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DfE tightens up special guardianship rules

Thursday, December 17, 2015

| CYP Now

The Department for Education (DfE) is to take action after finding a "significant minority" of children are being placed at risk through inappropriate special guardianship orders (SGOs).

New care applications fall five per cent

News

Thursday, November 14, 2019

| CYP Now

The number of new care applications for children being dealt with by the courts is continuing to fall, according to official figures.

Skills for the Job: Social media and social work

Other

Tuesday, January 5, 2016

| CYP Now

Social media can present difficult challenges for people working in the family courts, so how can practitioners use it securely?

Fresh drive to speed up care proceedings

News

Monday, February 29, 2016

| CYP Now

Children's services leaders have unveiled a new tool to help social workers in their bid to speed up care proceedings.

Making best use of guardianships

Other

Tuesday, March 29, 2016

| CYP Now

Revised regulations on the use of special guardianship orders tighten criteria for assessing carers' suitability.

Children to be removed from families as part of ‘randomised adoption trial'

Other

Friday, April 1, 2016

| CYP Now

Scores of children will be removed from their birth parents under controversial government plans to prove the value of adoption, it has emerged.

Legal Update: Relationships with the court

Features

Tuesday, October 25, 2022

| CYP Now

Alexandra Conroy Harris, legal consultant at CoramBAAF, explains how the charity is working with local authorities and judges to improve understanding of care orders so the right one is used.

ChildRIGHT Ask the Expert: Parental restrictions during contact time

Other

Monday, September 13, 2010

| CYP Now

Can a parent restrict what the other parent is able to do during their contact time?

Top judge Sir Nicholas Wall calls for better rights for unmarried couples

News

Thursday, February 3, 2011

| CYP Now

England's top family judge has called for unmarried couples to get new rights to share property and money if they break up.

Family justice review seeks time limit for child protection cases in courts

News

Wednesday, November 2, 2011

| CYP Now

Courts should be forced to deal with all child protection cases within a statutory six-month time limit, according to a wide-ranging review of the family justice system.

Care applications reach new record high

News

Tuesday, April 9, 2013

| CYP Now

The number of care applications has risen by eight per cent in the past year, according to latest statistics from Cafcass.

Legal Update: In a Nutshell - Changes to legal aid: education law

Other

Tuesday, April 16, 2013

| CYP Now

The Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 will significantly reduce access to legal aid

Daily roundup: Outstanding schools, Teather quits, and foster carers

Other

Monday, September 9, 2013

| CYP Now

Three out of four schools now judged as good or outstanding; former children's minister to step down as MP; and foster care myths exposed, all in the news today.

NCAS Conference: Pre-court work cuts care cases, study finds

News

Monday, October 21, 2013

| CYP Now

Pre-proceedings case work in six councils piloting new ways of dealing with care applications cut the number of cases going to court by a quarter, analysis has shown.

Consultation: Ofsted inspection of Cafcass

Other

Tuesday, February 19, 2013

| CYP Now

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