Amendments

This chapter was updated in January 2024.

In December 2023 amendments were made to reflect case-law in relation to assessing legal capacity.

In December 2023, Section 5.2.5, Providing Support was updated to reflect the Home Office increase in financial support to individuals waiting to find out if they will be given asylum in the UK.

This chapter was updated in December 2023 to add a link to More Home Truths: Learning Lessons from Complaints about the Homelessness Reduction Act (Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman.

In December 2023, additional information was added into Relevant Guidance.

In December 2023 information was added into Section 4, Care Orders and Supervisions Orders on a Care Plan of the Child Remaining at Home in relation to Supervision Orders, in line with Public Law Working Group (PLWG) Recommendations to Achieve Best Practice in the Child Protection and Family Justice Systems: Supervision Orders.

This chapter was updated in December 2023. Information was added in to Section 4, Assessment in relation to the National Age Assessment Board.

This chapter was updated in December 2023 to include information from Special Educational Needs and Disability: Improving Local Authority Decision Making - Report of the Administrative Justice Council’s Working Group on Special Educational Needs and Disability.  Information was also added into Section 15, Resolving Disagreements in relation to legal aid for foster carers and prospective adoptive parents in First Tier Tribunal appeals.

This chapter was updated in December 2023.

This chapter was amended in December 2023 to note that with effect from 1 April 2023, the leaving care allowance increased from £2,000 to £3,000. 

In December 2023, Section 2, Ordinary Residence was updated in line with case law.

In December 2023, Section 10, Use of Inherent Jurisdiction to Authorise a Placement Involving a Deprivation of Liberty was updated to include information from Guidance - Placing Children: Deprivation of Liberty Orders - guidance for providers, social workers and placement commissioners on placing children, subject to a deprivation of liberty order (DoL), in unregistered settings and President of the Family Division Practice Guidance: Placements in Unregistered Children’s Homes in England or Unregistered Care Home Services in Wales.

In December 2023 additional information was added in Further Information.

Section 3, Section 20 Accommodation was updated in line with case-law in December 2023.

In December 2023 this chapter was updated to include information from Guidance - Placing Children: Deprivation of Liberty Orders - guidance for providers, social workers and placement commissioners on placing children, subject to a deprivation of liberty order (DoL), in unregistered settings and President of the Family Division Practice Guidance: Placements in Unregistered Children’s Homes in England or Unregistered Care Home Services in Wales.

This chapter was updated in December 2023.  Information was added into Section 6.2, Special Guardianship Applications in Care Proceedings in relation to timing of assessments.

In December 2023 this chapter was refreshed and a link added (above) to National Early Permanence Practice Standards (Coram Centre for Early Permanence). 

This chapter was added in December 2023.