Child protection in court: outcomes for children: Executive Summary

Judith M Masson; Jonathan Dickens; Ludivine B E Garside; Kay F Bader; Julie Young

Child protection in court: outcomes for children: Executive Summary

Judith M Masson, Jonathan Dickens, Ludivine B E Garside, Kay F Bader, Julie Young

University of Bristol Law School

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The Outcomes of care proceedings for children before and after care proceedings reform Study (referred to as the Outcomes Study) examined the impact of the PLO reforms introduced in 2013-14, which aimed to speed up decision-making in care proceedings. The study examined the impact on the legal process and the outcomes for the children. It compared the process and the outcomes for two samples of children: S1 had proceedings in 2009-10, before the reforms, and S2, after, in 2014-15. Children’s outcomes after care proceedings were compared one year after the end of the proceedings, T1; outcomes for S1 were also examined and compared at T2, 5 years after the proceedings. The reforms and other relevant changes to law and social work between the two samples are discussed in Chapter 2. Further developments, which are relevant for the final discussion and recommendations, are brought together in Chapter 13. The theoretical background to examining social work with children and families, family support and state intervention, decision-making in court proceedings and the relationships between law and social work are explored in Chapter 4.

Original language	English
Place of Publication	Bristol
Publisher	School of Law, University of Bristol
Number of pages	11
Volume	1
Edition	1
Publication status	Published - 30 Oct 2019

Keywords

care proceedings reform reform
child protection social work
children's outcomes after care proceedings
mixed methods natural experiment
children's social care data linkage
Data linkage

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Child Protection in Court: Outcomes for Children: Establishing outcomes of care proceedings for children before and after care proceedings reform
Masson, J. M., Dickens, J., Garside, L. B. E., Bader, K. F. & Young, J., 10 Dec 2019, Bristol: School of Law, University of Bristol. 311 p.
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Courts, care proceedings and outcomes uncertainty: The challenges of achieving and assessing “good outcomes” for children after child protection proceedings
Dickens, J., Masson, J. M., Garside, L. B. E., J, Y. & Bader, K. F., 31 Oct 2019, In: Child and Family Social Work. 24, 4, p. 374-381 8 p.
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From Court Proceedings to Care: Applying Outcomes of Care Proceedings for Children Study Method to Analyse North Yorkshire County Council’s CYPS data
Masson, J. M., Garside, L. B. E. & Jenny, S., 5 Jul 2019, Data visualisation in children's social care. Jeyarajah-Dent, R. (ed.). London: Nuffield Foundation, p. 22-27 6 p.
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Outcomes for children subject to care proceedings before and after care proceedings reform
Masson, J. M. (Principal Investigator)
1/09/15 → 31/07/18
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Families on the edge of care proceedings: the operation and impact of pre-proceedings processes in children's social care
Masson, J. M. (Principal Investigator), Dickens, J. (Researcher), Bader , K. (Researcher) & Young, J. (Researcher)
1/04/10 → 1/07/12
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Child Protection in Court: Outcomes for Children: Establishing outcomes of care proceedings for children before and after care proceedings reform

Courts, care proceedings and outcomes uncertainty: The challenges of achieving and assessing “good outcomes” for children after child protection proceedings

From Court Proceedings to Care: Applying Outcomes of Care Proceedings for Children Study Method to Analyse North Yorkshire County Council’s CYPS data

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Outcomes for children subject to care proceedings before and after care proceedings reform

Families on the edge of care proceedings: the operation and impact of pre-proceedings processes in children's social care

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