Sentences with phrase «when local authority children»

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The Department for Education didn't comment on the case in particular, but a spokesman said: «When placing a child in a foster home, the local authority must ensure that the placement is the most appropriate way to safeguard the child and support their welfare.

Whilst we are a child care organisation, we don't think a useful distinction can be made between the interests of children and their parents, unless a child faces serious harm from one or both parents, when it is clearly our duty to refer the matter to local authorities or the police for an investigation.

Adonis lived in a council children's home until the age of 11, when he was awarded a local education authority grant to attend Kingham Hill School, a boarding school in Oxfordshire.

The government promised to provide all children with «access to the kind of education only the rich can afford» when it launched the policy of allowing parents to set up schools free from local authority control.

A Department for Education spokesman said: «Nothing is more important than keeping children safe, and we will not hesitate to intervene when local authorities are failing vulnerable children and families.

As a former local authority child protection expert, Sam feels, when planning training it is vital «to consider that members of staff in all likelihood will have varied levels of understanding of the topic which may also include knowledge which is not evidence based, making individual assessment critical to ensure that the desired learning outcomes are properly understood.»

This new research revealed that between 2014/15 and 2015/16 local authorities across England closed 214 children's playgrounds, and when asked about future plans they admitted their aim to close a further 234.

Harjinder Kaur, the local authority representative for Resolution's children committee, says the courts are already starting to put the 26 - week deadline into practice so there will not be a sudden change overnight when it becomes law.

Lindsay can also assist with child protection matters when a Local Authority is involved with a family prior to any court proceedings being issued.

Nicholas Dobson considers what happened when a local authority fell short on its duties to cater for a vulnerable parent & disabled child

The Carers (Recognition and Services) Act 1995 (C (RS) A 1995) provided that when a local authority assesses someone's needs for community care services or the needs of a disabled child, a person who provides / intends to provide substantial regular care for that person has the right to request an assessment of his ability to provide and to continue to provide care.

On the issue of Adoption the briefing paper states that the Bill will endure «courts and local authorities take better account of a child's need for stability up to the age of 18 when making decisions about their future.»

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Local authority — Care proceedings — Failure to issue proceedings — Whether breach of duty to child as looked - after child — When care proceedings should be issued.

The main thrust of her appeal was that in the light of the incorporation of the Convention into domestic law, by virtue of the Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA 1998) coming into force in October 2000, a local authority may owe a duty of care to a parent of a child when exercising, through social workers, its duties to protect children from their parents by placing the children on the child protection register.

A comparison of the effectiveness of three parenting programmes in improving parenting skills, parent mental well - being and children's behaviour when implemented on a large scale in community settings in 18 English local authorities: the Parenting Early Intervention Pathfinder (PEIP).

The local authority must also carry out a «child's carer's assessment» if the carer is likely to need support when the child turns 18.

A young person who has been under a Special Guardianship Order but was previously looked after by the local authority has a right to advice and assistance from children's services to make their own arrangements when moving into independent living.

When a child is «looked after», the local authority has to decide on the most appropriate place for the child to live.

- The failure to mention the importance of the family and the local authority working in partnership when children are in need and at risk of harm.

When commissioned in their local authority, any child or young person can access Kooth for free.

This interactive course will clarify the duties local authorities have to support children and families, and will set out the procedures that should be followed when there is a concern for a child's welfare and / or safety.

When a child is looked after by the local authority, they may be placed with foster carers who look after them.

When a person is dissatisfied with Children's Services, for example they disagree with a decision or want to complain that a service they need has not been offered, they can make a formal complaint to their Local Authority.

The guidance sets out seven principles that local authorities must have regard to when exercising their functions in relation to children and young people in care including:

When children are unable to live with their birth family and are in the care of the local authority it is important to match them with foster carers that can promote their cultural heritage.

Children looked after by the local authority qualify for pupil premium from the Reception year through to year 11 and when a child becomes looked after continuously for six months during the financial year.

When a child or young person with an EHC plan is admitted to hospital, the local authority that maintains the plan should be informed so that they can ensure the provision set out in the plan continues to be provided.

Public bodies, including further education institutions, local authorities, maintained schools, maintained nursery schools, academies and free schools are covered by the public sector equality duty and when carrying out their functions must have regard to the need to eliminate discrimination, promote equality of opportunity and foster good relations between disabled and non-disabled children and young people.

Local authorities have a duty to ascertain the child's wishes and feelings and take account of them when planning the provision of services.

The Regulations amend the Care Planning, Placement and Case Review (England) Regulations 2010 to make clear that, when considering whether contact between a child in care and their birth family (and certain others) is consistent with safeguarding and promoting the child's welfare, the local authority must have regard to the child's care plan.

When carrying out an investigation into allegations of abuse against a foster child, the local authority has a legal duty to consider the welfare of any other children in the household — including the foster carer's own children.