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Government age assessment changes would undermine social ...
Government age assessment changes would undermine social ...
Campaigners have accused the government of undermining practitioners' knowledge and experience with its proposals to tighten age assessments for ...
Age assessment overhaul to go ahead as planned after peers ...
Charities warn introduction of 'scientific' assessments and 'culture of disbelief' will place young asylum seekers at risk, but government ...
Update on Age Assessments | Kingsley Knight Legal Training
... changes will put children at risk by being misidentified as adults and it will undermine social workers' expertise. BASW is discouraging social ...
Social workers urge Home Office to reconsider unethical age ...
Dr Ruth Allen, BASW's chief executive, said: "Age assessments are a complex, specialist piece of work, which needs to be done holistically, ...
Home Office urged to reconsider unethical age assessments for ...
These 'scientific methods' include the use of x-ray and MRI scanning of teeth and bones. The government has not yet laid out how these tests ...
Health and social workers urge Home Office to reconsider unethical ...
Age assessments are a complex, specialist piece of work, which needs to be done holistically, fairly and objectively by a social worker, not a ...
Social workers should not assess asylum seeker ages for Home ...
However, the British Association of Social Workers (BASW) is warning that this could lead to age assessment work being influenced by political ...
Age-disputed Refugee Children - Hansard - UK Parliament
Incorrect assessments result in children being placed in adult accommodation and immigration detention, exposing them to significant ...
Negotiating childhood: Age assessment in the UK asylum system
Furthermore, such a duty “could severely compromise our [the government's] ability to ... the whole rationale of entrusting age assessment to Social Services and ...
difficult to do. Page 7. 7. Flawed decision-making. 13 National age assessment board guidance (publishing.service.gov.uk). 14 See the Home Office guidance ...
New report details profound and harmful impact of the age ...
A report published last month by the Helen Bamber Foundation (HBF) and Young Roots finds that the age assessment process has a profound and harmful impact on ...
In Bill debates, the government has asked MPs and Peers what they would do ... These changes to age assessment criteria would be introduced via secondary ...
Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children: Age Assessment Toolkit
It had become clear, however, that the Toolkit required updating to reflect key legislative changes relevant to UASC, in particular the Social. Services and ...
The operation of the National Age Assessment Board and sections ...
Merton compliant age assessments will only be conducted if, based on the judgment of a NAAB social worker, there is reasonable doubt that the ...
The Use of Age Assessment in the Context of Child Migration - NCBI
Inaccurate assessments may have devastating consequences for children who may suddenly be 'determined' to be an adult, thus denied special ...
at the initial social work assessment. Of those found to be ... We are also extremely concerned that changes to age assessment criteria will be introduced.
Scottish Government/ Social Work Scotland (Belinda McEwan). Scottish ... At all stages of the age assessment, social workers should be aware that ...
Nationality and Borders Bill | UNHCR UK
Details of new rules about age assessments for children and young people ... “This Bill would undermine, not promote, the Government's stated goal of ...
Human rights principles and guidelines on age assessment in the ...
16. Information should be provided to the person undergoing age assessment and their guardian regarding any change of accommodation; the views ...
Age assessments proposal within Nationality and Borders Bill
Age assessments should be led by social workers and draw on a multi ... We believe that this should instead be changed to reflect that an age ...