October 24th, 2015 This scenario shows how IROsā use of professional āchallengeā enabled professionals to re-consider the significance of the childās relationship with family. While recognising that it may occasionally be better for a child to stay separated from their family or to have limited contact, this scenario reminds us of the importance of robust … Continue reading IRO Challenge – How ‘Patrick’ was helped to return home
Posted onĀ October 21, 2015Ā byĀ suesspiciousminds AllĀ IROs shouldĀ make theĀ timeĀ to read this importantĀ blog about S20 drift Extract "...Ā an important check and balance on social workerās actions or inactions is supposed to be the Independent Reviewing Officer system. The IROs are supposed to hold social workers to account and make sure that things like this donāt happen.Ā There are … Continue reading IROs be warned: “Fast and the Furious – Tunbridge Wells Drift”
Are decisions being made for the child, or the localĀ authority? Community Care has asked leaders from the adoption, kinship care and fostering sectors for their views on how the rise in special guardianship orders has impacted permanency. EXTRACT "What we are seeing now, firstly through anecdote and now more robustly through the Research in Practice … Continue reading Special Guardianship Orders
Only four councils (two of which were forced) have delegated child protection functions to a third party provider since a controversial change in the law made by the government last year Read full article at source: Councils not outsourcing child protection despite legal change
These online learning resources are free and willĀ be helpfulĀ to some parents and carers as well as professionals. Source:Ā future learn Brief article: Bonding with the unborn babyĀ The University of Warwick Video:Ā Why babies need experiences (04:53)Ā Professor Jane Barlow: concepts of experience-expectant and experience-dependent brain development.Ā The University of Warwick Video:Ā Babies in MindĀ The University of Warwick Video:Ā Understanding other … Continue reading Learning resources free online
The Centre for Research on the Child and Family (CRCF) at the University of East Anglia has undertakenĀ research into current practice in care planning and the role of the IRO. Extract The aims of the project were to learn from the histories of the children and views of practitioners, parents and children, to identify key … Continue reading Care Planning & the Role of the IRO Report
TheĀ Childrenās Commissioner for England, Anne Longfield,Ā thinks they should. National and local budgets for vulnerable children should be pooled to enable them to flourish, the Childrenās Commissioner for England has said. Anne Longfield OBE has called on authorities to involve children and families in decisions made about them and provide better support for vulnerable children as … Continue reading Should vulnerable childrenās resources be pooled and personalised?
In a Community Care article byĀ Judy CooperĀ postedĀ onĀ October 14, 2015Ā Directors haveĀ warned against a two-tier social work education system. The Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) has also expressed fears that "accreditation of children's social workers could become additional burden." Read more at source: Directors warn against two-tier social work education system Also worth reading Extract … Continue reading Social work reform
Guidance issued by Sir James Munby President of the Family Division on 8 October 2015: Guidance issued by Sir James Munby President of the Family Division on 8 October 2015
Cathy Ashley, Chief Executive of Family Rights Group, has said: āThe two studies released today, combine to provide authoritative new data on the challenges facing kinship children and their carers. The number of children living in kinship care are increasing, and these children are overwhelmingly affected by poverty. āBy safely keeping the vast majority of … Continue reading Family Rights Group Press Release: challenges facing kinship children & their carers
