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Skills for the Job: Social media and social work

Tuesday, January 5, 2016

| CYP Now

Social media can present difficult challenges for people working in the family courts, so how can practitioners use it securely?

Fresh drive to speed up care proceedings

News

Monday, February 29, 2016

| CYP Now

Children's services leaders have unveiled a new tool to help social workers in their bid to speed up care proceedings.

Making best use of guardianships

Other

Tuesday, March 29, 2016

| CYP Now

Revised regulations on the use of special guardianship orders tighten criteria for assessing carers' suitability.

Children to be removed from families as part of ‘randomised adoption trial'

Other

Friday, April 1, 2016

| CYP Now

Scores of children will be removed from their birth parents under controversial government plans to prove the value of adoption, it has emerged.

Legal Update: Relationships with the court

Features

Tuesday, October 25, 2022

| CYP Now

Alexandra Conroy Harris, legal consultant at CoramBAAF, explains how the charity is working with local authorities and judges to improve understanding of care orders so the right one is used.

ChildRIGHT Ask the Expert: Parental restrictions during contact time

Other

Monday, September 13, 2010

| CYP Now

Can a parent restrict what the other parent is able to do during their contact time?

Top judge Sir Nicholas Wall calls for better rights for unmarried couples

News

Thursday, February 3, 2011

| CYP Now

England's top family judge has called for unmarried couples to get new rights to share property and money if they break up.

Family justice review seeks time limit for child protection cases in courts

News

Wednesday, November 2, 2011

| CYP Now

Courts should be forced to deal with all child protection cases within a statutory six-month time limit, according to a wide-ranging review of the family justice system.

Care applications reach new record high

News

Tuesday, April 9, 2013

| CYP Now

The number of care applications has risen by eight per cent in the past year, according to latest statistics from Cafcass.

Legal Update: In a Nutshell - Changes to legal aid: education law

Other

Tuesday, April 16, 2013

| CYP Now

The Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 will significantly reduce access to legal aid

Daily roundup: Care applications data, sex offenders' register and age of consent

News

Thursday, May 9, 2013

| CYP Now

Care applications up 70 per cent; changes to sex offenders' register rules condemned, and barrister's age of consent comments dismissed as "outdated", all in the news today.

Use of expert witnesses in family courts is on the slide, finds Cafcass

News

Thursday, June 6, 2013

| CYP Now

The use of expert witnesses in care proceedings cases, particularly independent social workers, has fallen radically over the last three years.

Daily roundup: Outstanding schools, Teather quits, and foster carers

Other

Monday, September 9, 2013

| CYP Now

Three out of four schools now judged as good or outstanding; former children's minister to step down as MP; and foster care myths exposed, all in the news today.

NCAS Conference: Pre-court work cuts care cases, study finds

News

Monday, October 21, 2013

| CYP Now

Pre-proceedings case work in six councils piloting new ways of dealing with care applications cut the number of cases going to court by a quarter, analysis has shown.

Consultation: Ofsted inspection of Cafcass

Other

Tuesday, February 19, 2013

| CYP Now

'Unlawful' family court agreement axed

News

Tuesday, August 15, 2017

| CYP Now

A joint agreement aimed at tackling delays in care proceedings has been ditched amid concerns it is unlawful and could lead to collusion between social workers and family court guardians.

Daily roundup: Votes at 16, governors to monitor teacher performance and young people's 'dangerous' diet habits

Other

Tuesday, July 17, 2012

| CYP Now

Calls to lower the voting age, proposals to use governors to monitor teacher performance and concerns over the diets of young people in deprived areas, all make the news today.

Daily roundup: Praise for Lambeth Council, sports coaching and primary school places

Other

Monday, July 23, 2012

| CYP Now

A letter from the children's minister to Lambeth, the effect of child protection on sports coaching and plans to deal with the population boom, all in today's news roundup.

Fees cut threatens case delays

Other

Tuesday, December 17, 2013

| CYP Now

Lower fees for expert witnesses in care cases has some fearing a negative impact on court decision making.

26-week target ‘could limit help for substance misusing parents'

News

Thursday, May 1, 2014

| CYP Now

The effectiveness of a specialist court to tackle parental substance misuse could be undermined as a result of the introduction of the 26-week care proceedings target, academics have warned.

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Skills for the Job: Social media and social work

Fresh drive to speed up care proceedings

Making best use of guardianships

Children to be removed from families as part of ‘randomised adoption trial'

Legal Update: Relationships with the court

ChildRIGHT Ask the Expert: Parental restrictions during contact time

Top judge Sir Nicholas Wall calls for better rights for unmarried couples

Family justice review seeks time limit for child protection cases in courts

Care applications reach new record high

Legal Update: In a Nutshell - Changes to legal aid: education law

Daily roundup: Care applications data, sex offenders' register and age of consent

Use of expert witnesses in family courts is on the slide, finds Cafcass

Daily roundup: Outstanding schools, Teather quits, and foster carers

NCAS Conference: Pre-court work cuts care cases, study finds

Consultation: Ofsted inspection of Cafcass

'Unlawful' family court agreement axed

Daily roundup: Votes at 16, governors to monitor teacher performance and young people's 'dangerous' diet habits

Daily roundup: Praise for Lambeth Council, sports coaching and primary school places

Fees cut threatens case delays

26-week target ‘could limit help for substance misusing parents'

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