A brilliant new online resource Ā Rights4childrenĀ has been launched by Article 39.Ā Please share and help publicise thisĀ brilliant new resource for children and young people!Ā Called rights4children, the site is packed with information about childrenās rights, on topics important to them. It has drawn on the expert advise of children and young people (seeĀ Roll of honourĀ ). The … Continue reading A brilliant new online resource for children and young people
Thank you to Gabrielle Jan Posner and Trinity Chambers Chelmsford for this helpful post which sets out why IRO's views could helpfully be formalised as part of legal proceedings:Ā Getting the Most Out of Independent Reviewing Officers in Care Proceedings NIROMP and Cafcass are working collaboratively to promote greater consistency of best practice - to ensure … Continue reading Independent Reviewing Officers in Care Proceedings
The Centre for Child and Family Justice Research has launched an important new report on care demand and regional variability. This important newĀ research presents the first published analysis of regional variability, identifying tangible and significant differences. It finds that women, as well as children, in the North, face the highest risk of care proceedings in … Continue reading New report on care demand and regional variability | The Centre for Child and Family Justice Research
Cafcass issued an updated version of its Practice Note: Cafcass and the Work of Independent Reviewing Officers in December 2017. The purpose of the Practice Note is to explain the functions and duties of Cafcass in relation to cases that involve Independent Reviewing Officers (IROs). There are two instances when Cafcass practitioners come into contact … Continue reading Cafcass and the Work of Independent Reviewing Officers
Thank youĀ @suesspiciousminĀ for this important read for IROs and all. This matter concerns child CD - section 20 accommodated on 14th October 2009.Ā On 28Ā MarchĀ 2010, the mother wrote to the local authority formally to withdraw her consent to CD remaining accommodated.Ā The local authority did not act on this withdrawal of consent and, instead, advised the mother … Continue reading Local Authority unlawfully caring for child for four years (section 20 abuse) | By @suesspiciousminĀ
Interesting judgement demonstrating how complex social work can be. Where the court accepts that adoption is the appropriate outcome for a sibling group ā that nothing else will do ā does the court have any power to limit the local authorityās discretion to determine the configuration of the adoptive placements? It is settled law that … Continue reading ABCD & E (Separating Siblings) and the role of the IRO
Emma Harman, barrister of 3PB, explains the important lessons that can be learned from A Local Authority v G (Parent with Learning Disability) [2017] EWFC B94 . The local authority in this case was heavily criticised for its lack of appropriate support provided to the mother in view of her learning disability needs. It was … Continue reading Local Authority Support for Parent with a Learning Disability
This case involves an appeal concerning the extent to which a family court may exercise its jurisdiction to grant a non-molestation injunction under the Family Law Act 1996 to protect a child subject of a full care order:Ā T (A Child) [2017] EWCA Civ 1889. Case synopsis A care order was made on a child, a … Continue reading Protection of a child from likely harassment and abduction by her mother
Originating source:Ā @researchIPĀ First published by Research in Practice:Ā 08 JANUARY 2018 Ā Author:Ā Caroline Bennett,Ā Assistant Director for Social Care at the Council for Disabled Children(CDC), part of the National Childrenās Bureau (NCB).Ā āA fundamental finding of both the Law Commissionās report and the consultation paper on Mental Capacity and Deprivation of Liberty was that a personās age or … Continue reading Research in Practice | Deprivation of liberty in relation to children and young people
The Prison Act 1952 requires every prison to be monitored by an independent Board appointed by the Secretary of State from members of the community in which the prison or centre is situated. The Annual Report of the Independent Monitoring Board at HM YOI Cookham Wood Published December 2017 presents a number of findings including those specifically related to questions … Continue reading Independent Monitoring Board finds pressures on the system have led to ‘inhumane outcomes’
