The framework is designed to help services assess their own performance and for inspectors to evaluate the quality and effectiveness of services Care Inspectorate, The Welsh government has issued a code of practice for looked after and accommodated children PDF , which provides guidance on supporting looked after children, including:.
The code of practice for advocacy PDF sets out the requirements relating to advocacy services for looked after children in Wales Welsh Government, The Welsh Government has published guidance setting out the roles and responsibilities of the designated person for looked after children in schools and the key personnel who should support them PDF Welsh Government, The Department for Education DfE has published guidance on the role of local authorities and the application of corporate parenting principles.
Applying corporate parenting principles to looked-after children and care leavers: statutory guidance for local authorities PDF sets out seven principles that local authorities must follow when supporting children and young people in care and care leavers DfE, d.
In England , the Statutory guidance on children who run away or go missing from home or care PDF outlines action that local authorities and their partners should take to stop children going missing from home or care and to protect those who do DfE, The Scottish Government has published a National missing persons framework , which includes provision for children Scottish Government, This allows approved adopters to foster children while they wait for court approval to adopt.
Family and friends care or kinship care is an arrangement where a child who cannot be cared for by their parent s goes to live with a relative, friend or other connected person. The arrangement can be a private arrangement directly between the parent s and the relative, friend or connected person or it can be arranged with the involvement of the local child protection services.
In England , the Department for Education DfE provides statutory guidance for local authorities about family and friends providing care for children who cannot live with their parents DfE, Special guardianship is when a local authority places a child or young person to live with someone other than their parent s on a long-term basis. It aims to provide more security than long-term fostering for children where adoption is not the best option.
In some circumstances, children may be taken into care with the permission of their parents. When this happens a parent retains all their legal rights and can ask for the child to be returned at any time. For information and guidance during the coronavirus pandemic about care leavers, read our Coronavirus COVID briefing: safeguarding guidance and information for social workers.
In England and Wales , the Children Leaving Care Act aims to improve the life chances of young people living in and leaving local authority care. The Children and Social Work Act introduced a new duty on local authorities in England to provide personal advisers who will support all care leavers up to age 25, if they want it.
It also extends additional educational support to care leavers. This sets out the responsibilities of local authorities in England around extending personal adviser support to all care leavers up to the age of 25 DfE, e. The strategy makes recommendations for local and national government, and wider society Cabinet Office et al, In England , the Department for Education DfE has announced the Care Leaver Covenant, a scheme which aims to create 10, work opportunities for care leavers over the next 10 years DfE, f.
The Children Leaving Care Regulations Northern Ireland goes into more detail about the matters to be taken into account when assessing and meeting the needs of young people preparing to leave care and care leavers.
In Scotland , Part 10 of the Children and Young People Scotland Act states that any young person who ceases to be looked after on or after their 16th birthday, and is less than 26 years of age, is eligible between the ages of 16 and 19 or potentially eligible between the ages of 19 and 26 for aftercare.
This applies to all care leavers regardless of the placement type while looked after. Provisions in Part 11 of the Act state that a young person born after 1 April who is looked after in foster, kinship or residential care is eligible to remain in their current care placement until they turn This is called Continuing Care. The Scottish Government has published guidance to explain the changes made by Part 10 Aftercare and Part 11 Continuing care of the Act Scottish Government, b and c.
Staying put Scotland: providing care leavers with connectedness and belonging provides guidance for local authorities and other corporate parents, and outlines an explicit philosophy of care. It emphasises the importance of relationship-based practice and extended and graduated transitions Scottish Government, In Wales , the Social Services and Well-being Wales Act places a duty on local authorities to provide support for children and young people leaving care.
The support provided should be equivalent to that which a child who has not been looked after might reasonably expect from his or her parents. The Care Leavers Wales Regulations make provision about the support to be provided to young people who are no longer looked after by a local authority.
In addition, the When I am ready: good practice guide provides guidance for practitioners involved in making and supporting arrangements for young people leaving care Welsh Government, Bazalgette, L.
Biehal, N. London: Cabinet Office. Care Inspectorate Quality framework for fostering, adoption and adult placement services. Davies, C. London: Jessica Kingsley. London: DfE. Department for Education DfE Special guardianship guidance. Department for Education DfE a National protocol on reducing criminalisation of looked-after children. Department for Education DfE b Promoting the education of looked-after children and previously looked-after children: statutory guidance for local authorities PDF.
Department for Education DfE c The designated teacher for looked-after and previously looked-after children: statutory guidance on their roles and responsibilities. Department for Education DfE d Applying corporate parenting principles to looked-after children and care leavers: statutory guidance for local authorities PDF.
Department for Education DfE f Major new scheme launched to support young people leaving care. Belfast: Department of Education. Department of Education Putting care into education.
Guidance and regulations volume 4. Residential Care PDF. Voluntarily putting a child into care On some occasions, parents may place their child into foster care voluntarily.
This would include: Runaways — if the child is running away frequently, and the parents cannot control this behaviour, they may need to be placed into foster care. Truancy — not attending school is another factor which could lead parents to have to voluntarily place the child into care.
Juvenile offender — if the child has had issues with law enforcement, they may be placed into remand fostering. The Roadmap to Fostering 12th April, Statement: We're now owned by our employees 10th December, Related knowledge centre.
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Social Development. Freephone or for more info. Find out more. About the care system. Children and young people are taken into the care of the local authority when they cannot remain at home. Over a third of children come into the care system aged 4 or under.
One in ten children in care have three or more placements in a year. This may be because the parent s have consented to their child receiving care from the local authority, under an arrangement known as voluntary accommodation. Around 12, young people leave care to move into independence or semi-independence aged 16 or above each year In in England, figures show that around 3, children in care left the care system because they were adopted.
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