The Children and
Family Court Advisory and Support Service (CAFCASS) has the role of championing children's best interests in the family court system — so if you end up in court fighting for custody of your child, or if the local authority takes out care proceedings, a CAFCASS social worker will be assigned to the
Family Court Advisory and
Support Service (CAFCASS) has the role of championing children's best interests in the
family court system — so if you end up in court fighting for custody of your child, or if the local authority takes out care proceedings, a CAFCASS social worker will be assigned to the
family court system — so if you end up in court fighting for custody of your child, or if the local authority takes out care proceedings, a CAFCASS social
worker will be
assigned to the case.
KAAN offers a variety of services for relatives who are parenting other
family members» children, and DHS
assigns a kinship
support worker to each kinship
family identified as a placement.
When
family challenges are brought to the attention of the Children's Division, service
workers are
assigned to work with
families to assess the area of challenge and level of risk and provide
families with the
support to remediate challenges while maintaining safety of the children.