Three great new free factsheets have been launched by The Who Cares? Trust in response to key issues that are being raised by callers to the charity’s Care Advice Line: All about the money, focusing on financial support that care leavers are entitled to or can apply for The name game, which introduces children and … Continue reading New factsheets launched by The Who Cares? Trust
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Deprivation of liberty and young people – what social workers need to know
Neil Allen of 39 Essex Chambers explains the limits of parental responsibility in deprivations of liberty. See useful summary of key issues below and read the full article via Community Care: here Other relevant publications Read The Law Society (2015) Deprivation of liberty: a practical guide. Chapter 9: Identifying a deprivation of liberty: a practical guide Under 18s … Continue reading Deprivation of liberty and young people – what social workers need to know
Transition from children’s to adults’ services
NICE have produced guidelines to cover the period before, during and after a young person moves from children's to adults' services. The guidelines explain what care young people and their parents or carers should expect from children's and adults' services during transition. Download the guidelines: NICE (2016) Guidelines: Transition from children’s to adults’ services for young people using … Continue reading Transition from children’s to adults’ services
Have parents become the enemy in social work?
Social work practice with families is becoming increasingly about mutual distrust and fear, says Maggie Mellon - current Vice Chair of BASW. Read the full article at source: Have parents become the enemy in social work?
The new Special Guardianship (Amendment) Regulations 2016
The new regulations on the assessment of Special Guardianship Orders (SGOs) are set to come into effect on 29 February 2016. Download the Reg's here: The Special Guardianship (Amendment) Regulations 2016 New guidance focuses on strengthening the assessment process. Professionals will now need to evidence the Special Guardian’s relationship with the child, as well as their parenting capacity … Continue reading The new Special Guardianship (Amendment) Regulations 2016
Transition planning : foster care to adoption
Findings from small-scale research Worth reading this research paper by Sophie Boswell and Lynne Cudmore, child psychotherapists. The paper considers children's attachment and emotional needs and the role of foster carers during the transition from foster care to adoption. The research findings are explored in the light of an attachment and loss in childhood perspective, and of … Continue reading Transition planning : foster care to adoption
Children’s Commissioner for England: Committee re-opens inquiry
Following discussion of the issues raised in an oral evidence session with the Children’s Commissioner on 6 January 2016, the Education Committee has taken further evidence on the role of the Children’s Commissioner. Watch the meeting: here Read the oral evidence here: The Children’s Commissioner for England The deadline for receipt of written submissions is midday … Continue reading Children’s Commissioner for England: Committee re-opens inquiry
Latest deprivation of liberty ruling
Community Care has released another article concerning a Deprivation of Liberty judgement. The case concerned a teenage boy, known as D, with multiple disabilities who was being cared for in a secure hospital setting and was subsequently moved to a residential placement. Read the story here: "Latest deprivation of liberty ruling has ‘huge implications’ for children’s social workers". The … Continue reading Latest deprivation of liberty ruling
HHJ Bellamy issues local section 20 practice guidance
By now we should all know of the recent developments in case-law in respect of the use (and misuse) of section 20, Children Act 1989 by local authorities when children are voluntarily accommodated in their care. Now Leicester Designated Family Judge, HHJ Bellamy, has issued local section 20 practice guidance. Read more here via Family Law: … Continue reading HHJ Bellamy issues local section 20 practice guidance
Care cases with an international element
International Child Abduction Unit The International Child Abduction and Contact Unit has published a form and guidance notes for local authorities to use in child protection cases to make a request for co-operation to another country. The form is intended to help local authorities check their request is covered by the Regulation or Convention and … Continue reading Care cases with an international element
