The revised legal framework
This framework covers all aspects of a child’s journey through care, including health, education and ensuring the child’s voice is heard in the care process. The framework also includes regulations and guidance relevant to children’s homes and fostering services providers. These regulations and guidance are designed to work together as a coherent whole, helping give local authorities the tools to ensure high quality care for all their looked after children.
Below are links to the relevant guidance and regulations within the revised legal framework. More detailed information can be found within the individual pages of this section.
Child at the Centre
- Volume 2: Care Planning, Placement and Case Review (England) Regula...
- Statutory guidance on securing sufficient accommodation for looked ...
Care Leavers
Education and health
- Promoting the health and well being of looked after children
- Improving the educational attainment of children in care (looked af...
- The role and responsibilities of the designated teacher for looked ...
Voice of the child
- Independent Reviewing Officer (IRO) handbook
- Roles and Responsibilities of Lead Member and Directors of Children...
- Providing Effective Advocacy Services for Children and Young People...
Placements
[Care Standards Act 2000]
- Volume 4: Fostering Services 2011 – Statutory Guidance on the Foste...
- Volume 5: Children’s Homes 2011 – Statutory Guidance on the Childre...
- The Children’s Homes Regulations 2001 (amended)
- Notification, registration
- National Minimum Standards for Fostering Services
- National Minimum Standards For Children’s Homes
Related duties for vulnerable children
- Short Breaks: Statutory Guidance on How to Safeguard and Promote th...
- Local authority responsibilities towards former looked after childr...
- Provision of accommodation for 16- and 17-year-old young people who...
- Children in long term residential care
- Family and Friends Guidance: Statutory guidance for local authorities
- The Arrangements for Placement of Children by Voluntary Organisatio...
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