Local authority parallel planning
Available from: 24/10/2024
In this recorded webinar, Safda Mahmood will address some common areas of confusion around assessments and placements.
Topics include:
- What is parallel planning and how should you prepare?
- When do cases need to go to the Agency Decision Maker (ADM) rather than the Adoption Panel?
- What if the ADM has not had the full medical? What are the consequences?
- When does a panel decide on best interests?
- What is an inchoate care plan, including consideration of Re J (Care Plan for Adoption) [2024] EWCA Civ 265
- What are matching recommendations and decisions?
- What are schedules 4 and 5 of the care planning regulations in England and Wales?
- What needs to be covered for placement with parents?
- How does temporary approval for placement with family members work and what if this is not met?
- Dealing with revocation of placement orders and leave to oppose adoption, with consideration of Re X and Y (revocation of adoption orders) 2024 EWHC 1059 (Fam)
- Attending an adoption hearing, with consideration of Re T (Adoption Hearing: Involvement of Applicants) 2024 EWCA Civ 189
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