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Quicker care proceedings do not distort court outcomes, pilot suggests...

Tri-borough care proceedings pilot publishes final outcomes

An updated evaluation of the Tri-borough care proceedings pilot has found that there were no significant differences between the pattern of final orders made on the cases in the pilot year, compared to the year before.

The Tri-borough care proceedings [...]

NSPCC Directors reaction to the Rolf Harris trial...

Peter Watt, Director of national services at the NSPCC, said: "Harris was opportunistic and brazen in targeting young girls and women. He took advantage of their trust in him and we heard through the evidence of his courageous victims just how profoundly damaging his abuse on them was for [...]

WillisPalmer are seeking to recruit experienced Fostering Assessors to complete Form F assessments as well as Short Breaks Assessments nationwide.

Particular hotspots for assessment work are currently: The South West, South East & London. This is ever expanding as more of our local authority partners begin to contract with us.

We provide a robust and supportive supervision [...]

WillisPalmer is 10 years old and If you’re reading this, then welcome to the new WillisPalmer website and with this new look you'll have probably noticed the new WillisPalmer logo....

We are now in our tenth year of business and what better way to kick off the next decade than a fresh new [...]

Care proceedings length continues to fall the period January to March saw the average time for a care case to last was 32 weeks, continuing the drop seen since the beginning of 2012, after durations had remained at about 55 weeks for over a year.

The median number sits at 26.3 weeks which is even more encouraging. This means that [...]

Ofsted to shift children's centre inspections from providers to councils

Ofsted will scrap individual inspections of children’s centres in favour of local authority-wide assessments, childcare minister Elizabeth Truss has said.

Truss told the education select committee today that the inspectorate will judge local authorities on the effectiveness and reach of children’s centres, providing an overall rating for [...]