Section 20 guidance issued by Judge
Judge issues guidance on Section 20 arrangements following ‘unfairness’ in the use of Section 20 and awards of damages under the Human Rights Act
Social workers must gain written consent from parents in order for a child to be accommodated under Section 20 of the Children Act, a judge has reiterated.
Young people want relationships with former foster carers
Campaign calls for UK governments to issue guidance whereby young people and foster carers are supported to maintain contact following movement within or out of the care system
Governments should enable children and young people who move within or out of the care system to be able to maintain their most important relationships,
Kinship carers exempt from tax credit cap
Kinship carers will not face a two-child cap on tax credits following Lords debate
The House of Lords has accepted a move to exempt kinship carers from the two-child cap on tax credits, a key part of the government’s Welfare Reform and Work Bill.
In a debate this week, The Lord [...]
Charity warns of huge increase in children who are victims of CSE
Barnardo’s warns of 169 per cent rise in the number of victims and those at risk of Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE)
There has been a massive rise in the number of children who are being sexually exploited, Barnardo’s has warned.
There has been a 169 per cent increase in the number of young people who have been [...]
Expert’s Corner: Interview with Craig Barlow about Child Sexual Exploitation
CSE Expert Craig Barlow talks to Clare Jerrom about how social work practice needs to change to effectively protect children from Child Sexual Exploitation.
The whole approach to tackling Child Sexual Exploitation needs to be transformed in order to protect children and tackle offending behaviour from perpetrators, an expert in CSE has warned.
Craig Barlow, Independent [...]
Why Kinship Care should be utilised more frequently
As former health secretary Alan Johnson stated that the care system neither encourages nor sufficiently supports kinship care as an alternative to care arrangements, Mark Willis, Managing Director of WillisPalmer, discusses some of the key issues raised at the organisation’s recent conference on the issue of Kinship Care.
The care system neither encourages nor sufficiently supports [...]
