CAFCASS Risk Assessments PDR 16a

Response to this request is long overdue. By law, under all circumstances, Children and Family Court Advisory Support Service should have responded by now (details). You can complain by requesting an internal review.

Dear Children and Family Court Advisory Support Service,

1. Please provide all tools/information CAFCASS FCA’s utilise to undertake a risk assessment
2. Please provide flowchart demonstrating FCA risk identification process

Yours faithfully,

[Name Removed]

Dear Children and Family Court Advisory Support Service,

Please add

3. Can CAFCASS confirm that if the FCA ‘without the direction of the court’ feels wider harm ‘may’ occur in terms of a clinical diagnosis the SU has then the FCA applies ‘ The wellbeing tool’ DOH 2000 to form part of risk assessment ?

4. If CAFCASS without direction of the court assess a SU mental health then CAFCASS by virtue of undertaking this assessment have a duty of care and would be breaching this duty in making a MH assessment without qualification to do so and failing to provide informed consent to CAFCASS non MH Act compliant/code of practice for undertaking such an assessment.

Yours faithfully,

[Name Removed]

Governance, Children and Family Court Advisory Support Service

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Dear Ms Soeder,

 

Thank you for your email.

 

Please accept this as a formal acknowledgement of your Freedom of
Information request which was received on 30 October 2019. Your reference
number is CAF19-196.

 

We aim to respond to you promptly, and at the latest 20 working days from
receipt of your request. You will therefore receive a response on or
before 26 November 2019.

 

Kind regards,

 

Governance Team | Cafcass

* [1][CAFCASS request email] | ü [2]www.cafcass.gov.uk 

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Governance, Children and Family Court Advisory Support Service

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Dear Ms Soeder,

 

Thank you for your email. Please find attached the response to your
Freedom of Information request.

 

Kind regards,

 

Governance Team | Cafcass

* [1][CAFCASS request email] | ü [2]www.cafcass.gov.uk 

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