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Drawing upon personal reflections and analysis, interviews with professionals and existing literature, parts I and II of this article highlight key themes that emerge from an analysis of over 200 serious case reviews (‘SCRs’) during the... more
Drawing upon personal reflections and analysis, interviews with professionals and existing literature, parts I and II of this article highlight key themes that emerge from an analysis of over 200 serious case reviews (‘SCRs’) during the period 1987–2018. The personal reflection and observations rely on professional involvement in SCRs during this period, as chair, author and committee member. Together with access to reports held in the repository (NSPCC National Case Review Repository 2017 https://learning.nspcc.org.uk/case-reviews/national-case-review-repository) and the most recent triennial analysis of SCRs (M Brandon, P Sidebotham, P Belderson, H Cleaver, J Dickens, J Garstang, J Harris, P Sorenson and R Wate Complexity and challenge: a triennial analysis of SCRs 2014–2017 Final Report, 2020), we explore different conceptual ideas that may elicit a greater understanding, as to how and why the same themes continue to be rehearsed in the majority of reports involving serious injur...
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SPIRIT 2013 Checklist: Recommended items to address in a clinical trial protocol and related documents. (DOC 132 kb)
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How do you apply the principles, structures and processes of the law to everyday practice? Drawing on a wealth of contemporary case examples, this handy pocket book demystifies the legislation on child protection and demonstrates the... more
How do you apply the principles, structures and processes of the law to everyday practice? Drawing on a wealth of contemporary case examples, this handy pocket book demystifies the legislation on child protection and demonstrates the practical duties and responsibilities of professionals working within this complex area.
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Background Quality of life for children and adolescents living with serious parental mental illness can be impaired, but evidence-based interventions to improve it are scarce. Objective Co-production of a child-centred intervention... more
Background Quality of life for children and adolescents living with serious parental mental illness can be impaired, but evidence-based interventions to improve it are scarce. Objective Co-production of a child-centred intervention [called Young Simplifying Mental Illness plus Life Enhancement Skills (SMILES)] to improve the health-related quality of life of children and adolescents living with serious parental mental illness, and evaluating its acceptability and feasibility for delivery in NHS and community settings. Design Qualitative and co-production methods informed the development of the intervention (Phase I). A feasibility randomised controlled trial was designed to compare Young SMILES with treatment as usual (Phase II). Semistructured qualitative interviews were used to explore acceptability among children and adolescents living with their parents, who had serious mental illness, and their parents. A mixture of semistructured qualitative interviews and focus group research...
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Achieving timely decisions for children is at the heart of reforms within the family justice system in England. The reforms that were ushered in with the advent of the Public Law Outline in 2008, and subsequent revisions leading to the... more
Achieving timely decisions for children is at the heart of reforms within the family justice system in England. The reforms that were ushered in with the advent of the Public Law Outline in 2008, and subsequent revisions leading to the Children and Families Act 2014, rely on a front-loading of cases into a pre-proceedings protocol. Pivotal to the success of reforms within the family justice system is the successful diversion of cases at the pre-proceedings stage that provide the opportunity for cases to be resolved within an alternative form of dispute resolution rather than the court intervening to resolve some of the most complex child protection cases. The authors report on a qualitative study of pre-proceedings practice in England from 2011 to present, and draws evidence from practitioner narratives to explore the complex issues facing social workers, tasked with implementing reforms within the family justice system. The use of personal narratives provides a rich insight into ho...
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Applauds the resolution of family disputes through mediation but argues the need for legal representation to resolve child disputes for those parents for whom mediation does not work or is not suitable. Considers the potential for... more
Applauds the resolution of family disputes through mediation but argues the need for legal representation to resolve child disputes for those parents for whom mediation does not work or is not suitable. Considers the potential for injustices to occur where pressure is put upon couples to mediate given the alternative choice is self representation in court as a result of legal aid cuts
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ii Acknowledgements The research team are grateful to all the participants who took part in this study. Particular thanks are extended to Andriy Buniak and Joanne Hill (legal executives), who have offered extensive support to the project... more
ii Acknowledgements The research team are grateful to all the participants who took part in this study. Particular thanks are extended to Andriy Buniak and Joanne Hill (legal executives), who have offered extensive support to the project and facilitated data collection. We are also grateful to Vera Boyes, Barbara Harvey and the five Family Court Advisors (Cafcass), Debbie Carter and Maria Barnes (local authority senior operational managers), Julie Newman and Victoria Gould (local authority senior solicitors) and to all the social workers and parents' legal advisors who took part in interviews. We offer our gratitude to His Honour Judge Bellamy, who facilitated a period of immersion in the Coventry County Court. Given observations from the Family Justice Review concerning limited opportunities for learning and feedback within the family justice system, it is important to commend Cafcass and Coventry and Warwickshire children's services for stimulating the study,. A note on te...
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