Written question asked by Priti Patel (Conservative) on Friday, 1 February 2019, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 5 February 2019. It was answered by Lucy Frazer (Conservative) on Monday, 11 February 2019 on behalf of the Ministry of Justice.

CAFCASS

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will review the effectiveness of the content on domestic abuse in the Children and Family Court Advisory Service's separated parents information programme guidance.

Answer

The Separated Parents Information Programme (SPIP) is a course for separated parents that helps them to understand how to put their children first, even though they may be in dispute with one another. SPIPs are aimed at parents where there are no safeguarding concerns and are not designed to provide comprehensive advice on domestic abuse. The SPIP content is reviewed regularly, and is currently under review.

All Cafcass practitioners are social workers with at least three years’ post qualifying experience, and all social work staff joining Cafcass receive specialist training on domestic abuse. Cafcass has developed a Domestic Abuse Practice Pathway and recently launched a Child Impact Assessment Framework (CIAF) to provide its practitioners with additional tools to assess the impact of domestic abuse and inform its recommendations to the court about child arrangements. Cafcass keeps both tools under review.

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Type: Written question
Reference: 215573
Session: 2017-19
Subjects: CAFCASS Domestic abuse Parents
Link: View this Written question on www.parliament.uk

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