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Dear 'Vicky': secretly filming other social workers broke our trust

Dear 'Vicky': secretly filming other social workers broke our trust | Children In Law | Scoop.it
An open letter to ‘Vicky’, the social worker who went undercover for a Dispatches programme looking at Birmingham children’s servicesBirmingham children’s services are again being churned up and set backDispatches on social work in Birmingham -...
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DfE to axe serious case review system in favour of national and local reviews

DfE to axe serious case review system in favour of national and local reviews | Children In Law | Scoop.it
Ministers are to scrap the serious case review system used when children have suffered severe harm.
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Top tips for social work practice in cases of female genital mutilation

Top tips for social work practice in cases of female genital mutilation | Children In Law | Scoop.it
How to spot signs that a girl may be at risk, and good practice when visiting families and working with affected communities
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Re S (Child Abduction - Joinder of sibling - Child’s Objections) [2016]

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A day in the life of a social services director

A day in the life of a social services director | Children In Law | Scoop.it
Community Care spends a day with Peter Hay, the director for adult's and children's services in the largest local authority in Europe
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Term-time holidays – Isle of Wight v Platt

Term-time holidays  – Isle of Wight v Platt | Children In Law | Scoop.it
I don’t normally do Education law here, but this case was a major news item when it was decided, and it has taken quite a while to get the judgment to be able to see what the Court ACTUALLY said.
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Mental health services failing children with life-threatening conditions, says Children’s Commissioner

Quarter of children referred for specialist mental health treatment in 2015 did not receive a service
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Jenny Molloy: Dispatches’ covert filming gives children in care further reason to doubt adults

Jenny Molloy: Dispatches’ covert filming gives children in care further reason to doubt adults | Children In Law | Scoop.it
'Vicky' was not exposing abuse and should not have secretly recorded her colleagues’ angst and concern about vulnerable children
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Disclosure and a protocol: co-operation and care proceedings

Disclosure and a protocol: co-operation and care proceedings | Children In Law | Scoop.it
The story of the (authorised) police bug in the home of parents in care proceedings (see Cumbria County Council v M & Ors [2016] EWFC 27) to try to identify which parent had killed their child prompts thoughts of what the relationship is between family courts, police and local authorities when it comes to communication of information about child abuse.
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A child found to be lying in criminal court, should she give evidence in family Court?

A child found to be lying in criminal court, should she give evidence in family Court? | Children In Law | Scoop.it
Well, obviously, if the answer to this was “Yes, of course”, it wouldn’t be a very interesting case to write about. So the fact that the Judge in this case said no to a 16 year old giving evidence, twice, is worth reading about.
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Disclosure and a protocol: co-operation and care proceedings

Disclosure and a protocol: co-operation and care proceedings | Children In Law | Scoop.it
The story of the (authorised) police bug in the home of parents in care proceedings (see Cumbria County Council v M & Ors [2016] EWFC 27) to try to identify which parent had killed their child prompts thoughts of what the relationship is between...
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Ofsted to publish more reports on ‘inadequate’ councils

Ofsted to publish more reports on ‘inadequate’ councils | Children In Law | Scoop.it
Ofsted will also make re-inspections of 'inadequate' children's services more proportionate, a consultation response has said
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Council hits out at “misconceived” legal action over children’s centre closures

Oxfordshire County Council has condemned as misconceived a threatened judicial review by local campaigners over its closure of children’s centres.
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High Court orders return of teenager to France

High Court orders return of teenager to France | Children In Law | Scoop.it
The High Court has ruled that a 13 year-old girl living in England must return to France. The girl’s mother was English and her father was French.
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Birmingham City Council v LC and others [2016] EWHC 1278 (Fam)-1

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Social workers at ‘best performing’ children’s services will be first to face accreditation

Social workers at ‘best performing’ children’s services will be first to face accreditation | Children In Law | Scoop.it
Government wants to test assessment process across “whole workforces” in eight children's services and NQSWs next year
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Isabelle Trowler on practice, professionalism and private influence in social work

Isabelle Trowler on practice, professionalism and private influence in social work | Children In Law | Scoop.it
The chief social worker for children talks to Community Care about the government's social work reforms and what they mean for practitioners
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Baby swap family returns from El Salvador

Baby swap family returns from El Salvador | Children In Law | Scoop.it
A couple whose newborn baby was accidentally swapped for another have finally been able to return home with their son. The child’s mother gave birth in her home country of El Salvador in Central America via an emergency caesarean section.
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Court battle over six-year-old boy missing in Afghanistan

Court battle over six-year-old boy missing in Afghanistan | Children In Law | Scoop.it
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Why the secret family courts narrative is so harmful

Why the secret family courts narrative is so harmful | Children In Law | Scoop.it
So you’re a parent whose child is the subject of care proceedings, or perhaps you are a father seeking contact with your child. In either case, the best thing you can do is get a good lawyer to advise and represent you.
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Supreme Court to hear foster care abuse case

Supreme Court to hear foster care abuse case | Children In Law | Scoop.it
The UK Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case on the liability of local authorities for any abuse suffered by children in foster care. This case has already been heard by both the Queens Bench Division of the High Court and the Court of Appeal.
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