The Care Planning, Placement and Case Review (England) Regulations 2010

1. Introductory Text

2. PART 1 General

   1. 1. Citation and commencement

   2. 2.–3. Interpretation

3. PART 2 Arrangements for looking after a child

   1. 4. Care planning

   2. 5.–6. Preparation and content of the care plan

   3. 7. Health care

   4. 8. Contact with a child in care

4. PART 3 Placements – general provisions

   1. 9. Placement plan

   2. 10. Avoidance of disruption in education

   3. 11.–12. Placement out of area

   4. 13. Notification of placement

   5. 14. Termination of placement by the responsible authority

5. PART 4 Provision for different types of placement

   1. CHAPTER 1 Placement of a child in care with P

      1. 15. Application

      2. 16. Effect of contact order

      3. 17. Assessment of P’s suitability to care for a child

      4. 18. Decision to place a child with P

      5. 19. Circumstances in which a child may be placed with P before assessment completed

      6. 20. Support for P

   2. CHAPTER 2 Placement with local authority foster parents

      1. 21. Interpretation

      2. 22. Conditions to be complied with before placing a child with a local authority foster parent

      3. 23. Emergency placement with a local authority foster parent

      4. 24. Temporary approval of relative, friend or other person connected with C

      5. 25. Expiry of temporary approval

      6. 26. Independent fostering agencies – discharge of responsible authority functions

   3. CHAPTER 3 Other arrangements

      1. 27. General duties of the responsible authority when placing a child in other arrangements

6. PART 5 Visits by the responsible authority’s representative etc.

   1. 28. Frequency of visits

   2. 29. Conduct of visits

   3. 30. Consequences of visits

   4. 31. Advice, support and assistance for the child

7. PART 6 Reviews of the child’s case

   1. 32. General duty of the responsible authority to review the child’s case

   2. 33. Timing of reviews

   3. 34.–36. Conduct of reviews

   4. 37. Arrangements for implementing decisions arising out of reviews

   5. 38. Records of reviews

8. PART 7 Arrangements made by the responsible authority for ceasing to look after a child

   1. 39. Arrangements for ceasing to look after a child who is not an eligible child

   2. 40.–44. Eligible children

9. PART 8 Independent reviewing officers and independent visitors

   1. 45. Additional functions of independent reviewing officers

   2. 46. Qualifications and experience of independent reviewing officers

   3. 47. Independent visitors

10. PART 9 Miscellaneous

    1. 48. Application of these Regulations with modifications to short breaks

    2. 49.–50. Records

    3. 51. Revocations

11. Signature

12. SCHEDULES

    1. SCHEDULE 1

       Care plans

    2. SCHEDULE 2

       Matters to be dealt with in the placement plan

    3. SCHEDULE 3

       Matters to be taken into account when assessing the suitability of P to care for C

    4. SCHEDULE 4

       Matters to be taken into account when assessing the suitability of a connected person to care for C

    5. SCHEDULE 5

       Agreement with an independent fostering agency relating to the discharge of the responsible authority’s functions

    6. SCHEDULE 6

       Matters to be considered before placing C in accommodation in an unregulated setting under section 22(6)(d)

    7. SCHEDULE 7

       Considerations to which the responsible authority must have regard when reviewing C’s case

    8. SCHEDULE 8

       Matters to be dealt with in the pathway plan

    9. SCHEDULE 9

       Revocations

13. Explanatory Note