Brief overview.
Father has supervised contact on going for three years now owing to serious domestic abuse and child abuse against a then toddler.
DD is approaching 5 years old nearly.
Cafcass section 7 recommended that contact is to remain supervised (no increase either) and an instruction of a psychologist to undertake psychological evaluation of both parents and to provide a recommendation on contact.
Psychologist has made findings via assessments that the father has a personality disorder, is highly likely to reoffend and remains a risk to child and mother and therefore has made a recommendation of indirect contact as a long term measure as there is no safe way to progress out of the contact centre. Psychologist has noted that the fathers sheer lack of remorse or acknowledgement has shown any therapies or courses she recommends are highly likely to be ineffective.
Children's guardian is visiting mother and child at home soon followed by observation of fathers contact and contact centre and will write her final report based on the findings of the psychologists report predominantly.
Mt question is, how often do Cafcass guardians agree with the experts recommendation when of course it has been them who recommended in the first place?
I of course understand that ultimately the Court decides, but the guardian will provide the final report and the psychologist will be invited to the next hearing to defend her recommendations and be cross examined as the father will of course contest this.
Any guidance would be greatly appreciated.