Tag: Featured

Anne Longfield’s public challenge to Simon Stevens, Chief Executive of NHS England

by National IRO Managers Partnership (NIROMP), posted in Featured, News, Publication / Research / Resource

Anne Longfield OBE, Children’s Commissioner for England, has publicly challenged Simon Stevens, chief executive of NHS England for trying to denigrate findings from research  about children’s inability to access mental health support. She suggests Stevens has sought to ignore the reality of children’s experiences and the frustrations of their parents. Publication of the research coincided with World Mental Health … Continue reading Anne Longfield’s public challenge to Simon Stevens, Chief Executive of NHS England

IRO Conference – Not to stop questioning …

by National IRO Managers Partnership (NIROMP), posted in Featured, Training & Events

NIROMP is delighted to offer up to 50 free invites to this key event for practising Independent Reviewing Officers (IROs). It is to be held on 17th October 2017 at Tooley Street, London. This key event for IROs should provide an opportunity to network, to engage with key messages from research and to critically reflect … Continue reading IRO Conference – Not to stop questioning …

Call for Greening to overhaul ‘deeply flawed’ Ofsted system | Children & Young People Now

by National IRO Managers Partnership (NIROMP), posted in Featured, News, Policy, Guidance & Law

By Neil Puffett | Originally published 30 August 2017 | Children & Young People Now A senior director of children's services (DCS) has called for Education Secretary Justine Greening to take urgent action to improve the way children's services are inspected, claiming the current system fails to aid improvement and is "phenomenally wasteful". Andrew Webb, … Continue reading Call for Greening to overhaul ‘deeply flawed’ Ofsted system | Children & Young People Now

Call to action all social workers: please use this opportunity to share your perspective

by National IRO Managers Partnership (NIROMP), posted in Featured, Publication / Research / Resource

The All Party Parliamentary Group for Children (APPGC) is undertaking a new Inquiry that will explore the causes of different threshold levels for accessing children’s social care services. This follows APPGC's Inquiry in 2016/17 ‘No Good Options’ which found significant variation in the number of children accessing children’s social care services across the country. To … Continue reading Call to action all social workers: please use this opportunity to share your perspective

A lesson in collaborative working & conflict: ADCS & Cafcass Joint Protocol axed as unlawful

by National IRO Managers Partnership (NIROMP), posted in Featured, News, Policy, Guidance & Law

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

“One of the measures of a civilised society is how well it looks after the most vulnerable members of its society.”

by National IRO Managers Partnership (NIROMP), posted in News, Policy, Guidance & Law

A flavour of a really important judgement by Sir James Mumby that needs to be read in full please. Read at source: [2017] EWHC 2036 (Fam)   Extract: What this case demonstrates, as if further demonstration is still required of what is a well-known scandal, is the disgraceful and utterly shaming lack of proper provision … Continue reading “One of the measures of a civilised society is how well it looks after the most vulnerable members of its society.”

Ofsted finds independent reviewing officers need sufficient capacity …

by National IRO Managers Partnership (NIROMP), posted in Good practice / Performance / Improvement, News

The overall effectiveness of Nottingham City Council children's services have been rated "good' following a trial of the new Ofsted inspection framework being introduced next year. However, some services for children are not yet good: 'independent reviewing officers do not have the capacity to sufficiently monitor the progress of children’s plans between review meetings'. Inspectors … Continue reading Ofsted finds independent reviewing officers need sufficient capacity …

Call to Action – TACT’s Manifesto for Children in Care and Care Leavers 2017 – 2020

by National IRO Managers Partnership (NIROMP), posted in Good practice / Performance / Improvement, Publication / Research / Resource, Rights, responsibilities & entitlements

Children and young people who leave the care system can go on to have positive and successful lives. But far too often their life chances are disrupted because the state is not a good enough parent. TACT works with its children, young people and foster carers, and with its colleagues in the voluntary sector, local … Continue reading Call to Action – TACT’s Manifesto for Children in Care and Care Leavers 2017 – 2020

Parents with Learning Disabilities/Difficulties

by National IRO Managers Partnership (NIROMP), posted in News, Policy, Guidance & Law

Thank you for Child Protection Resource for this helpful piece about parents with learning disabilities. Parents with learning disabilities are entitled to have support to be able to fulfil their parenting role and have more opportunity to meet a ‘good enough’ parenting standard. Parents with LD may suffer discrimination from professionals who have little relevant experience and … Continue reading Parents with Learning Disabilities/Difficulties

In case you missed it: Independent Reviewing Officers – a better basis for change

by National IRO Managers Partnership (NIROMP), posted in Publication / Research / Resource

First posted 12/04/2017 Jonathan Dickens is professor of social work at the University of East Anglia (UEA), Norwich. In 2012-14 he led a research study into care planning and the role of the independent reviewing officer. His latest short article about IROs looks at some of the strengths and limitations of the IRO service. Jonathan draws on recent … Continue reading In case you missed it: Independent Reviewing Officers – a better basis for change