James Anderson

Establishing the Child Protection Authority: complaints must be part of the picture. Resolution Ready responds to the CPA consultation.

Establishing the Child Protection Authority: complaints must be part of the picture. Resolution Ready responds to the CPA consultation.

Resolution Ready has submitted a response to the Department for Education’s consultation on the proposed Child Protection Authority for England. Our response focuses on a gap we see consistently in practice: statutory children’s social care complaints are not currently recognised as part of the national learning landscape, and they should be. Complaints are a formal […]

Resolution Ready has today submitted evidence to the Joint Committee on Human Rights inquiry into the human rights of children in the social care system in England.

Resolution Ready has today submitted evidence to the Joint Committee on Human Rights inquiry into the human rights of children in the social care system in England.

Our submission focused on the statutory complaints process. We highlighted how it is often characterised by delay, confusion and lack of clarity, with some cases taking years from start to finish. This undermines the rights of children, particularly care-experienced young people and families already facing disadvantage. At its best, the complaints procedure is powerful and […]