Apparently you’re supposed to be trained every two years

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I had a very busy week last week – enjoyable but hectic (that’s too hectic to write my blog if my editor’s reading!).Monday
I spent Monday at a National Assessment Agency Exam Officers 14 – 19 Conference. This was an absolute revelation and I learnt more about the planned changes in one day than I had in two years of senior leadership.
Tuesday Tuesday was a meeting with my timetabling mentor – I’ll be writing my first whole-school timetable this year and so have to start early. WednesdayWednesday morning was Target Review Day for Year 8 and 9. Looking at current levels and then setting ‘aspirational targets’, this is the Head’s phrase, I think it just means ‘high but not too high’. Wednesday afternoon was Child Protection INSET. Apparently you’re supposed to be trained every two years. This was my first in my twelve years as a qualified teacher. It was interesting but I don’t think we covered enough about practices to safeguard members of staff. I think it’s relatively easy to know what the rules are if a child starts to disclose abuse or if you notice signs of possible abuse in a child. It’s less intuitive to know how to create day to day working practices which help prevent false allegations.

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Ian Walton,
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Court Procedures and technology

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We have now identified the best technological solution for handling the issue of efficiently and cost effectively advising on the completion of forms for court and court bundles the court of appeal. There can be a lot of work collating things properly for the court of appeal. However, proper use of technology and software means that a good job can be done and the software is not expensive.

Ian Walton,
Fighting For Justice In The Family Courts!
Only The Strong Survive, Positive Mental Attitude.
The Truth will Win Through!

Fears over mental health changes

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A BID to transform the way mental health services are provided in Suffolk may lead to a cut in frontline services, it was claimed today. Borough leaders have expressed their concerns after hearing a presentation from the Suffolk Mental Health Partnership Trust about its plans to become a foundation trust. A letter sent to the health trust from Ipswich Borough Council said it is “concerned that the increased bureaucracy which apparently comes with foundation status will further divert resources from frontline services”. The health trust is at the latter stages of applying for foundation trust status which means it will become answerable to members of the public rather than the government. It involves ordinary people with an interest in health becoming members of the trust. In a letter to the trust’s chief executive Mark Halladay, Ipswich Borough councillor Judy Terry, responsible for health, said: “The council broadly welcomes the proposal to create a foundation trust if this will deliver the outcomes you have set out in your consultation document. Indeed, any proposals which make the NHS more accountable to local people are to be supported.

Ian Walton,
Fighting For Justice In The Family Courts!
Only The Strong Survive, Positive Mental Attitude.
The Truth will Win Through!

Couple falsely accused of child abuse win first round in bid to get their family back

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The couple who won a landmark legal battle to keep their baby son, after their first three children were forcibly adopted because of false allegations of child abuse, have won the first stage of their fight to get his siblings back.
Mark and Nicky Webster have been granted legal aid for their attempt to appeal against the May 2004 care order that resulted in them losing the children, who can be identified only as A, B and C.
The decision to grant the order, made after a one-day hearing behind closed doors in the Family Court, relied almost totally on now-discredited medical evidence that distinctive bone fractures to Child B could have been caused only by violent shaking and twisting.
That theory was discounted when some of Britain’s most eminent experts were asked to look again at B’s medical records during the Websters’ successful fight to retain custody of their fourth child, Brandon, earlier this year.
They agreed that Child B’s injuries were instead classic symptoms of scurvy – an illness caused by vitamin deficiency that was a result of the family GP recommending that Child B be fed soya milk, which has virtually no vitamin C, because the youngster could not stomach cow’s milk.

Ian Walton,
Fighting For Justice In The Family Courts!
Only The Strong Survive, Positive Mental Attitude.
The Truth will Win Through!

Preparing forms for court

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Sorce HM Court Services:
We aim to explain in more detail which forms to use in which court. However, all of the forms are available on the internet here If you are on benefits you can complete form EX160 and avoid having to pay court fees. We are establishing a network of advisors some of whom will be able to help you with the preparation of papers for court. All the court forms come in the form of PDF files (Portable Doucment Format). It is possible to use a PDF form filler such as the JAWS PDF Editor (which is not actually an editor). Form Filling The form filler can be bought here. The advantage of using the form filler is that completed forms can be saved and emailed to advisors for checking. Otherwise considerable delays can result and forms need to be scanned and emailed which is a lot of effort. Alternative routes can be used.

Ian Walton,
Fighting For Justice In The Family Courts!
Only The Strong Survive, Positive Mental Attitude.
The Truth will Win Through!