Paragraph 6

not to administer corporal punishment to any child placed with them;

to ensure that any information relating to a child placed with them, to the child's family or to any other person, which has been given in confidence in connection with a placement is kept confidential and is not disclosed to any person without the consent of the local authority;

to comply with the terms of any foster placement agreement, to care for the child placed with the foster carer as if the child was a member of that person's family and in a safe and appropriate manner and to promote the child's welfare having regard to the local authority's immediate and longer-term arrangements for the child;

to notify the local authority immediately of any serious illness of the child or of any other serious occurrence affecting the child; and

where the placement is terminated, to allow the child to be removed from their home by the local authority.