Articles & Resources: Age Assessment

An ISWS practice tool for balanced safeguarding decision-making Purpose of this tool Discussions about risk in age-disputed cases often focus […]

Why SAEF® Doesn’t End After Three Days When people ask me about SAEF®, they often assume it’s simply a three-day […]

One of the most uncomfortable realities of age assessment is that social workers are often expected to form a view […]

The recent Upper Tribunal judgment in R (on the application concerning age assessment) UKUT 192 (IAC) 2026 is a significant […]

Background The claimant, ZHB, arrived in the UK in 2022 and claimed asylum. At the point of arrival, he stated […]

Background: MIA arrived in the UK on 15 June 2023 as an unaccompanied asylum‑seeking child from Afghanistan. After an initial […]

Background This newly published Upper Tribunal judgment concerns a young person from Sudan, ASB, who arrived in the UK in […]

Every new framework attracts a few myths, and our first (and only one) we heard recently is the idea that […]

The court has handed down an important judgment on age assessment (brief enquiry) practice in Scotland, addressing three key issues: […]

We’re really proud to share an important milestone for the Social Work Age Estimation Framework (SAEF) as the Helen Bamber […]