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care plan
Each local authority is required by the Children Act 1989 s 31A to prepare a care plan in respect of a child it is looking after. The purpose of a care plan is to safeguard and promote the welfare of the child in accordance with the local authority’s duties under the Children Act 1989. The plan will address such matters as where the child is to be placed and the likely duration of such a placement, arrangements for contact between the child and its family, and what the needs of the child are and how these might be met. When a court is deciding whether or not to make a care order or a supervision order in respect of a child, the “permanence provisions” of the care plan (i.e. those relating to the long-term plan for living with the family, adoption, or other long-term care) must be scrutinized carefully; the court is expressly not now required to concern itself with the remainder of the plan, subject to its obligations to consider contact arrangements. The plan should be kept under review and revised if necessary. |