In Re Y [2020] EWCA Civ 1038, the local authority (‘LA’) applied to revoke placement orders for c... more In Re Y [2020] EWCA Civ 1038, the local authority (‘LA’) applied to revoke placement orders for children, aged 11 and 9 years because it was unable to identify suitable adoptive placements. The par...
ABSTRACT This article examines the use of family group conferencing in child protection and consi... more ABSTRACT This article examines the use of family group conferencing in child protection and considers its ability to privilege the voice of children and families who reach the attention of statutory child protection services. The family group conference (FGC) is a process of family decision-making in child protection, originally developed in Aotearoa New Zealand, and now practised in many countries including the UK. Examining the literature and research relating to the FGC it considers whether the approach provides a genuine context of participation and partnership, or whether it has become an instrumental professionally led practice as families are charged with greater responsibilities for children at risk.
This paper outlines current legal and social work issues relating to such intervention and discus... more This paper outlines current legal and social work issues relating to such intervention and discusses the potential benefits of the ‘pre-proceedings process’ to address them.
... Mine, yours, or ours?: A study of step-parent adoption. Post a Comment. CONTRIBUTORS: Author:... more ... Mine, yours, or ours?: A study of step-parent adoption. Post a Comment. CONTRIBUTORS: Author: Masson, JM. Author: Norbury, Daphne. Author: Chatterton, Sandie G. PUBLISHER: HMSO (London). SERIES TITLE: YEAR: 1983. PUB TYPE: Book (ISBN 0113208359 [pbk]). ...
Recreation and promotion of partnership through action research legal issues - partnership with p... more Recreation and promotion of partnership through action research legal issues - partnership with parents and children's rights working partnership with parents of children being looked after - issues of theory, research and practice young people, being in care and identity partnership with parents of children in foster care or residential care rebuilding partnerships with parents of looked-after children partnership and leaving care the experience of making contact with birth parents in adoption partnership and contact - issues of management searching for lost parents.
The last five years have brought important reforms to care proceedings. The Judiciary made propos... more The last five years have brought important reforms to care proceedings. The Judiciary made proposals for modernising family justice with a focus on strong judicial leadership, judicial continuity and better case management.2 The Family Justice Review3 recommended that the duration of care proceedings should be limited to 26 weeks, that fewer experts should be instructed in proceedings and there should be more limited scrutiny of the care plan, with the court considering only the plan for permanency (care by the parents(s), placement in the extended family, long-term fostering, or adoption) and not matters such as services for the child and contact arrangements. The Review's recommendations were enacted in the Children and Families Act 2014, supplemented by new procedural rules (the PLO 2014) and implemented on April 22, 2014. This date also marked the opening of the Family Court, replacing the triple jurisdiction of the Family Proceedings Court, the County Court and the High Court.
In Re Y [2020] EWCA Civ 1038, the local authority (‘LA’) applied to revoke placement orders for c... more In Re Y [2020] EWCA Civ 1038, the local authority (‘LA’) applied to revoke placement orders for children, aged 11 and 9 years because it was unable to identify suitable adoptive placements. The par...
ABSTRACT This article examines the use of family group conferencing in child protection and consi... more ABSTRACT This article examines the use of family group conferencing in child protection and considers its ability to privilege the voice of children and families who reach the attention of statutory child protection services. The family group conference (FGC) is a process of family decision-making in child protection, originally developed in Aotearoa New Zealand, and now practised in many countries including the UK. Examining the literature and research relating to the FGC it considers whether the approach provides a genuine context of participation and partnership, or whether it has become an instrumental professionally led practice as families are charged with greater responsibilities for children at risk.
This paper outlines current legal and social work issues relating to such intervention and discus... more This paper outlines current legal and social work issues relating to such intervention and discusses the potential benefits of the ‘pre-proceedings process’ to address them.
... Mine, yours, or ours?: A study of step-parent adoption. Post a Comment. CONTRIBUTORS: Author:... more ... Mine, yours, or ours?: A study of step-parent adoption. Post a Comment. CONTRIBUTORS: Author: Masson, JM. Author: Norbury, Daphne. Author: Chatterton, Sandie G. PUBLISHER: HMSO (London). SERIES TITLE: YEAR: 1983. PUB TYPE: Book (ISBN 0113208359 [pbk]). ...
Recreation and promotion of partnership through action research legal issues - partnership with p... more Recreation and promotion of partnership through action research legal issues - partnership with parents and children's rights working partnership with parents of children being looked after - issues of theory, research and practice young people, being in care and identity partnership with parents of children in foster care or residential care rebuilding partnerships with parents of looked-after children partnership and leaving care the experience of making contact with birth parents in adoption partnership and contact - issues of management searching for lost parents.
The last five years have brought important reforms to care proceedings. The Judiciary made propos... more The last five years have brought important reforms to care proceedings. The Judiciary made proposals for modernising family justice with a focus on strong judicial leadership, judicial continuity and better case management.2 The Family Justice Review3 recommended that the duration of care proceedings should be limited to 26 weeks, that fewer experts should be instructed in proceedings and there should be more limited scrutiny of the care plan, with the court considering only the plan for permanency (care by the parents(s), placement in the extended family, long-term fostering, or adoption) and not matters such as services for the child and contact arrangements. The Review's recommendations were enacted in the Children and Families Act 2014, supplemented by new procedural rules (the PLO 2014) and implemented on April 22, 2014. This date also marked the opening of the Family Court, replacing the triple jurisdiction of the Family Proceedings Court, the County Court and the High Court.
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