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26 November 2020: #ScrapSI445 campaign ends. More than 60 organisations and several hundred care experienced people, social workers and others in children’s social care (see list below) successfully defended the rights of children in care!
The #ScrapSI445 campaign was co-ordinated by a steering group: Ben Twomey, NYAS; Carolyne Willow, Article 39; David Graham, The Care Leavers’ Association; Gill Archer, UNISON; Jacki Rothwell, retired social worker and children’s rights campaigner; John Radoux, child therapist & campaigner ; Jonathan Stanley, National Centre for Excellence in Residential Child Care; June Thoburn, Emeritus professor of social work, University of East Anglia; Kamena Dorling, Article 39; Kathy Evans, Children England; Mark Kerr, Centre for Outcomes of Care; Natalie Williams, Children’s Rights Alliance for England; and Pete Bentley, Nagalro.
24 November 2020: COURT OF APPEAL RULES EDUCATION SECRETARY ACTED UNLAWFULLY IN REMOVING SAFEGUARDS FOR CHILDREN IN CARE – more here.
25 September 2020: Vast majority of legal protections taken away by Statutory Instrument are now restored! The following COVID-19 specific changes apply from 25 September (lasting until 31 March 2021 – see new Statutory Instrument here):
Visits by registered providers (changes to Regulation 25(4)(a) Residential Family Centres Regulations 2002) – interviews may be carried out by telephone, video-link or other electronic means if direct contact would be contrary to any coronavirus guidance published by Public Health England or the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, or is not reasonably practicable for a reason relating to the incidence or transmission of coronavirus. A record must be kept of any interview carried out remotely.
Social worker visits to children in care (changes to Regulation 28 Care Planning, Placement and Case Review (England) Regulations 2010) – visits may be carried out by telephone, video-link or other electronic means if direct contact would be contrary to any coronavirus guidance published by Public Health England or the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, or is not reasonably practicable for a reason relating to the incidence or transmission of coronavirus. Any visit undertaken remotely must be carried out in accordance with any recommendations by a nominated officer, and a record must be kept of the visit.
Social worker visits to children in short breaks (changes to Regulation 48 Care Planning, Placement and Case Review (England) Regulations 2010) – visits may be carried out by telephone, video-link or other electronic means if direct contact would be contrary to any coronavirus guidance published by Public Health England or the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, or is not reasonably practicable for a reason relating to the incidence or transmission of coronavirus. Any visit undertaken remotely must be carried out in accordance with any recommendations by a nominated officer, and a record must be kept of the visit.
Children’s homes duties to enable contact and communications (changes to Regulation 22 Children’s Homes (England) Regulations 2015) – the home can meet its duty to ensure suitable facilities are available for children to meet privately at any reasonable time with their parents, friends, relatives, social worker or others listed in the Regulations through telephone, video-link or other electronic means if direct contact would be contrary to any coronavirus guidance published by Public Health England or the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, or is not reasonably practicable for a reason relating to the incidence or transmission of coronavirus. A record must be kept of any meetings held remotely.
Three other changes have been made, where coronavirus is not specifically written into the regulations as the reason for the change: 1) pre-assessment decisions in relation to prospective adopters can be made while awaiting medical information; 2) pre-assessment decisions in relation to prospective foster carers can be made while awaiting medical information; and 3) Ofsted inspection timescales for children’s homes, residential family centres, voluntary adoption agencies and adoption support agencies, fostering agencies and holiday schemes for disabled children continue to be suspended.
21 September 2020: Parliament’s Joint Committee on Human Rights questions whether the removal of “vital protections” from children in care was proportionate. Read report here.
4 September 2020: Court of Appeal hears our expedited appeal. Having established in the High Court that safeguards were taken away or weakened in April, we argue that the Secretary of State for Education acted unlawfully in failing to include children’s rights organisations, including the Children’s Commissioner for England, in his consultation on the proposed regulatory changes.
