social services – Current Awareness

Unequal chances? Ethnic disproportionality in child welfare and family justice – Family Law

Posted March 22nd, 2021 in care orders, children, equality, families, family courts, local government, news, race discrimination, racism, social services, statistics by tracey

‘Many have experienced their own Black Lives Matter moment in the last 12 months, a sharp realisation of entrenched prejudices and inequalities that still exist in our society. In the family justice system that moment came last October when a black barrister, Alexandra Wilson, was mistaken for a defendant three times in one day. And yet, more generally there has been surprising little debate about the disproportionate numbers of families from some ethnic minorities in the family justice system and what might lie behind this.’

Family Law, 19th March 2021

Source: www.familylaw.co.uk

‘Failure to remove’ claims – the decision in HXA v Surrey County Council – Local Government Lawyer

Posted March 1st, 2021 in care orders, children, duty of care, families, interpretation, local government, news, social services by tracey

‘Paul Stagg analyses an important decision this month on “failure to remove” claims and also summarises the other case law to date, before looking at pending cases and the likely way forward to the higher courts.’

Local Government Lawyer, 26th February 2021

Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk

Oxfordshire boy groomed by gangs ‘failed’ by authorities – BBC News

Posted January 21st, 2021 in children, drug trafficking, education, gangs, news, police, reports, social services, suicide by sally

‘A boy found dead in his bedroom was groomed into a world of drug trafficking and “failed” by the authorities, a serious case review said.’

BBC News, 20th January 2021

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

High Court allows appeal by claimant after council bids to withdraw admissions of liability in failure to remove case – Local Government Lawyer

Posted September 18th, 2020 in adoption, appeals, care orders, children, conflict of interest, damages, families, local government, news, social services by tracey

‘An unnamed South Wales local authority has been stopped by the High Court from withdrawing three admissions of lability made in a lengthy dispute over the care while a child of J, who is now aged 20 and seeks damages.’

Local Government Lawyer, 17th September 2020

Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk

Autism in children: ‘Many families face council discrimination’ – BBC News

Posted August 5th, 2020 in autism, children, disability discrimination, disabled persons, equality, families, local government, news, social services by sally

‘More than a quarter of English councils are acting unlawfully by discriminating against children with autism, according to a report by disability law experts.’

BBC News, 4th August 2020

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Shirley Oaks: Care home survivors call for mandatory reporting of abuse – BBC News

Posted August 3rd, 2020 in care homes, child abuse, children, compensation, inquiries, local government, news, racism, sexual offences, social services, victims by sally

‘Survivors of prolonged abuse while in the care of Lambeth Council have called for the failure to report abuse in children’s homes to be made a crime.’

BBC News, 31st July 2020

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Government consults on extending the Adoption and Children (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 – Family Law

Posted July 29th, 2020 in adoption, care orders, children, consultations, coronavirus, families, government departments, local government, news, social services by tracey

‘Government consults on extending the Adoption and Children (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2020.’

Family Law, 28th July 2020

Source: www.familylaw.co.uk

Over £46m paid to survivors of abuse at Lambeth children’s homes – The Guardian

Posted June 26th, 2020 in care homes, child abuse, children, class actions, compensation, local government, London, news, sexual offences, social services by sally

‘A survivors’ group has secured a total of more than £46m compensation for 1,340 people who suffered “horrific” abuse in children’s care homes that were infiltrated by paedophiles over several decades.’

The Guardian, 25th June 2020

Source: www.theguardian.com

Judge names council after deciding knowledge of its social services failures in care case outweighed risk of jigsaw identification of children – Local Government Lawyer

Posted May 22nd, 2020 in anonymity, appeals, child abuse, children, families, local government, media, news, public interest, sexual offences, social services by sally

‘A judge has severely criticised the London Borough of Haringey’s child social services department, after deciding to name the council following an appeal by the Press Association over an earlier anonymity order.’

Local Government Lawyer, 21st May 2020

Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk

Charity sends letter before action over regulations relaxing social care protections – Local Government Lawyer

Posted May 13th, 2020 in adoption, care orders, charities, children, consultations, coronavirus, families, local government, news, social services by sally

‘Children’s rights charity Article 39 has threatened the Department for Education with legal action if it does not withdraw regulations aimed at assisting the children’s care sector during the COVID-19 crisis.’

Local Government Lawyer, 12th May 2020

Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk

Children’s Commissioner for England calls for revocation of “unnecessary” regulations relaxing children’s social care protections – Local Government Lawyer

Posted May 4th, 2020 in adoption, care orders, children, coronavirus, emergency powers, families, local government, news, social services by sally

‘The Children’s Commissioner for England, Anne Longfield, has sharply criticised the government’s relaxation of regulations relating to children’s social care, saying she does not believe that they are necessary except in one limited case.’

Local Government Lawyer, 1st May 2020

Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk

The Adoption and Children (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2020, and a little bit of history. – Transparency Project

Posted May 4th, 2020 in adoption, care orders, children, coronavirus, emergency powers, families, fostering, local government, news, social services, statutory interpretation by sally

‘The regulations make changes to the duties that local authorities have with regards to safeguarding children. These are temporary changes and the regulations give a date in September 2020 for them to lapse. This date can be extended, reviewed or simply removed. They were simply made by virtue of the Coronavirus Act 2020. Parliament did not need to approve them first.’

Transparency Project, 3rd May 2020

Source: www.transparencyproject.org.uk

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