The Foster Placement (Children) Regulations 1991

Regulation 3(6)(b)

SCHEDULE 2 MATTERS AND OBLIGATIONS IN FOSTER CARE AGREEMENTS

1.  The amount of support and training to be given to the fosterparent.

2.  The procedure for the review of approval of a foster parent.

3.  The procedure in connection with the placement of foster children,and in particular—

(a) the matters to be covered in foster placement agreements and therespective obligations, under any such agreements, of the responsibleauthority and the foster parent;

(b) the authority’s arrangements for meeting any legal liabilities ofthe foster parent arising by reason of a placement; and

(c) the procedure available to foster parents for makingrepresentations to the local authority in whose area that child isplaced.

4.  To give written notice to the authority forthwith, with fullparticulars, of—

(a) any intended change of his address;

(b) any change in the composition of his household;

(c) any other change in his personal circumstances and any other eventaffecting either his capacity to care for any child placed or thesuitability of his household; and

(d) any further request or application of a kind mentioned in paragraph10 of Schedule 1.

5.  Not to administer corporal punishment to any child placed with him.

6.  To ensure that any information relating to a child placed with him,to the child’s family or to any other person, which has been given tohim in confidence in connection with a placement is kept confidentialand is not disclosed to any person without the consent of theresponsible authority.

7.  To comply with the terms of any foster placement agreement, to carefor the child placed with the foster parent as if he were a member ofthe foster parent’s family and to promote his welfare having regard tothe responsible authority’s long and short-term arrangements for thechild.

8.  To notify the responsible authority immediately of any seriousillness of the child or of any other serious occurrence affecting thechild.

9.  Where regulation 7(1) or (2) applies, to allow the child to beremoved from the foster parent’s home by the responsible authority or(as the case may be) the area authority.