The Looked After Children (Scotland) Regulations 2009 No. 210

Regulations 10 and 22

SCHEDULE 3 S INFORMATION AS TO PROSPECTIVE FOSTER CARER OR KINSHIP CARER AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE HOUSEHOLD AND FAMILY

1.  Full name, date of birth, health (supported by a medical report), personality and marital [F1 or civil partnership] status (including any previous marriage [F2 and civil partnership]). S

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in sch. 3 para. 1 inserted (28.9.2009) by The Looked After Children (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2009 (S.S.I. 2009/290), regs. 1, 2(5)(a)(i)

F2 Words in sch. 3 para. 1 inserted (28.9.2009) by The Looked After Children (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2009 (S.S.I. 2009/290), regs. 1, 2(5)(a)(ii)

2.  Particulars of the other adult members of the household and their relationship to the prospective foster [F3 or kinship] carer. S

Textual Amendments

F3 Words in sch. 3 para. 2 inserted (28.9.2009) by The Looked After Children (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2009 (S.S.I. 2009/290), regs. 1, 2(5)(b)

3.  Particulars of the children in the family, whether or not members of the household, and any other children in his household. S

4.  Address and particulars of the prospective foster or kinship carer's accommodation. S

5.  Religious persuasion, degree of religious observance and capacity to care for a child from any particular religious persuasion. S

6.  Racial origin, cultural and linguistic background and capacity to care for a child of any particular origin or cultural and linguistic background. S

7.  Past and present employment or occupation, and standard of living. S

8.  Leisure activities and interests. S

9.  Present capacity to care for the prospective foster or kinship carer's own and other children, and any previous experience of caring for the prospective foster or [F4 kinship] carer's own and other children and ability to do so in this respect. S

Textual Amendments

F4 Word in sch. 3 para. 9 substituted (28.9.2009) by The Looked After Children (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2009 (S.S.I. 2009/290), regs. 1, 2(5)(c)

10.  Details of any criminal offences of which the person has been convicted including details of any convictions which are spent within the meaning of section 1 of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 M1 and which may be disclosed by virtue of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exclusions and Exemptions) (Scotland) Order 2003 M2 as amended. S

Marginal Citations

M1 1974 c. 53.

M2 S.S.I. 2003/231 amended by S.S.I. 2007/75.

11.  The outcome of any request or application made by the prospective foster carer or kinship carer or any other member of the household to [F5 become a foster or kinship carer]. S

Textual Amendments

F5 Words in sch. 3 para. 11 substituted (28.9.2009) by The Looked After Children (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2009 (S.S.I. 2009/290), regs. 1, 2(5)(d)

12.  Particulars of any previous approval under regulation 22(3) or 23, or refusal of approval or termination of such approval, relating to the prospective foster or kinship carer or any other member of the household. S

13.  An analysis of the motivation of the prospective foster or kinship carer in seeking to become a foster [F6 or kinship] carer. S

Textual Amendments

F6 Words in sch. 3 para. 13 inserted (28.9.2009) by The Looked After Children (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2009 (S.S.I. 2009/290), regs. 1, 2(5)(e)

14.  References from third parties as to the character of the prospective foster or kinship carer and their suitability to be a foster [F7 or kinship] carer. S

Textual Amendments

F7 Words in sch. 3 para. 14 inserted (28.9.2009) by The Looked After Children (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2009 (S.S.I. 2009/290), regs. 1, 2(5)(e)