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Legal Update: Keeping children in care safe

CoramBAAF head of policy, research and development James Bury on how the vital role of health professionals for care safeguarding was explored at this year’s CoramBAAF Health Conference.

Protect women in pre-birth care proceedings

    Opinion
  • Thursday, July 20, 2023
    • | CYP Now
The number of newborn babies subject to care proceedings has more than doubled since 2007, and every year tens of thousands of women have involvement from children’s social care teams during pregnancy and early motherhood.

Ombudsman uncovers huge SEND complaints backlog in Kent

    News
  • Monday, July 10, 2023
    • | CYP Now
A backlog of 170 unanswered complaints submitted to Kent County Council over delayed support for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) has been uncovered during a Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman (LGO) investigation.

Legal Update: Family group conferences

Emily Blackshaw, lead quantitative analyst and Max Stanford, head of impact and evaluation at Coram outline findings from an evaluation of the use of FGCs at the pre-proceedings stage.

DCS to step down after just a year in post

    News
  • Friday, June 9, 2023
    • | CYP Now
The director of children’s services (DCS) at Plymouth City Council will step down from the position after just a year in the role, the local authority has announced.

Legal Update: Kinship care arrangements

Clare Seth, kinship consultant at CoramBAAF, analyses the impact that proposed government reforms following the Care Review will have for kinship carers and the children they look after.

Legal Update: Illegal Migration Bill

Marianne Lagrue, policy and programmes manager in the Migrant Children's Project at Coram Children's Legal Centre, assesses the Illegal Migration Bill's impact on children and agencies.

Council to review treatment of children with SEND

    News
  • Monday, April 3, 2023
    • | CYP Now
West Northamptonshire Council is set to review its treatment of children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), after an ombudsman investigation revealed a number of children were left without adequate education.

Legal Update: Review of Ukraine schemes

With Homes for Ukraine and other schemes to support Ukrainians having been running for a year, Alison East, senior solicitor at Coram Children's Legal Centre, assesses their successes.

Workforce shortage is threat to care reforms

    Opinion
  • Thursday, February 23, 2023
    • | CYP Now
The government's Care Review response, Stable Homes, Built on Love, sets ambitious targets for improving children's outcomes, testing new approaches to early help, and boosting professional standards in child protection work.

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