February 2018 Blog Posts (221)

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Keeping it simple: divorce in our digital age

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Mediating in a tempest

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Will extending jurisdiction to missing people overstretch the Court of Protection?

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Stepfather adoption: the pros and cons

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Plans published for The Nuffield Family Justice Observatory

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Guidance to family courts: payment for intermediaries and intermediary assessments

http://www.familylawweek.co.uk/site.aspx?i=ed188107

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Supreme Court decides habitual residence issues in Abduction Convention case

http://www.familylawweek.co.uk/site.aspx?i=ed188104

http://www.familylawweek.co.uk/site.aspx?i=ed188063

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What new research tells us about telecare use in English local authorities

http://www.communitycare.co.uk/2018/02/16/new-research-tells-us-telecare-use-english-local-authorities/

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What place, and meaning, does resilience hold in frontline social work practice?

http://www.communitycare.co.uk/2018/02/16/place-meaning-resilience-hold-frontline-social-work-practice/

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Dispensing with Independent Reviewing Officers would put vulnerable children at risk

http://www.familylawweek.co.uk/site.aspx?i=ed188108

http://www.nagalro.com/system/site/uploads/content/docs//2018%2002%2012%20Nagalro%20Press%20Release%20Government%20Review%20Puts%20Vulnerable%20Children%20at%20Risk.pdf…

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Podcast: Lyn Romeo on strengths-based practice

http://www.communitycare.co.uk/2018/02/15/podcast-lyn-romeo-strengths-based-practice/

Added by Alison J Stevens on February 15, 2018 at 19:00 — No Comments

Divorcing couples may clash over Bitcoin

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-43070849#

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Average social worker caseloads: the highest and the lowest

http://www.communitycare.co.uk/2018/02/15/average-social-worker-caseloads-highest-lowest/

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Case Law, Northern Ireland: Arthurs v NGN, no reasonable expectation of privacy in father’s criminal convictions – Ciaran O’Shiel and Charlotte Turk

https://inforrm.org/2018/02/15/case-law-northern-ireland-arthurs-v-ngn-no-reasonable-expectation-of-privacy-in-fathers-criminal-convictions-ciaran-oshiel-and-charlotte-turk/#more-39315

VIA INFORMS BLOG WITH THANKS.

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Rise in caseloads for children's social workers

https://www.cypnow.co.uk/cyp/news/2004897/rise-in-caseloads-for-childrens-social-workers

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/681546/SFR09-2018_Main_Text.pdf

The powers to be are saying that Government austerity has…

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New private law cases received by Cafcass in January up 11% on a year ago

http://www.familylawweek.co.uk/site.aspx?i=ed188071

https://www.cafcass.gov.uk/about-cafcass/research-and-data/private-law-data/

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ADOPTION PRACTICE

http://www.communitycare.co.uk/2018/01/19/social-work-ethics-routinely-used-inform-adoption-practice-enquiry-suggests/

I know of a recent Case, where the Mother was told that her Son had been forcibly adopted, 

And she came to find that her Son had not even been adopted.

THE FACT IS THAT HE WAS ON A FULL CARE ORDER, AND IF THE PLACEMENT HAD…

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Added by Alison J Stevens on February 15, 2018 at 18:00 — No Comments

Why policy on contact with children and birth families needs a rethink

http://www.communitycare.co.uk/2018/02/13/policy-contact-children-birth-families-needs-rethink/

KINCARE CLAUSE YET AGAIN.

If the Local Authority's used the Kincare clause by placing Children with immediate Family Members  such as Grandparents in the first instance or even Aunties and Uncles, this would be the far cheaper option than placing Children into Foster…

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Social care allowances are confusing – the government must offer clarity

https://www.theguardian.com/social-care-network/2018/feb/15/social-care-allowances-clarity-government-reform

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Public law cases received by Cafcass in January up 3% on a year ago

http://www.familylawweek.co.uk/site.aspx?i=ed188072

https://www.cafcass.gov.uk/about-cafcass/research-and-data/public-law-data/

Added by Alison J Stevens on February 15, 2018 at 16:30 — No Comments

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