| 释义 |
concurrent planning
(twin-track planning) The planning involved in placing certain children who are in local-authority care with carers who are approved to both foster and adopt. Initially, the plan requires that the carers should work constructively to return the child to his or her parents. If it becomes apparent that this will not happen within a reasonable time, the carers will continue to look after the child and apply to adopt him. The aim of concurrent planning is to reduce the number of moves experienced by a child in care. In Re P (Placement Orders: Parental Consent) [2008] EWCA Civ 535, “dual planning” was taken to mean the situation in which a local authority seeks a placement order (preliminary to adoption) despite recognizing that an appropriate adoptive placement may not be found and that long-term foster care is the more likely outcome for the child. The Court of Appeal approved this practice. |