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      Tag Archives | 26-week target

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      Children, Social work leaders

      Care proceedings delays reduce but 26-week target still missed in most cases

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      Children, Social work leaders

      Pre-court social worker-guardian meetings have potential to improve care proceedings, finds study

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      Children, Social work leaders

      Pilot to test whether early social worker-guardian meetings can help curb care proceedings delays

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      Children, Social work leaders

      Target needed to cut length of care proceedings with durations far in excess of 26-week legal limit – peers

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      26-week target often unrealistic for kinship care assessments, say social workers

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      Length of care proceedings lagging further behind 26-week target

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