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Ofsted’s latest report Right on time has concluded that the most significant cause of adoption delay was not unrealistic searches for ethnic matches, but the length of time it took to get children through the necessary court proceedings.
Practitioners will not be surprised to read that although there were some delays caused by issues such as a lack of suitable adopters or weak planning, these were generally not as significant as those identified by the report.
Helpfully Right on time also cites good practice; pointing to those areas where parallel planning took place, so that parents and family members who did not co-operate with assessments did not simultaneously delay their birth children’s chances of an early placement with long term permanent carers.
Where Council’s are seeking “outstanding” Ofsted ratings the courts will no doubt expect the concept of parallel planning to be raised in almost all cases concerning babies and young children and those where permanent removal from the birth family is being sought.
On 17 March 2020 a report by Clive Sheldon QC was published. He had been appointed by the FA back in December 2016 to carry out an independent review into allegations of sexual abuse by coaches and scouts working in youth football between 1970 and 2005.
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The Debt Respite Scheme (Breathing Space Moratorium and Mental Health Crisis Moratorium) (England and Wales) Regulations 2020 is due to come into force on 4 May 2021. It’s a snappy title but what exactly is it?
In June 2020 the University of Birmingham published a research briefing exploring the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on child protection practice.
Nazareth Care Charitable Trust which operates a care home in Bonnyrigg, Scotland, recently received a fine after a resident at one of its care homes suffered a fatal injury after falling down a flight of stairs.
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