Accountability review recommendations accepted
Cafcass, the organisation that looks after
children’s interests in the family courts, today publishes a report
examining the issue of accountability for Cafcass.
Commissioned by Cafcass Chief Executive
Anthony Douglas the report recommends ways of improving the complex
set of accountabilities experienced by Cafcass staff. The
report, which was written by District Judge Nik Goudie, Cafcass
Head of Safeguarding Elizabeth Hall and former Director of
Children’s Services Jane Held, makes fifteen recommendations all of
which have been accepted by the Cafcass Board.
Anthony Douglas, Cafcass Chief Executive says,
”I was really pleased with the quality of the report which sets out
clearly the complex set of accountabilities experienced by all who
work for Cafcass. We were fortunate in being able to secure
the services of a highly experienced review panel and I thank them
for their work.
Clear lines of accountability and improved
services for the children and families who use our services are
closely linked. This is no semantic exercise and in accepting
all fifteen recommendations I am committing Cafcass to a programme
of work to make accountability throughout Cafcass crystal clear.
This will make an indirect yet still highly valuable contribution
to improved outcomes for the children and families we serve.”
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