ARTICLES
Volume 31 (1)
- 'Fabricated or Induced Illness in Children: The role of Frontline Social Workers in Recognition, Intervention and Decision Making - Gretchen Precey
- 'Scotland: Getting it Right for Every Child? - A Question of Competence or Custom and Practice?' - Dr Sue Whitcombe
- 'Black Children's Lives Matter: Nagalro Campaign to Reinstate the Repealed Provisions of S1(5) Adoption and Children Act 2002' - Julia Hughes
Volume 30 (4)
- 'The Acculturation Process of Adella' Julia Isikwe Hughes
- 'How Human Rights apply to Kinship Care in Liverpool - The Views of Professionals' - Aoife Daly
- 'Group Localised Child Sexual Exploitation Offenders: Who and Why?' - Dr Kish Bhatti-Sinclair
Volume 30 (3)
- 'Pain-inducing restraint of children and young peope in the Government's secure estate' - Carolyne Willow
- 'The use of assessment tools in parenting assessments' - Maria Marrinan
- 'Twenty years since the Macpherson report, how much do black children's lives matter in the UK?' - Julia Hughes
Volume 30 (2)
- 'The impact of childhood sexual abuse on the survivors' parenting capacity' - Maria Marrinan
- 'The role of memory in parental alienation' - Sarah Squires
- 'Children visiting family overseas: key knowledge for family court advisers' - Rodney Noon
Volume 30 (1)
- 'Assessing the narratives of abused and alienated children: Important differences in understanding the child's experiences for the purposes of assessment and planning in court proceedings' - Helen Young
- 'Relational Systems: Giving, shiftin or sharing power?' - Ryan Wise
Volume 29 (4)
- 'The PLO Reforms and Outcomes for Children' - Judith Masson and Jonathan Dickens
- 'From Active Participants to Passive Auditors: Nagalro's concerns about the diminishing role of the Children's Guardian' - NAGALRO
- 'Review of the Handling of Domestic Abuse Allegations in the Family Court - A Progress Report' - Lucy Reed
Volume 29 (3)
- 'Social Workers and Children's Guardians in the Family Justice System: A Research-Based Future' - Sir James Munby
- 'Therapeutic Use of Fairy Tales in Child Sexual Abuse' Dr Nesrin Duman and Esra Bridge
- 'It's Time to Ban the Physical Punishment of Children' - Dr Bernadette Saunders
- 'Responding to Harmful Practices - FGM, Breast Flattening and Child Abuse Linked to Faith or Belief' - Rohma Ullah
Volume 29 (2)
- 'A Court for Migrant Children: A Complete Pipe Dream?' - Catriona Jarvis
- 'Parental Alienation - Where Are We Now?' Julie Doughty
- 'NSPCC School Service' - Tina Shaw
Volume 29 (1)
- 'Social Workers' Experiences of Intervening in Child Neglect Cases in Affluent Families' - Claudia Bernard
- 'Acting in the Best Interests of Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Children' Sheila Melzak
- 'The Intelligent Child: Instructing His Own Solicitor' - Emily Ward
- 'Afterthought, Not Incentive' - Kath Sharman
Volume 28 (4)
- Nagalro' s Guide to the Professional Time Guidance: How to interpret and lawfully apply Cafcass' 'Draft Guidance on the use of professional time to benefit children'
- 'Understanding Group Localised Child Sexual Exploitation' - Kish Bhatti-Sinclare and Chris Smethurst
- 'Fathers, Children and the struggle to become a recognised parent: using court processes to recalibrate skewed relationships' - Gill Gorell Barnes
Volume 28 (3)
- 'Research on birth family contact for children who need out-of-home care' - June Thoburn
- 'The relational world of contact' John Simmonds
- 'Video interaction guidance and the family courts - Monika Celebi and Rebecca Carr Hopkins
- 'New Perspectives on the alienation of children following conflictual parental separation' - Brian Cantwell
Volume 28 (2)
- 'The family nurse partnership programme' - Nicole Hobson
- 'Contact disputes and allegations of domestic abuse - identifying best practices' Prof Rosemary Hunter and Prof Shazia Choudhry
- 'The Parliamentary launch of the national enquiry into 'Thresholds' - Eddie O'Hara
- 'Three children of West Yorkshire: Using drama to help young people cope with difficult situations' - Tacye Nichols
Volume 28 (1)
- 'When does pornography become a risk factor in family court assessments?' - Phil Watts and Amanda May
- 'Seen and Heard: Children's involvement in court proceedings - the Legal Framework' - Rodney W Noon
- 'Reflections from the Gard case and other recent 'difficult cases': could the English family courts be less 'anti-therapeutic' and more problem-solving?' - Penelope Welbourne
- 'Specially trained dogs in the UK criminal justice system' - Elizabeth Spruin and Katarina Mozova
