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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.
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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The concept of Assumption of Responsibility is on many stakeholders’ minds at the moment following the Supreme Court decision in CN & GN v Poole.
Sussex Partnership NHS Trust was sentenced on 14 June 2019 for failing to provide safe care and treatment to a 19 year old inmate being cared for on the hospital wing of Lewes Prison, Jamie Osborne.
It was announced on 15 May 2019 that “more than 120 MPs have written to the government asking for an inquiry into how family courts in England and Wales treat victims of domestic violence.”
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