Kinship Care Policy and Procedure - Equality Impact assessments
Title
Kinship Care Policy and Procedure
Council Resource
Housing and Technical
Service Area
Social Work
Aims and Objectives
To provide equality in relation to payments made to individuals who have had a children placed with them under the following statutory measures Section 25 Section 83 Residence Orders
Conclusion
In the past some families have been supporting young people placed in their care without the knowledge of social work. These children would otherwise have been accommodated. Some children who were looked after by Kinship Carers at the behest of Social Work were being supported practically and financially. Given the legislative change financial parity will now be achieved in line with Fostering Allowances. This will improve the standards and stability of the Kinship Placements
