If your child is taken into care

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Overview

If your child is taken into care because of a care order, your council will share responsibility for making most of the important decisions about your child바카라 사이트™s upbringing, including:

  • who looks after them
  • where they live
  • how they are educated

If you agree to your child becoming 바카라 사이트˜looked after바카라 사이트™ and there is no care order, you바카라 사이트™ll continue to have parental responsibility for your child.

In either case, the council is responsible for:

  • making sure that an appropriate standard of care is provided
  • making sure only suitable people are employed to look after your child
  • providing proper training and support to staff and foster carers
  • listening to your child바카라 사이트™s views and your views about care arrangements and taking their religion, race, culture and background into account
  • making sure your child has someone independent to talk to and knows how to complain if necessary

The child may be placed with either:

  • another relative
  • a foster carer
  • a children바카라 사이트™s home

Care orders

A care order is given by a court. It allows a council to take a child into care. Under the a council can apply for a care order if it believes a child is suffering or at risk of suffering significant harm.

The court decides if the child can be taken into care.

Care orders last until:

  • the child바카라 사이트™s 18th birthday
  • an order is made giving parental responsibility to another person - for example, through adoption or special guardianship
  • the court lifts the order (this is called 바카라 사이트˜discharging바카라 사이트™ the order)

A child can only be taken into care if they are under 18.

Making a complaint

If your child is in care and you바카라 사이트™re unhappy about their treatment, you can make a complaint. Talk to your child바카라 사이트™s carer or social worker first and if you바카라 사이트™re not happy, you can complain to your council.

Support for parents

The Family Rights Group Advice Service helpline provides confidential support for parents:

Family Rights Group helpline
Telephone: 0808 801 0366
Monday to Friday, 9:30am to 3pm
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