Children and Social Work Act 2017 The Children and Social Work Act 2017 (the Act) is intended to improve support for looked after children and care leavers, promote the welfare and safeguarding of children, and make provisions about the regulation of social workers. The Act sets out corporate parenting principles for the council as a … Continue reading Get in on the Act …
First posted 28.04.17 Reforms set out within the Children and Social Work Bill have now become law. The Children and Social Work Act 2017 become an act of parliament after receiving Royal Assent on 27th April 2017. The Act enshrines in law a number of significant changes. Summary of key provisions The Act includes provision about: Corporate parenting and looked-after … Continue reading In case you missed it: Children and Social Work Act 2017
Reforms set out within the Children and Social Work Bill have now become law.Ā The Children and Social Work Act 2017Ā become an act of parliament after receiving Royal Assent on 27th April 2017. The Act enshrines in law a numberĀ of significant changes. Summary of key provisions The ActĀ includes provision about: Corporate parenting and looked-after children: AĀ requirement … Continue reading Children and Social Work Act 2017
Children's minister Edward Timpson said the bill is set to be approved by the Queen prior to parliament dissolving ahead of June's general election. The Children and Social Work Bill will result in a number of significant changes. It will lead to a new system of regulation for social workers, change the factors courts and … Continue reading Children and Social Work Bill to become law within a week | Children & Young People Now
ThisĀ latestĀ statistical bulletinĀ from government presents statistics on activity in the family courts of England and Wales and provides provisional figures for 2016 as well as the latest quarter (October to December 2016) with accompanying commentary and analysis. The statistics are used to monitor court workloads, to assist in the development of policy, and their subsequent monitoring … Continue reading Family court statistics quarterly: adoption figures down for 2nd year in a row
On April 4th, the Lords debated the Children and Social Work BillĀ and passed amendments so that the Bill now includes: Provision for children in England to be placed in secure accommodation in Scotland, and children from Scotland to be placed in England Provision for relationships education in primary schools Provision for relationships and sex education … Continue reading Children and Social Work Bill
Worth having reading: Behind Closed Doors: Diluting the Guardianās Independence, Circumventing the Role of the Court The piece sets out a critique by the Association of Lawyers for Children (ALC) on the risks to independence of Children's Guardian as part of a response to a Cafcass/ADCS latest joint document: Agreement about how local authorities and Cafcass can work … Continue reading Care proceedings: ALC expresses deep concerns
Caroline Lynch and Andrea Hopkins from the Family Rights Group explain what the latest ruling on consent in section 20 means for social workers The good practice guidance that has been established in the case law remains valid, and a measure against which the ānecessity and proportionalityā of local authority actions will be judged. Source: … Continue reading What does this latest section 20 judgment mean for social workers?
National IRO Managers Partnership / NIROMP Our mission is to help bring about improvements in practice and policy. Holding children at the centre of what we do through our work with and for them, we aim to lead and promote excellent care and services. Official Briefing - Children & Social Work Bill / CSWB Sharon … Continue reading NIROMP – Official Briefing – Children & Social Work Bill
Not sure this is the last nail in the coffin of HRA damages claims piggy-backing on care proceedings, but the bag of nails certainly isnāt full any more. Ā The High Court have given judgement ā¦ Read full piece at source: Human rights, damages and costs - important case
