As part of the DfE's Supporting Families; Investing in Practice programme, family drug and alcohol courts (FDACs) and family group conferencing services will be launched in more areas.
A total of 15 new FDACs will be established in Leeds, Walsall, Milton Keynes, Gloucestershire, London, Coventry, Stockport, Birmingham, Newcastle, Southampton, Bedfordshire, East Sussex, Somerset, Essex, and Kent.
The FDAC expansion will see teams of substance misuse specialists, domestic violence experts, psychiatrists and social workers carry out an early assessment and agree an intervention plan with parents who come before the court in care proceedings.
Once in proceedings, parents begin a "trial for change", supported by the specialist team and with regular meetings with the judge, who reviews the progress being made as well as adjudicating in the case.
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