Promoting anti-racist practice across family justice.
A collaborative network of social workers, legal professionals, judges, academics, and people with lived experience.
About Us
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The Racial Justice Family Network (RJFN) is a multidisciplinary and collaborative network in England and Wales that promotes anti-racist practice and tackles racial injustice in the Family Justice System.
Racially minoritised children are less likely to secure permanence, have the highest proportions of secure accommodation and deprivation of liberty orders, and experience poorer outcomes due to racial stereotyping. Racially minoritised professionals also continue to face racism and remain starkly underrepresented in senior leadership roles across social care and within the judiciary. We want to change that by building the capacity of practitioners and decision-makers to recognise and challenge bias, interrogating institutional power, centring lived experience, and promoting awareness of, and respect for, cultural differences, while fostering accountability, inclusion, and equitable treatment for racially minoritised children, families, and professional.
Previously hosted by the Nuffield Family Justice Observatory, RJFN is now hosted by CoramBAAF and meets quarterly to explore ways to improve outcomes for racially minoritised children, families, and professionals. Working groups are established to undertake specific tasks and activities. Membership is open to any organisation or individual directly involved with children and families within the Family Justice System in England and Wales. Members may join in an organisational or personal capacity, or as observers.
RJFN endorses the Family Justice Quality Circle's Family Court Anti-Racist Practice Statement, Anti-Poverty Practice Statement, and Creating a Culture of Respect, and encourages every Local Family Justice Board to adopt these documents.
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Our next quarterly network meeting will be held online on Wednesday 10 September, 5:15-6:30pm.
Join us to learn about the network and explore ways to get involved.
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