Cafcass and Domestic Abuse Perpetrator Programmes (DAPPs)
Are Cafcass referred Domestic Abuse Perpetrator Programmes (DAPP) Beneficial? Worryingly, Cafcass admit they have no idea…
Read MoreCrown Prosecution Service and VAWG Training
The Crown Prosecution Service has previously been quite rightly criticised for including male victims as victims of violence against women and girls, a completely indefensible position. The rates of prosecution for female perpetrators and protection of male victims is completely out of step with the numbers of victims consistently reported by the ONS crime survey…
Read MoreEssex County Council
We asked Local Authorities whether they recognised parental alienation and how they dealt with it.
Read MoreSomerset County Council
We asked Local Authorities whether they recognised parental alienation and how they dealt with it.
Read MoreSuffolk County Council
We asked Local Authorities whether they recognised parental alienation and how they dealt with it.
Read MoreWrexham County Council
We asked Local Authorities whether they recognised parental alienation and how they dealt with it.
Read MoreRutland County Council
We asked Local Authorities whether they recognised parental alienation and how they dealt with it.
Read MoreNorthumberland County Council
We asked Local Authorities whether they recognised parental alienation and how they dealt with it.
Read MoreCheshire East County Council
We asked Local Authorities whether they recognised parental alienation and how they dealt with it.
Read MoreCafcass Positive Parenting Programme (CPPP)
Details of training by Cafcass on their Positive Parenting Programme (CPPP) apparently designed to promote positive change, improve communication between parents and reduce the emotional harm experienced by the child
Read MoreA Presentation on Parental Alienation by Anthony Douglas from Cafcass
Why is it that the CEO of Cafcass recognises this and yet cannot get his FCAs to act appropriately and early enough?
Read MoreCafcass Training: what stories do they use to train their staff on the CIAF?
Cafcass have supplied a copy of some stories that they say they use when training FCAs. Here are the 4 stories they supplied
Read MoreCafcass Training on their new Child Impact Assessment Framework
The research into Cafcass training on their new Child Impact Assessment Framework (CIAF) including their latest training materials
Read MoreCafcass, evidence, and witnesses
Research into how, when, and where Cafcass interview either parent, and how and when they interview the children involved.
Read MoreIt’s time for the Judiciary to wake up
This week saw the publication of Re J (A Child – Intractable Contact) [2017] EWFC B103 (19 December 2017) by His Honour Judge Bellamy sitting in Derby. You can read the full details here: http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/OJ/2017/B103.html The case deals with a father who has requested permission from the court to withdraw in the face of flouted…
Read MoreRecognition of Significant Harm
The Children Act 1989 introduced Significant Harm as the threshold that justifies compulsory intervention in family life in the best interests of children. Harm is defined as the ill treatment or impairment of health and development.
Read MoreCafcass Library Parental Alienation Resources
A list (with summaries) of articles and resources held within the Cafcass Library and available to Cafcass FCAs on the subject of Parental Alienation in 2016
Read MoreParental Alienation, Safeguarding, Schools and Local Authorities
When two parents are at war (or in High Conflict…) the only safe ground for the children is often their school or children’s services. Likewise, for any alienated parent, the school and children’s services can offer a way to bridge the gap as they’re on the front line and can facilitate contact, keep the parent…
Read MoreSarah Parsons talks about the Cafcass Tools Matrix
Cafcass Tools Matrix. There is a requirement for all practitioners employed by Cafcass to use the tools, forms and templates provided. But do they? (Clue: no they don’t)
Read MoreCafcass Customer Satisfaction Survey 2017
Cafcass Failing Children and Families 2017. Our survey results for 2017 are a damning indictment of Cafcass and of the leadership of Cafcass.
Read MoreSpotlight on Sarah Parsons from Cafcass
Sarah Parsons, as the Principal Social Worker for Cafcass and Head of L&D, is responsible for 1,400 FCAs of which most don’t and haven’t done their training. We ask WTF is going on?
Read MoreChild Maintenance Service – Policy, Law and Decision Making Guidance
The CMS relies on a set of documents known as “Policy, Law and Decision Making Guidance” or “PLDMG” to guide its caseworkers. We reveal them here.
Read MoreUpdated (again): Cafcass, Douglas, and the High Conflict Pathway
Anthony Douglas of Cafcass proposes to launch his High Conflict Pathway tool – read about the actual tool and why it is not fit for purpose here.
Read MoreCMS Full set of Policies and Procedures
In 2016 and 2017 we obtained a full set of the Child Maintenance Service Policies and Procedures taken from their internal systems. Each link below is a PDF document. Any internal links in each document will link to the intranet at the CMS and therefore you won’t be able to click through it. We also…
Read MoreCafcass, MPs, and complaints
We know that many of our enquiries relate to service users who have complained to Cafcass and got nowhere and have even got their MP to complain to Cafcass on their behalf, so we were interested to see the following recent request to Cafcass under a FOI: Would you please inform me of the number…
Read MoreCafcass – Professional Indemnity Insurance
Oh dear… Cafcass does not have professional indemnity insurance cover for their employees or for the organisation as a whole.
Read MoreReducing the Impact of Interpersonal Parental Conflict on Children
Poor child outcomes are associated with: mental health difficulties, poorer academic outcomes, negative peer relationships, substance misuse, poor future relationship chances, low employability, and heightened interpersonal violence
Read MoreCafcass has been a disaster from Day One
CAFCASS has been a disaster from Day One. Its officers write tens of thousands of trivial reports each year – on decent families caught up in divorce. CAFCASS breeds heartache and delay
Read MoreCafcass and Case Workload 2016 and 2017
Anthony Douglas says that his Cafcass FCAs were far too busy to do their training! So how busy are they?
Read MoreCafcass, the Judiciary, and reports of malpractice
How many Judges had actually escalated a complaint directly to Cafcass?
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