Mon.Sep 25, 2023

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Deprivation of liberty: ‘We’re managing risk – not helping these children recover’

Community Care

One of the most concerning recent developments in social care has been the huge growth in the number of children with highly complex needs made subject to deprivation of liberty (DoL) orders. For many, these have involved moving into unregistered placements – without Ofsted’s regulatory oversight – with severe restrictions placed on their movement and access to technology, constant supervision, often by multiple staff members and significant use of restraint.

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National SOGIE Center Research on Impact of Justice-Involved Staff

University of Connecticut

Leaders of the National Center for Youth with Diverse Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and Expression (SOGIE) , a collaborative of social justice organizations led by UConn School of Social Work’s Innovations Institute , have published “ The influence of juvenile justice workforce’s knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs on behaviors toward youth with diverse sexual orientations, gender identities, and expressions ,” in Children and Youth Services Review.

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Cafcass starts prioritising London private law cases to ‘maintain safe workloads for social workers’

Community Care

Cafcass has started prioritising the allocation of “less urgent” private law cases in London to help maintain safe workloads for its social workers. The decision to institute the prioritisation protocol comes on the back of a 27% rise in the number of private law applications in the capital over the past 12 months. The family courts body said the decision was also driven by the challenges it and partners faced in maintaining staffing levels and the impact of ongoing family court dela