7 August 2020: High Court agrees that lost safeguards are fundamental to children’s protection, but finds that the Department for Education acted lawfully due to the pandemic. Read here.
SCRAP SI 445 CAMPAIGN
ORGANISATIONS
The 4Front Project
Article 39
Association of Independent Visitors and Consultants to Children’s Services
Association of Professors of Social Work
Become
British Association of Social Workers England
The Care Experienced Conference
The Care Leavers’ Association
Centre for Justice Innovation
The Centre for Outcomes of Care
Centre for Welfare Reform
Children England
Children’s Rights Alliance for England
Coram
Coram Voice
Child Rights International Network (CRIN)
ECPAT UK
Freedom from Abuse CIC
Howard League for Penal Reform
Hull Homeless Community Project
Include Me TOO
INQUEST
Jamma Umoja Residential Family Centres
Just for Kids Law
Kinship Carers UK
Legal Action for Women, co-ordinators of Support Not Separation Coalition
Liberty
Migrant and Refugee Children’s Legal Unit (MiCLU)
Mind
National Association for Youth Justice
Nagalro, the Professional Association for Children’s Guardians, Family Court Advisers and Independent Social Workers
National Association of Independent Reviewing Officers (NAIRO)
The National House Project
Napo Family Court Section
National Centre for Excellence in Residential Child Care
National IRO Managers Partnership (NIROMP)
NYAS (National Youth Advocacy Service)
Nest Support and Care Ltd
Oasis Project
Picturepath
Play Connects
Refugee Council
Roar Pursuits CIC
Rook Irwin Sweeney LLP
Safe Ground
Siblings Together
Single Mothers’ Self-Defence, network of single mothers
Social Pedagogy Professional Association
Social Work Action Network
Social Workers Union
Social Workers Without Borders (SWWB)
SPACE (Stop & Prevent Adolescent Criminal Exploitation)
Special Guardians & Adopters Together
Standing Committee for Youth Justice
Together for Migrant Children
Together Trust
UNISON
VoiceAbility
Young Lives Foundation
Young Roots
Youth Access
Youth Legal & Resource Centre
Youth Practitioners’ Association (YPA)
INDIVIDUALS
Abigail Platt-Clarke
Student social worker
Adam Birchall
Social worker and manager
Adam Wilson
Independent reviewing officer
Afshan Ahmad
Independent social worker & foster carer
Aimii Giddens
Bachelor of Laws undergraduate
Aisling Bouketta
Participation officer (looked after children & care leavers)
Akilah Moseley
Independent practice educator
Prof Sir Al Aynsley-Green
Professor emeritus, University College London
Alan Dapre
Children’s author (care experienced person)
Alan Metherall
Registered nurse and foster carer
Alan Patrick
Advocate
Alastair Wakely
Team manager, CAMHS
Alex Morton
Solicitor
Alex Musgrove
Team manager, looked after children
Alicja Jaworska
Social worker
Alison Austin
Children’s guardian and independent social worker
Alison Green
Foster carer, teacher
Alison Grief QC
Queen’s Counsel specialising in the law relating to children
Alison Kindred Byrne
Director, fostering agency
Alison Mayers
Independent reviewing officer/child protection conference chair
Alison Paddle
Independent social worker and therapist; former chair of Nagalro
Alix Walton
Senior lecturer social work, Royal Holloway, University of London
Allan Norman
Independent social worker, non-practising solicitor, Celtic Knot
Dr Amanda Austen
Consultant systemic family psychotherapist
Amanda Boorman
Charity worker, The Open Nest Charity
Amanda Hewitt
Nursery nurse
Amanda Jackson
Independent social worker
Dr Amanda Taylor-Beswick
Social work lecturer, Queens University Belfast
Amber Gunay
Social worker
Amy Hill
Birth child in foster family
Ana Olea Fernandez
Social worker, PhD student on the psychiatric diagnosis of foster children
Andrea Haley
