EDU1023 Assessment 2 by https://padlet.com/mhjhmariahhodgkin/majs6n0zwls3 Children and Families Act 2014 en-us 2018-12-04 13:40:05 UTC 2025-03-23 02:15:41 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Send.png Children and Families Act 2014 mhjhmariahhodgkin https://padlet.com/mhjhmariahhodgkin/majs6n0zwls3/wish/310911641 2018-12-04 14:43:03 UTC https://padlet.com/mhjhmariahhodgkin/majs6n0zwls3/wish/310911641 Introduction mhjhmariahhodgkin https://padlet.com/mhjhmariahhodgkin/majs6n0zwls3/wish/310919423 This digital artefact will explore the Children and Families Act 2014, specifically looking at adoption and what the act aims to do for children and young people going through the adoption process. This act also supports Children and young people with special educational needs or a disability and try to help people fit their work times around other things in their lives and have a healthy balanced life. ]]> 2018-12-04 14:55:02 UTC https://padlet.com/mhjhmariahhodgkin/majs6n0zwls3/wish/310919423 Passing the bill mhjhmariahhodgkin https://padlet.com/mhjhmariahhodgkin/majs6n0zwls3/wish/310919672 The Children and Families Act 2014, starts off as a bill which is then passed by parliament; receives royal assent which then allows the act to comes into force. The date, which is part of the title of the Act is an important part as it helps to distinguish between different acts which have the same name.Such as the Children Act 1975, 1989 and 2004 (Davis, 2014,p.25).  
Edward Simpson was responsible for The Children and Families Act 2014 after spending years being a barrister within court and all acts which are passed by parliament become of British law (Department of Education, 2014). ]]> 2018-12-04 14:55:22 UTC https://padlet.com/mhjhmariahhodgkin/majs6n0zwls3/wish/310919672 Family Courts mhjhmariahhodgkin https://padlet.com/mhjhmariahhodgkin/majs6n0zwls3/wish/310921722 When children go into care, the Act aims to: help shorten the time taken by the family court to decide about a child’s future such as go into foster care or live within a children's home, get the court to think about the most important things for the decision about the child, and not spend time on other things such as considering how important it is for that child to have a family and to speed up the process so the court doesn’t need to keep making the same decision.
When parents split up, the Act aims to: help parents to see if they can better the situation, without having to go to court, help both parents to stay involved with their children, even if they have split up, make sure the court helps parents to do what is right for their child, not what parents might want to happen for themselves and help parents to stay involved in their children’s lives through special activities.  ]]> 2018-12-04 14:58:18 UTC https://padlet.com/mhjhmariahhodgkin/majs6n0zwls3/wish/310921722 Adoption mhjhmariahhodgkin https://padlet.com/mhjhmariahhodgkin/majs6n0zwls3/wish/310921939 When children are being adopted the Children and Families Act 2014 aims to:  help the children and young people move in as quickly as possible to live with the families who might adopt them, make it easier to find adoptive parents for children and young people in the adoption process, help find more individuals who would like to adopt children and young people, give families a choice in who gives them  support after the adoption process, aim to make it easier for people who want to adopt a child and help them to look for the right child for them to adopt.
For children who are already in the care system and children who have been adopted, the Act aims to: make sure that the contact children have with their birth families after they’ve been taken into care or adopted doesn’t cause problems for the child, for example causing the child distress.  ]]> 2018-12-04 14:58:39 UTC https://padlet.com/mhjhmariahhodgkin/majs6n0zwls3/wish/310921939 References mhjhmariahhodgkin https://padlet.com/mhjhmariahhodgkin/majs6n0zwls3/wish/317919660 Legislation.gov. Children and Families Act 2014.[online] Available from: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2014/6/contents/enacted. [Accessed 06/01/19].

Davis,L (2014). The social workers guide to children and families law. 2nd edn. London:Jessica Kingsley Publisers.

Department of education (2014). The young person's guide to the Children and Families Act 2014. [online] Available from: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/359681/Young_Person_s_Guide_to_the_Children_and_Families_Act.pdf [Accessed 05/01/19].]]> 2019-01-07 15:52:18 UTC https://padlet.com/mhjhmariahhodgkin/majs6n0zwls3/wish/317919660 Stakeholders mhjhmariahhodgkin https://padlet.com/mhjhmariahhodgkin/majs6n0zwls3/wish/318220287 2019-01-08 10:29:12 UTC https://padlet.com/mhjhmariahhodgkin/majs6n0zwls3/wish/318220287 Negatives of the Act mhjhmariahhodgkin https://padlet.com/mhjhmariahhodgkin/majs6n0zwls3/wish/318281084
  • The adoption process can take a long time causing children and young people to live with foster families longer than necessary. 
  • Can cause a lot of stress for both the child and professionals when dealing with the case of finding an adoptive family.
    • ]]>     2019-01-08 13:43:10 UTC https://padlet.com/mhjhmariahhodgkin/majs6n0zwls3/wish/318281084     Positives of the Act mhjhmariahhodgkin https://padlet.com/mhjhmariahhodgkin/majs6n0zwls3/wish/318281550
  • Helps to place children with the right families so that they can feel loved and cared for and give them the best possible outcome in life.
  • Provides support and responsibility to help everyone within society, as some issues can affect everyone around the one individual.
    • ]]>     2019-01-08 13:44:07 UTC https://padlet.com/mhjhmariahhodgkin/majs6n0zwls3/wish/318281550     mhjhmariahhodgkin https://padlet.com/mhjhmariahhodgkin/majs6n0zwls3/wish/319042473 2019-01-09 22:37:37 UTC https://padlet.com/mhjhmariahhodgkin/majs6n0zwls3/wish/319042473 mhjhmariahhodgkin https://padlet.com/mhjhmariahhodgkin/majs6n0zwls3/wish/319043322 2019-01-09 22:42:11 UTC https://padlet.com/mhjhmariahhodgkin/majs6n0zwls3/wish/319043322 15,000 kids and counting mhjhmariahhodgkin https://padlet.com/mhjhmariahhodgkin/majs6n0zwls3/wish/319050163 2019-01-09 23:30:55 UTC https://padlet.com/mhjhmariahhodgkin/majs6n0zwls3/wish/319050163 15,000 kids and counting- the decision mhjhmariahhodgkin https://padlet.com/mhjhmariahhodgkin/majs6n0zwls3/wish/319050353 2019-01-09 23:32:51 UTC https://padlet.com/mhjhmariahhodgkin/majs6n0zwls3/wish/319050353