What’s New
Pathfinder has launched this week across Hampshire and Isle of Wight.
Cafcass, Local Authorities, The You Trust (Domestic Abuse Support Service and Hampshire Constabulary) have worked collaboratively through the Child Impact Report Subgroup to finalise the process and agree a Child Impact Report protocol.
Training has been planned and delivered across various agencies with further training planned early this year for Judiciary and Magistrates. Since the last newsletter the Partnership Events were held along with a webinar for practitioners which provided an overview of the process and we heard from those who have first hand experience of Pathfinder and the benefits it brings.
You will find in this issue information on the difference be-tween CAP and Pathfinder, timeline of a C100 application, How NCDR and Pathfinder intersect, an update on the practitioners training event and detail on ‘legacy’ CAP’ cases
Pathfinder Protocols
Protocols have been finalised by members of the LIG and help to provide and overview of the process and key information for Pathfinder applications. They cover the:
- Principles to be applied when determining whether an application will follow the Child Arrangements Pro-gramme of Pathfinder Pilot
- Key milestones, activities and essential email address-es
- Initial process following receipt of an application where the court will contact the relevant Local Authority to see if they have had recent involvement with the child. This will determine whether the Local Authority or Cafcass will prepare the Child Impact Report.
- Disclosure process between Hampshire Constabulary and Local Authorities
- Domestic Abuse Commissioned Service Referral process.
