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RR For The Times: Child Abuse Inquiry Is Democracy In Motion

07 Tuesday Mar 2017

Posted by Natasha in Researching Reform, The Times

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Researching Reform was very kindly invited by The Times’ The Brief, to write a piece on why we felt the Child Abuse Inquiry was still a worthwhile project.

The sheer scale of recent and non recent child abuse in the UK is justification enough for an Inquiry of this size, but in our piece we explain why the Inquiry is bigger than the sum of its parts, and why it is already making positive changes within government as we know it.

You can catch our article in full here, under the Comment section.

The Brief is The Times’ daily news roundup and is completely free to read. Subscribe for all the latest, and share your thoughts over at @TimesLaw if you’re a tweeter.

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Social Workers To Use Facebook To Track Down Parents In Care Proceedings

07 Tuesday Mar 2017

Posted by Natasha in social work

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A well meaning judge has given social workers the green light to search for missing parents on Facebook so that they can be alerted to care proceedings, but this could open up a raft of problems around parents’ and children’s right to privacy.

In the case, the court was desperately trying to track down a mother who could not be found. It was claimed that she had either left the country or been removed from the UK once her child had been placed with an adopter. When the judge asked both Cafcass and the council in question whether there was a chance the mother could be found through Facebook, the organisations expressed scepticism. They also told the court that they had tried to find the mother but were unable to. Oddly enough, she was found almost immediately on the social media site.

The judge went on to criticise Cafcass, the council and other professionals in the case for what he felt was a ‘total disregard’ for the rules around birth parents being properly notified.

Nevertheless, this new power could lead to parents being hunted down and their privacy potentially breached on Facebook and other social media sites. And although no official rule appears to exist about contacting parents through sites like Facebook, reaching out to parents in this way is currently frowned upon inside the child protection sector.

The judgment is likely to cause confusion and lead to less than ethical developments in care proceedings unless some form of guidance by The President of the Family Division is issued immediately.

We would welcome Justice Munby publishing some guidelines in this area.

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Get Your Stuff For SpankOut Day

07 Tuesday Mar 2017

Posted by Natasha in child welfare, Researching Reform

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SpankOut Day was started in America in 1998, to spread awareness around the need to end corporal punishment of children and to promote non violent ways of teaching children appropriate behaviour. It is celebrated on 30th April every year and encourages all parents, guardians and caregivers to refrain from hitting children on this day, as well as to find alternative methods of discipline through programs available in each community.

This year, the Gundersen Center for Effective Discipline is offering ‘No Hit Zone’ Resource Kits to 15 organisations who want to become a No Hit Zone.

No Hit Zone Kits include posters, educational brochures, vinyl decals, magnets and stickers. These resources are designed to serve as a visible sign that your organisation is a designated No Hit Zone supporting healthy kids and safer communities.

The Gundersen website tells us that:

“A No Hit Zone is an environment that supports a culture of safety and health where:

  • No adult shall hit another adult.
  • No adult shall hit a child.
  • No child shall hit an adult.
  • No child shall hit another child.”

If you’d like to apply for a kit, you have until Wednesday, March 22, 2017. The following dates may be worth nothing down too:

  • Monday, March 27, 2017—Kit Recipients Announced
  • Friday, May 19, 2017—After Action Report Due

We are not sure if the offer is limited to US organisations but give it a try and see how you go.

Thanks go to Professor Durrant for alerting us to this initiative.

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