One of the last pre-election moves was for the Children and Social Work Bill to become law. We are still waiting for the detail, but we know the outline of what is to come.
Local Safeguarding Children Boards and Serious Case Reviews will be replaced with a national Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel, Local Child Safeguarding Practice Reviews and Child Death Review Panels. The Act also introduces relationship education in all primary schools.
But there is another significant clause. Children are in care because there is evidence of abuse and neglect. According to Clause 8, the local authority is required to provide a detailed picture of the harm and how the plan for the child will address developmental recovery. This will influence the legal order relating to whom the child will live with.
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