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Parental consent and children/young people who are living in private fostering arrangements

| Ann Horne, Augusta Itua and Clare Seth

This Practice Note explains that private fostering does not require parental consent, either written or verbal. The local authority must assess and monitor any such arrangement under the Children Act 1989 and the Children (Private Arrangements for Fostering) Regulations 2005, focusing on safeguarding and promoting the child’s welfare rather than how the arrangement came about. While parental involvement is encouraged, it is not a legal requirement.

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Matching children from England with adopters approved in the Isle of Man

| Jane Poore and Alexandra Conroy-Harris

This Practice Note offers guidance on key aspects of children moving from England to the Isle of Man to be placed with adopters approved in the Isle of Man. The process of placing children across Regions of the UK comes with some complexity, given that regulations, guidance and practice differ between the two jurisdictions.

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National Minimum Standards for Fostering: Implications for kinship foster care in England

| Clare Seth

This Practice Note considers the National Minimum Standards (NMS) within the context of kinship foster care and how this differs from mainstream foster care. It provides practitioners and panel members with reflections about the interpretation of NMS for kinship foster carers, alongside practice points to ensure that they are supported to meet the NMS within the caring relationship they have for a specific child/ren.

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Matching children from Wales with adopters approved in Scotland

| Jane Poore, Alexandra Conroy Harris, AFKA Scotland, Sarah Coldrick.

Differences in regulations and guidance between Wales and Scotland mean that there are some additional things to think about when planning to move children. This Practice Note offers guidance on key aspects of children moving from Wales to Scotland to be placed with adopters approved in Scotland, specifically addressing common queries received by AFKA Cymru, AFKA Scotland and CoramBAAF’s Advice Line.

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Matching children from England with adopters approved in Scotland

| Jane Poore, Alexandra Conroy Harris, AFKA Scotland.

This Practice Note offers guidance on key aspects of children moving cross-border from England to Scotland to be placed with adopters approved in Scotland, specifically addressing common queries received by AFKA Scotland and CoramBAAF’s Advice Line.

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Placing children with relatives overseas

| Cathie Jenkins and Sandra Latter

This Practice Note emphasises the initial aspects to consider before seeking to assess a potential kinship carer who lives overseas. It is not intended to cover all aspects of the topic, but to help establish basic eligibility.

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Unlawful placements in kinship care

| Ann Horne, Alexandra Conroy Harris, and Augusta Itua

In many situations, the reality of the placement becoming unlawful speaks more to the limitations of the regulations themselves, than whether the placement is the best place for a child to live. In an effort to help practitioners navigate these challenges, we have published the following a practice note.