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Children and families - provision of services for children in need and their families Duty
- Description
- It shall be the general duty of every local to safeguard and promote the welfare of children within their area who are in need; and so far as is consistent with that duty, to promote the upbringing of such children by their families, by providing a range and level of services appropriate to those children's needs. Every local authority shall have the specific duties and powers set out in Part 1 of Schedule 2: take reasonable steps to identify the extent to which there are children in need within their area publish information about services provided by them/others maintain a register of disabled children within their area assess the needs of children in need reasonable steps, to prevent children suffering ill-treatment or neglect. Where it appears to a local authority that a child who is living on particular premises is suffering, or is likely to suffer, ill treatment at the hands of another person who is living on those premises; and that other person proposes to move from the premises, the authority may assist that other person to obtain alternative accommodation, provide services designed to minimise the effect on disabled children within their area of their disabilities, take reasonable steps designed to reduce the need to bring legal proceedings with respect to children within their area, make provisions appropriate for children in need/accommodated children, provide such family centres as they consider appropriate in relation to children within their area, take steps as are reasonably practicable, where any child within their area who is in need and whom they are not looking after is living apart from his family to enable him to live with his family; or to promote contact between him and his family, if, in their opinion, it is necessary to do so in order to safeguard or promote his welfare. Every local authority shall, in making any arrangements for the provision of day care within their area; or designed to encourage persons to act as local authority foster parents, have regard to the different racial groups to which children within their area who are in need belong. Every local authority shall facilitate the provision by others (including in particular voluntary organisations) of services which it is a function of the authority to provide
- Modified
- 15 Feb 2024
- Status
- Live
- is found in the following lists
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- requires
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