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Adoption - proposed placement Duty
- Description
- Where the local authority is acting as an adoption agency and is considering placing a child for adoption with a particular prospective adopter the authority should comply with regulations regarding:
- notification to, meeting with, ascertaining the views of and providing a counselling service and any further information to the prospective adopter
- carry out an assessment of need of the child and the adoptive family
- consider arrangements for contact with any person
- provide a written adoption placement report
- decide whether or not the decision is to be referred to an adoption panel or to make a decision under regulation 33 and must notify the proposed adopter whether the proposed placement is to be referred to the adoption panel
- Modified
- 09 Feb 2022
- Status
- Live
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