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Care placement - assessment of needs Duty
- Description
- The responsible authority must complete the assessment of C’s needs in accordance with paragraph 19B(4) of Schedule 2 to the 1989 Act not more than three months after the date on which C reaches the age of 16 or becomes an eligible child after that age.
In carrying out their assessment of C’s likely needs when C ceases to be looked after, the responsible authority must take account of the following considerations:
(a)C’s state of health (including physical, emotional and mental health) and development,
(b)C’s continuing need for education, training or employment,
(c)the support that will be available to C from C’s parents
(d)C’s actual and anticipated financial resources and capacity to manage personal finances independently,
(e)the extent to which C possesses the practical and other skills necessary for independent living,
(f)C’s need for continuing care, support and accommodation,
(g)the wishes and feelings of C, any parent of C’s and any person who is not C’s parent but who has parental responsibility for C, the appropriate person,
(h)the views of any person or educational institution that provides C with education or training and, if C has a statement of special educational needs, the local authority who maintain the statement (if different)(1), the IRO, any person providing health (whether physical, emotional or mental health) or dental care or treatment to C, the personal adviser appointed for C, and any other person whose views the responsible authority, or C, consider may be relevant.
- Modified
- 10 Feb 2022
- Status
- Live
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