Specialist nurse
Andrew de Cruz
Qualifying social worker, adopter
Andrew Rist
Practice development officer
Dr Andy Bilson
Emeritus professor of social work, School of Social Work, Care and Community, Unversity of Central Lancashire
Andy Curtis
Advocate
Angie Regan
Independent social worker
Anita Franklin
Professor of childhood studies, University of Portsmouth
Ann Potter
Senior lecturer (social work)
Ann Way
Independent social worker
Anna Gupta
Professor of social work, Royal Holloway University of London
Anna Mayer
Social worker
Anna Perry
Children panel solicitor
Annabel Lee
Care experienced barrister
Annalisa Toccara
Adoptee advocate
Anne Crowley
Researcher
Anne M Wright
Senior lecturer social work
Annette de la Cour
Independent social worker and lecturer
Anoushka Khan
Clinical psychologist
Antony Corrigan
Care experienced / MSc mental health science student
Aoife O’Higgins
Research associate
Barry Anderson
Retired former social worker and harity CEO; vice-president of National Association for Youth Justice
Barry Luckock
Senior lecturer in social work and social policy
Dr Barry Mason
Psychotherapy, training and consultation
Ben Ashcroft
Care experienced author
Ben Feder
Social worker
Ben Rankin
Social worker
Berat Pottinger
Social worker
Bertie Matthews
Team manager
Bharti Dhir
Independent reviewing officer/child protection chair
Bob Horrocks
Former virtual school head, now education consultant (looked after children)
Brian Jubb
Barrister
Brian Paget
Retired social worker
Brid Featherstone
Professor of social work, University of Huddersfield
Bruce McClure
Student social worker
Caoilfhionn Gallagher QC
Barrister
Carly Waterman
Headteacher, Lodge Park Academy, Corby
Carmen Rampersad
Independent reviewing officer manager
Carol Gregory
Social worker
Carole Watson
Senior social worker
Caroline Bald
Social work lecturer, University of Essex
Dr Caroline Barratt
Lecturer, School of Health and Social Care, University of Essex
Caroline Lee
Course leader, social work
Caroline Taylor-Beswick
Development manager, Boingboing
Dame Carolyn Hamilton DBE
Professor emeritus, University of Essex
Carolyn Housman
CEO, CFAB (Children and Families Across Borders)
Carolyn Westwood
Retired health visitor
Casey Armstrong
Care experienced and advocate
Catherine Lajoinie
Local authority support worker (early help)
Cath Larkins
Professor of childhood studies
Catherine Al Jawdah
Independent social worker
Catherine Steadman
Advocate
Cathy Jermey
Named nurse for children in care and care leavers
Charles Machisa
Child protection chair
Charlotte Boyce
Children’s social worker – adoption
Charlotte Burck
Honorary consultant systemic psychotherapist, Tavistock & Portman NHS Foundation Trust
Charmaine Malcolm
Service manager for child protection chairs and independent reviewing officers
Cheryl Hodgson
Nursery nurse
Chris Dingley
Independent social work manager & fostering panel chair
Chris Peace
Trustee, National Association for Youth Justice
Chris Thornton
Independent reviewing officer
Chris Walsh
Retired social worker
Christian Kerr
Social worker
Dr Christine Cocker
Senior lecturer in social work, University of East Anglia, and qualified social worker
Christopher Hardy
Independent social worker
Dr Claire Baker
Researcher children in care and care leavers
Claire Fitzpatrick
Senior lecturer in criminology, Lancaster University
Claire O’Brien
Social worker
Claire Palmer
Social work lecturer
Claire Shepherd
Social Worker
Clare Ferris
Social worker
Clare Fletcher
Community midwife
Clare Kempson
Social work student
Dr Clive Diaz
Researcher
Coleen George-Lowe
Social worker for looked after children
Dr Colin Watt
Senior lecturer in social work and school governor
Revd. Colm Nevard
Corrina Bryant
