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Sleepovers
bt
April 2, 2013 15:46
Hope you can advise me. If a young person is in FC - Section 20 and they want to go for a sleepover at an adult friends house - does that adult need an enhanced CRB check?
rhubarbfool
April 2, 2013 22:01
The govt 'relaxed' a lot of requirements in the last fostering regulations (date escapes me), so that foster carers have delegated authority to make decisions on sleepovers. BUT these are usually about visiting school-friend's homes and FC's should know the parents and be happy about sending a child to that house. Staying with an adult is a little different, more like a form of contact. As a sw I'd want to get the parent's agreement to the young person visiting the family friend overnight. I think that if it is for more than 24hrs or going to happen on a regular basis then a CRB would be required.R
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loadsofbubs
April 3, 2013 08:17
my guess is it would also depend on the relationship of the adult to the child in fc, and on the reasons for the child being in care in the first place. I have friends that fostered a teenage girl (turned 16)and she used to regularly go and sleep at her boyfriends home (he was 19), this was pre-agreed to by the sw's involved and the boyfriend was crb checked. they're still together three years on which is great.
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