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Cafcass model of ‘Evidence Informed Practice’
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SARAH PARSONS Assistant Director at
Cafcass A bespoke matrix of standardised assessment tools is being used by Cafcass to produce reports which aim to facilitate early and conclusive decision making in private law family court proceedings.
There is no doubt that producing high quality analytical assessments and transparent evidence based recommendations in situations which are constantly changing and are highly contested is a challenging area of practice. The failure of some reports to rise to this challenge can be linked to delay over reliance on experts and on fact finding hearings and a higher likelihood of contested final hearings.
The assessment task is to gather information from a range of sources and to develop a succinct narrative or ‘story’ which brings to life the child’s experience....
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