Social worker
Crystal Ward
Student social worker
Dan Mobbs
Chief executive, MAP, charity advising young people
Danica Darley
PhD researcher exploring experiences of looked after children
Daniel Mills-Da’Bell
Head of Safeguarding
Daniel North
Family & systemic psychotherapist
Daniel Wilding
Community mental health practitioner
Danielle Turney
Professor of social work, Queen’s University Belfast
Darren Coyne
Project manager, The Care Leavers’ Association
Darren Wilkins
Independent reviewing officer, independent chair (child protection) and social worker
Dave Fry
Retired social worker
David Grundy
Learning and development, social care
David Jockelson
Child care solicitor
Dr David N Jones
Former President, International Federation of Social Workers
Debbie Brooks
Social care consultant/regulation 44 visitor
Debbie Key
Social worker
Deborah Amas
Registered social worker (child care social worker 30 years qualified) and academic (PhD social work)
Deborah Barnes
Independent reviewing officer
Dr Deborah Crook
Researcher
Delma Hughes
Care leaver and art psychotherapist
Denise Smalley
Outreach social worker
Dez Holmes
Director of Research in Practice
Diana Evans
Advocacy hub manager
Diana Harris
Independent social worker
Dominic Gonçalves
Social worker
Dominica Wakelam
Facilitator of programmes supporting perpetrators of domestic abuse to change
Dr Donna Peach
Lecturer in social work and integrated practice, University of Salford
Ed Nixon
Every Child Leaving Care Matters (ECLCM)
Eddie O’Hara
Consultant social worker
Eileen Qayyum
Retired teacher
Elaine Farmer
Emeritus professor of child and family studies, University of Bristol
Dr Eleanor Staples
Researcher
Elene Constantinou
Formerly LA head of service: regulated services
Elizabeth Cheeseright
Social worker
Elizabeth Gittins
Child bereavement practitioner / social worker
Elizabeth McAteer
Social worker/lecturer/safeguarding trainer
Elizabeth Robertson
Lead independent reviewing officer
Ellie Burch
Social worker
Ellie Kavner
Consultant family therapist and social worker
Elsie Price
Therapeutic social worker
Emily Boardman
Child protection and adoption lawyer
Emily Rhodes
Social worker
Emma Conteh
Foster carer
Emma Morris
Consultant clinical psychologist
Emma Reece
Finance and admin officer, children’s services
Emma Suddle
Social worker
Esther Gray
Education associate
Ewan Rothnie
Social worker
Fareena Shaheed
Independent social worker
Fay Berry
Independent reviewing officer
Félicity Collier OBE
Former chief executive, BAAF British Association for Adoption and Fostering
Ffion Evans
Senior lecturer in social work
Fiona Mackenzie
Service manager
Francis Boylan
Retired social worker
Gail Joned
Independent Reviewing Officer
Gareth Millar
Lecturer in social work
Gareth Williams
Social worker (child protection)
Gary Irwin
Retired team manager
Gary Macey
Quality assurance manager
Gavin Brotherston
Social worker
Gemma Carlin
Occupational therapist
Gemma Guerrero
Social worker
Geoff Skinner
Retired children’s services operational director
Geraldine Brady
Associate professor of social work
Dame Gillian Pugh
Former chief executive, Coram
Glenn Nash
Looked after children social work team
Gordon Riley
Retired social worker
Hannah Kirkbride
CEO, Career Matters
Hannah Wright
Clinical psychologist (children in care)
Hanspeter Dorner
Consultant child & adolescent psychiatrist
Hazel Wyld
Ex foster carer of 54 years
Helen Avison
Independent reviewing officer
Dr Helen Crispus Jones
Clinical psychologist, child and adolescent mental health
Dr Helen Leonard
Consultant paediatrician (neurodisability) & parent
Helen Priest
Children’s guardian
Helen Taylor
(Senior) local authority social worker
Henrietta Delalu
Consultant – social policy and management
