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Government plans to launch a national adoption plan reform in the current system has met with mixed views. Last month it was announced that a record number of care applications had been issued in the family courts. If Michael Gove’s proposals that:-
are to be effected then that has an impact on resources. I wonder whether it is sensible to be imposing new performance indicators at the same time. Precious resources might better be applied to implementing the new adoption system rather than demonstrating how regional variation makes improvement in social care difficult to measure.
Remember the courts have to be convinced that a child should be the subject of a Care Order. Parents who successfully resist such applications may simply refuse to work with social workers into the future, feeling themselves exonerated by the court, and thereby exposing their children to avoidable risk.
As has been widely reported this week, some 3,000 UK workers are taking part in a six month trial to assess the viability of a four-day working week without any reduction in their normal pay.
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From 6 April 2022, right to work checks on all migrant or settled prospective employees must be online and checks on British or Irish nationals will be manual (free) or digital (charged for).
The long-awaited draft Mental Capacity Act Code of Practice, including the Liberty Protection Safeguards (“LPS”), has landed.
Since 11 November 2021, workers in regulated care homes in England have been required to be vaccinated against Covid-19, unless they are exempt in accordance with the Health and Social Care Act 2008.
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