Amendments

2025

January 2025

Personal Budgets and Direct Payments	In January 2025, this chapter was refreshed.
Capacity and Consent	This chapter was updated in January 2025.
Children and Young People Aged 0-25 with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities	In January 2025, Section 15.1, Registering an appeal with the First-tier Tribunal (Special Educational Needs (SEN) and Disability) was updated in line with case law.
Placement for Adoption	In January 2025, Section 4.2, Procedural Fairness was updated in line with case-law.
Assessment and Approvals of Foster Carers	In January 2025, information on Ofsted checks was added in to Section 5.1, Checks and a link was added in related guidance to the Disclosure and Barring Service Guidance Leaflets - GOV.UK.
Aftercare under Section 117 of the Mental Health Act 1983	In January 2025, this chapter was refreshed.
Allegations Against Prospective Adopters and in Relation to Children Placed for Adoption or Already Adopted	This chapter was updated in January 2025, with a link to DBS guidance leaflets - GOV.UK in Section 4.4, Concluding the Investigation.
Unaccompanied Migrant Children and Child Victims of Trafficking and Modern Slavery	In January 2025, links to sources of further information were updated.
Placing and Visiting Children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities or Health Conditions in Long-Term Residential Settings	In January 2025, information was added in relation to Ofsted and CQC Joint Registration Guidance: Children's Homes and Health Care.
Ofsted Inspection Framework	In January 2025, a link was added to Ofsted and CQC Joint Registration Guidance: Children's Homes and Health Care.