Volume 27 (3)
- 'Parental Alienation or justifiable estrangement? Assessing a child's resistance to a parent in the UK' - Dr Sue Whitcombe
- 'Safer Safeguarding: How multi-agency services for children can learn from other safety-critical organisations' Harry Harrison
- ''Reflections in recent developments in social work regulation and education - Professor June Thoburn
Volume 27 (2)
- Reflecting on some of the experiences and psychological considerations of supporting unaccompanied asylum-seeking young people
- The meaning of the child to the adoptive parent: understanding the contribution of the parent to the parent-child relationship in adoption
- Transparency through publicaton of family court judgements
- Personal safety for social workers
Volume 27 (1)
- 'Assessing Children and Families - Art or Science, or Art and Science, the safeguarding assessment and analysis framework' - Arnon Bentovim
- 'Creating Families: paths to parenthood for same-sex couples' -Madeleine Reardon
- 'Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders and the Care System? - Kay Al-Ghani
Volume 26 (4)
- 'If the Child Proections System isn't Fit for Purpose- where do we go from here?' - Sarah Phillimore
- 'Rethinking Child Protection Strategy: progress and next steps' Dr Lauren Devine
- Permanence for Looked after Children: confusing paths with destinations - Peter Bentley
Volume 26 (3)
- 'Patriarchy and Harmful Practices: Not a Problem for us?' - Leethan Bartholomew
- 'Family Group Conferences and Safeguarding Children' Kate Parkinson and Deanna Edwards
- Are we getting it right for Chldren? The Future of Permanency Planning in England and Wales - Julie Doughty
Volume 26 (2)
- Open Letter from Nagalro in response to the policy paper: Adoption: A vision for change (DfE) March 2016 - Nagalro
- 'It's in their Culture': Working with automatic prejudice towards Gypsies, Roma and Travellers during care proceedings - Dr Daniel Allen
- Brief Encounters with Children - Gretchen Precey
- Eva Gregory - A Life in Social Work - Alison Paddle
Volume 26 (1)
- Record of a Service using Mentalization-Based Therapy - Parenting together to help resolve entrenched conflict between separated parents over their chidlren, with particular emphasis on the impact of the work on the therapist - Kate Thompson
- Hearing Children in Family Proceedings - what we can learn from global practice - Aoife Daly
- Rupert Hughes: Unsung Architect of the Children Act 1989 - Arran Poyser
Volume 25 (4)
- Changing our ideas about change - Polly Baynes
- The Family Courts and Radicalisation of Children - Rodney Noon
- Cheering on Change and Encouraging Hope - Bill Stone
Volume 25 (3)
- Is the Child Protection System Fit for Purpose?
- Special Issue Reporting on a multidisiplinary conference held on 1 June 2015 - Featuring: Lauren Devine; Brid Featherstone; Kate Harrington; Sir Mark Heley; Sarah Phillimore; Lisa Wolfe; Vicki Eillis; Kirsty Seddon; Jerry Lonsdale
Volume 25 (2)
- Assessing Sibling Relationships for Placement: A research review - Suzette Waterhouse
- Assessing Sibling Relationships for Placement: A Case Study - Mary Carden
- The Family Justice System and Recurrent Care Proceedings: Are Birth Mothers given a Second Chance? - Karen Broadhurst
- Children's Guardians and Independent Reviewing Officers: Representing Children's Interests in Care Proceedings and Beyond - Jonathan Dickens
Volume 25 (1)
- Ascertaining the wishes and feelings of children - Paul Bishop
- Developing contemporary private law case work in Cafcass? - Brian Cantwell
- A case for a legal test of relational harm in care proceedings - Vanessa RIchardson
Volume 24 (3)
- Continuing conflicts in adoption law and policy - Peter Bentley
- Maternal outcasts, vulnerable mothers and repeat care proceedings - Karen Broadhurst
- What the Social Services and Well-Being (Wales) Act 2014 means for Children's social work - Julie Doughty
- Biking for Children in Care - Buidling a Bike Ride! - Gill Timmis
Volume 24 (2) June 2014
- Opportunities and Prospects for Independent Social Work - David Jockelson
- Recent Developments in Adoption Judgments and implications for Family Finding - David Ryden
- Understanding and Working with the Alienated Child - Karen Woodall
Volume 24 (1) March 2014
- Assessing Capacity to Protect in Kinship Care - Polly Baynes
- The Review of Private Law: A Role for Cafcass in the Change Process? - Brian Cantwell
Volume 23 (4) December 2013
