Advice sheets
The following PDF Advice Sheets are available from Family Rights Group. Click on them to view them online. You will need a PDF reader to view these files:
A. INTRODUCTORY ADVICE SHEETS
1. Introduction to local authority children's services
3. What is a family group conference?
B. SUPPORT SERVICES
5. Family support services for asylum seeking families
6. Social care services for disabled parents
7. Social care services for disabled parents who are asylum seekers
8. What happens to your benefits when a child no longer lives with you?
C. CHILD PROTECTION
9. Child protection procedures
10. Advocacy for families in local authority decision-making
D. LOOKED AFTER CHILDREN
11. Making plans for children in the care system
12. Immediate placement of looked after children with relatives or friends
13. Contact with children in accommodation
14. Contact with children in care
15. Care proceedings
16. How to apply for contact with a child in care (in development)
17. Placement of children in the care system
18. After care: advice, assistance and support for young people leaving the care system
E. RETURNING HOME
19. Reuniting children with their families
F. FAMILY AND FRIENDS CARE
20. How to apply for a residence order (in development)
21. How to apply for contact in private law cases (in development)
22. Special guardianship - what's in it for carers?
23. How to apply for a special guardianship order (in development)
24. Special guardianship - what does it mean for birth parents?
25. Family and friends care: becoming a foster carer
26. Support for relatives and friends who are caring for children
27. Financial implications of a child coming to live with you
G. ADOPTION
28. Adoption
29. Open Adoption
30. How to apply for contact in placement order/adoption proceedings (in development)
H. CHALLENGES
31. Challenging decisions and making complaints
32. Access to records
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