Samantha Kerr
Cafcass National Office
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
3rd Floor
21 Bloomsbury Street
London
WC1B 3HF
Your ref: CAF 18-139
Our ref: Gov/CAF 18-139
Tel 0300 456 4000
14 December 2018
Dear Ms Kerr,
Re: Freedom of Information Request
Thank you for your email of 01 December 2018. You made the following requests for
information:
1. When a FCA knows an application has a “medical condition” (as stated on C100)
does the FCA understand that under the Equalities Act 2010 that a mental or
physical impairment/condition constitutes a disability?
Cafcass and its staff our subject to the provisions of the Equality Act 2010 which
states that a person has a disability if they have a physical or mental impairment, and
the impairment has a substantial and long-term adverse effect on their ability to carry
out normal day-to-day activities.
2. Under what policy or procedure would Cafcass “not” consider a medical condition
a disability?
Cafcass does not have a policy or procedure which sets any medical conditions
which it would not consider to be a disability.
Cafcass does not have a policy specifically on disability but is subject to the
provisions of the Equality Act 2010.
Please see our
Diversity and Inclusion Strategy which outlines Cafcass’ approach to
issues of equality and diversity in our frontline work.
Edward Timpson CBE Chair
Anthony Douglas CBE Chief Executive
Cafcass, the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service, is a non-departmental body of the Ministry of Justice
Cafcass National Office, 3rd Floor, 21 Bloomsbury Street, London, WC1B 3HF
Anti-discriminatory practice is a core value of the social work profession and is part of
training offered on many issues; all Cafcass practitioners are qualified social workers
registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC). Please see:
• The HCPC
Standards of Proficiency: Social Workers in England (sections 5-6)
• the British Association of Social Workers’
Code of Ethics for Social Work( pages 9, 13,
14)
Please also see guidance on diversity, including anti discriminatory practice which is
set out in paragraphs 2.40 - 2.47 of the
Cafcass Operating Framework.
Cafcass collects diversity data nationally, to understand important diversity issues in
our work, and so that we can build better services, both nationally and locally. It is the
FCA’s responsibility to identify any diversity issues in a specific case as wel as to
complete basic monitoring requirements of ethnicity, disability, first language, case
type and child need.
We hope that you feel your question has been answered effectively. If you are unhappy with
the decisions made in relation to your request, you may ask for an internal review to be
undertaken. If you are dissatisfied with the way the internal review is handled or with the
final decision made at that review about the information released, you are free to contact the
Information Commissioner’s Office
(https://ico.org.uk/):
Post
Fax
Information Commissioner's Office
01625 524 510
Wycliffe House, Water Lane,
Tel
Wilmslow,
0303 123 1113
Cheshire
E-mail
SK9 5AF
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Yours sincerely,
Governance Team
Cafcass
xxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxx.xxx.xx
Edward Timpson CBE Chair
Anthony Douglas CBE Chief Executive
Cafcass, the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service, is a non-departmental body of the Ministry of Justice
Cafcass National Office, 3rd Floor, 21 Bloomsbury Street, London, WC1B 3HF
Edward Timpson CBE Chair
Anthony Douglas CBE Chief Executive
Cafcass, the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service, is a non-departmental body of the Ministry of Justice
Cafcass National Office, 3rd Floor, 21 Bloomsbury Street, London, WC1B 3HF