Expert's Corner: Interview with Anne Coyle
Executive Senior Manager Anne Coyle talks to Children First Editor Clare Jerrom on why relationships, resilience, team work and humour are all vital components of service improvement.
Looking after yourself is key to a lengthy career within social services, particularly in the stressful arena of service improvement, a senior manager in change management has warned.
It [...]
Expert’s Corner: Interview with Sue Brookman
Children’s guardian Sue Brookman on how the courts and professionals are coping with the deluge of care applications
Recommendations that local authorities and children’s guardians should be able to work together effectively to agree on decisions about a child’s future in care proceedings are not so straightforward in practice, an experienced children’s guardian has warned.
Independent [...]
Expert’s Corner: Interview with Linsey Marsh
Supporting sex offenders’ reintegration into society is key to preventing re-offending
Sex offenders need far greater support to reintegrate into communities following release from their sentences and treatment, a criminal justice expert has warned.
Linsey Marsh, risk assessment consultant who specialises in working with sex offenders, says communities can play a far greater role in helping [...]
Experts Corner: Stephen Gray
Why establishing facts based on valid, reliable data and avoiding making uninformed assumptions is key when carrying out risk assessments with young people. The extent to which children abuse others is a serious issue, evidenced by crime statistics and those whose intervention bypasses the criminal courts and remain within the Child in Need process.
Child [...]
Expert’s Corner: Court reports should be succinct, accessible and evidence-based
ISW Gerry Mulcahy talks about going independent, writing reports for the courts and using Story Stem Assessment Protocol.
Court reports should be as short as possible while offering a comprehensive overview of opinions in the field, an expert in parenting assessments has warned.
Independent Social Worker Gerry Mulcahy said that, in an ideal world, [...]
Expert’s Corner: Interview with Satwinder Sandhu
Fostering and adoption expert Satwinder Sandhu on why foster parents should have legal responsibility for children in their care.
Foster parents should have legal responsibility for children in their care in a bid to prevent placements from breaking down, an expert in fostering and adoption has warned.
Currently, when children are fostered, the child remains the [...]
