Urgent call for evidence: views, experiences and perceptions of children in care and care leavers (NCB/ Children's Commissioner) This call is part of work led by the National Children’s Bureau and requested by the Children’s Commissioner to: Gather information on mechanisms used to seek the views, experiences and perceptions of children in care and care leavers. … Continue reading Urgent call for evidence
Guest post by: ECLCM Twitter: ECLCM Facebook: ECLCM The key elements required to comply with the ECLCM vision of an acceptable STAYING CLOSE placement ECLCM believe that for a Staying Close placement to have a realistic chance of being successful and to mirror as far as is possible the security and support offered by a good … Continue reading Guest post: “Caring Teams” by ECLCM
The Ministry of Justice (MOJ) has announced that the YJB will lose some of its responsibilities with the creation of a new Youth Custody Service. Charlie Taylor, who last year conducted a review into UK youth justice (2016), will replace Lord Tom McNally as chair of the board in charge of preventing young people re-offending … Continue reading Over-criminalisation of looked after children – youth justice update
New research briefing: Supporting #Sibling Relationships of Children in Permanent Foster Care and #Adoption https://t.co/A0PsJXEADf — Chris Jones (@_christinejones) 22 February 2017 Key findings Sibling networks of looked-after and accommodated children can be large, diverse in age and spread over multiple households and care types (kinship, foster, residential care and adoption). This creates challenges in … Continue reading Research Briefing: Supporting Sibling Relationships of Children in Permanent Fostering and Adoptive Families
A compilation of case studies and commentaries on good practice in tackling Child Sexual Exploitation is now available on the Local Government Association (LGA) website. NIROMP want to use these commentaries to help share and promote the good practice seen during Ofsted inspections. Some of the approaches are innovative and all are based on good practice. An … Continue reading Child Sexual Exploitation: Case Studies & Commentaries – LGA
To remind you that the DfE are currently consulting on the new national system of assessment and accreditation for child and family social workers and setting out how the DfE see it working in practice. It includes accreditation of IROs. The consultation closes on 14 March 2017. This is your chance to contribute to some big questions around; · … Continue reading Have your say! NAAS consultation
This exploratory research study aimed to increase understanding of how to meet the needs of children and young people with learning disabilities who experience, or are at risk of, CSE. Specifically, the research undertook to: scope and detail current provision, including the scale of interventions for this group of children and young people explore the … Continue reading ‘Unprotected, overprotected’
Source: Children & Young People Now | By Andy McNicoll on February 17, 2017 Camden appoints social workers to posts 'modelled on the IRO role in children’s services' as part of government pilot scheme. ‘Hold the system to account’ The IRO role in children’s services was established on a statutory basis in 2004. Councils must fill it with registered … Continue reading Council trials ‘Independent Reviewing Officers’ in adult services
National IRO Managers Partnership / NIROMP Our mission is to help bring about improvements in practice and policy. Holding children at the centre of what we do through our work with and for them, we aim to lead and promote excellent care and services. Official Briefing - Children & Social Work Bill / CSWB Sharon … Continue reading NIROMP – Official Briefing – Children & Social Work Bill
Average social work caseloads vary by as many as 43 cases in different parts of England, new statistics published for the first time today show. Annual workforce statistics produced by the Department for Education have for the first time included detail on average children's social work caseloads in each of the 152 local authorities. While … Continue reading DfE figures reveal massive variation in children’s social work caseloads | Children & Young People Now
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