PART 4Conduct of Fostering Services

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The fostering service provider must ensure that there is a sufficient number of suitably qualified, competent and experienced persons working for the purposes of the fostering service, having regard to—

a

the size of the fostering service, its statement of purpose, and the numbers and needs of the children placed by it, and

b

the need to safeguard and promote the health and welfare of children placed with foster parents.