Pilot to test whether early social worker-guardian meetings can help curb care proceedings delays

Social workers and children’s guardians in 25 areas will hold pre-court meetings in order to test whether this will curb delays to care proceedings.
Under the pilot, council or children’s trust and Cafcass practitioners will have an information sharing meeting once proceedings have been issued but before the case management hearing (CMH). The CMH identifies the main issues in the case and sets the timetable.
The Department for Education-commissioned trial, run by Research in Practice