Adoption is one of the most controversial areas of social policy. Recent policy reform and the use particularly of non- consensual adoption across the UK has prompted questions about the ethics of this increasingly politicised area of practice. Questions have been raised for example about the impact of austerity and poverty, and the high rates … Continue reading #AdoptionEnquiry – Professor Featherstone and Gupta (BASW)
Family Rights Group is facilitating a sector-led Care Crisis Review which: is examining the reasons for the record number of care order applications and high numbers of children in care; aims to identify specific changes that can safely reduce the number of care cases coming before the family court and avert the need for children … Continue reading #CareCrisisReview ā online survey closes Sunday 11 February 2018
Originating source:Ā @researchIPĀ First published by Research in Practice:Ā 08 JANUARY 2018 Ā Author:Ā Caroline Bennett,Ā Assistant Director for Social Care at the Council for Disabled Children(CDC), part of the National Childrenās Bureau (NCB).Ā āA fundamental finding of both the Law Commissionās report and the consultation paper on Mental Capacity and Deprivation of Liberty was that a personās age or … Continue reading Research in Practice | Deprivation of liberty in relation to children and young people
The Prison Act 1952 requires every prison to be monitored by an independent Board appointed by the Secretary of State from members of the community in which the prison or centre is situated. The Annual Report of the Independent Monitoring Board at HM YOI Cookham Wood Published December 2017 presents a number of findings including those specifically related to questions … Continue reading Independent Monitoring Board finds pressures on the system have led to ‘inhumane outcomes’
This narrative review has led to a number of new insights, particularly in relation to the ways in whichĀ sibling relationships and placements are conceptualised. Thanks to Strathprints and the University of Strathclyde for allowing free access to this paper - shared here for education (not for profit) purposes. Download: Sibling relationships in adoptive and fostering … Continue reading Sibling relationships in adoptive and fostering families
Source: Michael Brown 'MentalHealthCop' Extract: One specific amendment to the Mental Health Act 1983 which will be with us shortly: it will no longer be lawful to hold children in police stations as a Place of Safety under the Act ā ever!Ā The legal amendment in s81 PaCA on this is a simple one: the MHA … Continue reading Paļ»æCA – No Children in Police Stations
Thank you so much toĀ @JustforkidslawĀ for our invite to the launch ofĀ this excellent 2 minute film about young parents at risk of their children being removed: This animation video by Just for Kids Law aims to prompt social workers to consider the frustrations and fears of legal proceedings from the young personās perspective.Ā Important viewing for IROs … Continue reading If I could talk to me – @Justforkidslaw
By Luke Stevenson on December 6, 2017 in Community Care | Children Judge praises council social workers who āsimply got back into the ringā but criticises lack of secure accommodation provision. Read full piece at source: Social workers praised for commitment to child with complex needs
NIROMP are working with Coram Voice to promote the voice of young people in the care system and their entitlement to advocacy. Coram Voice are very keen to work alongside IRO's in ensuring that children in care are able to access advocacy support, and are able to resolve the concerns they have sought out advocacy … Continue reading Promoting the voice of young people in the care system #VOC
First published: 29 November 2017 Author:Ā Alison OāSullivan Read full piece at source:Ā Corporate parenting for children in care with mental health needs: commissioners in action Extract: The parents of children in families do not parent their children in isolation ā they draw upon the knowledge and resources of experts, seek support from grandparents and other family … Continue reading Corporate parenting for children in care with mental health needs
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