28-07-2020 14:00 via theguardian.com

Twisted priorities mean Cafcass has failed to protect children from abusive parents | Louise Tickle

An MoJ report has found that family court workers value entitlement to contact with both parents above safetyCafcass is not only unfit for purpose, it harms the children it’s supposed to protect. Five years of reporting on family courts means I’ve heard plenty of complaints about the failings of the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service. I’ve always wondered, can things really be so bad? But, as it turns out, for too many families, they are.Cafcass was set up i
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