Coronavirus

PFAN raising parents’ voices

We hope you are safe and well at this difficult time.

Coronavirus and social distancing are putting stress on families and communities, and are tough on parents with child welfare involvement. PFAN is dedicated to building the power of parents affected by the child protection system.

We need your help to make PFAN the best source of help and information on humane child protection post coronavirus:

Parents and family members

If coronavirus is impacting on you, PFAN wants to hear from you. Please complete this brief survey so that we can learn from you about difficulties you face and what has helped.

Parent & Family Survey

Information, tips and guidance on child protection during the coronavirus crisis

PFAN is also collecting information on national and international responses to coronavirus as they affect parents, families and children involved in the child protection system. Please share you tips, good practices, guidance and information with us using the form here.

Everyone

If you have examples of good practice or important information to share please send us details

Please circulate this request around your contacts

Sadly PFAN is not able to work on individual cases. We have some ideas for possible support here.

Good Practice

Browse or Search our Coronavirus pages

Browse through all our pages or select a topic to see what we have found.

Grandparents plus advice for kinship carers

Grandparents plus advice service is open as usual and their pages give details of guidance and resources relevant to kinship carers and tips for families see https://www.grandparentsplus.org.uk/for-kinship-carers/advice-and-support/covid-19-information-for-kinship-families/ ... Read More

Martin Barrow’s comments on DfE Guidance

This twitter thread provides critical commentary on the English guidance on Coronavirus and children's social work Nor is there any reference of need to protect families from social workers who may be asymptomatic. 2/— Martin Barrow (@MartinBarrow) April 4, 2020 ... Read More

ADCS Guidance spreadsheet

Published Covid-19 guidance and resources for children’s services The Association of Directors of Children's Services is keeping track of published guidance and new announcements from key government departments and agencies, such as the Department for Education, PHE, Ofsted and HMCTS, ... Read More