- Implications of recent developments in private child and family law for children's rights - Gillian Douglas
- The use of narrative in the assessment of children affected by domestic homicide: care, contact and therapeutic needs - Sinead Marriott, Marta Neil and Maria Ruegger
- Broadening my horizons: short-term independent social work in the Falkland Islands - Clare Mowbray
Volume 23 (3) September 2013
- Parenting assessment reports – 26 weeks or bust! - Jane Andrews
- Adoption: why the Children and Families Bill is not yet fit for purpose - Peter Bentley
- The revised Public Law Outline: social work under the spotlight - Anthony Douglas
- Working with children in a women’s refuge - Tina Shaw
Volume 23 (2) June 2013
- ‘Thou loathed issue of thy father’s loins’: some effects of early childhood maltreatment as seen in Shakespeare’s Richard III - David Pitcher
- Download cartoon illustrations for David Pitcher's article here
- Thinking towards belonging - Jenny Sprince
- Concurrent planning: a route to earlier permanence for young children - Rosemary Wolfson
Volume 23 (1) March 2013
- Life Story Work - A Journey Into a Child's World - Julia Isikwe Hughes
- Blinded by Neuroscience? A Discussion in Response to Wastell and White
Volume 22 (4) December 2012
- Papers! Papers! Papers! Contact notes in care proceedings - Charlotte Collier
- Meeting Children's Needs in a Compliance Culture: What Munro has to say to Cafcass - Alison Paddle
- Listening to the Voice of the Infant in Interim Contact: The value of observation - Biddy Youell
Volume 22 (3) September 2012
- South Asian and African-Caribbean Women's Experience of Cafcass - Ravi K Thiara and Aisha K Gill
- Putting ISWs on the Map: Nagalro's role in establishing independent social work - Eva Gregory and Sarah Saunders.
Volume 22 (2) June 2012
- Comment: Evaluating Expert Witness Psychological Reports:Exploring Quality(The Ireland Report) - Helen Mason
- The Contribution of Experts in Care Proceedings: Evaluation of Independent Social Work Reports in Care Proceedings - Julia Brophy, Charlie Owen, Judith Sidaway and Jagbir Jhutti Johal
- O Guardian, Where Art Thou? - Martha Cover
- Contact Within Care Proceedings: The Legal Framework - Tim O’Regan
Volume 22 (1) Mar 2012
- Respect: Domestic Violence Perpetrator programmes and Dad's Space 1-2-1 - Neil Blacklock
- 'Meet the Team!' Identifying blocks to grandparents in supporting their grandchildren - David Pitcher
- Comment: The Munro Report v the Family Justice Review - David Bloomfield
Volume 21 (4) Dec 2011
- Independent Reviewing Officers: Past, Present and Future? - Noel Arnold
- Towards Reunification: Reconciling the Perceptions of Psychological Experts and Legal Professionals - Sue Candy
- Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders: Not Just Another Pretty Face? - Edward P. RIley, Alejandra Infante, Sarah N. Mattson and Jennifer D. Thomas
Volume 21 (3) Sept 2011
- Experts, the Final Frontier? - Charlotte Collier
- Invisible Fathers and Gendered Practice: Reflections on the development and delivery of a training course for social work practitioners on working with fathers in the child protection context - Daryl Dugdale
- Family Justice Review and Public Law Proceedings: Time to experiment? - Ed Mitchell
Volume 21 (2) June 2011
- Special Feature - Family Justice Review: The Interim Report – Alan Bean; Julia Brophy; Sarah Coldrick; Ann Head; Edward Lloyd-Jones; Judith Masson; Mervyn Murch; Arran Poyser; Jane Robey; Penelope Welbourne.
Volume 21 (1) March 2011
- Family Justice: The practical economic case – David Jockelson
- The Ministry of Justice’s Consultation paper on Proposals for Reform of Legal Aid in England and Wales- the Nagalro response – Judith Timms and Judy Tomlinson
Volume 20 (4) Dec 2010
- Interim Contact During Care Proceedings - Polly Baynes
- The Coram Concurrent Planning Project: A review of ten years’ experience - Rosemary Wolfson
Volume 20 (3) Sept 2010
- Engaging with family conflict in Rule 9.5 casework - Brian Cantwell
- ‘Do you see what I see?’ Thinking about contact in high conflict cases - David Pitcher
Volume 20 (2) June 2010
- Young people’s views about media access to family courts: Implications for welfare practitioners – Julia Brophy
- New trends in assessing parents who abuse drugs and alcohol and evaluating risk to their children – Julia Denning and Eva Gregory
- Negotiating the legal process: Domestic violence and child contact in the lives of South Asian women and children – Ravi Thiara