PART 3Management of Fostering Service

Fostering agency

Fitness of manager7

1

A person must not manage a fostering agency unless they are fit to do so.

2

A person is not fit to manage a fostering agency unless that person—

a

is of integrity and good character;

b

having regard to the size of the fostering agency, its statement of purpose, and the numbers and needs of the children placed by it—

i

has the qualifications, skills and experience necessary for managing the fostering agency, and

ii

is physically and mentally fit to manage a fostering agency,

and full and satisfactory information is available in relation to that person in respect of each of the matters specified in Schedule 1.