The Centre for Child and Family Justice Research are launching the final report of their Nuffield Foundation funded study focusing on Vulnerable Birth Mothers and Recurrent Care Proceedings. The final report will be launched at a one-day conference on the 4th October at Friends Meeting House, London. Experts in the field will consider the practice … Continue reading Vulnerable Birth Mothers and Recurrent Care Proceedings: Launch event
NAIRO 7th Annual Conference is to be held on 19th October 2017, 10:00 ā 16:00. Venue: Resource For London, 356 Holloway Road, London, N7 6PA Event details A range of top speakers including members of the judiciary, parliament, practitioners and academia have been invited to speak Confirmed speakers include: ā¢Emma Lewell-Buck MP, Shadow Minister for … Continue reading “The role of the IRO in championing childrenās rights in the age of austerity”
https://twitter.com/survivecourt/status/864771943731474432 It started before the meeting even began. Emails, phone calls and discussions between you all to synchronise diaries and finalise a time and location that suited everyone. Everyone, of course, except the insignificant mother. My diary was never checked. No-one asked if the time suited me or if the location was convenient. As long … Continue reading The Insignificant Mother
The All Party Parliamentary Group for Children (APPGC) is undertaking a new Inquiry that will explore the causes of different threshold levels for accessing childrenās social care services. This follows APPGC's Inquiry in 2016/17 āNo Good Optionsā which found significant variation in the number of children accessing childrenās social care services across the country. To … Continue reading Call to action all social workers: please use this opportunity to share your perspective
Source:Ā The Childrenās Society Ā Date: 17 August 2017 Unaccompanied and migrant children The Childrenās Society in partnership with the University of Bedfordshire has published a report looking at the impact of excluding separated and migrant children from legal aid. The report finds that the safety net Emergency Case Funding is not working, stating that there is … Continue reading New report finds too much discrimination in the ‘system’
This is a helpful piece for IROs to consider - it provides good guidance as to the workings out of the pros and cons of whether to go s20 or care proceedings AND confirms that both are valid options and that neither are the default option to be followed. Source:Ā @suesspiciousminds This is a case in … Continue reading Child refugees ā section 20? Care proceedings? Either? – @suesspiciousminds
Services to protect vulnerable children in large parts of the country are seeing a dramatic āunfundedā spike in demand, new analysis shows. The County Councils Network (CCN), which represents every county council in England and 10 county unitary authorities, arguesĀ that pressure on childrenās service has risen most dramatically in rural councils, warning that they receive … Continue reading Children’s service pressures – new analysis by CCN
The Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) and the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass) published a joint protocol in February 2017 advising court guardians and social workers to work more collaboratively to speed up cases, and where possible divert them from court. The agreement was criticised by the guardians' association … Continue reading A lesson in collaborative working & conflict: ADCS & Cafcass Joint Protocol axed as unlawful
https://twitter.com/IsabelleTrowler/status/895668276541485056 Over the past four years, numerous councils, projects and charities have made bids for funding to the Department for Educationās Ā£200 million Innovation Fund.Ā Many councils, projects and charities have been backed with pots of money, and many others left disappointed. In 2014, Brighton was one such local authority that was unsuccessful in its bid … Continue reading Building a team around the social worker: how a council is reducing demand and supporting staff
New analysis by the Local Government Association (LGA), which represents more than 370 councils in England and Wales, reveals that in 2015/16 councils surpassed their childrenās social care budgets by Ā£605 million in order to protect children at immediate risk of harm. At leastĀ 75% of councils in England have overspent on their childrenās services budgets … Continue reading Children’s social care is at breaking point – LGA calls on the Government to close the funding gap
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