Regulation 6 Procedure for assessment

(1)

Where the local authority carry out an assessment of a person’s needs for adoption support services under section 9 of the Act they must have regard to such of the following considerations as are relevant to the assessment–

(a)

the needs of the person being assessed and how these might be met;

(b)

the needs of the relevant family and how these might be met;

(c)

the needs, including developmental needs, of the adoptive child and how these might be met;

(d)

the parenting capacity of the adoptive parent;

(e)

wider family and environmental factors;

(f)

in the case of an adoptive child who is, or was, placed for adoption or matched for adoption, the circumstances that led to the child being so placed or matched; and

(g)

any previous assessment of needs for adoption support services undertaken in relation to the person in question.

(2)

Where the local authority carry out an assessment of a person’s needs for adoption support services they must–

(a)

where they consider it appropriate to do so, interview the person and, where the person is an adoptive child, that child’s adoptive parents;

(b)

where they consider that the person may have a need for services from a Health Board, consult that Health Board;

(c)

seek advice and information from such other persons as they consider appropriate; and

(d)

prepare a written report of the assessment.