PART IIICONDUCT OF RESIDENTIAL FAMILY CENTRES

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1

The registered person must before providing a family with accommodation at the residential family centre, or if that is not reasonably practicable, as soon as possible thereafter, draw up in consultation with the placing authority a written plan (in these Regulations referred to as “the placement plan”) setting out, in particular —

a

the facilities and services to be provided during the course of the placement;

b

the objectives and intended outcome of the placement.

2

The registered person must keep under review and revise the placement plan as necessary.

3

In preparing or reviewing the placement plan the registered person must, so far as practicable —

a

seek and take account of the views of the members of the family;

b

take account of any relevant assessment or other report relating to any member of the family which may be provided by the placing authority.

4

The registered person must supply a copy of the placement plan and any revision of it to the placing authority and to the parent within the family to which it relates.