A local authority has accepted a family judge’s criticism that it should have issued care proceedings involving the siblings of Poppi Worthington at an earlier stage. A 2014 fact-finding judgment
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CoramBAAF is consulting on a draft position statement about the future of fostering in England and would like the views of members, foster carers and those with experience of being
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Social workers should have acted sooner to protect two children whose mother had mental health difficulties, a family court judge has said. Judge Lesley Newton said the children – now
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Social services staff asked to make decisions about the future of five children were involved in an attempted “cover-up”, a family court judge has said. Judge Mark Horton said there
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Health and social services staff should have intervened earlier in the case of a depressed mother who smothered her three disabled children, but the large number of workers involved were
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The husband of Tania Clarence, who smothered her three disabled children, has questioned a review of the case, saying it highlighted “only some of the conflicts and complexities my wife
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The NSPCC NI and Queen’s University Belfast (Queen’s) are today hosting a seminar which will promote research showing a whole system approach to better mental health will help protect looked
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This is a summary of common weaknesses in local authorities that were judged inadequate in inspections, between January and May 2015, under the single inspection framework. It aims to help
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The NSPCC are launching a campaign in the New Year to ensure all children who have experienced abuse or neglect across the UK get the therapeutic support they need. To
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The Government has issued an Improvement Notice to Cumbria County Counicl over ongoing problems in its children’s services department. Following earlier ‘inadequate’ inspections, Ofsted have now said action must be
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