Das reBoot – Court of Appeal find reverse gear (once again) https://t.co/NSdVWeF7km — suesspicious minds (@suesspiciousmin) 26 January 2017 A major theme in family case law over the last 2-3 years has been misuse of section 20 – voluntary accommodation, with all sorts of guidance being provided, culminating in the President of the Family Division giving … Continue reading Misuse of section 20 – suesspiciousminds
Headline measures 2,000 children waiting to be adopted at 30 June 2016 has improved: 10% decrease from 31 March 2016 when there were 2,210 children waiting with a placement order not yet placed with an adoptive family. Child timeliness has improved: The time taken between a child entering care and being placed with a family for children … Continue reading Adoption figures fall again
The role of Independent Chair and Reviewing Officer serves an important function in reviewing and quality assuring plans for children, providing inspections of residential units and chairing Child Protection Case Conferences and Reviews. The successful applicant will be able to work under pressure, have an understanding of legislative frameworks and be able to engage with … Continue reading Featured Job: Independent Chair – Safeguarding and Review
Ministers have proposed extending section 25 of the Children Act 1989 so that it covers cases where local authorities in England or Wales have placed children in secure accommodation in Scotland. The legislation, and its Welsh equivalent, currently only cover placements between England and Wales. The changes have been tabled as part of proposed amendments … Continue reading Children Act changes proposed
The role of the IRO is to review and improve care planning, to challenge drift and delay and to ensure that the right permanence plan is achieved. Good planning and review is essential to achieving timely permanence and the right care for looked after children. The chance to build a trusting long-term relationship with a carer who shows their love, … Continue reading Reunification: Children’s return home from care
The Department for Education (DfE) launched the Children’s Social Care Innovation Programme to act as a catalyst for developing more effective ways of supporting vulnerable children. The programme is seeking to inspire whole system change to improve the life chances for children receiving support from the social care system, to provide stronger incentives and mechanisms … Continue reading Innovation News – large-scale projects to transform children’s social care
The Court of Appeal has reaffirmed the interpretation of the word 'abscond' in terms of escaping indefinitely from an imposed regime. This ruling will have a significant impact upon local authority applications in future ... 'There are two criteria for the making of a secure accommodation. The first being that the child has a history … Continue reading The deprivation of a child’s liberty – Family Law
Working with fathers of at-risk children: Insights from a qualitative process evaluation of an intensive group-based intervention By Jonathan Scourfield a,⁎, Clare Allely b, Amanda Coffey a, Peter Yates c Working with fathers of at-risk children: qualitative process evaluation of an intensive group-based intervention https://t.co/ckMm9dFN1J — Jonathan Scourfield (@ProfJScourfield) 22 January 2017 a Cardiff University, … Continue reading Working with fathers of at-risk children – Children and Youth Services Review
By Louise Mc Grath-Lone, UCL This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article: here Why some children are more likely to go back into care than others Each year, local authorities in England act as corporate parents for the 100,000 children who are placed in care. One important responsibility a parent has … Continue reading Why some children are more likely to go back into care than others
We've had an unpalatable array of news headlines about the significant pressures vulnerable children and families are facing. Not going to pretend, this post doesn't make for pleasant reading ... The Care Quality Commission regulator has warned that Social care cuts are taking English services to a tipping point. Birmingham city council’s chief executive, Mark Rogers, said in an article … Continue reading News roundup: Social care crisis
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