Regulations 7 and 8

SCHEDULE 3 WELFARE OF CHILDREN WHO ARE PRIVATELY FOSTERED

1.  The matters referred to in regulations 7(1)(e) and 8(4) are—

(a) that the intended duration of the fostering arrangement are understood and agreed between—

(i) the parents of the child or any other person with parental responsibility for the child; and

(ii) the private foster carer;

(b) the wishes and feelings of the child about the arrangement (considered in the light of the child’s age and understanding);

(c) the child’s physical, intellectual, emotional, social and behavioural development is appropriate and satisfactory;

(d) that the child’s needs arising from the their religious persuasion, racial origin, and cultural and linguistic background are being met;

(e) that the financial arrangements for the care and maintenance of the child are working;

(f) the capacity of the private foster carer to look after the child;

(g) the suitability of the accommodation;

(h) that arrangements for the care of the child’s medical, dental and optical care and treatment are in place and, in particular, that the child is included on the list of a person who provides primary medical services pursuant to Part 1 of the National Health Service Act 1977;

(i) the arrangements for the child’s education;

(j) the standard of the care which the child is being given;

(k) the suitability of members of the private foster carer’s household;

(l) whether the private foster carer, the parents of the child, any other person with parental responsibility for the child, or any other person concerned with the child is being given such advice as appears to the authority to be needed;

(m) how decisions about the child’s care are being taken; and

(n) whether the contact between the child and the child’s parents, or any other person with whom contact has been arranged, is satisfactory for the child.