A consultation paper proposes every child referred to Cafcass throughthe family courts should have a practitioner allocated to their casewithin two days. It also contains measures to reduce the "inefficientuse of professional time" and outlines plans to guarantee an intensiveearly intervention service in the first week of every case.
Cafcass chief executive Anthony Douglas said: "At the heart of theseproposals is a new way of working with a focus on early and intensiveinterventions."
The consultation will close in January next year. Cafcass has been underpressure to outline its future plans since it emerged that theorganisation faces a cash shortfall of up to 4m in the currentfinancial year.
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