The British Association of Social Workers takes issue with Mike Ellis' comments about our response to the Ministry of Justice consultation on openness in family courts (CYP Now, 17-23 October).
What Ellis sadly fails to grasp is that the original consultation last year, which proposed that family courts should be opened up to themedia as a right, was overwhelmingly opposed by children and young people, as well as theirsupporters. This prompted the government to make a remarkable U-turn.
This change of direction should be a celebration by all those who champion the rights of children and young people, rather than be seized upon as an opportunity to attack the social work profession.
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