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

Preparation and content of the care and support plan

6.—(1) The responsible authority must keep C’s care and support plan under review in accordance with Part 6 and, if it is of the opinion some change is required, it must revise the plan or make a new plan accordingly.

(2) Unless otherwise provided in these Regulations, the responsible authority must not make any significant change to the care and support plan unless the proposed change has first been considered at a review of C’s case, undertaken in accordance with Part 6.

(3) Subject to paragraph (4), the responsible authority must give a copy of the care and support plan—

(a) to C, unless, in the opinion of the responsible authority, it would not be appropriate to do so having regard to C’s age and understanding,

(b) to P,

(c) to the IRO,

(d) where C is to be placed, or is placed, with F, to the fostering service provider that approved F, in accordance with the Fostering Regulations or the Fostering Services (England) Regulations 2011,

(e) where C is to be placed, or is placed, in a children’s home, to the person who is registered under Part 2 of the Care Standards Act 2000 in respect of that home, and

(f) where C is to be placed, or is placed, in accordance with other arrangements under section 81(6)(d) of the 2014 Act, to the person who will be responsible for C at the accommodation.

(4) The responsible authority may decide not to give a copy of the care and support plan, or a full copy of the care and support plan, to P if it considers to do so would put C at risk of harm(1).

(1)

“Harm” is defined in section 197(1) of the 2014 Act.