The Restriction on the Preparation of Adoption Reports Regulations 2005

A person within a prescribed description

3.—(1) A person is within a prescribed description for the purposes of section 94(1) of the Act if—

(a) he is a social worker who is employed by a local authority or registered adoption society and who satisfies at least one of the conditions set out in paragraph (2)(a) or (b);

(b) he is a person who—

(i) is participating in a course approved by a Council under section 63 of the 2000 Act for persons wishing to become social workers;

(ii) is employed by, or placed with, a local authority or registered adoption society as part of that course; and

(iii) satisfies the condition set out in paragraph (2)(b); or

(c) he is acting on behalf of a local authority or a registered adoption society and is a social worker who satisfies the conditions in paragraph (2)(a) and (b).

(2) The conditions referred to in paragraph (1) are that the person—

(a) has at least three years' post-qualifying experience in child care social work, including direct experience of adoption work;

(b) is supervised by a social worker who—

(i) is employed by the local authority or registered adoption society in question; and

(ii) has at least three years' post-qualifying experience in child care social work, including direct experience of adoption work.