by Alice T | Jul 17, 2016 | Trends
We have received around 120 replies so far, from 173 English and Welsh councils asked about adoption performance management (including ‘targets’), under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. This is the second stage of research we began late last year into whether, and...
by Alice T | Jun 28, 2016 | Uncategorized
See the following link for today’s Daily Mail article suggesting Mr Justice Mostyn has left neglected traveller children in danger at home, in the wake of Ellie Butler’s death and in the face of social workers seeking their removal – just to be...
by Alice T | Nov 23, 2015 | Uncategorized
Is the government drive to increase the numbers of children adopted from care (as opposed to the speed of decision making and the journey time to an adoptive placement once decision made), wrongly affecting individual placement choice for children? (Part One) This...
by Alice T | Nov 18, 2015 | Uncategorized
This blog post is my summary and analysis of a new report on young people and family court judgments by Julia Brophy, funded by the Association of Lawyers for Children Since 3 February 2014, judicial guidance has required certain judges, hearing certain family cases...
by Alice T | Oct 20, 2015 | Comment
The Open Nest held an intriguing conference on Monday as National Adoption Week began: It gave a platform to the voices of some adults who were adopted as children; just at the moment that adoption agencies across England and Wales are filling media channels...
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