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Fostering - approval of foster parents Duty
- Description
- A fostering service provider must not approve a person who has been approved as a foster parent by another fostering service provider where that approval has not been terminated.
A fostering service provider must not approve X as a foster parent unless they have completed their assessment of X’s suitability, and the fostering panel, where the case has been referred to the fostering panel, has considered the application.
A fostering service provider must, in deciding whether to approve X as a foster parent and as to the terms of any approval, take into account the recommendation of, where the case was referred to the fostering panel, the fostering panel.
If a fostering service provider decide to approve X as a foster parent they must give X notice in writing specifying any terms on which the approval is given, and enter into a written agreement with X covering the matters specified in Schedule 5 (the “foster care agreement”).
If a fostering service provider consider that X is not suitable to be a foster parent they must, subject to paragraph (7) )give X written notice that they propose not to approve X as suitable to be a foster parent (a “qualifying determination”), together with their reasons and, where the case has been referred to the fostering panel, a copy of the fostering panel’s recommendation, and advise X that, within 28 days of the date of the qualifying determination, X may—
(i)submit any written representations that X wishes to make to the fostering service provider, or
(ii)apply to the Secretary of State for a review by an independent review panel of the qualifying determination.
If within the period referred to above the fostering provider receive any written representations, they may refer the case to the fostering panel for further consideration and, where a case is referred, the fostering service provider must make their decision taking into account any further recommendation made by the fostering panel.
If, within the period referred to above, X applies to the Secretary of State for a review by an independent review panel of the qualifying determination, the fostering service provider must make their decision taking into account any recommendation of the fostering panel and the recommendation of the independent review panel.
- Modified
- 10 Feb 2022
- Status
- Live
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