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

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70 per cent; changes to sex offenders' register rules condemned, and barrister's age of consent comments dismissed as "outdated", all in the news today.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

Young people warn against opening up family courts

News

Wednesday, July 30, 2014

| CYP Now

Young people who have experience of care proceedings have spoken out against proposals to open up the family courts to the media and public.

Munby advises judges to limit involvement in serious case reviews

News

Thursday, May 4, 2017

| CYP Now

Judges should avoid taking part in official probes into child deaths in order to maintain the independence of the judiciary, England's most senior family court judge has said.

Special Report: Preventing care proceedings - Research evidence

Research

Tuesday, January 17, 2017

| CYP Now

The research section for this special report is based on a selection of academic studies which have been explored and summarised by Research in Practice (www.rip.org.uk), part of the Dartington Hall Trust.

The Team Around the Relationship, Brighton & Hove

Best Practice

Tuesday, January 17, 2017

| CYP Now

Brighton & Hove City Council's relationship-based practice model of children's social work.

Number of unallocated care applications plummets

News

Monday, July 25, 2011

| CYP Now

The number of unallocated care applications going through the family courts has been reduced to almost zero, it has emerged.

Legal Update: In a Nutshell - Parental involvement law comes into effect

Other

Tuesday, October 28, 2014

| CYP Now

Courts must presume that, unless otherwise shown, involvement of both separating parents in a child's life will further the child's welfare.

Adoption leaders move to stem drop in placement orders

News

Tuesday, November 11, 2014

| CYP Now

The body set up to oversee the adoption system has issued guidance in an effort to halt a sharp slump in the number of court orders being made for children to be adopted.

Legal Update: Support for special guardians

Other

Monday, April 27, 2015

| CYP Now

Coram Children's Legal Centre's Child Law Advice Service (CLAS) is receiving an increasing number of queries about special guardianship. Kelly Reeve, team leader of CLAS, examines this trend.

Legal Update: In a Nutshell - Legal representation in contact case ruling

Other

Tuesday, June 9, 2015

| CYP Now

A recent case concerned the funding of a legal representative for a father to avoid him having to cross-examine his daughter in court.

Legal Update: Court Report - Extending protective injunctiveorders

Other

Monday, June 22, 2015

| CYP Now

Case name: Re SO (2015) EWHC 935 Judge Justice Baker

Legal Update: Review of special guardianship

Other

Monday, September 14, 2015

| CYP Now

Kirsten Anderson, research and policy manager at Coram Children's Legal Centre, examines a government consultation that will review the use of special guardianship, first introduced in 2005.

Review set to reveal Gove plans

Other

Monday, September 28, 2015

| CYP Now

Youth justice experts say education of young offenders must not dominate the review of the system

Ofsted children's services inspections hit by funding problems

News

Tuesday, October 27, 2015

| CYP Now

Ofsted is struggling to complete inspections of all local authority children's services departments to schedule because it is "significantly under-resourced against agreed budgets", it has emerged.

Family court improvement forum

Features

Tuesday, March 30, 2021

| CYP Now

Louise Sims, kinship care and fostering consultant at CoramBAAF, discusses the benefits of Quality Circle, an innovative forum to identify good practice developed by the Sussex Family Justice Board.

Inspecting Cafcass

Features

Tuesday, May 25, 2021

| CYP Now

Cafcass represents the interests of children subject to care proceedings in the family courts and is the largest employer of social workers in England, making high standards of practice vital.

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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'

Young people warn against opening up family courts

Munby advises judges to limit involvement in serious case reviews

Special Report: Preventing care proceedings - Research evidence

The Team Around the Relationship, Brighton & Hove

Number of unallocated care applications plummets

Legal Update: In a Nutshell - Parental involvement law comes into effect

Adoption leaders move to stem drop in placement orders

Legal Update: Support for special guardians

Legal Update: In a Nutshell - Legal representation in contact case ruling

Legal Update: Court Report - Extending protective injunctiveorders

Legal Update: Review of special guardianship

Review set to reveal Gove plans

Ofsted children's services inspections hit by funding problems

Family court improvement forum

Inspecting Cafcass

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