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social work service which is part of
Welsh Government and independent of local authorities, it helps parties to negotiate settlements about
child arrangements in private law and provides
advice to the family courts in the form of welfare reports. In most public law cases, the court appoints a children’s guardian from
Cafcass to represent the child’s best interests to the court.
Child and Adolescent
Mental Health Services, which are run by the NHS. They are specialist services for support and treatment for
young people who have emotional or mental health problems.
CIW registers, inspects and takes action to improve the quality and safety of services for the well-being of the people of Wales. They carry out functions on behalf of Welsh Ministers; decide who can provide services; inspect and drive improvement of regulated services and local authority social services; undertake thematic
reviews of
social care services; take action to ensure services meet legislative and regulatory requirements; and investigate concerns raised about regulated services.
An order is made by the court under section 31
Children Act 1989 which places a child in the care of the local authority, with parental responsibility being shared between the parents and the local authority. A
care order lasts until a child turns 18, unless someone applies for it to end earlier under section 39 – discharge of a care order.
Someone, usually unpaid, and often a friend or family member who supports a person with
social care needs either full time or part time.
Carer's Allowance is a weekly payment to help you look after someone with substantial caring needs.
You don't have to be related to, or live with, the person you care for. You need to be aged 16 or over and spend at least 35 hours a week caring for them.
Carer's Allowance can affect your other benefits.
A person who is suitable to exercise the
child’s rights to make an appeal or claim (
SEN Tribunal)
The statement of a party’s case submitted in respect of an appeal or claim (
SEN Tribunal)
The time period during which the parties must submit their
case statement (
SEN tribunal).
A
cataract is a clouding of the lens inside your eye which causes your sight to become cloudy and misty. Cataracts are treated by surgery, during which the cloudy lens is removed and replaced by an artificial lens.
Central retinal vein
occlusion (CRVO) is an eye condition that affects the retina — the light-sensitive layer of tissue in the back of your eye. It happens when a blood clot blocks the main vein where blood flows out of the retina. It usually only affects 1 eye.
Cerebrovascular diseases are conditions caused by problems that affect the blood supply to the brain. One of the most common types is stroke, which can cause loss of vision in one eye or on one side of the field of vision
An acronym for the set of unusual congenital features seen in a number of newborn
children. The letters stand for:
coloboma of the eye, heart defects, atresia of the nasal choanae, retardation of growth and/or development, genital and/or urinary abnormalities, and ear abnormalities and
deafness. These features are no longer used in making a diagnosis of
CHARGE syndrome, but the name remains. CHARGE syndrome is the leading cause of congenital
deafblindness.
A condition where people who have lost their sight experience hallucinations.
A
child or
young person aged under 18. There are some differences in the law between young children and 16 and 17 year old, for example if they are looked after, and relating to capacity to make decisions.
A person in whose favour a
child arrangements order for residence has been made may apply to the local authority for a financial allowance if the order is needed to prevent the child going into care. Every local authority should have a policy on awarding this type of allowance, which is discretionary.
‘
Children in need’ is the term used in the Children Act 1989 to describe children who need services that will allow them to be brought up within their families, and that local authorities have powers and duties to provide. Section 17 Children Act 1989 states that a
child in need is a child who is unlikely to achieve or maintain a reasonable level of health or development, or their health and development is likely to be significantly impaired or further impaired, without the provision of services. This definition does not apply in Wales after April 2016 when the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 comes into effect.
A meeting with representation from a range of agencies, chaired by the
Child Protection Co-ordinator or an independent chair appointed by the local authority, which makes recommendations to the local authority and/or other agencies.
This is a Social Services member of staff who is responsible for the Register, chairing Conferences and the practice of
child protection across and between all agencies.
The
Core Group will meet frequently to facilitate working together on the
Plan, monitor actions and
outcomes, timetable and prepare the report to the
Review Conference. The
Key Worker is responsible for calling the Core Group meetings and providing minutes.
A local authority has a duty, under section 47
Children Act 1989, to investigate if it appears that a child in their area is suffering significant harm.
The
Key Worker is responsible for: making sure that the outline
Plan is developed and agreed by the
Core Group into a more detailed inter-agency Plan; acting as lead worker for the inter-agency work with the
young person or their and
child(ren) and family; ensuring communication and co-ordination between members and arranging Core Group meetings and minutes; completing the Core
Assessment within the maximum 35 working days.
If the Initial Conference agrees to registration on the CPR, the Conference must also confirm an outline
Plan for the
Core Group which will then develop and agree a full Plan in the first meeting.