Holly Greenberry
Intersex human rights and Intersex social care and policy consultant
Hugh McLaughlin
Professor of social work
Ian Dickson
Chair of the Conference for Care Experienced People (retired) and children’s rights campaigner
Ian Gould
ECLCM ambassador
Ian Jones
Lecturer, 30 years in children’s services, current PhD research exploring child welfare considering social pedagogy
Ian Sinclair
Emeritus professor of social work, University of York
Ian Spafford
Former LA solicitor dealing with child care cases, and adoptive parent
Jacki Rothwell
Retired independent reviewing officer
Jackie Pearce
Children panel solicitor
Jacqueline McCartney
Childminder/care experienced
Jacqui Jobson
Independent consultant
Dr Jade Johns
Social worker/registered manager
Dr Jade Weston
Clinical psychologist in social care
Jadwiga Leigh
Senior Lecturer
James Randall
Clinical psychologist, children looked after, Yorkshire
Jane Booth
Independent chair of the Bradford Children’s Safeguarding Partnership
Jane Daly
Senior social worker
Jane Tunstill
Emeritus professor of social work, Royal Holloway, London University
Jane Wiffin
Serious case review author
Professor Janet Boddy
Professor with 30 years experience of research with children and families, particularly in child welfare contexts
Janice Storey
Campaigner (social care)
Jasmine Pingree
Social worker
Jay Barlow
Napo national co-vice-chair (Cafcass section)
Jayne Webster
Carer
Jeffrey Coleman
Former regional director, British Association for Adoption & Fostering
Jenni Randall
Charity founder / retired social worker
Jenni Elizabeth Burton
Independent social work assessor/consultant
Jennifer Smith
Senior social worker
Jenny Bagchi
Operations manager/ care experienced
Jenny Dagg
Senior lecturer, social work
Jenny Humphreys
Participation manager
Dr.h.c. Jenny Molloy (Hackney Child)
Author, adviser, trainer and care leaver
Jess Sains
Social worker
Dr Jessica Roy
Lecturer in child and family welfare, University of Bristol
Jill Thorburn
Director, Mind Of My Own
Dr Jim Goddard
Senior lecturer, University of Bradford
Jo Baker
Service leader, strategic safeguarding & quality assurance
Dr Jo Dillon
Social worker and university lecturer
Jo Feghali
Retired faculty director for childcare training in FE sector
Jo Greenaway
Researcher – children and young people’s advocacy
Jo Jackson
Retired looked after children nurse
Dr Jo Staines
Senior lecturer in childhood studies, University of Bristol
Joan Rapaport
Retired social worker and researcher
Joanne Winship
Independent reviewing officer
Joe Hanley
Lecturer in social work, Open University
Johanna Finch
Reader in social work
John Daly
Retired director of children’s services
John Golding
Care experienced person
John Ingham
Retired social worker
John Radoux
Residential care worker, child therapist, campaigner
Jon Fayle
Associate Cafcass officer and co-chair of NAIRO
Josh Devlin
Social worker
Joy Bradley
Beanstalk Leadership Associates
Judith Fournel
Independent social work consultant
Judith Timms OBE
Founder and trustee National Youth Advocacy Service (NYAS)
Judy Hardman
Children’s services consultant
Judy Henry
Family therapist
Professor Judy Sebba
Rees Centre, University of Oxford
Julie Mepham
Director of social work
Julia Pearmain
Independent social work consultant, registered social worker and independent panel chair
Julie Prior
Consultant children’s services; regulation 44 independent person
Juliet Giddins
Social worker
June Leat
Chair of Parents of traumatised adopted teens organisation
June Thoburn CBE
Emeritus professor of social work, University of East Anglia
Karen Abrams
Social work law lecturer
Karen Corteen
Senior lecturer in criminal justice
Karen Goodman
Independent social worker
