Celebration of creativity and talent A writing competition has helped showcase the creative talents of care experienced children and young people. Help us to celebrate these wonderful examples of the voices of looked after children and care leavers. The competition was run by Coram Voice and the winners were announced at an event held by Coram. … Continue reading Touching insights into the emotional lives of children in #Care
Practice Manager - Independent Reviewing Officer Service Ref: 50140205 Employer: Salford City Council Location: Sutherland House, 303 Chorley Road, Swinton, Salford Salary: £40,217 - £42,053 per annum Salary Grade: 5A scp 46-48 Working Pattern: Full Time Working Hours: 36 hours per week Contract Type: Permanent Closing date: 24/04/2016 23:59 Job Type: Project Management, Management/Senior Management, … Continue reading Featured Job: Salford Independent Reviewing Officer Service
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: Permanent Hours: Full-time Location: BARNET Closing date: Ongoing Website for more details: Barnet Conference & Review Officer Vacancies … Continue reading Latest IRO Job Vacancies – Barnet
Thank you Áine Kelly and the BMJ for sharing this great piece: Growing up in care The paper contains helpful guidance for practitioners and carers and sets out Áine Kelly's own experiences of health care during her own childhood as a looked-after child. She describes how she began to access healthcare again after some humiliating childhood experiences: My first memory … Continue reading #Health #Care #spreadtheword
The Immigration Bill, currently being considered by Parliament, contains measures to reform local authority support for certain groups of destitute families and care leavers. IROs need to be aware of the implications of the Bill as support for care leavers who have no status will be very limited. IROs and children in care teams with … Continue reading Immigration Bill Reforms: Factsheets & Guidance
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: Permanent Hours: Full-time Location: BARNET Closing date: Ongoing Website for more details: Barnet Conference & Review Officer … Continue reading Featured Job – Barnet Conference & Review Officer
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 people’s 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
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. 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 this personal and powerful … Continue reading Choose empathy over prejudice
The new regulations on the assessment of Special Guardianship Orders (SGOs) are set to come into effect on 29 February 2016. Download the Reg's here: The Special Guardianship (Amendment) Regulations 2016 New guidance focuses on strengthening the assessment process. Professionals will now need to evidence the Special Guardian’s relationship with the child, as well as their parenting capacity … Continue reading The new Special Guardianship (Amendment) Regulations 2016
By now we should all know of the recent developments in case-law in respect of the use (and misuse) of section 20, Children Act 1989 by local authorities when children are voluntarily accommodated in their care. Now Leicester Designated Family Judge, HHJ Bellamy, has issued local section 20 practice guidance. Read more here via Family Law: … Continue reading HHJ Bellamy issues local section 20 practice guidance
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