On behalf of the Local
Safeguarding Children’ Board, the Social Services Department maintains the CPR which lists all the children and
young people in the county who are assessed by a Conference to be suffering, or likely to suffer, significant harm and for whom there is a
plan">Child Protection Plan, a
key worker and
Core Group. The name of the child or young person can only be placed on the
CPR by a decision of an Initial Conference that the criteria for registration have been met. A child’s name can only be removed by a decision of a
Review Conference. When a child is on the Register in one county of the UK and moves to another county, they are automatically placed on the Register of the ‘receiving’ county. An Initial Conference will be held to ‘transfer-in’ the child and decide if the grounds for registration justify remaining on the Register.
The
Welsh Government guidance on planning services for
children and
young people, setting out expectations of statutory
service providers and their partners. The local Partnership will produce a strategic statement of how the well being of children and young people will be improved across all areas of their lives, setting the agreed headline aims and objectives.
A form of
uveitis where the inflamation affects the back of the eye.
Mentioned on CVI, but no reliable definition found.
This is a national card that can be used to verify that the holder is entitled to one free ticket for a person accompanying them to the cinema. To apply for the card you will need submit proof to show that you are in receipt of
Disability Living Allowance or
Attendance Allowance and/or are a registered blind person. There is an annual
charge for the card.
The person that deals with the administrative aspects of a tribunal hearing.
A
designated person responsible for the development of a clinical service, ensuring the quality of care is good and best practice is maintained and upheld.
Clinical audit involves improving the quality of patient care by looking at current practice and modifying it where necessary.
CCTV (also known as a video magnifier) is a magnifying aid for people with some useful vision. Printed material and objects can be placed under a camera and the magnified image is displayed on a television screen or computer monitor. They are mostly used for reading, but can also be used for writing and other activities such as sewing.
Formal or informal group of individuals, often with shared experiences or seeking a similar aim.
Coats disease, also known as exudative retinitis, is a very rare eye condition that affects the smaller blood vessels (capillaries) found in the retina.
The guidance issued with the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 is a mix of statutory and non-statatory guidance known as Codes.
Coloboma means that part of one or more structures inside an unborn baby’s eye does not fully develop during pregnancy.
Effects can vary: there are extremely rare cases where people are unable to see any colour at all, but most can see as clearly as other people but are unable to fully see red, green or blue.
A general term to cover a range of services enabling people who are unable to use public
transport to make journeys. Includes dial a ride and demand responsive local buses. Services are usually based locally and arrangements for using the service (and
charges) vary according to the provider in your area.
Services helping people live full and independent lives. They are intended to help people overcome particular difficulties, and to assist people to live in their own home/local area, for as long as possible.
Services such as district nursing, which are provided by NHS staff working in the community.
Community nurses are registered nurses who work in the community: in people's homes, in schools and in local surgeries and health centres. The people they work with may be ill or
disabled. Community nurses also look after people whose health may be particularly vulnerable, such as
older people,
children, people with mental ill-health or people with learning disabilities. They visit people at
home to provide health care - for example,
changing dressings or giving injections - and
help people get any home nursing aids and
equipment they need. Community nurses can provide help and
advice on a wide range of health issues. The term includes practice nurses,
district nurses, community
mental health nurses, health
visitors and school nurses.
The
Welsh Government provides financial support to enable local authorities in Wales to provide free
travel on registered local
bus services for residents of Wales aged over 60 years and
disabled of any age. The support also provides free travel on local buses by companions to disabled persons.
Provision also exists to allow those persons eligible for a bus
pass but unable to use a bus because of a disability, to be able to receive passes for other more accessible forms of transport. Local Authorities have discretion to issue travel tokens to enable disabled
concessionary bus pass holders to use other forms of transport.
Cataracts which are present at birth (rather than as part of the ageing process).
the term used for ongoing access and contact between a
child and a parent (or wider family) who have been separated. There are different legal provisions regarding contact, depending on whether the child is subject to a dispute between separated parents (private law) or whether a child is looked after (public law). Contact in private law comes under section 8 Children Act 1989. Contact in public law comes under s 34 Children Act 1989 and s 96 Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014.
Under section 8
Children Act 1989 a non-resident parent or other person may have a court order about the contact they may have with the child. Since April 2014 these orders are called
Child Arrangements Orders.
Corneal dystrophies are a rare group of genetic conditions which cause changes to the cornea without any inflammation, infection, or other eye disease.
A treatment rather than condition??
Council Tax Benefit is money off your Council Tax bill. You may get it if you are on a low income or claiming benefits and your savings are below a certain level - usually £16,000. You can apply if you own your home, rent, live rent-free, are unemployed or working.
The
Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) is an executive agency of the Home Office, which provides wider access to criminal record information. This service enables organisations in the public, private and
voluntary sectors to make safer recruitment decisions by identifying candidates who may be unsuitable for certain jobs, especially
where that job involves contact with
children or
vulnerable adults. The CRB was established under Part V of the Police Act 1997 and was launched in March 2002.