Karen Tudor
Independent reviewer
Kate Mercer
Head BlackBelt Advocacy training
Kate Leonard
Senior lecturer, Royal Holloway, University of London
Kate Pearson
Team manager children’s advocacy, Barnardo’s
Kate Pinchen
Student social worker
Kate Wilson
Chair , Centre for Social Work Practice, Emeritus Professor of Social Work, University of Nottingham
Katherine Mautner
Social worker and play therapist
Kathleen Hudson
Foster carer
Kathryn Badbury
Step up to social work student
Katie Clarke
Director, Bringing Us Together
Katie Ellis
Research fellow and university lecturer
Katie Le-Billon
Charity worker, children’s sector
Kay Everard
Team manager children’s services
Keith Bishop
Foster dad & senior lecturer (children, young people & families) at Newman University
Kelly Rodd
Children panel solicitor
Kev Edwards
Retired care leaver
Khes Nasim
Care experienced
Kim Holt
Retired paediatrician
Kirstie Wood
Independent visitor, student social worker & care leaver
Kirsty Bentham
Local area co-ordinator
Krista Brown
Child education specialist & author
Kristi Hickle
Senior lecturer in social work
Kyle Checkley
Student social worker
Lace Jackson
Independent social worker/ PhD researcher
Larry Sanders
Health and social care spokesperson, Green Party
Lauren Parker
Care leaver
Leanne Morton
Branch co-ordinator, Foster Care Workers Union
Lee Turnbull
Social worker
Lesley Cuthbert
Designated nurse for children in care
Lesley Hughes
Retired social worker
Lesley-Ann Morris Clarke
Senior advocate
Dr Leslie Hicks
Associate professor, School of Health and Social Care, University of Lincoln
Lewis Roberts
Social worker
Libby Tinworth
Care experienced project co-ordinator
Lin Redman
Registered manager (fostering)
Linda Hewson
Pastoral support officer
Linda Williams
Step up student social worker with children and families
Lisa Day
Parent sessional worker
Lisa Holmes
Associate professor and director, Rees Centre
Dr Lisa Thorne
Clinical psychologist, children in care
Liz Bradford
Care experienced
Liz Davies
Professor emeritus of social work, London Metropolitan University
Liz Howard
Social worker
Liza Bingley Miller
Social worker
Lori Goossen
Principal social worker
Louise Blackburn
Youth worker
Louise Garner
Children panel solicitor
Louise O’Connor
Senior lecturer social work
Louise Purser
Social worker
Louise Topley
Independent reviewing officer
Lucy Bright
Senior lecturer in health and social care
Lucy Cheetham
Barrister
Lucy Gallagher
Team manger of a child in care team
Lucy Porteous
Teaching fellow in social work
Dr Lynn Brady
Independent advocate
Lys Clark
Student social worker
Dr Maggie Atkinson
Children’s Commissioner for England 2010-2015
Mandy Shrimpton
Social worker
Margaret Bell
Retired lecturer, researcher and practitioner in child protection and children’s rights
Maria Hamilton
Solicitor
Mari Lewis
Social worker, children in care service
Dr Marilyn Crawshaw
Honorary fellow, Dept of Social Policy & Social Work, University of York
Mark Pearson
Former children’s community play leader
Mark Rhodes
Regional health safety environmental & quality manager and foster carer
Mark Rudden
Social worker
Marlond Sinclair
Children’s advocate
Martha Cover
Barrister
Martha Wansbrough
Chief executive and founder, Drive Forward Foundation
Martin Wray
Children panel solicitor
Mary Ann Edwards
Child care solicitor
Maryanne Hodd
Foster care leaver and independent panel member
Mary O’shaughnessy
Postgraduate student
Matthew Purves
Social worker
Maurice Guyer
Secretary, Middlesex Law Society
Dr Mel McCree
Senior lecturer, early childhood studies
Mel Nash
Family therapist, child mental health
Mel Thornton
Independent trainer and social worker
Melanie Bamford
Independent reviewing officer/child protection chair
