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This year has seen a 3% rise in the number of children taken into care in England. The sum total of children in care rose by 2%, currently standing at around 67,000.
Is this increase to be explained simply by a rise in the number of abuse and neglect cases? It is hard to believe that parents now treat their children worse. More likely is that these figures reflect a change in approach by social care professionals. How much of this is to be put down to the “Baby P effect” is debatable.
Most indicative of this more risk averse mindset is the marked rise in the number of babies taken into care. What some put down to financial strain caused by the recession may also be explained by the fact that children under one are often easier to place.
Alternatively, could this increase merely be down to a baby boom, and other demographic factors?
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).
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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.
Following the Supreme Court decision in CN & GN -v- Poole Borough Council [2019] and other subsequent cases, it is now established law that the mere fact that various steps are taken by local authorities in the discharge of its child protection functions is not enough to give rise to an assumption of responsibility.
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