most traumatised children in the country. They have been adopted because they cannot go back to their birth family. Their life and sanity is so threatened that they have to be totally severed from their previous existence. Many Children in Care will go back to their birth families. Those with Special Guardianship Orders or Child Arrangement Orders can have contact with their birth family. Their identity, who they are, where they come from, has not been severed and they have not been placed with strangers.”
This quote came from my presentation to a seminar my Local Authority held in June on extending the support of our Virtual School to adopted and other vulnerable children. You can see the programme here: Agenda-DCS seminar programme It caused a few gasps amongst the audience of children care professionals and Virtual School staff. Of course they will have…
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The SEND reforms requires changes to processes and different ways of thinking about outcomes, co- production, and what it takes to support a young person to move into adulthood. A number of helpful resources have been produced by the Preparing for Adulthood programme in partnership with Helen Sanderson Associates. Extracts from the various publication may be reproduced for non-commercial research, … Continue reading SEND Reforms: Preparing for Adulthood
A reminder that this consultation closes 18th September. The National IRO Manager Partnership is submitting a response. Thoughts and comments should therefore be sent to your regional lead by 14th September. Regional lead details can be found in this sites ‘Events & Regions’ page.
The Department for Education (DfE) is consulting on the changing use of special guardianship orders (SGOs) following concern that the assessment process for SGOs may not be sufficiently robust. The DfE wants to work with stakeholders through consultation and review to understand the reasons behind the changes. It will use the review to help inform any potential changes to the law and guidance.
The consultation closes at 5pm on 18 September 2015 and the National IRO Manager Partnership is in the process of consulting its members as part of a coordinated national response.
Expert Advisory Group
The review will be overseen by an Expert Advisory Group representing practitioners, local authorities, academics, representative organisations such as the National IRO Manager Partnership and a judicial observer.
Find out more
Members can contact their regional leads for more information about how to contribute to the national response here: https://iromdfe.wordpress.com/national-representatives/
The consultation document is here:
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