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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.

Parenting Programmes: Special Report

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  • Tuesday, January 26, 2021
    • | CYP Now
Parenting programmes aim to give parents the insights and skills they need to help their children thrive. CYP Now’s special report looks at the latest developments, academic research and examples of best practice.

Sibling relationships in the care system

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  • Tuesday, February 25, 2020
    • | CYP Now
Children’s services and courts face serious challenges when making care plans or permanence orders for siblings, writes Dr John Simmonds, director of policy, research and development at CoramBAAF.

Therapeutic Care: Special Report

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  • Tuesday, February 25, 2020
    • | CYP Now
With rises in children coming into care and reporting mental health problems, policymakers and service providers are developing therapeutic care and support across a range of settings to help young people.

Legal Update: Special guardianship orders

Serious case review highlights need for rigorous assessments when placing a child with a special guardian, writes Kamena Dorling, head of policy & programmes at Coram Children's Legal Centre.

Social Workers on the witness stand

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  • Tuesday, February 28, 2017
    • | CYP Now
Giving evidence in court can be a daunting experience for social workers. Eileen Fursland looks at the challenges and sees first-hand the training on offer.

The policy context on preventing care proceedings

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  • Tuesday, January 17, 2017
    • | CYP Now
In the face of tightening council budgets and rising demand for children's social care services, policymakers and local leaders have for the past few years been devising ways to reduce children's services' use of care proceedings.

Special Report: Preventing care proceedings

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  • Monday, January 16, 2017
    • | CYP Now
As the care system continues to come under increased pressure, children's services are focusing on ways to better support vulnerable children and families, and avoid the need for care proceedings to be initiated.

The policy context on Attachment and Neglect

In recent years there has been a growing recognition of the scale of child neglect, its long-term effect on children's wellbeing and how interventions can prevent and repair the damage caused to children's ability to form strong attachments with parents and carers.

Legal Update: Legal aid changes and family law

Kirsten Anderson, legal research and policy manager at Coram Children's Legal Centre, examines the impact that changes to civil legal aid are having on access to justice in private family law matters.

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