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
Is it time we had a conversation about how written agreements are used to deal with domestic abuse? National Director for Social Care, Eleanor Schooling, discusses the issue in her latest blog https://t.co/RnNLI1XnOc #socialcare #socialwork #domesticabuse pic.twitter.com/14tCz4z3Hj ā Ofsted (@Ofstednews) 28 January 2018 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js Eleanor Schooling, National Director for Social Care writes in her … Continue reading Eleanor Schooling on Written Agreements #domesticviolence
Contextual Safeguarding has been developed at the University of Bedfordshire over the past six years to inform policy and practice approaches to safeguarding adolescents. Initially emerging from a three-year review of operational responses to peer-on-peer abuse, Contextual Safeguarding provides a framework to advance child protection and safeguarding responses to a range of extra-familial risks that … Continue reading Developmental considerations for safeguarding adolescents
First posted September 2016, these discussion pieces are worth a revisit for those who may have missed them: Intention of thisĀ post is to provide a small collection of discussion pieces related to improvement and innovation. Please add comments and ideas for future posts and discussion. Pillars & Foundations: Next practice in children's service Published by:Ā The … Continue reading Some discussion pieces #goodpractice
Adoption is one of the most controversial areas of social policy. Recent policy reform and the use particularly of non- consensual adoption across the UK has prompted questions about the ethics of this increasingly politicised area of practice. Questions have been raised for example about the impact of austerity and poverty, and the high rates … Continue reading #AdoptionEnquiry – Professor Featherstone and Gupta (BASW)
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’
This narrative review has led to a number of new insights, particularly in relation to the ways in whichĀ sibling relationships and placements are conceptualised. Thanks to Strathprints and the University of Strathclyde for allowing free access to this paper - shared here for education (not for profit) purposes. Download: Sibling relationships in adoptive and fostering … Continue reading Sibling relationships in adoptive and fostering families
Source: Michael Brown 'MentalHealthCop' Extract: One specific amendment to the Mental Health Act 1983 which will be with us shortly: it will no longer be lawful to hold children in police stations as a Place of Safety under the Act ā ever!Ā The legal amendment in s81 PaCA on this is a simple one: the MHA … Continue reading Paļ»æCA – No Children in Police Stations
