The Care Planning, Placement and Case Review (Wales) Regulations 2015

Care planning

4.—(1) Where C is not in the care of the responsible authority and a care and support plan for C has not already been prepared, the responsible authority must assess C’s needs for services to achieve or maintain a reasonable standard of health or development, and prepare such a plan(1).

(2) Where C has a care and support plan prepared in accordance with section 54 of the 2014 Act, the responsible authority must take the information recorded in that plan into account in its assessment under paragraph (1).

(3) Except in the case of a child to whom section 31A of the 1989 Act (care orders: care plans) applies(2), the care and support plan must be prepared before C is first placed by the responsible authority or, if it is not practicable to do so, within 10 working days of the start of the first placement.

(4) When assessing C’s needs under paragraph (1), the responsible authority must consider whether the accommodation provided for C meets the requirements of Part 6 of the 2014 Act.

(5) Unless paragraph (6) applies, the care and support plan should, so far as is reasonably practicable, be agreed by the responsible authority with—

(a) any parent of C’s and any person who is not C’s parent but who has parental responsibility for C, or

(b) if there is no such person, the person who was caring for C immediately before the responsible authority arranged a placement for C.

(6) Where C is aged 16 or over and agrees to be provided with accommodation under section 76 of the 2014 Act, the care and support plan must be agreed with C by the responsible authority.

(7) Where a care and support plan prepared in accordance with this Part satisfies the requirements for a care plan required by section 31A of the 1989 Act, it may be treated as a “section 31A plan”.

(8) Where C was first placed by the responsible authority before 6 April 2016 the care and support plan must be prepared as soon as reasonably practicable.

(1)

This includes a plan prepared under section 31A of the 1989 Act.

(2)

In the case of a child to whom section 31A applies, the court will set the timetable within which the care plan must be prepared.