Melanie Young
Specialist nurse for children in care
Melinda Enock
Independent social worker
Mia Gatrell
Senior lecturer
Michaela Dunn
Social work lecturer
Michelle Janas
MA social work student
Michelle Pattison
Team leader child support worker residential are
Professor Mike Stein
University of York
Miranda Morgan
Senior fostering social worker
Miriam de Souza
Child care solicitor
Mo Elliott
Independent reviewing officer
Naomi Cole
Family support worker
Naomi Jackson
Social worker/development lead
Natalie Johnson
Student social worker
Nathan Hickton
Residential care leaver
Nerys Hughes
Social worker/manager
Niamh Linnane
Independent advocate
Nicholas Fairbank
Family law barrister
Nick Barwick
Independent fostering consultant and care leaver
Nicola Carty
Independent reviewing officer
Nicola Chambers
Adoption panel advisor
Nicola Howard
Academic lecturer
Nicola Jackson
Teacher
Dr Nigel Patrick Thomas
Professor emeritus of childhood and youth, University of Central Lancashire
Nikki Herbert
Social worker
Nikki Ledingham
Child protection social worker
Nora Duckett
Social work course lead, University of Suffolk
Nushra Mansuri
Assistant professor in social work
Omar Mohamed
Social work student
Pam Hibbert OBE
Paramjit Panesar
Fostering reviewing officer
Pat Leeson
Independent reviewing officer and NAIRO trustee
Pat Poyser
Retired social worker
Pat Walton
Independent social work consultant fostering
Patrick Donohoe
Social worker
Patrick Kidner
Independent social worker / consultant (retired)
Paul Bywaters
Professor of social work
Paul Greenhalgh
Expert witness in family court proceedings
Paul Smart
Co-chair of NAIRO
Paula Jewes
SEND consultant
Paulette Forbes
Independent social worker
Pauline Graham
Foster carer
Pauline Lloyd
Solicitor, Law Society children panel member and assessor
Pauline Wigglesworth
HeadStart programme lead
Penelope Moult
Solicitor
Peta Malthouse
Retired children panel lawyer
Pete Bentley
Former British Agencies for Adoption & Fostering consultant (Newcastle) and adoption panel chair (North East)
Peter Harris
Childcare solicitor
Phil Wilshire
Head of social work and social care
Philip Hilaire-Moore
Participation officer
Phoebe Hain
Social work student
Priscilla Alderson
Professor emerita, University College London
Rachel Hek
Social work lecturer and independent social worker
Rachel Hughes
Social work lecturer
Rachel Knowles
Solicitor
Rachel Maloney
Independent fostering panel chair
Rachel Mufti
Youth advocate
Rachael Walsh
Children panel solicitor
Rachel Williams
Care experienced adult
Rajkiran Egan
Independent foster panel member
Rashid Iqbal
Children and young persons charity CEO
Ray Jones
Emeritus professor of social work, Kingston University and St George’s, University of London
Raya Tibawi
Retired children’s guardian and Independent social worker
Rebecca Bennett
Senior manager, CAMHs
Rebecca Ford
Social work lecturer
Rebecca Gaffney
McKenzie friend
Rheanna Taylor
Playworker
Dr Rich Moth
Senior lecturer in social work
Richard Ivett
Retired social worker and children’s guardian
Richard Lynch-Smith
Social worker
Richard Servian
Chair, British Association of Social Workers UK Policy, Ethics and Human Rights Committee
Richard Vickers OBE
Independent social worker
Rithenella Gumbs
Children’s social worker (child protection)
Robin Sen
Lecturer in social work, University of Sheffield
Rod Kippen
Youth worker
Rodney W. Noon
Editor, Seen and Heard
Roger Smith
Professor of social work
Rois Brewster
Care experienced / prison officer
Rosalinde Woodroffe
Social worker
Rosie Blackett
Participation and development worker
Roslyn Gowers
Independent social worker & practice educator
Ross Gibson
Social worker, undertaking PhD in secure care
Roy Grimwood
