Corporate parenting principles for looked-after children guidance published

New guidance for local authorities has been published on ‘Applying corporate parenting principles to looked-after children and care leavers’. The Children and Social Work Act 2017 introduced corporate parenting principles and the seven needs that local authorities in England must have regard to whenever they exercise a function in relation to looked after children or care leavers.

This new guidance from the Department for Education is designed to help local authorities consider the kinds of services that may be offered when having regard to the corporate parenting principles.

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