As a parent, you may find your child made subject to a Child Protection Plan by the local authority. But what is a Child Protection Plan, and what does it mean? Local authority’s duty to investigate To start at the beginning, the local authority has a duty...
It is obvious that any court proceedings relating to the welfare of children should be dealt with as quickly as possible. This is recognised by the very first section of the Children Act, which states that: “In any proceedings in which any question with respect to...
Research looks at fathers in the family justice system A research partnership between the University of East Anglia and Lancaster University has provided new evidence about fathers’ involvement in care and recurrent care proceedings in England. The researchers analysed anonymised family court records for more than 73,000...
Social services become involved with families for various reasons. Their role is to ensure children receive “good enough” care. Once social services are involved with your family you will be anxious that they may remove your child/children from your care. This is always a risk when...
Are Social Services involved with your family? if so, please watch this video. ...