Retired – former consultant and children’s advocate
Roy Leach
Parent
Ruth Erskine
Consultant child psychologist and neuropsychologist
Ruth Hawkins
Children panel solicitor
Ruth Mason
Registered nurse
Ruth Schofield
Parent of child in care
Ruth Scotten
Independent social worker & therapeutic life story practitioner
Ruth Woolsey
Doctoral researcher
Saira-Jayne Jones
Care experienced / social worker
Sally Trench
Former children and families social work manager
Sally Wilcock
Children panel solicitor
Samantha Little
Children panel solicitor
Sammi ORourke
Care experienced/adoptee
Sara Gomes
Children’s service manager
Sarah Carr
Mental health social worker
Sarah Dennis
Independent social worker
Sarah Edwards
Independent social worker and regulation 44 visitor
Sarah Gabriel
Children’s rights manager
Sarah Holtom
Independent reviewing officer / child protection chair
Sarah Murison
Advocate
Sarah Parkes
Social worker
Sarah Rae
Independent reviewing officer
Sarah Saunders
Independent social worker
Sarah Stinton
Independent social worker
Selwyn McCausland
Children’s rights manager
Dr Shadi Shahnavaz
Family therapist, Anna Freud Centre
Shanika Mellor
Consultant psychiatrist
Sharon Cope
Student social worker
Sharon Goldman
Children’s rights and participation manager
Sharon Jennings
Lecturer in social work; independent social worker
Sharon Martin
Chair, National IRO Managers Partnership (NIROMP)
Dr Sharon Pettle
Consultant child and family clinical psychologist & systemic psychotherapist
Shelly Reed
Care leaver/ working for the local authority
Sheri Kane
Lead nurse for children in care and care leavers
Simon Cardy
Social worker
Simon Morton
Social worker
Sohila Sawhney
Researcher, Barnardo’s
Sonya Jones
Service manager and safeguarding lead
Sophia Alexandra Hall
Care experienced researcher and social policy advisor
Sophie Ayers
Social worker
Stacy Millward
Social worker, looked after children
Stephanie Bovell
Independent reviewing officer and child protection chair
Stephanie Butler
Participation co-ordinator with looked after children and care leavers at Coram Voice (and care leaver)
Stephen Cardy
Retired social worker
Stephen Morris
Former occupant of a children’s home (17+ years)
Steve Bamlett
Retired social worker & lecturer
Steve Davies
Youth worker supporting a Children in Care Council
Steve Furber
Former social worker and residential social worker
Steven Hawksworth
Care experienced social worker
Steven Lucas
Social work lecturer
Stuart Thompson
Social worker
Sue Barker
Retired social work manager
Sue Leifer
Independent social worker and former guardian ad litem
Sue Thompson
Senior advocate, child psychotherapist / adult counsellor
Susan Brookman
Independent social worker
Susan Thomson
Team manager district child protection
Susie Wedderburn
Social worker
Sylvia Davies
Retired children’s guardian
Dr Sylvia Schroer
Chair Special Guardians & Adopters Together
Tamara Pearcey
Registered children’s home manager
Dr Theresa Schwaiger
Clinical psychologist
Tim Keirman
Uncle of child in care
Tim McArdle
Head of placement & recruitment (fostering)
Tim Sugden
Independent reviewing officer
Tiphanie Moore
Social worker for children and families
Tom Everard
Social worker
Dr Tracy Kirk
Academic in children and adolescent rights
Trevor Leese
Retired senior lecturer, Staffordshire University
Twayna Mayne
Care experienced/adoptee
Victoria Neaves
Foster carer
Vinice Cowell
Social worker
Viv Howorth
Independent social worker and panel chair
Warren Murphy
Foster carer and social work student
Wayne Reid
Social worker
Will Calver
Founder and chair of trustees, Isabel’s Voice
Yusuf P McCormack
Artist, trainer & consultant
Zena Young
Independent fostering panel member, care experienced
Zoe Martin
Social worker