The following forms licences are available for health and social work reports for domestic adoption, fostering, kinship care and other substitute care in England under the licence agreement.
Fees
Licence fees are calculated on different criteria according to the type of organisation and in the case of a local authority, the number of children in your care.
To find out how much a licence would be for your organisation, apply for a quote.
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Forms included
Listed below are the forms used for all child and adult social and health assessment in England.
Health forms
Adult health
Form AH (Adult Health) (2025) Adult health report on prospective applicants for fostering / adoption / intercountry adoption / special guardianship / short break / respite care / kinship care / other care.
Form AH2 (Adult Health) (2025) Update report on health of prospective adopter or carer.
Child health
These forms are designed to evaluate the overall well-being of children, typically aged 0–18. They are used in clinical, educational, and developmental settings.
Social care teams need the following forms:
Initial health assessment
IHA-R Referral and consent form
IHA-R-UASC Referral and consent form for UASC
PH Parental health
M Maternal health information
B Neonatal health information
P-L Parents information leaflet (Word and PDF versions)
Health assessment review
RHA-R Referral for review health assessment
C-Q Carer questionnaire
YP-Q Young Person questionnaire
YP-Q Child/young person questionnaire with images
Health teams need the following forms:
Initial health assessment
IHA-H Health history form
IHA-A (0-5) Health appointment form for children under 5 yrs
IHA-A (5-11) Health appointment form for children 5-11yrs
IHA-A (11-18) for children with additional needs
IHA-A (UASC) Health appointment form for UASC
HP Health plan
Health assessment review
RHA-A (0-5) Health appointment review form for children under 5yrs
RHA-A (5-11) Health appointment review form for children 5-11yrs
RHA-A (11-18) Health appointment review form for children 11-18yrs
RHA-A (AN) Health appointment review form for children with additional need
HP Health plan
Pictorial aids
My body (5-10 yrs)
Pick your smiley
My wellbeing (10 yrs+)
Adoption forms
Form APP (Adoption Placement Plan) (2019)
Form IA (Inter Agency UK wide) Adoption Placement Plan (2025) Inter-Agency Form. This version has been updated to include agreements for placements made between LAs and RAAs and between LAs, RAAs and VAAs. It also includes guidance for placements made between LAs/RAAs but please note there are some different expectations that apply to placements made with VAAs. Read about the associated fees for these placements.
Form CPR (Child Permanence Report) (2025)
Guidance available
Form SAR (Sibling Assessment Report (SAR) (2021)
Guidance available
Form ASP (Adoption Support Plan) (2025)
Form APR (Adoption Placement Report) (2025)
Form STAR (the Strengths and Risks (STAR) matching tool) (2021)
Form PAR (Prospective Adopter’s Report) (2018, part updated 2020) - Prospective adopter's report (including those interested in concurrent planning / Fostering for Adoption). Also includes PAR-ICA (for Inter Country Adoptions) (2019).
Guidance available
Form PPEP (Placement Plan for Early Permanence) (2021)
Kinship Care Assessment form
Form K (Kinship Care Assessment) England (2025) – for assessing kinship foster carers and to make recommendations for special guardianship orders. It includes an integral support plan and detailed guidance, including on how and when to use Form K if you are thinking of a child moving to a kinship carer overseas.
Guidance available
Fostering forms
Form F (Fostering England) (2025) – for assessing prospective foster carers, published 2025.
Guidance available
Form FR (Foster Carer Review England) – for reviewing fostering placements, forms for Sections C, D, F and I updated October 2019.
Guidance available
FSMR (Fostering Service Monitoring Report) – for reports under National Minimum Standard 25 of the Fostering Services National Minimum Standards, and Regulation 35 of the 2011 Fostering Regulations (as amended) published 2018.
Form PPFP (Placement Plan for Fostering Placements England) – published 2018.
Guidance available
Form R (Risk Assessment in Fostering in England) - published 2021
Guidance available
Checks and References Resources
(2017, partially updated 2019 and 2022) for use with all of our family and carer assessment forms: Form K (Kinship Care Assessment) England (2025) ; Form F (Fostering England) (2018); FormPAR (Prospective Adopter’s Report) (2018, part updated 2020); Form PAR (Reg 30F) (Prospective Adopter’s Report for foster carers adopting) (2019) and Form PAR-ICA (for Inter Country Adoptions) (2019):
Consent to checks and references (2019)
Personal reference form (2019)
Interview record and analysis form (2017)
Home safety check (2019)
Dog assessment form (2017)
Pet assessment form (2017)
Financial statement and checklist (2022)
Former partner check (2019)
Employment and voluntary activity form (2019)
School and nursery reference form (2019)
Guidance available
