Home News & Resources News & Resources – Publications/Research Please see our latest News articles below. Community Care Article - Black and ethnic minority social workers disproportionately subject to fitness to practise investigations 31 Jul 2020 Black and ethnic minority social workers disproportionately subject to fitness to practise investigations Social Work England promises action as figures show disproportionately low number of ethnic minority panel members making decisions about... Read more MoJ report on Assessing Risk of Harm to Children and Parents in Private Law Children Cases 26 Jun 2020 The Ministry of Justice has today published the Final Report on “Assessing Risk of Harm to Children and Parents in Private Law Children Cases”, by the panel of experts undertaking the work. In May 2019 the Ministry of Justice convened a panel of... Read more Charlie Taylor's review of pain-inducing restraint 19 Jun 2020 The Ministry of Justice published on 18 June a review of the use of pain-inducing restraint authorised for use on children as young as 10 during their journeys to and from custodial institutions, and within child prisons. The review, led by the... Read more Children's Commissioner report: 'We're all in this together' Local area profiles of child vulnerability 30 Apr 2020 April 2020 The Children’s Commissioner’s local area profiles of child vulnerability provide a way for councils to understand which groups of children are likely to be at risk under lockdown, and how many children in their area fall into those... Read more Covid-19: Update from Nagalro Check government guidance regularly 23 Mar 2020 Covid-19 The Covid-19 outbreak imposes very significant challenges for all of us. Nagalro members including ISWs, Children’s Guardians and Family Court Advisers carry out extremely important work often under challenging circumstances. However,... Read more Private Law Family Disputes: The time for change; The need for change; The case for change 06 Mar 2020 This is the second report of the President’s Private Law Working Group. It makes radical proposals for root and branch reform of the way in which private law cases are dealt with and calls for more attention to be paid to the voice of the child (see... Read more Looked after Children in independent or semi-independent placements February 2020 03 Feb 2020 DoE article 'Looked after children in independent or semi-independent placements. Download article here. Read more Pass the Parcel - Children posted around the care system 10 Dec 2019 Children's Commissioner article 'Pass the Parcel - Children posted around the care system' Download article here. Read more Independent assurance review of the effectiveness of multi-agency responses to child sexual exploitation in Greater Manchester Part One: An assurance review of Operation Augusta 04 Dec 2019 Independent assurance review of the effectiveness of multi-agency responses to child sexual exploitation in Greater Manchester Part One: An assurance review of Operation Augusta Malcolm Newsam CBE and Gary Ridgway December 2019 Download... Read more Social Workers and Children's Guardians in the family justice system A research based future 21 May 2019 A talk by Sir James Munby at the 30th anniversary celebration of Nagalro at Gray’s Inn on 21 May 2019 Download presentation here Read more Review of anonymised judgments on Bailii: Children, privacy and ‘jigsaw identification’ 01 Oct 2018 A review of anonymised judgments on Bailii: Children, privacy and ‘jigsaw identification’ Julia Brophy, with Kate Perry and Eleanor Harrison Download document here October 2015 Read more Nagalro Guide to the Cafcass Professional Time Guidance 2019 How to Interpret and Lawfully apply Cafcass' 'Draft Guidance on the use of Professional Time 25 Jul 2018 Download document here Read more Contact: a point of view Lord Justice McFarlane 05 Mar 2018 Speech by Lord Justice McFarlane at the Nagalro Annual Conference 2018 Keynote Address: Contact: a point of view Download speech here Read more Who Guards the Guardians? Article by Nagalro and ALC published in Family Law 01 Feb 2016 Download full article here Read more Oxford Evaluation. Use and Value of ISW expertise to senior Judges Stage 11. Executive Summary 13 Sep 2013 NEITHER FEAR NOR FAVOUR, AFFECTION OR ILL WILL: MODERNISATION OF CARE PROCEEDINGS AND THE USE AND VALUE OF INDEPENDENT SOCIAL WORK EXPERTISE TO SENIOR JUDGES STAGE II ± Dr Julia Brophy Judith Sidaway, Dr Jagbir Jhutti-Johal, Charlie Owen and ... Read more Oxford Evaluation. The contribution of experts in care proceedings 19 Apr 2012 EVALUATION OF INDEPENDENT SOCIAL WORK REPORTS IN CARE PROCEEDINGS Dr Julia Brophy Charlie Owen, Judith Sidaway, Dr Jagbir Jhutti Johal Department of Social Policy and Intervention University of Oxford Download report here 19 April 2012 Read more Oxford Evaluation. ISW Assessments Executive Summary 12 April 2012 12 Apr 2012 THE CONTRIBUTION OF EXPERTS IN CARE PROCEEDINGS EVALUATION OF THE WORK OF INDEPENDENT SOCIAL WORK ASSESSMENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY by Dr Julia Brophy Charlie Owen, Judith Sidaway, Dr Jagbir Jhutti Johal University of Oxford Several concerns... Read more 25 Years of Guardians - Where Next? Presentation by Judith TImms OBE 28 Apr 2009 Presentation by Judith Timms OBE at Nagalro seminar held at Wells Street Family Court in April 200 Download presentation here Read more Time for Children - Cafcass Public Law work 2009 Cafcass Public Law Work - a survey of Nagalro members 04 Feb 2009 Cafcass Public Law Work – a Survey of Nagalro Members In 2009 Nagalro became increasingly concerned about the anxieties expressed by our members who were working for Cafcass, whether employed, bank staff or self-employed contractors, about their... Read more Debate: Enhancing the Participation of Children and Young People in Family Court Proceedings 20 Oct 2008 Enhancing the Participation of Children and Young People in Family Court Proceedings A debate was hosted by the Family Justice Council in the Parliament Room at the Inner Temple, London EC4, on Monday October 20, 2008. The Family Justice... Read more Back to News Home