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Secondary legislation which allowed children in prison to be locked in cells for up to 22 hours a day at the height of the pandemic will end in March, it has been confirmed. “While the rest of the country responded to the first lockdown in 2020 by holding our children close and trying to make … Continue reading ‘Disgraceful’ Covid-19 restrictions on children in prison to end in March

Source: Research in Practice Published: 06/01/2022 Author: Phil Winterbottom In health, those in safeguarding lead roles find themselves with legislation, statutory guidance and the weight of national scandals highlighting how important leadership is in their role. https://youtu.be/tqHQWwnTeDg Reflection and training are positioned as a proactive approach, relationships as the preferred active response, then the use of positional … Continue reading open access resource: Reflective, relational leadership and management

Research suggests 10,356 more children living in English local authority areas became looked after than would have been the case had poverty levels remained at 2015 levels. This latest research raises concerns voiced elsewhere about an underfunded, risk-averse child protection system, increasingly focussed on acute interventions at the expense of prevention. It underscores the need … Continue reading Child poverty is a modifiable risk factor for care entry

The Department for Education will introduce national standards for currently unregulated accommodation for 16- and 17- year-olds in 2023, it announced this week. Ofsted will inspect and register the providers of accommodation for older children, which the government now calls ‘supported’ provision instead of ‘independent’ or ‘semi-independent’, the DfE announced in its response to a … Continue reading Ofsted to inspect and register unregulated accommodation providers for 16–17-year-olds in care

NIROMP chair, Sharon Martin, said: Today I have provided the following submission to the Social Care Review - Call for Ideas. IROs and those who manage them were invited to join colleagues in a series of meetings aimed at generating ideas for change . Sessions were well attended and emergent themes remained consistent over multiple … Continue reading Niromp submission of ideas – the case for change

A fantastic opportunity has arisen for an Independent Reviewing Officer (IRO). We welcome applications from all sections of the community but particularly encourage and would welcome applicants from Black and racially minoritised communities, as well as individuals who identify as disabled, who are currently under-represented in our current workforce. Interviews to be held on 11 … Continue reading IRO opportunity | Brighton & Hove City Council

By Linda Briheim-Crookall, Coram Voice For care-experienced children and young people who have been separated from their birth families, positive relationships with social workers can provide an important sense of connection and stability. But a report published today by A National Voice (ANV), featuring the views of over 300 children and young people in response to … Continue reading Time-poor, overstretched and changing too often – children’s experiences of social workers

https://twitter.com/HulmesAllison/status/1458120147135258629?s=20 NIROMP want to improve access to justice for Roma parents going through child protection proceedings. This project was developed in response to concerns about the increase in Roma families subject to child protection investigations and the number of Roma children being taken into care by local authorities in England.  We worked collaboratively with a … Continue reading HELP FOR ROMA PARENTS

This session is open to all independent reviewing officers (IROs) and those who manage them. About this event Dear IROs and managers of IROs, Firstly thank you for your engagement with NIROMP's Communities of Practice. We have some important sessions lined up in the next few weeks. These sessions will focus on the Independent Review … Continue reading NIROMP Community of Practice – Case for Change Call for Ideas