Social work vacancies increased at Cafcass last year, amid drop in practitioner numbers - Community Care Social work vacancies increased at Cafcass last year, amid drop in practitioner numbers - Community Care

Cafcass annual report highlights workforce pressures but also shows fall in caseloads and improved practice #cafcass #socialwork #familycourts

What is CAFCASS UK 2025 Complete Guide to Roles & Process Complete guide to CAFCASS UK 2025. Understand what CAFCASS do, their role in family court, safeguarding checks, reports and procedures explained.

CAFCASS represents children's interests in family court. Safeguarding checks with police/local authorities. Section 7 reports take 3-4 months. 2025 enhanced digital tools and domestic abuse screening protocols. buff.ly/QUx7xtY #CAFCASS #FamilyLaw #ChildCustody #FamilyCourt

This morning, Zoe Brettle delivered an excellent training session at Cafcass on Relinquished Babies and the legal ramifications surrounding the complexities of notification to birth fathers, consent to adoption and maintaining confidentiality in family proceedings.

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I don't always agree with Dr Jess Taylor but she was absolutely right not to apologise to Jacky Tiotto CEO of #CAFCASS about her comment that on the basis of probability there will be some social workers who abuse their own children...

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🔹 We value the voice of frontline workers and therefore are hosting a session on the work of #Cafcass during our DA Frontline Excellence #Conference (England & Wales), funded by the Ministry of Justice.

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🔹 #Cafcass and the family court system
🔹 Non-fatal strangulation ( #NFS )
🔹 Survivor voice
🔹 Putting government policy into practice
🔹 Counter-allegations
🔹 The impact the frontline has on survivors and victims
🔹 #Wellbeing for the real world
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Cafcass emphasises the importance of explaining decision making to children in new animated film Cafcass prioritises the leadership of, and support for, Family Court Advisers (FCA) and Children’s Guardians in the work it does to help children understand the advice that is being given to the famil...

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Here is a new animated film about the role of Caffcass and family court proceedings. A short and easy view for children, young people and families to learn about how the system works. #cafcass #families #support

Living grief is the most horrific thing to result from unsafe recommendations from #cafcass and #familycourt

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It's an #ESRC funded project and we're based at #NorthumbriaUniversity in the #NorthumbriaLawSchool, and working with project partners #UKNationalArchives #WelshWomensAid and #CAFCASS

Welcome to ‘New Histories of Divorce’  – A New Methodological Approach to the History of Divorce, 1857-1923 Congratulations! Very much looking forward to hearing more! Good luck with the project and I’m sure it will provide a marvellous resource for researchers in the future.

We're working with project partners #UkNationalArchives #WelshWomen'sAid #CAFCASS. To find out more about the project have a read of our first blog on our website: hosting.northumbria.ac.uk/divorce_hist...

Mother ‘devastated’ after rapist ex-partner given access to their daughter Convicted sex offender who was also found to have raped child’s mother was allowed contact by family court

Mother ‘devastated’ after rapist ex-partner given access to their daughter - www.theguardian.com/uk-news/arti... "Convicted sex offender who was also found to have raped child’s mother was allowed contact by family court" #Cafcass

Manchester no longer needs priority protocol in family court Cafcass announces ending of scheme aimed at helping to ease system-wide pressures - though it remains in London and southeast.

#Manchester no longer needs prioritisation protocol in family court." Law Society Gazette
Five courts remain under prioritisation, including three court areas in London and two court areas covering #Essex, #Suffolk and #Norfolk .
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#cafcass Off to spend a day with the Staffordshire team. Looking forward to hearing what they do for and with children and their families.