Regulation 3 A person within a prescribed description

(1)

A person is within a prescribed description for the purposes of section 94(1) of the Act if—

(a)

he is a social worker who is employed by a local authority or registered adoption society and who satisfies at least one of the conditions set out in paragraph (2)(a) or (b);

(b)

he is a person who—

(i)

is participating in a course approved by a Council under section 63 of the 2000 Act for persons wishing to become social workers;

(ii)

is employed by, or placed with, a local authority or registered adoption society as part of that course; and

(iii)

satisfies the condition set out in paragraph (2)(b); or

(c)

he is acting on behalf of a local authority or a registered adoption society and is a social worker who satisfies the conditions in paragraph (2)(a) and (b).

(2)

The conditions referred to in paragraph (1) are that the person—

(a)

has at least three years' post-qualifying experience in child care social work, including direct experience of adoption work;

(b)

is supervised by a social worker who—

(i)

is employed by the local authority or registered adoption society in question; and

(ii)

has at least three years' post-qualifying experience in child care social work, including direct experience of adoption work.