Photo credit: Darwin Bell via Foter.com / CC BY-NC Case scenario PD is 16 years of age. He was previously known as HD, but formally changed his name by deed poll in August 2015. P's adoptive parentsĀ areĀ SD and JD. P is placed with local authority foster carers pursuant to Section 20 of the Children Act … Continue reading Withholding information – balancing P’s Article 8 Rights
Photo credit: Mataparda via Foter.com / CC BY A 10-year-old boy has been awarded Ā£5,000 after His Honour JudgeĀ Rundell ruled his human rights had been breached while in local authority care: I have found the local authority and the IRO service, both public authorities, on their own admissions, to be seriously at fault and … Continue reading IRO service & local authority Human Rights breach
The number of applications for children to be taken into care in England has hit an all-time high. In February 2016, Cafcass received a total of 1,225 care applications. This figure represents a 27% increase compared to those received in January 2015 andĀ an increase of 9.4 per cent, or 105 applications, on the previous record … Continue reading Care applications hit an all-time record high
Recruiter Name: NASEEMA AHMAD - CONFERENCE AND REVIEW TEAM MANAGER Council Name & Address: London Borough of Barnet - Building 2 - North London Business Park, Oakleigh Road South, London N11 1NP Role being advertised: CONFERENCE AND REVIEW OFFICER Contract Type: PermanentĀ Hours: Full-timeĀ Location: BARNETĀ Closing date: Ongoing Website for more details:Ā Barnet Conference & Review Officer … Continue reading Featured Job – Barnet Conference & Review Officer
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 charityās 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
Neil Allen of 39 Essex Chambers explains the limits of parental responsibility in deprivations of liberty. See useful summary of key issues belowĀ and read the full article via Community Care: here Other relevant publications ReadĀ The Law Society (2015) Deprivation of liberty: a practical guide.Ā Chapter 9: Identifying a deprivation of liberty: a practical guide Under 18s … Continue reading Deprivation of liberty and young people ā what social workers need to know
Photo credit: ubershibs via Foter.com / CC BY-NC-ND People have a right to make decisions, even unwise ones, if they have the capacity to do so The Mental Capacity Act asserts peopleās right to make decisions, even unwise ones, if they have the capacity to do so. The Mental Capacity Act and the code of … Continue reading Call to Action on 15th March 2016 #unwisedecision #mca
NICE have produced guidelinesĀ to cover the period before, during and after a young person moves from children's to adults' services. The guidelinesĀ explain what care young people and their parents or carers should expect from children's and adults' services during transition. Download the guidelines:Ā NICE (2016) Guidelines: Transition from childrenās to adultsā services for young people using … Continue reading Transition from childrenās to adultsā services
What do you think when you look at me? Source: TED Talk Filmed Feb 2016 Dalia Mogahed is an author, researcher, advisor and consultant who studies Muslim communities.Ā As director of research at the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding, Dalia Mogahed keeps her finger on the pulse of the Muslim world. In thisĀ personal and powerful … Continue reading Choose empathy over prejudice
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?
