Whether it can guarantee that every kinship carer will be given a full assessment and be provided with an emergency plan on request and, if…

The Looked After Children (Scotland) Regulations 2009 places a statutory duty on local authorities to carry out an assessment when a child is to be placed with a kinship carer. These regulations also place a duty on local authorities to have procedures in place to enable assessments to be conducted if the child has been placed with an unapproved kinship carer in an emergency.
To support local authorities’ comprehensive guidance on the regulations was published in June 2010 and training was delivered by our partners in every local authority.